The Effect of Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards on Technology Adoption
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- Klier, Thomas & Linn, Joshua, 2016. "The effect of vehicle fuel economy standards on technology adoption," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 41-63.
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Keywords
passenger vehicles; U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rate standards; European carbon dioxide emissions rate standards; technology adoption;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L62 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
- Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy
- Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2015-01-19 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2015-01-19 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-RES-2015-01-19 (Resource Economics)
- NEP-TRE-2015-01-19 (Transport Economics)
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