纠正异质外部性：来自地方燃油税的证据

IF 3.1 3区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Pub Date : 2021-11-02 DOI:10.1086/717418

Cody Nehiba

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摘要

不同地区对汽车运输的需求和驾驶的外部成本差别很大。然而，汽油税是纠正这些外部性的最常用政策工具，在联邦和州一级统一征收。我研究了反映需求和损害异质性的汽油税如何提高效率。我估计了县级旅行需求弹性和拥堵损害，以比较州汽油税和县特定燃油税的效率。由于弹性、拥堵损害和污染损害在不同地区表现出异质性，因此，与收入中性的州燃油税相比，主要在大城市征收的特定县燃油税，除了权益收益之外，每年还为消费者提供5至30美元的人均福利收益。

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Correcting Heterogeneous Externalities: Evidence from Local Fuel Taxes

The demand for automobile transportation and the external costs of driving vary widely across locations. However, gasoline taxes, the most common policy tools implemented to correct these externalities, are levied uniformly at the federal and state levels. I examine how a gasoline tax that reflects the heterogeneity in demand and damages can improve efficiency. I estimate county-level travel demand elasticities and congestion damages to compare the efficiency of state gasoline taxes to county-specific fuel taxes. Because elasticities, congestion damages, and pollution damages exhibit heterogeneity across regions, county-specific fuel taxes, largely levied in major metropolitan areas, provide consumer welfare gains between $5 and $30 per capita annually in addition to equity gains relative to revenue-neutral state fuel taxes.

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Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Multiple-

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5.60

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