Carl-Henry Geschwind

A Comparative History of Motor Fuels Taxation, 1909-2009 (eBook, PDF)

Why Gasoline Is Cheap and Petrol Is Dear

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Slowing down global warming is one of the most critical problems facing the world's policymakers today. One favored solution is to regulate carbon consumption through taxation, including the taxation of gasoline. Yet gasoline tax levels are much lower in the United States than elsewhere. Why is this so, and what does it tell us about the prospects for taxing carbon here? A Comparative History of Motor Fuels Taxation, 1909-2009: Why Gasoline Is Cheap and Petrol Is Dear examines these questions by tracing the evolution of gasoline tax policies in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand since the early twentieth century. In the process, it highlights the crucial role played by fiscal crises.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216306054
• Artikelnr.: 74844372

Autorenporträt

Carl-Henry Geschwind holds a PhD in the history of science from Johns Hopkins University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Beginnings of the Gasoline Tax
1909-1929 Chapter 2: Responding to Depression and the War
1929-1949 Chapter 3: Boom Years
1949-1969 Chapter 4: Oil Shocks and Economic Stagnation
1969-1989 Chapter 5: The Age of Global Warming
1989-2009