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Diesel Automobiles are Less Climate-Friendly than Claimed

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  • Ferdinand Dudenhöffer

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In his commentary, Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, University of Duisburg-Essen, argues for a change in the measuring unit for fuels. He argues that in order to implement a truly climate-efficient propulsion programme in the automobile industry, energy units instead of volume units should be used as a measurement unit. This would enable a comparison of all types of propulsion according to the criteria of efficiency and would eliminate false allocation effects.

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  • Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, 2017. "Diesel Automobiles are Less Climate-Friendly than Claimed," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 70(10), pages 27-29, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:70:y:2017:i:10:p:27-29
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    JEL classification:

    • L62 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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