Posts From the RFF Blog, Common Resources
If/Then: Repealing Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Standards Would Hurt US Households Rather than Help Them (with B. Spiller and N. Lohawala, November 2025)
If/Then: Removing Federal Support for Electric Vehicles--Will It Help or Hurt Society? (with B. Spiller, June 2025)
If/Then: What's the Cost of Vehicle Import Tariffs? (with B. Spiller, May 2025)
Apres Chevron, Judges Rule (with A. Krupnick and N. Richardson, September 2024)
We Need to Know More about Who Benefits from Policies that Reduce Traffic Congestion (with N. Lohawala, June 2024)
Advanced Economic Modeling Can Support the Transition to Electric Vehicles (with N. Lohawala and B. Spiller, May 2024)
After the Pause: Understanding the Economic, Environmental, and Geopolitical Implications of Increased US Liquified Natural Gas Exports (with D. Raimi, A. Krupnick, R. D. Morgenstern, W. Pizer, B. C. Prest, and S. Russo, April 2024)
What Have We Learned About the Inflation Reduction Act, One Year After the Law's Passage (with A. Bergman, A. Krupnick, N. Lohawala, R. D. Newell, K. Palmer, D. Raimi, N. Roy, and B. Spiller, August 2023)
New Proposed Emissions Standards for Passenger Vehicles: Who Benefits the Most? (July 2023)
How Much Do Regulations for Fuel Economy and Emissions Incentivize the Production of Larger Vehicles? (June 2023)
Can State-Level Regulations Help Reduce National Emissions from Passenger Vehicles? (April 2023)
Insights Gained from the Past Decade of Federal Standards for Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (with B. Leard and K. Springel, March 2023)
Targeted Regulation Can Reduce the Frequency of High-Ozone Events (with C. Holt, March 2023)
What are the Benefits of Electric Vehicles for Climate, Air Pollution, and Health? (with D. Shawhan, January 2023)
Is There a Trade-off Between Equity and Effectiveness for Electric Vehicle Subsidies? (January 2022)
The Build Back Better Act Could Speed Deployment of Cleaner Commercial Vehicles (with W. Look and C. Martin, January 2022)
Fuel Economy Standards Will Help Speed the Deployment of Electric Vehicles, But May Not Be Enough to Achieve the 2030 Target (with B. Leard and V. McConnell, September 2021)
What Should Federal Agencies Assume for How Much Consumers Are Willing to Pay for Fuel Cost Savings? (with K. Ankney, B. Leard,. and V. McConnell, September 2021)
How Much and How Quickly Will Biden's Proposed Fuel Economy Standards Reduce Emissions? (with B. Leard and V. McConnell, September 2021))
The Role of Federal Subsidies in Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector (with W. Look, June 2021)
How Much Will People Drive This Summer--and Beyond? (June 2021)
Electric Vehicles and Equity: How Would Aiming Subsidies at Lower-Income Households Affect Sales? (May 2021)
Who Benefits from EV Subsidies? The Complicating Role of Zero-Emissions Vehicle Standards (April 2021)
Putting the American Jobs Plan to Work: Examining the Implications and Challenges (with M. Hafstead, A. Krupnick, B. Leard, W. Look, K. Palmer, D. Raimi, K. Rennert, S. Tierney, and M. A. Toman, April 2021)
Eliminating Transportation Sector Emissions: Don't Forget Trucks (March 2021)
Can Public Transit Survive COVID and Compete with Uber? A Look at Long-Term Ridership Trends (March 2021)
Three Approaches to Investing in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (February 2021)
Cash for Clunkers 2.0: Targeting Scrappage Subsidies to Cut Costs (December 2020)
Moving the Needle on Electric Vehicle Market Share (December 2020)
A Close Look at the New Report from the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (July 2020)
The Proposed Rollback of the Fuel Economy Standards Ignores Their Societal Benefits (March 2020)
Is the California Vehicle Emissions Agreement a "PR Stunt"? (August 2019)
Why the Auto Companies are Bucking the Trump Administration (June 2019)
How Do Fuel Economy Standards Affect Consumer Welfare and Manufacturer Profits? (February 2019)
RFF Comments on NHTSA and EPA Fuel Economy and GHG Standards (October 2018)
Missing Fuel Cost Savings: Some Clues Emerge (October 2018)
The Case of the Disappearing Fuel Cost Savings (September 2018)
Why and How Do New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards Affect Consumer Vehicle Purchases? (September 2018)
Air Pollution and Trump's CAFE Proposal (September 2018)
Critiquing the Trump Administration's Analysis of Consumer Behavior in the Proposed CAFE Standards (September 2018)
Why All the Talk about Gas Prices and Fuel Economy Standards? (August 2018)
Questions about the Trump Administration's Cost-Benefit Analysis for its Proposal to Freeze the CAFE Standards (August 2018)
Cap-and-Trade Policy Potential in Oregon: Addressing Emissions Leakage (November 2017)
Do Consumers Benefit from Automobile Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Standards? (June 2017)
Reducing the Costs of US Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards (May 2017)
Ninety-Six Regulatory Experts Express Concerns about Trump Administration Reforms (May 2017)
Fuel Economy Standards: Take the Time to Get It Right (January 2017)
The Sources of Decreasing US Electricity Sector Emissions (January 2017)
Supreme Court's Stay of Clean Power Plan Fails an Economic Test (June 2016)
A Pyrrhic Victory at the Supreme Court? (February 2016)
How Much Do Consumers Really Value Fuel Economy? (February 2016)
How Do Gasoline Prices Affect New Vehicle Sales? (February 2016)
The New CAFE Rules and the Need for Evidence from the Field (February 2016)
What Will New Regulations Mean for Heavy-Duty Truck Use and the Rebound Effect? (October 2015)
The VW Scandal and Competing Environmental Goals (September 2015)
Defining the Unknown: A Look at the Cost of Tighter Ozone Standards (September 2015)
Research Questions for the Midterm CAFE Review: Credit Trading and Flexibility under the New Rules (June 2014)
Research Questions for the Midterm CAFE Review: Will the Footprint-Based CAFE Standard Work as Expected? (April 2014)
Research Questions for the Midterm CAFE Review: The Fuel Efficiency Gap (March 2014)
Who Benefits from Flexible GHG Rules? (February 2014)
How Have Recent Fuel Economy and GHG Standards for New Passenger Vehicles Affected the US and European Markets? (January 2014)
Climate Benefits from the Production Tax Credit? (January 2014)
Understanding the Tradeoffs of CAFE Standards (January 2014)
Market Shares and Technology Driving Up Fuel Economy in New Vehicles (October 2013)
How Much Do Fuel Economy Standards Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? (August 2013)
Consumer Subsidies Are Not the Only Subsidies for EVs (July 2013)
Subsidies for EVs: Good Policy or an Unnecessary Handout? (July 2013)
Can Electric Vehicles Compete on Price? (July 2013)
Electric Vehicles: Hot New Technology, or Bust? (July 2013)
Do Renewables Policies Promote Valuable Investments? (January 2013)
Why the Wind Production Tax Credit Is a Bad Way to Cut Carbon (December 2012)
Loan Guarantees Reconsidered (October 2011)