Firms often offer menus of two-part tariffs to price discriminate among consumers with
heterogeneous preferences. In this paper we study the effectiveness of this screening …

This paper investigates the difference in consumers' responses to changes in the price of
automobiles and changes in the level of the interest rate for automobile loans. Because …

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Energy is needed in society to provide energy services. Reducing the energy to deliver …

Abstract The reformed US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards have not
only tightened the efficiency levels to be achieved by automakers, but also made substantial …

This paper examines the effects of the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency standards (CAFE)
on the automobile product mix, prices and fuel consumption First a discrete choice model of …

For many services, consumers can choose among a range of optional tariffs that differ in
their access and usage prices. Recent studies indicate that tariff-specific preferences may …

This study examines the Japanese car market to assess whether a subsidy measure for fuel-
efficient and low emission cars that were introduced in 2009 was designed to achieve an …

We develop a theory of commodity taxation featuring imperfect competition along with love-
of-variety preferences and endogenous firm entry and exit. We derive new formulas for the …

While the US government has offered tax incentives to purchase electric vehicles (EVs) for
many years, a new provision of the law that takes effect on January 1, 2024, will allow …

Since 1974 the average fuel economy of new cars has doubled from fourteen to twenty‐
eight miles per gallon. Shifts in sales to more fuel efficient models within a product line …