The Effectiveness of Differentiation of the Finnish Car Purchase Tax according to Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance

Adriaan Perrels and Tarja Tuovinen

No 168, Research Reports from VATT Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: The study concerns an assessment of the effectiveness of car purchase tax differentiation according to the CO2-emission performance of newly sold cars as implemented in Finland. This policy instrument came into force as of 1 January 2008. The effectiveness of the instrument is assessed by means of decomposition of car sales by key features of cars and by estimation of impact relations between changes in the emission performance of newly sold cars and various explanatory variables, including the imputed tax differentiation based price differences

Keywords: fuel efficiency, policy effectiveness, automobile tax reform, transport emissions, polttoaineenkulutuksen tehokkuus, ohjauskeinojen vaikuttavuus, autoveron remontti, liikenteen päästöt, Environment, Ympäristö, Taxation, Verotus, Labor market and policies promoting economic growth, Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka, H230 - Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies, H310 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household (effects on labor supply), Q480 - Energy: Government Policy, R480 - Transportation Systems: Government Pricing; Regulatory Policies, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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