This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of demand in the German automobile industry. Our primary goal is to refine the existing literature on that topic by exploring the impact of uniqueness seeking behaviour of individuals on the demand schedule. Using a dataset on the segment of...

Auto industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. India is producing one out of every ten automobiles made in the world. The auto industry is responsible for 15-20% of global carbon dioxide emissions and 80% becomes users' responsibility (JAMA). Many people are aware of the...

The automobile industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the world. India is the fourth largest exporter of passenger car and 6th largest producer in the world. A number of leading global automotive companies entered with the joint ventures and started producing the variety of models...

The automobile industry today is the most profit making industry in India. It is one of the largest in the world which contributes to the global sales of automobiles which is set to grow. It plays a significant role in the economic development around the world. Consumer attitude towards the...

Retailers co-locate with rivals to take advantage of economies of agglomeration even though co-location implies greater competition. Using data on all new car transactions registered in Ohio from 2007 to 2014, we estimate a structural model of consumer search for spatially dif- ferentiated...

Aiming to reduce the number of brown (polluting) cars on the road, several countries currently promote the purchase and use of green (emission-free) cars through financial and non-financial incentives. We study how such incentives affect consumers who continue to drive brown cars. Using a simple...

The study examines the perception of the respondents about auto services in Agartala. It obtained primary data from 200 passengers consisting of 120 men and rest women from the selected twenty auto routes of Agartala using quota and convenient sampling technique through schedule and personal...

This paper examines to what extent, if any, natural environmental factors affect consumer purchase decisions regarding “green” products. We collect and combine several unique datasets to study the impact of air pollution on consumers' choices of passenger vehicles in China. Exploiting...

Nowadays, the level of market competition in Malaysia automobile keeps on increasing, especially when they need to compete with foreign brand. Thus, this is important for Malaysia automobile industry to understand consumer intention for which factors that might be can influence consumer purchase...

The 2009 Cash for Clunkers program aimed to stimulate consumer spending in the new automobile industry, which was experiencing disproportionate reductions in demand and employment during the Great Recession. Exploiting program eligibility criteria in a regression discontinuity design, we show...