This paper studies the effects on house prices of traffic nuisance on local streets. As source of exogenous variation in traffic nuisance we use the opening of a new state highway N14 in the Netherlands. This transport innovation altered the traffic density on the adjacent streets for some...

Germany imposes an energy tax of 0.65€/l on gasoline which is one of the highest tax rates across countries. The effective tax is even higher when accounting for the consumption tax levied on top of the energy tax. Answers to the question whether such a high tax level is justified on...