$2.00 Gas! Studying the effects of a gas tax moratorium

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 869-884

  Doyle Jr , Joseph J ^a,b   Samphantharak, Krislert ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasoline; Spatial competition; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949157657     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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