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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Distributional Impacts of an Environmental Tax Shift: The Case of Motor Vehicle Emissions Taxes	
Autores: 	Walls,   Margaret; Hanson,   Jean.	
Data: 	2005-11-08	
Ano: 	1996	
Palavras-chave: 	Motor vehicle emissions; Tax incidence; Lifetime income; Political Economy; H22; H23.	
Resumo: 	One of the most common criticisms of pollution taxes is that they are often believed to be inequitable -- i.e., low income households are thought to be disproportionately harmed. In this paper, we assess the distributional impacts of three taxes aimed at reducing emissions from motor vehicles: (i) a tax on total annual emissions, (ii) a tax on emissions rates (in grams per mile), and (iii) a tax on annual miles traveled. We use two alternative measures of economic well-being, annual household income and a constructed measure of lifetime income. We find that all three fees look regressive, both on the basis of annual and lifetime income - though much less so on a lifetime income basis. However, if one of these fees is used to substitute for existing vehicle registration fees, the differential impacts over existing fees are quite small: on a lifetime income basis, the mileage-based fee looks almost identical to the current system, while the total emissions fee is a little more regressive and the emissions rate-based fee slightly more regressive still than the current system. These results highlight the importance of tax shifting to help the environment.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	18885

http://purl.umn.edu/10895	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	Resources for the Future&gt;Discussion Papers

Discussion Paper 96-11	
Formato: 	41

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