Winners and Loses Distributional Impacts of Highway User Fees赢家和输家的公路使用费分配的影响.pptVIP

The SUITS INDEX The Suits Index, bounded between -1 and 1 A value of -1 implies the lowest income group bears the entire burden of the tax; A value of 1 implies the highest income group bears the entire tax burden. A value of 0 implies the tax is proportional. OLS MODEL VARIABLES Our OLS model is based on the following equation M = f(Pf,I,U,C,SUB,CHILD,WORKER,MALE) Where M is the total annual miles driven by the household, Pf is the fuel cost per mile under the gasoline tax I is annual household income U is a dummy variable, = 1 if urban, = 0 else