Car buyers and fuel economy?

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1213-1223

  Turrentine, Thomas S ^a   Kurani, Kenneth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Car buyers; Fuel economy; Fuel efficiency

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FUEL EFFICIENCY; RESOURCE CONSERVATION;

FUEL ECONOMY;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; RESEARCH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARMERIA;

EID: 33845430952     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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