Design incentives to increase vehicle size created from the U.S. footprint-based fuel economy standards

Energy Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 402-411

  Whitefoot, Kate S ^a   Skerlos, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel economy; Passenger vehicles; Policy incentives

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION PERFORMANCE; CAFE STANDARDS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL-ECONOMY STANDARDS; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; FUEL-ECONOMY STANDARDS; LIGHT TRUCKS; LOWER BOUNDS; PASSENGER VEHICLES; TRACK WIDTH; TRADE OFF; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UPPER BOUND; VEHICLE SIZE;

AUTOMOBILES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FUELS; INDUSTRY; STANDARDS; VEHICLES;

FUEL ECONOMY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INCENTIVE; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE-OFF; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855948618     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.10.062     Document Type: Article

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