Taxing ride‐sharing: Which neighborhoods pay more?
研究芝加哥不同社区对网约车征税的短期反应，发现黑人社区面临更高的价格涨幅和使用量下降，税收负担更重地落在少数族裔集中区域。
Abstract I examine the short‐run impact of taxing ride‐sharing trips on the price and usage of ride‐sharing across different neighborhoods of Chicago and investigate whether the tax had unequal effects on neighborhoods with different racial compositions. I document significant heterogeneity in price increases due to the tax across neighborhoods of departure, showing that this was correlated with their differential access to alternatives to ride‐sharing, such as public transit. Clustering neighborhoods based on their racial composition reveals that Black areas experienced particularly high price increases and reductions in usage. Overall, the burden of the tax fell more heavily on minority‐concentrated areas.