Balancing Environmental, Fiscal, and Welfare Impacts of Transportation Decarbonization in France

July 12, 2024

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Nate Vernon-Lin. Balancing Environmental, Fiscal, and Welfare Impacts of Transportation Decarbonization in France, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2024) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

France has taken a leadership role in global mitigation and made significant progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but further efforts will be needed to meet domestic mitigation targets. Accelerating emissions reductions from road transportation will be a key part of this strategy, as they account for nearly one-third of national emissions. At the same time, with the shift to more lightly taxed electric vehicles over the next decade, fiscal revenue from the sector is projected to decline and externalities, such as congestion, to worsen. Building on existing policies, a comprehensive reform that combines revenue-neutral continuous feebate schemes with a gradual introduction of road user and congestion charges could support mitigation targets, while maintaining revenue and regulating externalities. This paper discusses administratively feasible options to introduce such policies as well as key welfare and distributional considerations.

Subject: Congestion tax, Environment, Fuel tax, Greenhouse gas emissions, Taxes

Keywords: Climate change, Congestion, Congestion tax, Decarbonization policy, Efficient fuel prices, Environmental policy, Europe, Fiscal, France, Fuel tax, Global, Greenhouse gas emissions, Policy conclusion, Road transportation economics, Road transportation policy, Road transportation sector policy, Transportation sector emission

Publication Details

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44
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Working Paper No. 2024/145
Stock No:

WPIEA2024145
ISBN:

9798400282508
ISSN:

1018-5941

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