Still underdetected - Social norms and collective efficacy predict the acceptance of electric vehicles in Germany

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-77

  Barth, Markus ^a   Jugert, Philipp ^a   Fritsche, Immo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Electric vehicle adoption; Norms

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; VEHICLES;

COLLECTIVE EFFICACY; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS); ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW STUDY; NORMS; RELATED FACTORS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84954048917     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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