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Airline choice, switching costs and frequent flyer programs
(2004)
Switching costs are costs that customers face when switching from one firm to another. In markets such
as the airline market where repeated purchases are common, switching costs may be substantial. In this
paper we ...
The Effect of Addiction on Environmental Taxation in a First and Second-best world
(2003)
We examine the effect of addictive behavior on a socially optimal
environmental tax. If utility in part depends on past consumption
and individuals are time-consistent, the socially optimal
environmental tax is shown to ...
Habit Formation in the Environmental Quality: Dynamic Optimal Environmental Taxation
(2003)
In this article we propose a model in which individuals experience
habit formation in environmental quality. Further, a
consumption good causes a negative external effect on the environment.
The intertemporal utility ...
Environmental Taxation - Empirical and Theoretical Applications
(2003)
This thesis consists of five self-contained articles, and hence each paper can be read independently. Still, all five papers have one important feature in common: environmental taxation.
Paper 1: The Phase-Out of Leaded ...
The Determinants of Sulfur Emissions from Oil Consumption in Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1976-1995
(2000)
Using a structural decomposition analysis, we analyze the causes of reduction in emitted sulfur originating from the manufacturing industry in Sweden during 1976-1995. We also analyze how policy instruments work with respect ...
Puzzling tax attitudes and labels
(2006)
We find that through labeling one can significantly affect attitudes towards a tax. The gasoline tax meets a stronger reluctance than virtually the same tax when it is called the CO2 tax on gasoline.
The Importance of Habit Formation for Environmental Taxation
(2006)
We analyze how habit formation affects optimal environmental taxation, when consumption of a habitual good causes a negative external
effect on the environment. In a simple two-period model, we show that optimal taxation ...
The Phase-Out of Leaded Gasoline in the EU: A Successful Failure?
(1999)
The objective of this paper is to analyze in both descriptive and econometric terms the phase-out of leaded gasoline consumption in the EU countries. The phase-out process is characterized by increased consumption of ...