Gasoline prices, gasoline consumption, and new-vehicle fuel economy: Evidence for a large sample of countries

Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 363-370

  Burke, Paul J ^a   Nishitateno, Shuhei ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuel economy; Fuel use; Gasoline demand; Gasoline price; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL PRICES; FUEL USE; GASOLINE DEMAND; GASOLINE PRICES; GASOLINE TAX; OIL RESERVES; PRICE ELASTICITY; ROAD TRANSPORTS; SIMULTANEITY BIAS; VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY;

COSTS; CRUDE OIL; ELASTICITY; FUEL ECONOMY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; VEHICLES;

GASOLINE;

CRUDE OIL; DEMAND ELASTICITY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS SUPPLY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84874332854     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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