Road taxes, road user charges and earmarking
The UK Road Fund was set up in 1921 and financed by earmarked taxes, but was unsuccessful as a form of road finance and abandoned in 1937. The paper examines why earmarking failed and what problems arise for replacing road taxes by hypothecated road charges. These charges would need to be regulated...
Main Authors: | Newbery, D, Santos, G |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Institute for Fiscal Studies
1999
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