Information Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2021
Abstract
In busy metropolitan areas, traffic restrictions based on the last digits of license plates effectively ease traffic jams and improve air quality. Recently, policy-makers in China exempted battery electric vehicles (BEV) from traffic restrictions to promote their diffusion in place of conventional vehicles (CV). To examine the impacts of such an exemption on consumers and manufacturers as well as the environment, this study models the duopoly competition between BEV and CV manufacturers as a Cournot game. The numerical analyses compare three traffic restriction policies concerning BEV and CV, and reveal the pros and cons of each. In particular, the BEV-exempted policy promotes customer adoption, industry development, and environment protection with the least consumer surplus loss. As supplementary measures, relevant vehicle purchase tax and carbon tax may make such a policy more effective, respectively, in short and long terms.
Recommended Citation
Hu, X., Yang, Z., Sun, J., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Exempting battery electric vehicles from traffic restrictions: Impacts on market and environment under Pigovian taxation. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 154, 53-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2021.09.014
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Publication Title
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
DOI
10.1016/j.tra.2021.09.014
Comments
Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2021.09.014