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Book/Printed Material Vehicle choices, miles driven, and pollution policies

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Title

  • Vehicle choices, miles driven, and pollution policies

Summary

  • "Mobile sources contribute large percentages of each pollutant, but technology is not yet available to measure and tax emissions from each vehicle. We build a behavioral model of household choices about vehicles and miles traveled. The ideal-but-unavailable emissions tax would encourage drivers to abate emissions through many behaviors, some of which involve market transactions that can be observed for feasible market incentives (such as a gas tax, subsidy to new cars, or tax by vehicle type). Our model can calculate behavioral effects of each such price and thus calculate car choices, miles, and emissions.A nested logit structure is used to model discrete choices among different vehicle bundles. We also consider continuous choices of miles driven and the age of each vehicle. We propose a consistent estimation method for both discrete and continuous demands in one step, to capture the interactive effects of simultaneous decisions. Results are compared with those of the traditional sequential estimation procedure"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Feng, Ye
  • Fullerton, Don
  • Gan, Li
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

Headings

  • -  Automobile driving--Economic aspects
  • -  Automobiles--Purchasing--Mathematical models
  • -  Pollution--Government policy--Mathematical models

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/25/2005.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HB1

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005619200

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Feng, Ye, Don Fullerton, LI Gan, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Vehicle Choices, Miles Driven, and Pollution Policies. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005619200/.

APA citation style:

Feng, Y., Fullerton, D., Gan, L. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2005) Vehicle Choices, Miles Driven, and Pollution Policies. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2005619200/.

MLA citation style:

Feng, Ye, et al. Vehicle Choices, Miles Driven, and Pollution Policies. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2005619200/>.