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A Comparative History of Motor Fuels Taxation, 1909-2009 : Why Gasoline Is Cheap and Petrol Is Dear.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498553810
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Comparative History of Motor Fuels Taxation, 1909-2009DDC classification:
  • 336.2786655
LOC classification:
  • HG3881.5.W57.G473 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of the Gasoline Tax, 1909-1929 -- 2 Responding to Depression and the War, 1929-1949 -- 3 Boom Years, 1949-1969 -- 4 Oil Shocks and Economic Stagnation, 1969-1989 -- 5 The Age of Global Warming, 1989-2009 -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This study examines gasoline taxation policies since the early twentieth century. Comparing and contrasting policies in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand, the author analyzes the origins of gasoline taxation and the various approaches to its implementation and highlights the role played by fiscal crises.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of the Gasoline Tax, 1909-1929 -- 2 Responding to Depression and the War, 1929-1949 -- 3 Boom Years, 1949-1969 -- 4 Oil Shocks and Economic Stagnation, 1969-1989 -- 5 The Age of Global Warming, 1989-2009 -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This study examines gasoline taxation policies since the early twentieth century. Comparing and contrasting policies in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand, the author analyzes the origins of gasoline taxation and the various approaches to its implementation and highlights the role played by fiscal crises.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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