未来能源研究所-进口关税与汽车市场（英）

Import Tariffs and the Market for VehiclesAImport Tariffs and the Market for VehiclesJoshua Linn and Beia SpillerReport 25-10 May 2025Resources for the FutureiAbout the Authors Joshua Linn is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland and a senior fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF). His research centers on the effects of environmental policies and economic incentives for new technologies in the transportation, electricity, and industrial sectors. His transportation research assesses passenger vehicle taxation and fuel economy standards in the United States and Europe. He has examined the effects of Beijing’s vehicle ownership restrictions on travel behavior, labor supply, and fertility.Beia Spiller is a fellow and the director for RFF’s Transportation Program. Prior to joining RFF, she was Lead Senior Economist at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), where she worked for almost a decade. She was also a Board member for the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists through 2024. Spiller is an energy economist, with experience working on electricity and transportation issues. During her time at EDF, she participated in many electric utility proceedings in New York and California, with a goal of ushering in a cleaner, more efficient and equitable energy system.About RFFResources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonprofit research institution in Washington, DC. Its mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. RFF is committed to being the most widely trusted source of research insights and policy solutions leading to a healthy environment and a thriving economy. The views expressed here are those of the individual authors and may differ from those of other RFF experts, its officers, or its directors.Sharing Our WorkOur work is available for sharing and adaptation under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. You can copy and redistribute our material in any medium or format; you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made, and you may not apply additional restrictions. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.Import Tariffs and the Market for VehiclesiiAbstractVehicle import tariffs can have measurable impacts on the market for vehicles. Depending on how they are structured, tariffs increase the cost of importing vehicles and vehicle parts, affecting how manufacturers price their vehicles across their entire fleet. Price changes affect consumer choices, but the extent depends on consumer pric