The influence of positionality in car-purchasing behaviour on the downsizing of new cars

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 402-408

  Hoen, Anco ^a   Geurs, Karst T ^b  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automobile purchases; Choice experiments; Fuel efficiency; Positional goods

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; TAXATION;

CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; ECONOMIC WELFARE; FUEL EFFICIENCY; NETHERLANDS; POSITIONAL GOODS; STATED CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; WELFARE COSTS;

SALES;

AUTOMOBILE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79955476506     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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