Diesel price convergence and mineral oil taxation in Europe


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2007

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Working Paper

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Abstract

We empirically analyze convergence of European producer and consumer prices for diesel fuel and investigate the role of excise taxation. By comparing the speed of convergence of prices and taxes we find a surprisingly fast speed of convergence for consumer prices. While this can in part be explained by fuel tourism, the main driving force is producer price dynamics. Tax convergence contributes weakly to price convergence, but the overall effect is to slow down consumer relative to producer price convergence.

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KOF Working Papers

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182

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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich

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MINERALÖLPRODUKTE (ERDÖLTECHNOLOGIE); EUROPA; MINERAL OIL PRODUCTS (PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY); Price convergence; STEUERN (ÖFFENTLICHE FINANZEN); European integration; Diesel; TAXES (PUBLIC FINANCE); International taxation; Panel unit roots; GAS OILS + DIESEL FUELS + FUEL OILS (PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY); EUROPE; GASÖLE + DIESELKRAFTSTOFFE + BRENNÖLE (PETROCHEMIE)

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02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute check_circle
03716 - Sturm, Jan-Egbert / Sturm, Jan-Egbert check_circle

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Published online 2007.

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