Stubborn fuel tax concessions: The case of fisheries in Norway

Marine Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-92

  Isaksen, John R ^a   Hermansen, Øystein ^a   Flaaten, Ola ^b  

^a Nofima ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental taxes; Fisheries; Fuel taxes; Subsidies; Tax concessions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHING VESSEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GOVERNMENT; PROFITABILITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

NORWAY;

EID: 84918795404     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.10.028     Document Type: Article

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