Taxation of Car Commuters’ Employer-Subsidized Parking

Rickard E. Wall
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Rickard E. Wall: Gotland University

Chapter 12. in Time and Space in Economics, 2007, pp 227-238 from Springer

Abstract: Summary In order to mitigate traffic jams in dense urban areas, congestion charges are currently being planned and introduced in cities around the world. In Sweden, empirical results of the Jansson and Wall (2002) Stockholm study have drawn attention to another potential economic policy instrument—namely, that of taxation of car commuters’ free or partly employer-subsidized parking. The Jansson and Wall study shows that to reduce traffic volumes, it is not sufficient to tax employers for offering this fringe benefit, e.g., in terms of social benefit payments. Commuters must pay taxes in some form out of their own pockets. If properly designed and enforced, taxation of commuters’ free or partly employer-subsidized parking is estimated by Jansson and Wall to reduce rush-hour car traffic into the inner city of Stockholm by as much as 10%–20%.

Keywords: Taxation-free parking; Traffic congestion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-45978-1_12

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