Impacts of an emission based private car taxation policy - first year ex-post analysis

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 583-597

  Rogan, Fionn ^a   Dennehy, Emer ^a,b   Daly, Hannah ^a   Howley, Martin ^b   Ó Gallachóir, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Energy Policy Statistical Support Unit   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate change policy; Ex post analysis; Ireland; Private car; Transport energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SALES; TAXATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE; ENGINE EFFICIENCY; EX POST ANALYSIS; IRELAND; POLICY MEASURES; TRANSPORT ENERGY; VEHICLE REGISTRATION;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES;

AUTOMOBILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

IRELAND;

EID: 79957726570     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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