Fuel tourism in border regions: The case of Switzerland

被引:51
作者
Banfi, S [1 ]
Filippini, M
Hunt, LC
机构
[1] ZUE, CEPE, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Management Technol & Econ, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Univ Svizzera Italiana, MecoP, Ist Microecon & Econ Pubbl, Lugano, Switzerland
[3] Univ Surrey, Dept Econ, SEEC, Surrey, England
关键词
fuel tourism; gasoline price differentials; panel data estimation;
D O I
10.1016/j.eneco.2005.04.006
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper explores the issue of 'fuel tourism' in Switzerland. For the period 1985-1997, 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 an increase in demand in the border areas of nearly 17.5%. It is shown that fuel tourism accounted for about 9% of overall gasoline sales in the three regions during the period 1985-1997 and that the recently proposed Swiss CO2-tax might, given current conditions, eliminate net fuel tourism. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:19
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