The Commuter Tax and the Fiscal Cost of Commuters to New York City

Posted: 31 Jul 2002

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Howard Chernick

City University of New York, CUNY Hunter College - Department of Economics

Olesya Tkacheva

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Abstract

The authors look at the fiscal cost of commuters to New York City and suggest that the city should reimpose a tax on commuters. The elimination of the commuter tax unfairly worsened the fiscal condition of the city and made regional tax systems mroe regressive, the authors write.

Suggested Citation

Chernick, Howard and Tkacheva, Olesya, The Commuter Tax and the Fiscal Cost of Commuters to New York City. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=321081

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