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Article

Carbon Pricing and the Truckload Spot Market

by
Andrew Balthrop
,
Justin T. Kistler
,
Yemisi Bolumole
,
Alex Scott
and
Chad W. Autry
*
Department of Supply Chain Management, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Logistics 2025, 9(3), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics9030121
Submission received: 16 July 2025 / Revised: 12 August 2025 / Accepted: 22 August 2025 / Published: 28 August 2025
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Background: Carbon pricing in the form of fuel taxes is an important tool for abating climate change. This study examines the impact and pass-through of fuel taxes in the truckload freight market. Methods: State-level truckload market data, integrated with retail diesel prices, are analyzed using fixed-effects regression modeling. Results: Taxes and fuel costs are not only passed on by diesel retailers to motor carriers; the results reveal the overshifting of diesel taxes from motor carriers to shippers. Conclusions: The findings are consistent with inelastic short-term demand for long-haul carriage, indicating that relatively large price increases will be necessary to reduce diesel consumption in the trucking industry.
Keywords: freight shipping; carbon pricing; fuel taxes; tax overshifting; trucking; sustainability freight shipping; carbon pricing; fuel taxes; tax overshifting; trucking; sustainability

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Balthrop, A.; Kistler, J.T.; Bolumole, Y.; Scott, A.; Autry, C.W. Carbon Pricing and the Truckload Spot Market. Logistics 2025, 9, 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics9030121

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Balthrop A, Kistler JT, Bolumole Y, Scott A, Autry CW. Carbon Pricing and the Truckload Spot Market. Logistics. 2025; 9(3):121. https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics9030121

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Balthrop, Andrew, Justin T. Kistler, Yemisi Bolumole, Alex Scott, and Chad W. Autry. 2025. "Carbon Pricing and the Truckload Spot Market" Logistics 9, no. 3: 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics9030121

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Balthrop, A., Kistler, J. T., Bolumole, Y., Scott, A., & Autry, C. W. (2025). Carbon Pricing and the Truckload Spot Market. Logistics, 9(3), 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics9030121

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