There have been dramatic swings in retail gasoline prices over the past decade, along with
reports in the media of consumers changing their driving habits—providing a unique …

The consumer response to changing gasoline prices has long interested economists and
policymakers, for it has important implications for the effects of gasoline taxation and vehicle …

Understanding the sensitivity of gasoline demand to changes in prices and income has
important implications for policies related to climate change, optimal taxation and national …

Consumer vehicle choice reflects both the anticipated price of gasoline and anticipated
driving. I develop a model of vehicle choice and utilization to explore the importance of …

Drawing on the 2009 and 2017 waves of the National Household Transportation Survey, this
paper is concerned with modeling the fuel price elasticity, allowing for differential estimates …

Higher gasoline taxes can be justified because cars cause significant local, regional, and
global air pollution damages. This study examines whether charging higher taxes would …

This paper calculates the cross elasticity between the price of gasoline and transit ridership
in Chicago using monthly data for the period between January 1999 and December 2010 …

Increases in oil imports and oil prices have spawned proposals of various petroleum
policies, including a per gallon tax on gasoline. This paper studies the response of …

Meta-analysis is used to determine if there are factors that systematically affect price and
income elasticity estimates in studies of gasoline demand in the United States. Elasticity …

Recently the proposal has been made to raise gasoline taxes in the United States to curb
carbon emissions. The existing literature on the sensitivity of gasoline consumption to …