This article studies the introduction of an EU-wide emission standard on the automobile
market. Using panel data from 1998 to 2011, I find that firms decreased emission ratings by …

Differentiated regulation occurs when a regulatory authority applies different regulatory
criteria across subgroups of a regulated sector. An extreme form of differentiation …

The effectiveness offiscal policy to influence vehicle purchases for emissions reductions in
private passenger road transport depends on its ability to incentivise consumers to make …

The world has 1.4 billion passenger vehicles. How should governments regulate their air
pollution emissions? A Pigouvian tax is technologically infeasible. Most countries instead …

To compare “cost-effectiveness” of different abatement methods, many studies estimate
production or cost functions and plot the marginal cost curve for using each method to …

Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or
profitability. For the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) the empirical …

In the wake of the 2015 'Dieselgate'scandal, the US and European governments publicly
confronted automakers about their behaviour, which raised concerns about the integrity of …

In this paper, we examine a potential causal link between vehicle emission standards and
local automotive industry performance, using a 42-country panel data set covering a 19-year …

This article reviews the recent literature on ex post evaluation of the impacts of the European
Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on regulated firms in the industrial and power …

We quantify the effects of the Swedish Green Car Rebate (GCR), a programme to reduce oil
dependence and greenhouse gas emissions in the automobile industry. We find the GCR …