10.4225/03/58eaeb372c201 Mark Grenning Mark Grenning Australian motor vehicle emissions policy, 1970-96: a case of non-market failure Monash University 2017 Australian motor vehicle emissions policy Motor vehicles Pollution control devices 2017-04-10 02:17:25 Thesis https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Australian_motor_vehicle_emissions_policy_1970-96_a_case_of_non-market_failure/4833680 This is not intended to be the standard type of economics thesis. It examines a public policy - Australian motor vehicle emissions policy - from a public policy perspective. Public policy inevitably involves disciplines wider than pure economics, and emissionsĀ  policy is no different. These disciplines included chemistry, medicine, engineering, administration and politics. However, the discussion of the contributions these other disciplines make is not an end in itself but a contribution to my overall aim of answering an economic question - is the policy efficient? The cost of this public policy approach is that the thesis is longer than normal. The length has also been influenced by this thesis being the first comprehensive evaluation of the policy, so I had to giveĀ  you a lot of history which is presently not readily available. [...] <br>