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

Geschwind, Carl-Henry (Author)

Lexington Books
Publication date: 2017
Language: English

ISBN: 9781498553803

Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 243 pp.

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Technology and government Technology and economics Public policy Taxation Petroleum industry Fuels and fuel technology 21st century 20th century Germany New Zealand United Kingdom United States

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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Review Tom McCarthy (2019) Review of "A Comparative History of Motor Fuels Taxation, 1909-2009: Why Gasoline Is Cheap and Petrol Is Dear". Journal of American History (pp. 1044-1045). unapi

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