Household transport consumption inequalities and redistributive effects of taxes: A repeated cross-sectional evaluation for France, Denmark and Cyprus

Transport Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 206-216

  Berri, Akli ^a   Vincent Lyk Jensen, Stéphanie ^b   Mulalic, Ismir ^c   Zachariadis, Theodoros ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Decomposition by component; Gini index; Household expenditure surveys; Inequality; Redistributive effects of taxes; Transport consumption

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; TAX SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

CYPRUS; DENMARK; FRANCE;

EID: 84907540539     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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