Do tax incentives affect households' adoption of 'green' cars? A panel study of the Stockholm congestion tax

Energy Policy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 286-299

  Mannberg, Andrea ^a   Jansson, Johan ^a   Pettersson, Thomas ^b   Brännlund, Runar ^a   Lindgren, Urban ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congestion tax; Ethanol cars; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHANOL; PURCHASING; SALES; TAXATION;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES; CONGESTION TAX; CONSUMER ADOPTIONS; DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES; LEVEL OF EDUCATIONS; LOCAL POLICIES; NATIONAL POLICIES; NATURAL EXPERIMENT;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; TAX INCENTIVE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84923003598     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.08.029     Document Type: Article

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