Fuel tourism in border regions
the case of Switzerland
Informazioni aggiuntive
Autori
Banfi S.,
Filippini M.,
Hunt L. C.
Tipo
Articolo pubblicato in rivista scientifica
Anno
2005
Lingua
Inglese
Sommario
This paper explores the issue of ‘fuel tourism’ in Switzerland. For the period 1985 to 1987, a panel data model for the border regions of Switzerland, (Italy, France, and Germany) is estimated. The results show a significant impact of the gasoline price differential on demand, suggesting that a decrease of 10% in the Swiss gasoline price leads to a reduction in demand in the border areas of nearly 17½%. It is shown that fuel tourism accounted for about 9% of overall gasoline sales in the three regions during the period 1985 to 1997 and that the recently proposed Swiss CO2-tax might, given current conditions, eliminate net fuel tourism.
Parole chiave
Fuel Tourism, gasoline price differentials, panel data estimation
Periodico
Energy Economics
Volume
27
Numero ( Mese )
5
Pagine (o numero dell’articolo)
689-707
Diffusione
Licenza
Licenza non definita
Visibilità
Pubblico
Status open access
Green
