The impact of tax reform on new car purchases in Ireland

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 7059-7067

  Hennessy, Hugh ^a   Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c,d  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Private car transport; Republic of Ireland

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CAR OWNERSHIP; CAR USE; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS; DIESEL CARS; ENGINE SIZE; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; IRELAND; PETROL ENGINE; PRIVATE CAR TRANSPORT; REBOUND EFFECT; TAX RATES; TAX REFORM; TAX REVENUE; TRAVEL COSTS; VEHICLE REGISTRATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SALES; TAXATION;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES;

AUTOMOBILE; CAR OWNERSHIP; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DIESEL ENGINE; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TAX; TAX REFORM;

IRELAND;

EID: 80054854718     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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