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标题：Accounting for Changes in Automobile Gasoline Consumption in Japan: 2000–2007
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作者：Shigemi Kagawa ; Yuriko Goto ; Sangwon Suh 等
期刊名称：Journal of Economic Structures
电子版ISSN：2193-2409
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：1-27
DOI：10.1186/2193-2409-1-9
出版社：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
摘要：This paper analyzes gasoline consumption in Japan for the period 2000–2007 using the index decomposition analysis (IDA). The changes in gasoline consumption in Japan were attributed to five factors: (1) change in the annual average driving distance of new and vintage cars, (2) change in the market share of new passenger cars, (3) change in the total number of new passenger cars, (4) change in the fuel economy of new passenger cars, and (5) change in the stock of vintage cars. We used the IDA results to estimate the economy-wide direct rebound effect, where improved fuel mileage causes additional travel. We found that the total gasoline saved by shifting from vintage ordinary passenger cars to both new kei passenger cars and new hybrid cars during fiscal 2006–2007 amounted to 395 ML, while about half of the gasoline savings from car replacement were lost by the direct rebound effects. The analysis shows that the direct rebound effect can be crucial in the effort of reducing overall gasoline consumption as well as household CO2 emissions from passenger cars. JEL Classification: Q41, Q43.
关键词：Index decomposition analysis ;Gasoline consumption ;Rebound effect ;Automobiles