Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7407033 | Energy Policy | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We address the empirical question of the extent to which higher fuel efficiency of cars affects additional travel. ⺠The data set covers two panel waves, 1998 and 2003, taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We estimate an unbalanced two-wave random effects panel model. ⺠Contrasting recent empirical literature, this seems to be true only for cars with a consumption of more than roughly 8 l per 100 km.⺠In addition, we find a positive diesel effect: Owning a diesel engine car has a positive effect on the distance driven. Both effects support the rebound hypothesis, although not in a simple linear way.⺠It can be shown that some “soft” variables such as certain attitudes towards the environment tend to amplify this non-linear rebound effect.
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Authors
Wenzel Matiaske, Roland Menges, Martin Spiess,