We build a vehicle purchase and disposal model that accounts for trade-in opportunity costs
to analyze a program that links an electric vehicle (EV) purchase subsidy with a gasoline …

Promoting plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) adoption through subsidies represents a commonly
used policy lever for decarbonizing the light-duty vehicle sector. However, it is unclear how …

Federal and state governments in many countries subsidize the early adopters of electric
vehicles (EVs). These programs often use quotas or deadlines to phase out the subsidies …

Little is known about electric vehicle (EV) demand by low-and middle-income households. In
this paper, we exploit a policy that provides exogenous variation in large EV subsidies …

Financial incentives, such as purchase subsidies, have been found to increase plug-in
electric vehicle (PEV) adoption, but how these incentives are designed can impact their …

This article investigates the potential trade‐off between the stimulus and environmental
objectives in the context of the US vehicle scrappage program. We develop and estimate a …

Electric vehicles have a unique potential to transform personal transportation. We analyze
this transition with a dynamic model capturing falling costs of electric vehicles, decreasing …

During the recent economic crisis, many countries have adopted stimulus programs
designed to achieve two goals: to stimulate economic activity in lagging durable goods …

This paper examines the response of vehicle purchase behavior to China's largest national
subsidy program for fuel-efficient vehicles during 2010 and 2011. Using variation from the …

In recent decades, federal and state policymakers in the United States have adopted a
variety of policy incentives to induce drivers to purchase advanced clean vehicles aimed at …