Petrol consumption and redistributive effects of its taxation in Spain
Asensio Ruiz de Alda, Francisco Javier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Matas i Prat, Anna
Raymond Bara, José Luis (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada

Data:	2006
Descripció:	33 p.
Resum:	The objective of this paper is to estimate a petrol consumption function for Spain and to evaluate the redistributive effects of petrol taxation. We use micro data from the Spanish Household Budget Survey of 1990/91 and model petrol consumption taking into account the effect that income changes may have on car ownership levels, as well as the differences that exist between expenditure and consumption. Our results show the importance that household structure, place of residence and income have on petrol consumption. We are able to compute income elasticities of petrol expenditure, both conditional and unconditional on the level of car ownership. Non-conditional elasticities, while always very close to unit values, are lower for higher income households and for those living in rural areas or small cities. When car ownership levels are taken into account, conditional elasticities are obtained that are around one half the value of the non- conditional ones, being fairly stable across income categories and city sizes. As regards the redistributive effects of petrol taxation, we observe that for the lowest income deciles the share of petrol expenditure increases with income, and thus the tax can be regarded as progressive. However, after a certain income level the tax proves to be regressive.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Col·lecció:	Departament d'Economia Aplicada. Documents de treball
Col·lecció:	Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 0109
Document:	Working paper
Matèria:	Renda ; Distribució ; Models economètrics ; Espanya ; Petroli ; Impostos

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