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Bounds and Bunching: Distributions of Air Pollutants Produced by New Automobiles

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  • Josef Montag

    (Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Marek Litzman

    (Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

Abstract

Euro norms set limits on per-kilometer emissions of air pollutants produced by new cars. Satisfying these limits is always costly, the existing models generally assume that cars are produced as to just satisfy the norms. This theory predicts bunching of measured emissions below the limits. We find this not to be consistent with the data. In fact, medians of measured emissions are often at around one half or less of the respective limit and are supported by wide distributions. Implications for optimum tax policies are briefly discussed.

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  • Josef Montag & Marek Litzman, 2015. "Bounds and Bunching: Distributions of Air Pollutants Produced by New Automobiles," Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Mendel University Press, vol. 63(6), pages 2027-2033.
    • Handle: RePEc:mup:actaun:actaun_2015063062027
    DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563062027
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