 How vehicle market is segmented and influenced by subsidy policy: A theoretical studyXiao Chen, Tian Wu, Rui Zheng and Xiaoxian Guo Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2018, vol. 118, issue C, 776-782 Abstract: This paper studies how vehicle market is segmented among consumers and what impacts subsidy policy may have on segmentation. With constant elasticity of substitution utility function and unit demand, we find positive market share for both high-end and low-end vehicles, but not necessary for middle-end vehicles. Market segmentation may have two regimes according to different levels of subsidy on electric vehicles (EVs), and only a sufficiently high subsidy allows for the existence of low type EV market share welcomed by median income consumers. An EV subsidy cut will definitely crowd out the market share of high type EV and expand that of internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV). And given in a regime where low type EVs survive, EV subsidy cut’s influence on low type EV market share is ambiguous, which depends on the relative consumer density around decision cutoff points. Keywords: Electric vehicles; Vehicle consumption behavior; Subsidy scheme; Market segmentation; Prospect theory (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:transa:v:118:y:2018:i:c:p:776-782 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2018.10.026 Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice is currently edited by John (J.M.) Rose More articles in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice from Elsevier |
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