Citation

Holian MJ. Econ. Lett. 2020; 186: e108763.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108763

PMID

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Abstract

Driving is the single biggest source of household carbon emissions, and land-use policies that encourage higher density are motivated in part by findings of lower vehicle ownership rates in compact areas. However, many previous estimates suffer from self-selection bias. Utilizing an indicator variable for the presence of same gender children in the household as an instrument for population density, I find a 10% increase in density causes a 0.012 decrease in the size of a household's vehicle fleet, a reduction of about half a percentage point.

Language: en

Keywords

Carbon emissions; Land-use regulation; Vehicle demand