Is there an energy paradox in fuel economy? A note on the role of consumer heterogeneity and sorting bias

Economics Letters

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-48

  Bento, Antonio M ^a   Li, Shanjun ^a   Roth, Kevin ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer heterogeneity; Energy paradox; Fuel economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455178974     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.034     Document Type: Article

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