Fuel taxes and the poor: the distributional effects of gasoline taxation and their implications for climate policy
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN :
9781617260926
Date de publication :
8 déc. 2011
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
870 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Challenges the conventional wisdom that gasoline taxation, an important instrument of climate policy, has a disproportionately detrimental effect on poor people. This book states that while there may be some slight regressivity in some high-income countries, as a general rule, fuel taxation is a progressive policy in low income countries.