This paper reviews the empirical literature that provides a correlation between the different
barriers to energy efficiency and consumer behavior related to two domains. It evaluates …

This paper reviews the recent evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of
energy efficiency interventions. After a brief review of explanations for the energy efficiency …

Autonomous vehicles use sensing and communication technologies to navigate safely and
efficiently with little or no input from the driver. These driverless technologies will create an …

Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and
environmental damages associated with energy use, but it has long been observed that …

Many analysts of the energy industry have long believed that energy efficiency offers an
enormous “win-win” opportunity: through aggressive energy conservation policies, we can …

Gasoline taxes can be employed to correct externalities from automobile use and to raise
government revenue. Our understanding of the optimal gasoline tax and the efficacy of …

Electric vehicle sales have been growing rapidly in the United States and around the world.
This study explores the drivers of demand for electric vehicles, examining whether this trend …

We examine the private and public economics of electric vehicles (EVs) and discuss when
market forces can be expected to produce the optimal path of EV adoption. Privately …

It is often asserted that consumers are poorly informed about and inattentive to fuel
economy, causing them to buy low-fuel economy vehicles despite their own best interest …

We estimate the sensitivity of scrap decisions to changes in used car values and show how
this “scrap elasticity” produces emissions leakage under fuel efficiency standards, a process …