emissions directly, policy makers may tax gasoline even though per-gallon emissions vary across vehicles. This paper estimates …. First, we show that vehicle emissions are positively correlated with vehicle elasticities for miles traveled with respect to … performs very poorly in eliminating deadweight loss associated with vehicle emissions; in many years in our sample over 75 …

This paper explores how the costs of meeting given aggregate targets for pollution emissions change with the imposition … emissions taxes, fuel (intermediate input) taxes, performance standards and mandated technologies in the absence and presence of …-sum compensation cost is higher under the emissions tax than under performance standards and mandated technologies -- a reflection of …

ante distortions due to the anticipation of transition relief (such as by receiving more free permits for greater emissions …

One country that tries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions may fear that other countries get a competitive advantage and … increase emissions ("leakage"). Estimates from computable general equilibrium (CGE) models such as Elliott et al (2010a … the ability of firms to substitute from carbon emissions into labor or capital. …

influences used car fleets under policies aimed at reducing gasoline use. Large scrap elasticities will tend to produce emissions …

Economists have tended to view cap and trade (or, more generally, emissions pricing) as more cost-effective than a … clean energy standard (CES) for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity generation …. This stems in part from the finding that, in terms of cost-effectiveness, a CES relies too much on emissions abatement …

. Previous analyses predicted this action would significantly reduce emissions from new cars in these states, but ignored … possible offsetting emissions increases from policy-induced adjustments in new car markets in other (non-adopting) states and … and gives automakers scope to profitably increase sales of high-emissions automobiles in non-adopting states. In addition …