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View article: Coordinating the electric vehicle transition and electricity grid decarbonization in the U.S. is not essential to achieving substantial long-term carbon dioxide emissions reductions
Coordinating the electric vehicle transition and electricity grid decarbonization in the U.S. is not essential to achieving substantial long-term carbon dioxide emissions reductions Open
How quickly the US can decarbonize light-duty vehicle (LDV) transportation depends on the rates of change of electric vehicle (EV) sales, stock turnover, and grid decarbonization. We build a stock turnover model to assess how sensitive ach…
View article: Replication Data for: Estimating Consumer Substitution between New and Used Passenger Vehicles
Replication Data for: Estimating Consumer Substitution between New and Used Passenger Vehicles Open
This includes a description and files for replicating the empirical results of the paper titled "Estimating Consumer Substitution between New and Used Passenger Vehicles." A portion of the results in the paper are based on proprietary data…
View article: Firms and Collective Reputation: a Study of the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Firms and Collective Reputation: a Study of the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Open
This paper uses the 2015 Volkswagen (VW) emissions scandal as a natural experiment to provide evidence that collective reputation externalities are economically significant.Using a combination of difference-in-differences and demand estima…
View article: Explaining the Evolution of Passenger Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States
Explaining the Evolution of Passenger Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States Open
After growing steadily for several decades, passenger vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States unexpectedly leveled off in the 2000s. The growth rate of VMT has since rebounded, and determining the factors that explain these devel…
View article: The potential for improvement in on-road truck fuel economy: evidence from the VIUS
The potential for improvement in on-road truck fuel economy: evidence from the VIUS Open
This study looks at the evidence about fuel economy and other truck attributes from VIUS, and provides implications for a dynamic baseline of improvements in fuel economy. We discuss the engine technologies and vehicle designs that potenti…