calculate elasticities and to simulate the effects of alternative pollution control policies such as taxes on gasoline, on … characteristics. We find expected signs for coefficients on price and income. Car choices are relatively inelastic, however, either to … taxes on cars or to taxes on gas or distance. Thus emissions are more affected by taxes on gasoline than by taxes on …

-run gasoline demand that is significantly greater than would be expected from an equivalent increase in the market price of … gasoline. That the carbon tax is more salient, or yields a larger change in demand than equivalent market price movements, is …-determined price …

registration of new private cars in France from 2003 to 2007. Detailed information on the car holder enables us to account for … heterogeneous preferences across purchasers. We identify demand parameters through the large oil price fluctuations of this period … assess the impact of a policy equalizing diesel and gasoline taxes. Such a policy would reduce the share of diesel in new …