Optimal Fuel Taxes and Heterogeneity of Cities

Review of Regional Research - Tập 35 Số 2 - Trang 173-209 - 2015
Georg Hirte1, Stefan Tscharaktschiew1
1Faculty of Traffic Sciences Friedrich List, Institute of Transport & Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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