Do motor-vehicle users in the US pay their way?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 982-1003

  Delucchi, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasoline tax; Highway financing; Highway user charges; Transportation expenditures vs. payments; Transportation subsidies

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; EARNINGS; INVESTMENTS; TAXATION; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

HIGHWAY FINANCING; HIGHWAY-USER CHARGES; TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURES;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EQUITY; PUBLIC SPENDING; ROAD PRICING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848852432     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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