Salience of carbon taxes in the gasoline market

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-36

  Rivers, Nicholas ^a   Schaufele, Brandon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Environmental pricing; Gasoline demand; Tax salience

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COSTS; GLOBAL WARMING; TAXATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON TAXES; GASOLINE DEMAND; LARGE CONSUMERS; MARKET PRICE; TAX SALIENCE;

GASOLINE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MARKET CONDITIONS; PETROLEUM; POLLUTION TAX; TAX SYSTEM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84951279075     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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