Chupp, B. Andrew; Myles, Katie; Stephenson, E. Frank - In: Public Finance Review 38 (2010) 1, pp. 120-133
We use national and California price data from January, 2002 to June, 2009 for three hybrid and five non-hybrid car models to estimate the share of federal tax preferences for purchasing hybrid cars that accrues to car sellers. Our preferred estimates suggest that almost one-half of the subsidy...