Research

Publication

• Fueling Electrification: The Impact of Gas Prices on Hybrid Car Usage with Laura Grigolon and Kevin Remmy
  • Forthcoming, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • Abstract: We use micro-level data on fuel consumption, mileage, and travel mode to study how plug-in hybrid drivers respond to fuel prices. When fuel prices rise, plug-in hybrids reduce fuel consumption more than gasoline and diesel cars. They do not proportionally reduce their mileage; instead, they increase electric charging. Since plug-in hybrids drive in electric mode for only half the distance suggested by official test cycle values, fuel prices are effective in improving the environmental performance of these vehicles.
  • Selected media coverage: Wirtschaftswoche (15/2024 in German)
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Work in Progress

• Environmental Ambition and Economic Protectionism: The Design of Border Carbon Adjustments with Sebastian Rausch and Valerie J. Karplus