Are Fuel Economy Standards Regressive?

© 2018 by The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Despite widespread agreement that a carbon tax would be more efficient, many countries use fuel economy standards to reduce transportation-related carbon dioxide emissions. We pair a simple model of the automakers’ profit maximizati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Davis, Lucas W, Knittel, Christopher R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135717