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Seminar

Research Seminar (SSB/CREE seminar): Green Cars Adoption and the Supply of Alternative Fuels

Speaker
Giulia Pavan, Toulouse School of Economics
Date
22 March 2018
When
11:45 - 12:45
Where
Auditoriet, SSB, Akersveien 26

Content

  Giulia Pavan - Toulouse School of Economics:

  "Green Cars Adoption and the Supply of Alternative Fuels"

http://www.cree.uio.no/outreach/events/seminar/pdf/180322_giulia_pavan_green_car_wp_tse_875.pdf

 Abstract

Easy access to stations serving alternative fuels is an obvious concern for customers considering to buy a “green" car. Yet, the supply of fuel is seldom considered analyzing how to promote the adoption of environmentally friendly vehicles. I develop and estimate a joint model of demand for cars and supply of alternative fuels. I use this framework to compare the effectiveness of a subsidy to consumers who buy cars running on alternative fuels to that of a subsidy to gas stations installing alternative fuel pumps. Counterfactual simulations suggest that subsidizing fuel retailers to offer alternative fuels is a more effective policy that indirectly increases low emission car sales.

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