New Passenger Vehicle Demand Elasticities: Estimates and Policy Implications

Benjamin Leard and Yidi Wu
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No 23-33, RFF Working Paper Series from Resources for the Future

Abstract: We apply a simple methodology to estimate own- and cross-price elasticities of new passenger vehicle demand based on household-level survey data. Our methodology combines own-price elasticity estimates with diversion fractions constructed from second-choice data. We obtain a set of elasticities that are relevant for policy analysis, including an aggregate market elasticity, a matrix of car and light truck elasticities, and a matrix of gasoline and electric vehicle (EV) elasticities. Our results have implications for evaluating incidence of fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for passenger vehicles and policies for increasing EV adoption.

Date: 2023-08-23
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