Gasoline prices, fuel economy, and the energy paradox

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 779-795

  Allcott, Hunt ^a,b   Wozny, Nathan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84941558029     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00419     Document Type: Review

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