Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123118 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5478
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the interactions between fuel efficiency improvements in the transport sector and the oil market, where the efficiency improvements are policy-induced in certain regions of the world. We are especially interested in feedback mechanisms of fuel efficiency such as the rebound effect, carbon leakages and the “green paradox”, but also the distributional effects via oil price changes for different regions, sectors and oil producers. An intertemporal numerical model of the international oil market is introduced, where OPEC-Core producers have market power. We find that the rebound effect has a noticeable effect on the transport sector, but also on other sectors through lower oil prices in the regions that introduce the policy. There is a small green paradox effect in the sense that oil consumption increases initially when the fuel efficiency measures are gradually implemented. Finally, there will be significant carbon leakages if the policy is not implemented in all regions, with leakage rates of 35 per cent or higher. Non-OPEC producers will suffer more than OPEC producers by fuel efficiency policies due to high production costs.
Subjects: 
fuel efficiency
transport
oil market
market power
distribution
feedback mechanisms
JEL: 
D42
Q54
R48
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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