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ASU research finds that Cash for Clunkers rebates were too high to prompt car upgrades

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Under the federal program, buyers could get a $3,500 or $4,500 rebate, depending on how much more efficient their new car was. Overall, the average miles-per-gallon of the traded-in vehicles was 15.8, Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2017.