Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249139 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 949
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
A tax on fuel combined with tax exemptions or subsidies for fuel-efficient vehicles is implemented in many countries to fulfill the Paris agreement and to curb mileage-related externalities from road traffic. The present study shows that a tax on fuel should be combined with heavier taxation of lowand zero emission vehicles to curb mileage-related externalities and to fulfill emission targets within the transport sector. The emission target is fulfilled by adjusting the CO2-tax component on fuel. The road user charge on fuel is designed to curb mileage-related externalities. The heavier tax on lowand zero emission vehicles prevent motorists from avoiding the road user charge on fuel by purchasing low- and zero emission vehicles.
Subjects: 
Transportation
optimal taxation
environmental taxation
global warming
JEL: 
H2
H21
H23
Q58
R48
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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