This study evaluates the impact of fuel prices on new car purchases, using exhaustive individual-level data of monthly registration of new private cars in France from 2003 to 2007. Detailed information on the car holder enables us to account for heterogeneous preferences across purchasers. We...

Many countries are tightening passenger vehicle fuel economy standards. The literature on passenger vehicle standards has used structural models to estimate their welfare effects. This paper provides the first empirical evidence on the effects of recently tightened fuel economy standards on...

This study aimed to provide the European Commission with evidence-based recommendations for policy measures that improve consumer awareness of light duty vehicles' fuel economy and emissions. The study considered improvements to existing measures, such as the Car Labelling Directive, but also...