Car Ownership and Economic Development with Forecasts to the Year 2015

Kenneth Medlock and Ronald Soligo

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2002, vol. 36, issue 2, 163-188

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of economic development on the demand for private motor vehicles for a panel of 28 countries. Utilising the concept of the user cost of capital and the notion that the demand for cars can become saturated, the authors develop a model of the relationship between economic development and per capita private car ownership. They find that saturation levels vary across countries, and that user costs are a significant factor in the evolution of vehicle stocks. Forecasts are generated for each of the countries in the sample, and the implications for future energy-related issues are discussed. © The London School of Economics and the University of Bath 2002

Date: 2002
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