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DOI10.3386/w17724
来源IDWorking Paper 17724
Reducing Petroleum Consumption from Transportation
Christopher R. Knittel
发表日期2012-01-05
出版年2012
语种英语
摘要The United States consumed more petroleum-based liquid fuel per capita than any other OECD-high-income country - 30 percent more than the second-highest country (Canada) and 40 percent more than the third-highest (Luxemburg). This paper examines the main channels through which reductions in U.S. oil consumption might take place: (a) increased fuel economy of existing vehicles, (b) increased use of non-petroleum-based low-carbon fuels, (c) alternatives to the internal combustion engine, and (d) reduced vehicles miles travelled. I then discuss how the policies for reducing petroleum consumption used in the US compare with the standard economics prescription for using a Pigouvian tax to deal with externalities. Taking into account that energy taxes are a political hot button in the United States, and also considering some evidence that consumers may not correctly value fuel economy, I offer some thoughts about the margins on which policy aimed at reducing petroleum consumption would have the largest impact on economic efficiency.
主题Public Economics ; Taxation ; National Fiscal Issues ; Industrial Organization ; Antitrust ; Regulatory Economics ; Industry Studies ; Environmental and Resource Economics ; Agriculture ; Renewable Resources ; Energy ; Environment ; Regional and Urban Economics
URLhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w17724
来源智库National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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