Cost-Effective Policies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions

This paper uses an estimated demand system that accounts for heterogeneity to calculate and compare the lost consumer surplus from a higher tax on gasoline, a tax on distance, or a subsidy for buying a newer car. We introduce a view of cost-effectiveness that compares policies instead of

本文采用考虑异质性的估计需求系统，计算并比较了提高汽油税、征收里程税或购置新车补贴三种政策下的消费者剩余损失。本文提出了一种用于比较政策而非的成本有效性分析视角。