Using Vehicle Taxes to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rates of New Passenger Vehicles: Evidence from France, Germany, and Sweden

France, Germany, and Sweden link vehicle taxes to the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rates of passenger vehicles. Based on new vehicle registration data from 2005–2010, a vehicle’s tax is negatively correlated with its registrations. The effect is somewhat stronger in France than in Germany and Swed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Klier, Thomas, Linn, Joshua
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: MIT CEEPR 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72006