Evaluating US fuel economy standards in a model with producer and household heterogeneity

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-187

  Jacobsen, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84879001697     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.2.148     Document Type: Article

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