Book ID: CBB741635451

A Comparative History of Motor Fuels Taxation, 1909-2009: Why Gasoline Is Cheap and Petrol Is Dear (2017)

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Geschwind, Carl-Henry (Author)


Lexington Books


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 243 pp.
Language: English

Slowing down global warming is one of the most critical problems facing the world's policymakers today. One favored solution is to regulate carbon consumption through taxation, including the taxation of gasoline. Yet gasoline tax levels are much lower in the United States than elsewhere. Why is this so, and what does it tell us about the prospects for taxing carbon here? A Comparative History of Motor Fuels Taxation, 1909-2009: Why Gasoline Is Cheap and Petrol Is Dear examines these questions by tracing the evolution of gasoline tax policies in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand since the early twentieth century. In the process, it highlights the crucial role played by fiscal crises. (from OCLC)

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Authors & Contributors
Jasanoff, Sheila
Ingrid Metzler
Eisler, Matthew Nicholas
Golder, Bishwanath
Hultman, Martin
Hurlbut, James Benjamin
Journals
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Business History Review
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
History and Technology
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Publishers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Princeton University
Texas A&M University
MIT Press
University of Oklahoma Press
University of Alberta (Canada)
Concepts
Public policy
Technology and economics
Technology and government
Fuels and fuel technology
Energy resources and technologies
Technology
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Great Britain
India
France
Institutions
Great Britain. Royal Navy
International Business Machines Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States Navy
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