Automobile Externalities and Policies

Ian Parry, Margaret Walls and Winston Harrington

RFF Working Paper Series from Resources for the Future

Abstract: This paper discusses the nature, and magnitude, of externalities associated with automobile use, including local and global pollution, oil dependence, traffic congestion and traffic accidents. It then discusses current federal policies affecting these externalities, including fuel taxes, fuel-economy and emissions standards, and alternative fuel policies, summarizing, insofar as possible, the welfare effects of those policies. Finally, we discuss emerging pricing policies, including congestion tolls, and insurance reform, and we summarize what appears to be the appropriate combination of policies to address automobile externalities.

Keywords: pollution; congestion; accidents; fuel tax; fuel economy standard; congestion pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 Q54 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-01-19
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