New-vehicle characteristics and the cost of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 186-213

  Klier, Thomas ^a   Linn, Joshua ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84859223757     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2012.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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