America's New Fuel Economy Cartel

The May 2009 Rose Garden ceremony for President Obama’s signing of new fuel efficiency mandates for automobiles was attended by a remarkable gathering of “bootleggers and Baptists” - “Baptist” environmentalists who were pleased to get a policy they desired, and “bootlegger” automakers who were pleased that they will no longer have to make business decisions that weigh the willingness of American consumers to trade-off fuel efficiency for other desirable characteristics such as safety, capacity, power, and comfort. The gathering marked the replacement of industrial capitalism with centralized political management of the auto market

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Yandle, Bruce
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (4 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Regulation, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 6-9, Fall 2009 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2009 erstellt
Classification:	D60 - Welfare Economics. General ; D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection ; H00 - Public Economics. General ; H10 - Structure and Scope of Government. General ; H81 - Governmental Loans, Loan Guarantees, and Credits ; K20 - Regulation and Business Law. General ; K23 - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law ; L10 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance. General ; L32 - Public Enterprises ; L52 - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods ; L62 - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment ; Q58 - Government Policy ; R42 - Government and Private Investment Analysis ; R48 - Government Pricing; Regulatory Policies
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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