Demand for new car fuel economy in the UK, 1970–2005

During the past thirty years, governments have sought to stimulate improvements in new car fuel economy to contribute to air quality, energy security, and climate change goals. We analysed the demand for new car fuel economy in the UK using a two-stage econometric model to investigate the drivers of...

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Váldodahkkit: Bonilla, D, Foxon, T
Materiálatiipa: Journal article
Giella:English
Almmustuhtton: School of Management 2009
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description During the past thirty years, governments have sought to stimulate improvements in new car fuel economy to contribute to air quality, energy security, and climate change goals. We analysed the demand for new car fuel economy in the UK using a two-stage econometric model to investigate the drivers of this demand in the short and long terms over the period 1970–2004. We found that higher incomes and long-term price changes were the main drivers to achieve improvements in fuel economy, particularly for petrol cars, and that new car fuel economy changes were scarcely affected by the Voluntary Agreement on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions reductions adopted in the 1990s. We found, in agreement with other studies, that the demand for fuel economy was price inelastic for both fuels. Our calculated long-term income elasticity (petrol with −0.31 and diesel fuels with −0.20) values are above the range of international studies for petrol but within the range for diesel. An aggregate model of fuel economy gives a fuel price elasticity of −0.32 and an elasticity of −0.26 with respect to UK disposable income.
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spelling oxford-uuid:ed1c80a1-1964-4f66-b51d-568bad0367442022-03-27T11:22:35ZDemand for new car fuel economy in the UK, 1970–2005Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ed1c80a1-1964-4f66-b51d-568bad036744EconometricsTransportEconomicsEconomic historyCommerce,communications,transportClimate systems and policyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetSchool of Management2009Bonilla, DFoxon, TDuring the past thirty years, governments have sought to stimulate improvements in new car fuel economy to contribute to air quality, energy security, and climate change goals. We analysed the demand for new car fuel economy in the UK using a two-stage econometric model to investigate the drivers of this demand in the short and long terms over the period 1970–2004. We found that higher incomes and long-term price changes were the main drivers to achieve improvements in fuel economy, particularly for petrol cars, and that new car fuel economy changes were scarcely affected by the Voluntary Agreement on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions reductions adopted in the 1990s. We found, in agreement with other studies, that the demand for fuel economy was price inelastic for both fuels. Our calculated long-term income elasticity (petrol with −0.31 and diesel fuels with −0.20) values are above the range of international studies for petrol but within the range for diesel. An aggregate model of fuel economy gives a fuel price elasticity of −0.32 and an elasticity of −0.26 with respect to UK disposable income.
spellingShingle Econometrics
Transport
Economics
Economic history
Commerce,communications,transport
Climate systems and policy
Bonilla, D
Foxon, T
Demand for new car fuel economy in the UK, 1970–2005
title Demand for new car fuel economy in the UK, 1970–2005
title_full Demand for new car fuel economy in the UK, 1970–2005
title_fullStr Demand for new car fuel economy in the UK, 1970–2005
title_full_unstemmed Demand for new car fuel economy in the UK, 1970–2005
title_short Demand for new car fuel economy in the UK, 1970–2005
title_sort demand for new car fuel economy in the uk 1970 2005
topic Econometrics
Transport
Economics
Economic history
Commerce,communications,transport
Climate systems and policy
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