Automobile fuel economy standards: Impacts, efficiency, and alternatives

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-108

  Anderson, Soren T ^a   Parry, Ian W H ^b   Sallee, James M ^c   Fischer, Carolyn ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960040944     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/req021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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