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The end of the ICE age: The economics of green transport and pollution abatement
Titre du projet
The end of the ICE age: The economics of green transport and pollution abatement
Description
I present three papers that each explore different aspects of the global green transport revolution – the electrification of the transport sector. Overall, I analyse how to most efficiently and effectively facilitate the technological transition from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and encourage consumer adoption of electric private and public transport. Specifically, Paper 1 investigates the impact of the network of charging infrastructure on electric vehicle (EV) purchases. I show that the charger net- work has a significant impact on EV purchases and can help overcome consumers’ range anxiety. Paper 2 analyses consumer decision-making in relation to electric vehicles and transport mode choice. I demonstrate a number of psychological sticking points in the mobility decision-making process and that sunk costs and commitments are an important consideration for the average consumer. Paper 3 will focus on one of two current options. Option 1 is the distributional and welfare effects of EV subsidies. Given the availability of data, I will analyse California’s low-income targeted EV subsidy to demonstrate how this decreases the program’s regressivity, and increases EV and abatement additionality, increasing cost-effectiveness. Option 2 is the quantification of a demand model for mo- bility with modern green technological options. This will provide estimates of future mobility demand patterns across consumer segments and attitudes, and accounting for inter-temporal commitments.
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Date de début
1 Juillet 2018
Date de fin
1 Mai 2022
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- PublicationAccès libreCommitments and sunk costs in private mobility: A study of Swiss households facing green transport choices(Neuchatel University of Neuchatel Institute of Economic Research, 2020)
; ; This paper experimentally investigates the existence of behavioural deviations from the oft-assumed rationality in private transport decisions, avoiding the selection-biases in revealed data. Through a choice experiment answered by 995 Swiss respondents, we explore the linkages between long- and medium-term travel investment decisions, and the choice of transport mode. We test the existence of commitment device usage in car and public transport pass purchases, and the sunk cost fallacy, as well as the impact of electric vehicles on mode choice. We find little evidence to support the existence of commitment devices, and no sunk cost fallacy. We further show that electric vehicle owners are equally likely to commute in their car, however use a greater mix of transport modes for leisure and long-distance trips. Our results support the importance of marginal travel costs in transport policy, as well as demonstrate the wide impact of rising EV consumption.