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    Greene, D.L., German, J., Delucchi, M.A. (2008). Fuel Economy: The Case for Market Failure. In: Cannon, J., Sperling, D. (eds) Reducing Climate Impacts in the Transportation Sector. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6979-6_11

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