Vehicle type choice under the influence of a tax reform and rising fuel prices

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-42

  Mabit, Stefan L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fuel efficiency; Mixed logit; Tax reform; Vehicle choice; Vehicle taxes; Vehicle technology

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EFFICIENCY; FUELS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; VEHICLES;

FUEL EFFICIENCY; MIXED LOGIT; TAX REFORM; VEHICLE CHOICE; VEHICLE TAXES; VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY;

TAXATION;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FUEL; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX REFORM; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; FRANCE; IRELAND;

EID: 84925838148     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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