The rebound effect for automobile travel: Asymmetric response to price changes and novel features of the 2000s

Energy Economics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-103

  Hymel, Kent M ^a   Small, Kenneth A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric response; Gasoline demand; Rebound effect; VMT elasticity

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELASTICITY; GASOLINE;

ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE; AUTOMOBILE TRAVELS; GASOLINE DEMAND; MEDIA ATTENTION; PRICE VOLATILITY; REBOUND EFFECT; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TRAVEL DEMAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923571091     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.12.016     Document Type: Article

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