A study of fuel efficiency and emission policy impact on optimal vehicle design decisions

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1062-1070

  Michalek, Jeremy J ^a   Papalambros, Panos Y ^a   Skerlos, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

CAFE; Discrete choice analysis; Econometrics; Emissions; Environmental policy; Game theory; Green engineering; Logit; Oligopoly; Optimal design

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL ECONOMY; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PUBLIC POLICY; STANDARDS;

CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREEN ENGINEERING; LOGIT; OLIGOPOLY MARKET; OPTIMAL DESIGN;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 15444376299     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1804195     Document Type: Article

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