Vehicle Miles (Not) Traveled: Fuel Economy Requirements, Vehicle Characteristics, and Household Driving
Abstract
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' health to the global impact of vehicle emissions on climate change. So what makes households drive less? In Working Paper 1607, PERC's Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, PERC's Professor of Free Enterprise Steven L. Puller, UC Santa Cruz's Jeremy West, and Texas A&M University's Jonathan Meer, examine the effects of drivers' behaviors on gasoline consumption.
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MacroeconomicsCollections
Citation
Puller, Steven; West, Jeremy; Meer, Jonathan (2017). Vehicle Miles (Not) Traveled: Fuel Economy Requirements, Vehicle Characteristics, and Household Driving. Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /199351.