The economic and environmental consequences of automobile lifetime extension and fuel economy improvement: Japan's case

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-28

  Kagawa, Shigemi ^a   Kudoh, Yuki ^b   Nansai, Keisuke ^c   Tasaki, Tomohiro ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fuel economy; Gasoline consumption; Passenger vehicle lifetime; Passenger vehicle use; Rebound effect; Technological change

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 41049092859     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: 14695758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535310801890615     Document Type: Conference Paper

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