Arbeitspapier

The Effect of Registration Taxes on New Car Sales and Emissions: Evidence from Switzerland

In Switzerland, the annual circulation taxes on road vehicles are set by and paid to the cantons (not to the federal government). We exploit the 26 different circulation tax rules and their variation over time, which we interpret as a natural experiment, to see if linking them to a vehicle’s CO2 emissions rate has helped shift new car sales towards cleaner, lower-emitting vehicles. We find that even when the penalty associated with a highly polluting vehicle is high, the effect is relatively small. For example, in canton Zurich, imposing a 50% “malus” on the annual registration fee for cars that emit 200 or more grams of CO2 per kilometer reduces the average CO2 emissions rate from new cars by only 0.46 gram per kilometer, bringing it to 158.11 grams per kilometer in 2011. A similar effect would be attained with a modest increase in fuel taxes.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 16/245

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
Thema
vehicle demand estimation
fuel economy
fuel taxes
vehicle taxes
carbon dioxide emissions rates
Kraftfahrzeugsteuer
Mineralölsteuer
Wirkungsanalyse
Kraftfahrzeug
Absatz
Treibhausgas-Emissionen
Schweiz

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Alberini, Anna
Bareit, Markus
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research
(wo)
Zurich
(wann)
2016

DOI
doi:10.3929/ethz-a-010633976
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Alberini, Anna
  • Bareit, Markus
  • ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research

Entstanden

  • 2016

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