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Input Subsidies and the Destruction of Natural Capital : Chinese Distant Water Fishing

Englander, Gabriel; Zhang, Jihua; Villaseñor-Derbez, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

fuel subsidy policy for distant water vessels to one that increases with predetermined vessel characteristics. The policy … 1% increase in fuel subsidy increases hours of fishing by 2.2%. Reducing Chinese distant water fuel subsidies by 50 …

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Endogenous Entry, Product Variety, and Business Cycles

Bilbiie, Florin - 2007

This paper builds a framework for the analysis of macroeconomic fluctuations that incorporates the endogenous determination of the number of producers over the business cycle. Economic expansions induce higher entry rates by prospective entrants subject to irreversible investment costs. The...

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Improper Churn : Social Costs and Macroeconomic Consequences

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 1998

This paper assembles elements that are essential in forming an integral picture of the way a churning' economy functions and of the disruptions caused by transactional difficulties in labor and financial markets. We couch our analysis in a stochastic equilibrium model anchored with US evidence...

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An Economic Analysis of U.S Airline Fuel Economy Dynamics from 1991 to 2015

Kahn, Matthew E. - 2016

Airline transport generates a growing share of global greenhouse gas emissions but as of late 2016, this sector has not faced U.S. fuel economy or emissions regulation. At any point in time, airlines own and lease a set of durable vehicles and have invested in human and physical capital and an...

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Fuel Economy and Safety : The Influences of Vehicle Class and Driver Behavior

Jacobsen, Mark R. - 2012

Fuel economy standards change the composition of the vehicle fleet, potentially influencing accident safety. I introduce a model of the fleet that captures risks across interactions between vehicle types while simultaneously recovering estimates of unobserved driving safety behavior. The model...

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Reducing Petroleum Consumption from Transportation

Knittel, Christopher R. - 2012

The United States consumed more petroleum-based liquid fuel per capita than any other OECD-high-income country - 30 … existing vehicles, (b) increased use of non-petroleum-based low-carbon fuels, (c) alternatives to the internal combustion … engine, and (d) reduced vehicles miles travelled. I then discuss how the policies for reducing petroleum consumption used in …

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The Cost of Fuel Economy in the Indian Passenger Vehicle Market

Chugh, Randy - 2011

To investigate how fuel economy is valued in the Indian car market, we compute the cost to Indian consumers of purchasing a more fuel-efficient vehicle and compare it to the benefit of lower fuel costs over the life of the vehicle. We use hedonic price functions for four market segments (petrol...

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Fuel Tax Incidence and Supply Conditions

Marion, Justin - 2011

The incidence of taxes on consumers and producers plays a central role in evaluating energy tax policy, yet the literature testing the main predictions of the tax incidence model is sparse. In this paper, we examine the pass-through rate of state gasoline and diesel taxes to retail prices, and...

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The Taxation of Fuel Economy

Sallee, James - 2010

Policy-makers have instituted a variety of fuel economy tax policies -- polices that tax or subsidize new vehicle purchases on the basis of fuel economy performance -- in the hopes of improving fleet fuel economy and reducing gasoline consumption. This article reviews existing policies and...

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Estimating the Effect of a Gasoline Tax on Carbon Emissions

Davis, Lucas W. - 2009

Several policy makers and economists have proposed the adoption of a carbon tax in the United States. It is widely recognized that such a tax in practice must take the form of a tax on the consumption of energy products such as gasoline. Although a large existing literature examines the...

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