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The Norwegian CO2-differentiated motor vehicle registration tax: An extended Cost-Benefit Analysis

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  • Gunnar S. Eskeland

    (Norwegian School of Economics)

  • Shiyu Yan

    (Aarhus University)

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In addition to a longstanding CO2 component in fuel taxes, Norway has used two main policy instruments to decarbonise its car fleet. A CO2-differentiated registration tax gives strong and continuous incentives to buy cars with lower registered CO2 intensity (or higher fuel efficiency). Moreover, generous tax incentives, including registration tax and VAT exemptions, are applied to zero-emission cars, and have given Norway the highest electric vehicle sales in the world. This paper analyses effects of the two instruments (the vehicle registration tax and tax exemption) using an excellent and detailed data set.

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  • Gunnar S. Eskeland & Shiyu Yan, 2021. "The Norwegian CO2-differentiated motor vehicle registration tax: An extended Cost-Benefit Analysis," OECD Environment Working Papers 178, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaaa:178-en
    DOI: 10.1787/ee108c96-en
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    1. Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo & Ilai Levin & Alessia Pagani & Mauro Pisu & Åsa Johansson, 2022. "A framework to decarbonise the economy," OECD Economic Policy Papers 31, OECD Publishing.
    2. Charles Dearman & James Milner & Glenn Stewart & Giovanni S. Leonardi & John Thornes & Paul Wilkinson, 2023. "Sports Utility Vehicles: A Public Health Model of Their Climate and Air Pollution Impacts in the United Kingdom," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(11), pages 1-22, June.

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    Keywords

    co-benefits; Cost-benefit analysis; Distributional effects; environmental externality; Greenhouse gas emission reduction; low-emission vehicles; policy instruments; vehicule registration tax;
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    JEL classification:

    • L62 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects

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