Simulating demand for electric vehicles using revealed preference data

Energy Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 686-696

  Driscoll, Áine ^a,b   Lyons, Seán ^a,b   Mariuzzo, Franco ^c   Tol, Richard S J ^d,e,f,g  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electric vehicles; Private car demand; Structural market model

Indexed keywords

HYBRID CARS; MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS; MARKET PENETRATION; MARKET SHARE; PRIVATE CAR DEMAND; REVEALED PREFERENCE DATUM; STRUCTURAL MARKET; TAX BREAKS;

AUTOMOBILES; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; HYBRID VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; GOVERNMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

IRELAND;

EID: 84884976040     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.061     Document Type: Article

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