Distributional and Efficiency Impacts of Increased US Gasoline Taxes

Antonio Bento (), Lawrence H. Goulder, Mark R. Jacobsen and Roger von Haefen

American Economic Review, 2009, vol. 99, issue 3, 667-99

Abstract: We examine the impacts of increased US gasoline taxes in a model that links the markets for new, used, and scrapped vehicles and recognizes the considerable heterogeneity among households and cars. Household choice parameters derive from an estimation procedure that integrates individual choices for car ownership and miles traveled. We find that each cent-per-gallon increase in the price of gasoline reduces the equilibrium gasoline consumption by about 0.2 percent. Taking account of revenue recycling, the impact of a 25-cent gasoline tax increase on the average household is about $30 per year (2001 dollars). Distributional impacts depend importantly on how additional revenues from the tax increase are recycled. (JEL D12, H22, H25, L62, L71)

JEL-codes: D12 H22 H25 L62 L71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.3.667
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