Economic incentives to reduce pollution from road transport: The case for vehicle characteristics taxes

Transport Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-108

  Johnstone, N ^a   Karousakis, K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic instruments; Environmental policies; Pollution from road transport

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032733777     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-070X(99)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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