Do vehicle efficiency improvements lead to energy savings? The rebound effect in Great Britain

Matteo Craglia and Jonathan Cullen

Energy Economics, 2020, vol. 88, issue C

Abstract: Fuel efficiency improvements in vehicles reduce the cost of travel, which could stimulate drivers to travel further limiting energy savings. Estimates of this effect, known as the rebound effect, have varied widely, partly due to data constraints and a reliance upon highly aggregated government statistics. This paper instead uses a dataset of over 275 million vehicle roadworthiness tests. The high level of detail in our dataset can reveal, for the first time, how the response to changes in travel costs may differ across types of vehicles and socio-economic areas in Great Britain.

Keywords: Rebound effect; Energy efficiency; Fuel price effects; Gasoline demand; Transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104775

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