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
Brittany Duncan
Characklis, Gregory W.
Agbelie, Bismark R.
Alexander, Lamar
Thomas Pettersson
Lisa M. PytlikZillig
Concepts
Public policy
Technology and government
Technology and economics
Fuels and fuel technology
Technology
Petroleum industry
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
United States
Germany
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Middle and Near East
Sweden
Institutions
United States Navy
Tennessee Valley Authority
International Business Machines Corporation
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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