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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w17724 |
来源ID | Working 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 |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w17724 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575399 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Christopher R. Knittel. Reducing Petroleum Consumption from Transportation. 2012. |
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