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Creator:: Cannon, T. Lincoln
Abstract:: Most forests and timber in Western Oregon are taxed under the Western Oregon Forest Land and Severance Tax (WOST), a system which is accepted as one that promotes "correct" economic rotation lengths. This study was motivated by the observation that an optional tax with the same stated purpose - the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Valluri, Divya
Abstract:: The gasoline tax, the main source of highway revenue is no longer a viable source of funding to maintain the existing highways. Many states in the United States are already using revenues from other sources such as sales tax and income tax to fund new highways. Oregon along with many...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: already using revenues from other sources such as sales tax and income tax to fund new highways. Oregon

Creator:: Nakahara, Kyle S.
Abstract:: Oregon’s gasoline tax no longer serves as an economically efficient revenue source due to increasing fuel efficiency and the emergence of alternative fuels. In response to this problem, the Oregon Department of Transportation is exploring alternatives to the gasoline tax. Among the most promising alternatives is a flat-rate vehicle mile...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of a Vehicle Mile Tax on Oregon Households by Kyle S. Nakahara A THESIS

Creator:: Hackworth, Kevin
Abstract:: Local governments in Oregon receive money from the forestry sector in a number of ways. This paper briefly describes public and private forestry sector sources and the relative importance of their payments to five forms of local governments by county for fiscal year 1982-83 to 1985-86. An analysis of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Powell, Leslie A. (Leslie Ann)
Abstract:: Public land ownership withdraws property from the tax base of local property tax districts. Publicly-managed lands occupy approximately 17.5 million acres of forested lands in Oregon (inclusive of federal, state, and county ownership). To compensate local taxing districts for foregone property tax collections, Congress enacted a series of federal revenue-sharing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Ke, Yue
Abstract:: This study evaluates the distributional impacts of an alternative public roads finance method, a road usage charge (RUC) fee, on lower income households and rural households in Oregon. While previous research has relied on the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), this research will uses the 2011-2013 Oregon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , a road usage charge (RUC) fee, on lower income households and rural households in Oregon. While

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