Investigating the role of green transport, environmental taxes and expenditures in mitigating the transport CO2 emissions

Transportation sector is considered a major contributor to the release of the carbon emissions in the atmosphere. The present research explores the effect of traffic, environmental taxes and expenditures on transport-related carbon emissions. The authors apply a cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lags estimator for short- and long-run estimates by using panel data for 35 OECD countries. The authors demonstrate traffic increase transport-related carbon emissions by 14.65% on average. Transport-related carbon emissions will rise by 1.5% over the near term as a result of the combined affect rail and road-vehicles, and energy consumption. Environmental expenditures and green transportation, on the other hand, will cut transportation emissions by 21.7% and 45.20% in the short and long runs, respectively. Furthermore, the findings reveal an inverted u-shaped link between transportation-related carbon emissions and consumption. Based on real-world evidence, this study advises that some countries reduce traffic while simultaneously increasing spending on the development of environmentally friendly transportation options.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/19427867.2022.2065592
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  • © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Hussain, Zahid
  • Kaleem Khan, Muhammad
  • Xia, Zhiqing
• Publication Date: 2023-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 439-449
• Serial:
  • Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1942-7867
  • EISSN: 1942-7875
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ytrl20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carbon taxes; Climate change mitigation; Energy consumption; Expenditures; Sustainable transportation; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01900043
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 20 2023 9:12AM