A central question in the analysis of fuel economy policy is whether consumers are myopic
with regards to future fuel costs. We provide the first evidence on the consumer valuation of …

This paper considers welfare and distributional effects of US electric vehicle subsidies
accounting for interactions with other climate policies. I compare subsidy scenarios using a …

Firms sometimes comply with externality-correcting policies by gaming the measure that
determines policy. This harms buyers by eroding information, but it benefits them when cost …

We build a vehicle purchase and disposal model that accounts for trade-in opportunity costs
to analyze a program that links an electric vehicle (EV) purchase subsidy with a gasoline …

Recent literature has shown the importance of modeling consumer demand for assessing
the effects of new passenger vehicle fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions …

This paper develops a structural model of endogenous product attribute choice in the
presence of indirect network effects to study electric vehicle (EV) subsidies. Using data on …

In recent years, many papers in environmental economics have considered the household's
decision to invest in energy-efficient technologies for their home. The vast majority of these …

The demand for automobile transportation and the external costs of driving vary widely
across locations. However, gasoline taxes, the most common policy tools implemented to …

Although economic theory suggests that both sales and fuel costs affect technology adoption
by vehicle manufacturers, there is very little empirical evidence on either effect. We …

Energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions standards apply to many consumer
durables, such as refrigerators and passenger vehicles. Welfare analysis of these standards …