Prices, taxes and automotive fuel cross-border shopping

Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-234

  Leal, Andrés ^a   López Laborda, Julio ^b   Rodrigo, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automotive fuels; Cross border trade; Regional taxation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; COMMERCE; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; PURCHASING; SALES; TAXATION; VEHICLES;

CATALONIA; CROSS-BORDER TRADE; DUMMY VARIABLES; FUEL PRICING; NEGATIVE EFFECTS; PRICE INCREASES; REGIONAL TAXATION; SPANISH; VALENCIA;

COSTS;

AUTONOMY; CAR USE; DECISION ANALYSIS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; NATIONAL TRADE; PRICE DYNAMICS; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE FLOW;

ARAGON; CATALONIA; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MADRID [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 58749097232     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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