Geographical distribution of the Swedish gasoline tax
(2020) NEKN01 20201Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This study examines if inhabitants of different municipalities in Sweden are more harshly affected given an increase in gasoline tax. This is done by examining the demand elasticities and consumer surplus loss using a panel Error Correction Model. The results show that inhabitants of rural municipalities are more unresponsive and lose out more consumer surplus from a hypothetical increase in the tax. The loss is however so small that the tax can be considered basically proportional. The policy implication is that compensation for the benefit of rural inhabitants is unmotivated.
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- author
- Mårtensson, Sebastian LU
- supervisor
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- Joakim Westerlund LU
- Åsa Hansson LU
- organization
- course
- NEKN01 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- gasoline, Error Correction Model, ECM, panel, Sweden, swedish, externalities, environment, municipalities, Consumer Surplus, map, maps
- language
- English
- id
- 9028799
- date added to LUP
- 2020-11-30 09:10:03
- date last changed
- 2020-11-30 09:10:03
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