10  See Dan Andrews, Chiara Criscuolo, and Peter N. Gal (2015), “Frontier Firms, Technology Diffusion and Public Policy: Micro Evidence from OECD Countries (PDF),” OECD Productivity Working Papers Series 2015–02 (Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, November).
The gap projected between supply and demand in the immediate post-1973 period was feared by many to be so large that rationing would be the only practical solution. But the resolution did not occur quite that way. To be sure, mandated fuel-efficiency standards for cars and light trucks accompanied slower growth of gasoline demand.