Driving for fun? Comparing the effect of fuel prices on weekday and weekend fuel consumption

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Frondel, Manuel ^a   Vance, Colin ^a  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automobile travel; Interaction effects; Two part model

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PROCESS; CAR USE; CLIMATE PROTECTION; DECISION PROCESS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FUEL PRICES; FUEL TAX; GERMANY; INTERACTION EFFECT; INTERACTION EFFECTS; RAISING PRICES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; TWO STAGE; TWO-PART MODEL;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILES; COSTS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; RAILROAD CARS;

FUELS;

AUTOMOBILE; COMMODITY PRICE; DECISION ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TAX SYSTEM;

GERMANY;

EID: 72249101969     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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