The incidence of fuel taxation in India

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Datta, Ashokankur ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fuel tax; Regressivity; Tax burden

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FUEL TAX; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; INPUT-OUTPUT APPROACH; INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PRICE ELASTICITY; REGRESSIVITY; SENSITIVITY CHECK; TAX BURDEN;

FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SURVEYS;

TAXATION;

ABATEMENT COST; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION TAX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM;

INDIA;

EID: 77957119617     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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