Evaluating a seasonal fuel tax in a mass tourism destination: A case study for the Balearic Islands
Evaluating a seasonal fuel tax in a mass tourism destination: A case study for the Balearic Islands
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DOI：
10.1016/j.eneco.2013.02.009
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发表时间：
2013-07
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影响因子：
12.8
通讯作者：
Mohcine Bakhat;J. Rosselló
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作者：
Mohcine Bakhat;J. Rosselló
本文估算了季节性较强的大众旅游地区柴油和汽油的月度总需求。使用时间序列模型来估计价格弹性，特别强调评估季节之间的差异，以评估仅在旺季征收燃油税的后果。使用巴利阿里群岛（西班牙）从 1999 年 1 月到 2010 年 12 月的案例研究，部分调整模型的结果显示价格弹性相对较低，这证明了为减少运输外部性而引入税收的内部化机制不起作用。此外，两种燃料的季节之间没有发现统计差异，这证明了旅游活动与东道主活动的反应不同的论点是无效的。
This paper estimates the monthly aggregate demand for diesel oil and gasoline in a mass tourism region, characterized for a high level of seasonality. Using time series models, price elasticities are estimated with special emphasis in evaluating differences between seasons in order to assess the consequences of a fuel tax applied exclusively during the high season. Using the case study of the Balearic Islands (Spain) from January-1999 to December-2010 results from a partial adjustment model show a relatively low price-elasticity, evidencing how the internalizing mechanism that could be argued for introducing the tax in order to reduce transport externalities does not work. Additionally no statistical differences have been found between seasons for both fuels invalidating the argument that tourism activity reacts differently to host activity.