Six years of CO2-based tax incentives for new passenger cars in The Netherlands: Impacts on purchasing behavior trends and CO2 effectiveness

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-153

  Kok, Robert ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Policy Research Corporation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Company car tax; Passenger cars; Purchase tax; Road tax; Transport policy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS; FUEL ECONOMY; PASSENGER CARS; SALES; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

CARBON REDUCTION POTENTIALS; CO2 ABATEMENT; CO2 EMISSIONS; CO2 REDUCTION; PURCHASING BEHAVIORS; ROAD TAX; TRANSPORT POLICY; UPFRONT PRICE;

TAXATION;

AUTOMOBILE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; INCENTIVE; ROAD TRANSPORT; TAX SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TREND ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84929460926     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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