1. What impact does the lower fuel economy of SUVs have on the economy? (Think both in terms of the price at the pump and the price in health care, environment etc).
2. What impact does the safety record of SUVs have on the economy?
3. If passed what impact will the California bill that requires cuts in the tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases by cars and light trucks have on SUVs and the economy?

Books on Economics and SUVs

• High and Mighty: SUVs--The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way by Keith Bradsher Public Affairs, 2002.
• Economics at the wheel: The costs of cars and drivers Richard C. Porter, San Diego; London and Toronto: Academic Press, 1999.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles on Economics and SUVs

• Common Dreams - Bush Proposal May Cut Tax on S.U.V.'s for Business
  http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0121-05.htm
• Houston Business Journal - There are two sides to the SUV debate coin
  http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2002/12/30/editorial5.html
• Alternet - The SUV-Terrorism Connection
  http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11715
• Arizona Central - Auto makers fear backlash against SUVs
  http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0108suv-opposition08-ON.html
• Blue Water Network - California Is Moving to Guide U.S. Policy on Pollution (PDF)
  http://www.bluewaternetwork.org/reports/rep_ca_global_nytimes.pdf
• San Francisco Chronicle - California emissions law now a model: It's cited in major new Senate bill
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/09/MN60402.DTL

Policy Papers on Economics and SUVs

• SUV.org - Environmental Double Standards for SUVs
  http://www.suv.org/environ.html
• Public Citizen - Corporate Average Fuel Economy
  http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/fuelecon/
• Citizens for a Sound Economy - I Want My SUV
  http://www.cse.org/informed/issues_template.php/1103.htm
• CATO - No Apologies: Affirming SUV driving
  http://www.cato.org/research/articles/taylor-021218.html
• Competitive Enterprise Institute - SUV Owners Under Assault Again
  http://www.cei.org/gencon/003,03320.cfm

Journal Articles on Economics and SUVs

• Offsetting Behavior Effects of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards - John M. Yun, Economic Inquiry v40, n2 (April 2002): 260-70
• Global Warming and Urban Smog: The Cost Effectiveness of CAFE Standards and Alternative Fuels - Alan J. Krupnick et. al, Resources for the Future, Energy and Natural Resources Division Discussion Paper: 1992.