LEADER 03480nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910220128603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-13581-7 010 $a9786613135810 010 $a0-8330-5183-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000073200 035 $a(EBL)688701 035 $a(OCoLC)721195156 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524613 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11327336 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524613 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10487641 035 $a(PQKB)10092392 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL688701 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10466329 035 $a(OCoLC)705461081 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4969959 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC688701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4969959 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000073200 100 $a20110211d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe option of an oil tax to fund transportation and infrastructure /$fKeith Crane, Nicholas Burger, Martin Wachs 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (48 p.) 225 0 $aOccasional paper The option of an oil tax to fund transportation and infrastructure 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8330-5178-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Section 1: Introduction; Section 2: Why Tax Oil?; Gasoline and Diesel Taxes Are Insufficient to Pay for Roads; Legislators Have Been Unwilling to Raise Gasoline and Diesel Taxes; Design and Benefits of a Tax on Oil; Section 3: How Much Might Oil Be Taxed?; Revenue Needs; Externalities; Damage to the Environment; Costs of Defending Foreign Sources of Oil and Transit; Monopsony Premium; A Potential Tax Rate for Oil; Section 4: Who Would Pay the Tax? 327 $aDistribution of the Tax Among Consumers, Refiners, and Domestic and Foreign ProducersDistributional Effects of an Oil Tax; Implications That the Proposed Tax Could Have for Transportation Appropriations; Link the Tax to the Highway Trust Fund; Apportion the Revenue According to Its Use; Abandon the Trust Fund in Favor of General-Fund Financing; Implementation; Setting the Tax; Phasing In the Tax; Conclusion; Appendix: Gasoline Prices and Federal Tax History, 1949-2008; Bibliography 330 $aFederal 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-petroleum products consumed in the United States could fund U.S. transportation infrastructure. 606 $aPetroleum$xTaxation$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aTransportation$xFinance 615 0$aPetroleum$xTaxation$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aTransportation$xFinance. 676 $a336.2/785532820973 700 $aCrane$b Keith$f1953-$0899251 701 $aBurger$b Nicholas$0924036 701 $aWachs$b Martin$032081 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220128603321 996 $aThe option of an oil tax to fund transportation and infrastructure$92475713 997 $aUNINA