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Parry, Ian W.H. ; Strand, Jon
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July 01, 2011
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The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate
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Summary:
Gasoline and diesel fuel are heavily taxed in many developed and some emerging and developing countries. Outside of the United States and Europe, however, there has been little attempt to quantify the external costs of vehicle use, so policymakers lack guidance on whether prevailing tax rates are economically efficient. This paper develops a general approach for estimating motor vehicle externalities, and hence corrective taxes on gasoline and diesel, based on pooling local data with extrapolations from U.S.evidence. The analysis is illustrated for the case of Chile, though it could be applied to other countries.
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Working Paper No. 11/168
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Cross country analysis | Demand | Economic models | Excise taxes | Oil | Oil consumption | Taxation | Taxes | Transport | Chile
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gasoline tax | diesel tax | externalities | optimal tax | welfare gains | Chile. |
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English
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July 01, 2011
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WPIEA2011168
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36
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