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Are French households car-use addicts? A microeconomic perspective

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  • Collet, Roger
  • de Lapparent, Matthieu
  • Hivert, Laurent

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This article presents a microeconometric analysis of household car use in France. To characterize car use dependence, the myopic and rational addiction models are estimated using panel data drawn from the French “Car Fleet” survey. Significantly, the assumption of rational addiction to car use cannot be rejected, and is even supported by a plausible estimate of the intertemporal rate of substitution (17%). Furthermore, the rational model yields realistic estimates of the fuel cost- and income-elasticities of household car use, respectively − 0.23 and + 0.10 for the short run, and − 0.37 and + 0.16 for the long run.

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  • Collet, Roger & de Lapparent, Matthieu & Hivert, Laurent, 2015. "Are French households car-use addicts? A microeconomic perspective," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 86-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:54:y:2015:i:c:p:86-94
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2014.12.002
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    Keywords

    Household car use; Rational addiction; GMM; Elasticities;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis

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