 Modelling U.S. gasoline demand: A structural time series analysis with asymmetric price responsesZafer Dilaver and Lester Hunt Energy Policy, 2021, vol. 156, issue C Abstract: This research aims to estimate a gasoline demand function for the U.S. using a stochastic exogenous trend model with asymmetric price responses. It is, as far as is known, the first attempt to model U.S. gasoline demand using this combined approach. The Structural Time Series Model is therefore employed for annual data over the period 1949–2019 allowing for both asymmetric price responses (for technical progress to affect demand endogenously) and an underlying energy demand trend for gasoline (for technical progress and other factors to affect demand exogenously in a linear or non-linear way). It is found that for U.S. per capita gasoline demand, the estimated long-run income elasticity is 0.41, the estimated long-run price-max elasticity is −0.31, the estimated long-run price-recovery elasticity is −0.15, and the estimated long-run price-cut elasticity is −0.14. In addition, the estimated underlying energy demand trend for U.S. per capita gasoline demand is non-linear with periods when it is increasing and periods when it is decreasing. Keywords: U.S. gasoline demand; Asymmetric price responses; Underlying energy demand trend (UEDT); Structural time series model; Price and income elasticities (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:enepol:v:156:y:2021:i:c:s0301421521002561 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112386 Access Statistics for this article Energy Policy is currently edited by N. France More articles in Energy Policy from Elsevier |
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