The effects of CO2-differentiated vehicle tax systems on car choice, CO2 emissions and tax revenues

The effects of CO2-differentiated vehicle tax systems on car choice, CO2 emissions and tax revenues

Kok, R.

Technology, Policy and Management

Infrastructures, Systems and Services

2011-10-10

This paper assesses the impacts of a CO2-differentiated tax policy designed to influence car purchasing trends towards lower CO2 emitting vehicles in the Netherlands. Since 2009, gasoline and diesel cars up to 110 and 95 gram CO2 per km are exempted from the vehicle registration tax (VRT). In addition, in 2010 a first step was implemented to change the VRT into a CO2-differentiated tax. This paper provides an ex-post analysis of the first years of the tax change, tracking the change in purchasing trends arising from the measure related to CO2-emissions, engine power, car weight, car size and segment and fuel type, and government revenues. The analysis shows that Dutch consumers are responsive to price incentives for low carbon cars.

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Association for European Transport (AET)

ETC 2011: European Transport Conference, Glasgow, UK, 10-12 October 2011

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