Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2014-09-22
Number: 14-128/VIII
Author-Name: Alexandros Dimitropoulos
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Title: The Influence of Environmental Concerns on Drivers’ Preferences for Electric Cars
Abstract: We examine the influence of drivers’ environmental concerns on their preferences for different types of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). Our empirical approach is built around the results of a large-scale survey among Dutch drivers, where preferences for electric vehicles are elicited through a choice experiment and environmental concerns are reflected in individual responses to Likert-type questions. On this basis, we develop advanced latent class models to study preference heterogeneity and its link to drivers’ socio-demographic background and environmental concerns. We find that environmental concerns are an important predictor of class membership and that highly concerned drivers tend to cluster in classes with a positive stand towards PEVs. High environmental concerns are positively associated with driver’s age and education, while negatively related to d river’s household income.
Classification-JEL: D12, O33, Q58, R41
Keywords: Latent class, Latent variable, Environmental concern, Electric vehicle, Plug-in hybrid
File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/14128.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20140128