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The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal and Ifo Business Surveys

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  • Klaus Wohlrabe
  • Simon Litsche

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At the beginning of September the US environmental authorities discovered a prohibited manipulation of motor management software in Volkswagen diesel vehicles. The aim was to keep the emission values artificially low in test drive situations in order to comply with environmental standards. Overall, the results of the Ifo Business Survey do not show that the emissions scandal has had any negative effect on the automotive branch as a whole. The situation remains the same both for the automotive branch collectively, and for vehicle manufacturers and suppliers respectively. However, the aggregated results do not show whether and how a Volkswagen substitution effect has impacted other manufacturers.

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  • Klaus Wohlrabe & Simon Litsche, 2015. "The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal and Ifo Business Surveys," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 68(21), pages 32-33, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:68:y:2015:i:21:p:32-33
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    JEL classification:

    • L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
    • L62 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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