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Taxation of Car Commuters’ Employer-Subsidized Parking

In: Time and Space in Economics

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  • Rickard E. Wall

    (Gotland University)

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Summary In order to mitigate traffic jams in dense urban areas, congestion charges are currently being planned and introduced in cities around the world. In Sweden, empirical results of the Jansson and Wall (2002) Stockholm study have drawn attention to another potential economic policy instrument—namely, that of taxation of car commuters’ free or partly employer-subsidized parking. The Jansson and Wall study shows that to reduce traffic volumes, it is not sufficient to tax employers for offering this fringe benefit, e.g., in terms of social benefit payments. Commuters must pay taxes in some form out of their own pockets. If properly designed and enforced, taxation of commuters’ free or partly employer-subsidized parking is estimated by Jansson and Wall to reduce rush-hour car traffic into the inner city of Stockholm by as much as 10%–20%.

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  • Rickard E. Wall, 2007. "Taxation of Car Commuters’ Employer-Subsidized Parking," Springer Books, in: Toichiro Asada & Toshiharu Ishikawa (ed.), Time and Space in Economics, chapter 12, pages 227-238, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-4-431-45978-1_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-45978-1_12
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