Using Economic Incentives to Reduce Auto Pollution

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Date

Dec. 20, 1994

Authors

Winston Harrington, Margaret A. Walls, and Virginia McConnell

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Journal Article

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1 minute

Authors

Winston Harrington

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Winston Harrington

Margaret A. Walls

Senior Fellow

Margaret Walls is a senior fellow at RFF. Her current research focuses on issues related to resilience and adaptation to extreme events, ecosystem services, and conservation, parks and public lands.

Virginia McConnell

Senior Fellow

Virginia McConnell is a senior fellow at RFF. Her recent research is on policies to reduce greenhouse gases from the transportation sector, focusing primarily on the role of electric vehicles.

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