Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Although increased gasoline taxation has been proposed as a very effective instrument to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a common argument against such a measure is that it is regressive—i.e., The researchers studied data from 25 different countries to investigate the concern that gasoline taxes affect poor people the most.
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