Should a vehicle fuel economy standard be combined with an economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions constraint? Implications for energy and climate policy in the United States

Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 322-333

  Karplus, Valerie J ^a   Paltsev, Sergey ^a   Babiker, Mustafa ^a   Reilly, John M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CGE modeling; Climate policy; Fuel economy standard; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED BIOFUELS; CAP AND TRADE; CGE MODELING; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; COORDINATED DESIGN; COST EFFECTIVE; EMISSIONS PREDICTION; ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICIES; FUEL TAX; FUEL-ECONOMY STANDARDS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GHG EMISSION; LOW CARBON; LOW CARBON FUELS; PASSENGER VEHICLES; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY COMBINATION; VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY; VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIOFUELS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FUEL ECONOMY; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; VEHICLES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874305538     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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