Even as the US debates an economy-wide CO2 cap-and-trade policy the transportation
sector remains a significant oil security and climate change concern. Transportation alone …

This paper uses a unique dataset of monthly new vehicle sales by detailed model from 1978
to 2007, and implements a new identification strategy to estimate the effect of the price of …

This paper critically reviews existing energy demand forecasting methodologies highlighting
the methodological diversities and developments over the past four decades in order to …

Mass Motorization and Mass Transit examines how the United States became the world's
most thoroughly motorized nation and why mass transit has been more displaced in the …

From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical
characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion …

Fuel demand elasticities to determine consumer responses to tax increases or price shocks
are typically based on aggregate data. The literature generally provides one elasticity …

In this paper the US gasoline demand from 1976 to 2008 is estimated using a time-varying
cointegrating regression. We find that price elasticity increased rapidly during the late 1970s …

Despite differences in their implementation, most carbon policies aim to have similar
outcomes: effectively raising the price of carbon-intensive products relative to non-carbon …

An important component of the debate surrounding climate legislation in the United States is
its potential impact on labor markets. A main concern is the displacement of jobs from the …

By Dora Gicheva, Justine Hastings, and Sofia Villas-Boas* changes in disposable income
have on measures of consumer price sensitivity at the grocery store. We use weekly store …