Can Environmental Tax Reduce Dilapidated Motor Vehicles Importation and Pollution? Insights from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorLema, A. Godwin
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-01T15:00:24Z
dc.date.available2022-12-01T15:00:24Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-29
dc.descriptionThe article provides an assessment environmental tax influence in curbing down the importation of the Dilapidated Motor Vehicles (DMVs) with a view to reduce vehicular emissionsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe influence of tax regime in reducing dilapidated vehicles’ demand and attendant pollution is puzzling global south cities. This article provides an assessment on how environmental tax is or is not curbing down the importation of the Dilapidated Motor Vehicles (DMVs) with a view to reduce vehicular emissions in the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A multilevel perspective employing mixed methods of data collection was used to collect qualitative and quantitative data through document review, group discussions, in-depth interviews from selected Members of Parliament, policymakers, government officials, and brand new as well as DMVs dealers. Content, trend and discourse analysis enabled to interpret qualitative data. Findings reveal that taxing importation of DMVs is not significantly reducing air pollution. The side effects of the increased DMVs import in polluting the environment are increasing due to the rise in income levels, population increase and technical challenges of estimating marginal social cost. As DMVs tax was not reflected in the exporter’s cost schedule, the non-inclusion gives a market failure scenario a la Pigou Theorem. Rethinking of an optimal environmental tax remains a complex sociopolitical issue calling for research and policy attention.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationBrown Gideon Mwangoka, Godwin Adiel Lema (2022) Can Environmental Tax Reduce Dilapidated Motor Vehicles Importation and Pollution? Insights from Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaTanzania Journal of Sociology Vol. 7, Issue, No.2, December 2021:42 - 67en_US
dc.identifier.issn2591-6963
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5927
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries7(2);
dc.subjectDilapidated Motor Vehicle, environmental tax, demand, air pollution, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.titleCan Environmental Tax Reduce Dilapidated Motor Vehicles Importation and Pollution? Insights from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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