Gasoline and High Speed Diesel Consumption in Thailand A Case Study in Welfare  

作　　者：Thiraphong Vikitset 

机构地区：[1]National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand

出　　处：《China-USA Business Review》2012年第7期896-918,共23页美中经济评论（英文版）

摘　　要：This article examines the retail pricing policy of gasoline, high speed diesel, and the vehicle tax policy in Thailand between January 2002 and August 2005. The pricing policy of gasoline and high speed diesel is characterized by cross price subsidy from the gasoline consumers to the high speed diesel consumers. The vehicle tax policy is characterized by heavy tax rates that are higher for the gasoline engine vehicles relative to the diesel engine vehicles. The vehicle tax policy caused considerably greater welfare losses than the pricing policy of gasoline and high speed diesel. The efficient pricing criterion is proposed as a package to correct the welfare losses. The package includes replacements of all the transfer payments items in the price structure of gasoline and high speed diesel by their global pollution components, and the removal of the existing vehicle taxes. The efficient policy package will generate less tax revenue and the short falls can be offset by the charges designed to correct other externalities that cannot be effectively internalized by the fuel tax.

关 键 词：Thailand GASOLINE high speed diesel VEHICLES externalities WELFARE 

分 类 号：U464.171[机械工程—车辆工程] U464.172[交通运输工程—载运工具运用工程]