The Option of an Oil Tax to Fund Transportation and Infrastructure

• मुख्य लेखक: Crane, Keith (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Burger, Nicholas (auth), Wachs, Martin (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: RAND Corporation 2011
• विषय: Energy industries & utilities; Transport industries; Transportation Studies; Business
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Federal spending on surface-transportation infrastructure outpaces federal taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Increasing fuel efficiency means that fuel-purchase expenditures have dropped, so real revenue generated from these taxes has declined. A percentage tax on crude oil and imported refined-pet...