gasoline

Dataset: National Mileage Fee Survey

Research Product Type
Data
This dataset is associated with a study that examines the extent to which public perceptions of mileage fees are guided by misinformation or lack of information using a national, internet-based survey. The research team employs hypothetical voting opportunities to gather respondent support for mileage fees, coupled with educational treatments that address mileage fee fairness, privacy, and costs.

Do Fuel Taxes Face Ideological or Economic Opposition? Evidence from Voting on Proposition 6 and Lessons for Policymaking

  • Principal Investigator Erich Muehlegger, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project seeks to unpack the political opposition to gasoline taxes, by examining how precinct-level support for California Proposition 6, which would have immediately reduced state gasoline taxes, covaries with the political ideology of voters and the economic burden of gasoline taxes.
Project Status
Complete