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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w22983
来源ID	Working Paper 22983
	Fuel Consumption and Gasoline Prices: The Role of Assortative Matching between Households and Automobiles
	H. Spencer Banzhaf; Taha Kasim
发表日期	2016-12-26
出版年	2016
语种	英语
摘要	Analyses of policies to reduce gasoline consumption have focused on two effects, a compositional effect on the fuel economy of the automotive fleet and a utilization effect on how much people drive. However, the literature has missed a third effect: a matching effect, in which the policy changes how high-utilization households are matched to fuel-efficient vehicles in equilibrium. We show that higher gas prices should lead to stronger assortative matching. Empirical estimates using US micro-level data are consistent with this hypothesis. We find a $1 gas tax would reduce US gas consumption by 1.5% through the matching effect alone.
主题	Environmental and Resource Economics ; Energy ; Environment
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w22983
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/580657
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	H. Spencer Banzhaf,Taha Kasim. Fuel Consumption and Gasoline Prices: The Role of Assortative Matching between Households and Automobiles. 2016.