One question surrounding the 2009 U.S. “Cash for Clunkers” program is whether it induced consumers to purchase greener vehicles than they would otherwise have purchased. This paper views the program as a natural experiment, which offered higher rebates to consumers buying more fuel-efficient...

Part I: Introduction and Background -- Introduction -- Autonomous-Vehicle Operations and the Process of Adoption -- Part 2: Potential Effects of Autonomous Vehicles -- The Potential Effects of Autonomous Vehicles on Economic Sectors -- Estimating the Effects of Congestion on Economic-Performance...