DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2017.1294044
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85017269065
论文题名: Vehicle tax policies and new passenger car CO2 performance in EU member states
作者: Dineen D ; , Ryan L ; , Ó Gallachóir B
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2018
卷: 18, 期: 4 起始页码: 396
结束页码: 412
语种: 英语
英文关键词: CO2 emissions mitigation
; environmental economics EU climate policy
; transport policy
; vehicle taxes
Scopus关键词: carbon dioxide
; carbon emission
; emission control
; environmental economics
; environmental policy
; European Union
; pollution tax
; tax system
; transport vehicle
; transportation policy
; Netherlands
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: This article explores the causes for differences in the average CO2 emissions intensity of the new passenger car (NPC) fleet in member states (MS) across Europe. Although EU policies mitigating CO2 emissions from NPCs have been in place since 1999, MS strongly diverge in the absolute amount and relative change in emissions over the last decade. The authors employ a qualitative approach to analyse the factors, in particular national vehicle taxes, contributing to this divergence and the relative contribution of national and European policies in reducing national CO2 emissions from NPCs. The analysis shows that there has been a significant reduction in CO2 emissions intensity of NPCs since 2007 across most MS, compared with the six years previous to that date. This would indicate that EU-wide policies, such as the CO2 vehicles regulation, along with the economic recession in 2008, have influenced national NPC CO2 emissions. Generally, countries with CO2-differentiated vehicle taxes are observed as more likely to have achieved greater reductions in CO2 emissions. However, over the same period there have been many confounding factors, such as economic instability in the EU, that also influence NPC emissions. Using more detailed case study analyses of six countries, the authors find that there is scope for well-designed national vehicle tax policies to drive NPC emissions down further than the EU average. In countries with the highest success rate, such as the Netherlands, the design of the vehicle tax, as part of a well-aligned policy package, has been very important in delivering the biggest reductions in CO2 emissions from NPCs. POLICY RELEVANCE The transport sector continues to be an intractable source of CO2 emissions. Governments around the world are seeking effective policies to deal with the increase in passenger car CO2 emissions appropriate to their own circumstances. This article examines the experience of EU MS with CO2-differentiated vehicle taxes in reducing CO2 emissions in the context of other national and international contributing factors. It should therefore both be useful to policy makers and contribute to climate policy research in general. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80158
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作者单位: MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; School of Economics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Energy Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; School of Engineering, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Recommended Citation:
Dineen D,, Ryan L,, Ó Gallachóir B. Vehicle tax policies and new passenger car CO2 performance in EU member states[J]. Climate Policy,2018-01-01,18(4)