Unintended consequences from nested state and federal regulations: The case of the Pavley greenhouse-gas-per-mile limits

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-207

  Goulder, Lawrence H ^a,b   Jacobsen, Mark R ^b,c   Van Benthem, Arthur A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAFE standard; Climate policy; Emissions leakage; Fuel economy; Greenhouse gas limits; Nested regulation; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

CAFE STANDARDS; CLIMATE POLICY; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FEDERAL REGULATIONS; FEDERAL STANDARDS; FUEL-ECONOMY STANDARDS; MULTI-PERIOD; NATIONAL STANDARD; NESTED REGULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

FUEL ECONOMY;

AUTOMOBILE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 84857032120     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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