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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geschwind, Carl-Henry, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 243 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lexington Books, 2017

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017.

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.

Contents:

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.