Automobile quality choice under pollution control regulation

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-372

  Ferrara, Ida ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automobile industry; CAFE; Fuel tax; Quality differentiation; Self selection; ZEV

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FUEL ECONOMY; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL EFFICIENCY (CAFE); FUEL TAX; QUALITY ARRAYS; QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION TAX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 35148858947     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9074-3     Document Type: Article

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