Details about Yichen Christy Zhou

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Working Papers

2017

1. The Effect of Fuel Price Changes on Fleet Demand for New Vehicle Fuel Economy
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
   See also Journal Article The Effect of Fuel Price Changes on Fleet Demand for New Vehicle Fuel Economy, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2016

2. Although economic theory suggests that market size and fuel costs affect fuel-saving technology adoption by vehicle manufacturers, there is very little empirical evidence. We document a strong connection between market size, as measured by a vehicle’s sales, and technology adoption. Using a demographics-driven demand shifter to instrument for market size, we find that a 10 percent increase in market size raises power train efficiency by 0.2 percent, compared with a mean improvement rate of 1.4 percent per year between 1997 and 2013. Higher fuel prices affect technology adoption directly by influencing willingness to pay for fuel cost savings, and indirectly by influencing market size. The results have two implications: policies promoting alternative-fuel vehicles will be less effective than previously thought; and fuel taxes have different effects on technology adoption than do fuel economy standards and feebates
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2023

1. How Much Do Consumers Value Fuel Economy and Performance? Evidence from Technology Adoption
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 105, (1), 158-174 View citations (3)
2. The effect of adopting the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) on air travel performance
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2023, 102, (C) View citations (1)

2021

3. Regulatory spillover and climate co-benefits: Evidence from New Source Review lawsuits
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 110, (C) View citations (5)

2020

4. The effects of fuel prices and vehicle sales on fuel‐saving technology adoption in passenger vehicles
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2020, 29, (3), 543-578 View citations (1)

2019

5. The Effect of Fuel Price Changes on Fleet Demand for New Vehicle Fuel Economy
   Journal of Industrial Economics, 2019, 67, (1), 127-159 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Fuel Price Changes on Fleet Demand for New Vehicle Fuel Economy, RFF Working Paper Series (2017) (2017)