Corporate Average Fuel Economy and the Market for New Vehicles

Download or read book Corporate Average Fuel Economy and the Market for New Vehicles written by Thomas Klier and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an overview of the economics literature on the effect of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards on the new vehicle market. Since 1978, CAFE has imposed fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. market. This paper reviews the history of the standards, followed by a discussion of the major upcoming changes in implementation and stringency. It describes strategies that firms can use to meet the standards and reviews the CAFE literature as it applies to the new vehicle market. The paper concludes by highlighting areas for future research in light of the upcoming changes to CAFE. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.