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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change : Evidence from the Auto Industry
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …
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Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions : Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies
Graff Zivin, Joshua - 2012
In this paper, we develop a methodology for estimating marginal emissions of electricity demand that vary by location and time of day across the United States. The approach takes account of the generation mix within interconnected electricity markets and shifting load profiles throughout the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099410
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Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax?
Davis, Lucas - 2020
In many countries the revenue from gasoline taxes is used to fund highways and other transportation infrastructure. As the number of electric vehicles on the road increases, this raises questions about the effectiveness and equity of this financing mechanism. In this paper, we ask whether...
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Subsidizing Mass Adoption of Electric Vehicles : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from California
Muehlegger, Erich - 2018
Little is known about electric vehicle (EV) demand by low- and middle-income households. In this paper, we exploit a policy that provides exogenous variation in large EV subsidies targeted at the mass market in California. Using transaction-level data, we estimate three important policy...
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What Does an Electric Vehicle Replace?
Xing, Jianwei - 2019
The emissions reductions from the adoption of a new transportation technology depend on the emissions from the new technology relative to those from the displaced technology. We evaluate the emissions reductions from electric vehicles (EVs) by identifying which vehicles would have been purchased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871940
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Distributional Effects of Air Pollution from Electric Vehicle Adoption
Holland, Stephen P. - 2016
We examine the distributional effects of changes in local air pollution from driving electric vehicles in the United States. We employ an econometric model to estimate power plant emissions and an integrated assessment model to value damages in air pollution from both electric and gasoline...
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Environmental Benefits from Driving Electric Vehicles?
Holland, Stephen P. - 2015
Electric vehicles offer the promise of reduced environmental externalities relative to their gasoline counterparts. We combine a theoretical discrete-choice model of new vehicle purchases, an econometric analysis of the marginal emissions from electricity, and the AP2 air pollution model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020710
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Accidental Environmentalists? Californian Demand for Teslas and Solar Panels
Kaiser, William - 2014
In the absence of a national carbon tax, household driving and electricity consumption impose social costs. Suburbanites drive more and consume more electricity than center city residents. If more suburbanites purchase electric vehicles (EV) and install solar panels, then their greenhouse gas...
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Correcting Estimates of Electric Vehicle Emissions Abatement : Implications for Climate Policy
Muehlegger, Erich; Rapson, David - 2022
Transportation electrification is viewed by many as a cornerstone for climate change mitigation, with the ultimate vision to phase out conventional vehicles entirely. In a world with only electric vehicles (EVs), transportation pollution would be primarily determined by the electricity grid...
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The Electric Vehicle Transition and the Economics of Banning Gasoline Vehicles
Holland, Stephen P.; Mansur, Erin T.; Yates, Andrew - 2022
Electric vehicles have a unique potential to transform personal transportation. We analyze the transition to electric vehicles with a dynamic model that captures the falling costs of producing electric vehicles, the decreasing pollution from electricity generation, the increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324683