Road transport imposes negative externalities on society. These externalities include
environmental and road damage, accidents, congestion, and oil dependence. The cost of …

This paper estimates the price and income elasticities of demand for gasoline in China. Our
estimates of the intermediate-run price elasticity of gasoline demand range between− 0.497 …

This paper calculates the optimal gasoline tax for the state of California. According to our
analysis, the optimal gasoline tax in California is 1.37/gal,whichisoverthreetimesthecurrentCaliforniat …

Who Bears the Burden of Energy Taxes? - The Role of Local Pass-Through Page 1 Who Bears
the Burden of Energy Taxes? The Role of Local Pass-Through Samuel Stolper MIT and …

Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the arguments in favor of a shift from value-
added tax (VAT) or sales tax to a damage and value-added tax (DaVAT) partially based on …

Regulatory agencies in the United States and Europe have well‐deserved reputations for
fixating on the total benefits and costs of proposed and final regulatory actions, without doing …

Gasoline-powered vehicles produce many negative externalities including congestion, air
pollution, global climate change, and accidents. A gasoline tax is perhaps the best policy to …

Combustion of motor fuels has a variety of environmental impacts on local, regional and
global scales. Taxing motor fuels more heavily would mitigate those environmental impacts …

As the developing world continues its pace of rapid growth and the threat of climate change
intensifies, the economics of natural resource usage become increasingly important. From …

As the price of oil climbs and automobile emissions continue to pollute the environment, the
mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, improvements in energy efficiency, and the …