Do Public Subsidies Sell Green Cars? Evidence from the U.S. “Cash for Clunkers” Program
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colleagues at the Belfer Center and the School, and many seminar participants. This study is sponsored in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; however, I am solely responsible for its contents and views. All data used in the analysis are public records, and program codes to process them are available upon request.
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