Toward marginal cost pricing of accident risk: The energy, travel, and welfare impacts of pay-at-the-pump auto insurance

Energy Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 331-342

  Kavalec, Chris ^a   Woods, James ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Marginal cost pricing; Pay at the pump insurance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COSTS; INSURANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; VALUE ENGINEERING;

AUTO INSURANCE; CONSUMER SURPLUS; MARGINAL COST PRICING;

ENERGY POLICY;

ACCIDENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033149966     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(99)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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