Feebates promoting energy-efficient cars: Design options to address more consumers and possible counteracting effects

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1355-1365

  Peters, Anja ^a   Mueller, Michel G ^a   de Haan, Peter ^a   Scholz, Roland W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Incentive schemes; Policy design

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLEET OPERATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; VEHICLES;

ENERGY-EFFICIENT CARS; FEEBATE SYSTEM;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AUTOMOBILE; CAR USE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODELING;

EID: 40349089088     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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