The Distributional Impact of Road Expenditure and Finance in Australia

The Distributional Impact of Road Expenditure and Finance in Australia

The authors work out estimates of the distributional effects of road expenditure, including the effects of taxes raised to pay for the roads; benefits are treated as negative taxes. They find that there is little scope for influencing the distribution of income by adjustments in road expenditure.

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