Evaluation of the California Smog Check Program

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.J. Sommerville ◽  
Tom Cackette ◽  
Thomas C. Austin
Keyword(s):  
Smog Check

scholarly journals Clunkers or Junkers? Adverse Selection in a Vehicle Retirement Program

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Sandler
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Adverse Selection ◽  
Local Program ◽  
Vehicle Fleet ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Smog Check ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Vehicle Retirement

Vehicle retirement programs have become popular tools of public policy for reducing pollution. The efficacy of these programs is difficult to measure, as it is difficult to tell how much a vehicle would have polluted otherwise. I estimate that counterfactual using data from a long-running local program in California. I utilize the universe of emissions inspections from the California Smog Check Program to construct vehicle usage histories of retired cars and similar vehicles which did not retire early. I find that the program's cost-effectiveness steadily declined over time because of the depreciation of the vehicle fleet, while adverse selection remained a problem throughout. (JEL D82, Q53, Q58, R48)

scholarly journals Estimated Emission Reductions from California's Enhanced Smog Check Program

2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 2588-2595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett C. Singer ◽  
Thomas P. Wenzel
Keyword(s):  
Emission Reductions ◽  
Smog Check

Cars on crutches: How much abatement do smog check repairs actually provide?

2014 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Mérel ◽  
Aaron Smith ◽  
Jeffrey Williams ◽  
Emily Wimberger
Keyword(s):  
Smog Check

Operational Aspects of the California Smog Check Program

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin B. Dyer ◽  
Larry D. Sherwood ◽  
Gary T. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Smog Check ◽  
Operational Aspects

Smog Check

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Eisinger
Keyword(s):  
Smog Check
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