Motor Vehicle Taxes as an Environmental Management Instrument: The Case of Singapore

• Main Authors: CHIA, Ngee-Choon, PHANG, Sock Yong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
• Subjects: Congestion externality; Double dividend; Environment; Motor vehicle taxes; Ownership and use tax; Singapore; Asian Studies; Public Economics; Transportation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1515; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2514/viewcontent/MotorVehicleTaxesEnvironmentalMgt_2001.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Being geographically small, land scarcity poses a potential constraint for economic growth in Singapore. Restraining car ownership and car use through motor vehicle taxes is part of the land-transport policy to ensure smoother traffic flow. This paper analyses the use of motor vehicle taxes in Singa...