Taxes and the environmental impact of private car use: Evidence from 68 cities

Advances in Spatial Science

Volumn 47, Issue , 2005, Pages 299-317

  Hirota, Keiko ^a   Poot, Jacques ^b  

^a JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85020162669     PISSN: 14309602     EISSN: 21979375     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28550-4_15     Document Type: Chapter

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