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    • Hoekstra, Mark; Puller, Steven L.; West, Jeremy (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-04-01)
      The 2009 Cash for Clunkers program aimed to stimulate consumer spending in the new automobile industry, which was experiencing disproportionate reductions in demand and employment during the Great Recession. Exploiting ...
    • Puller, Steven; Myers, Erica; West, Jeremy (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-02-25)
      Policymakers are increasingly using mandated information disclosures as a way to increase market efficiency by providing information on quality to buyers. In the housing market in Austin, Texas, home sellers are required ...
    • Puller, Steven L.; Myers, Erica; West, Jeremy (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-11-22)
      Mandatory disclosure policies are increasingly prevalent despite sparse evidence that they improve market outcomes. We study the effects of requiring home sellers to provide buyers with certified audits of residential ...
    • Puller, Steven L; West, Jeremy (American Economic Review, 2013)
    • West, Jeremy (2014-07-16)
      This dissertation examines two questions of consumers' motor vehicle purchase and utilization. Both are related to policy variation induced by the U.S. Car Allowance Rebate System, better known as "Cash for Clunkers." First, ...
    • Puller, Steven; West, Jeremy; Meer, Jonathan (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-01-01)
      Simply put, the less Americans drive, the less gas they use. More driving, more gas. The negative effects of gasoline consumption are well-documented, ranging from local effects of automobile pollution on individuals' ...
    • Hoekstra, Mark; Puller, Steven L.; West, Jeremy; Meer, Jonathan (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-08-01)
      Simply put, the less Americans drive, the less gas they use. More driving, more gas. The negative effects of gasoline consumption are well-documented, ranging from local effects of automobile pollution on individuals' ...