Papers by Aminata M . Bamba
This paper examines the impact of government incentives on the sale of hybrids vehicle in the US,... more This paper examines the impact of government incentives on the sale of hybrids vehicle in the US, car registration data for 27 US state in 2007 and 2008 from R. L. Polk. The results show that government incentives are not significant when consumer make their decision to purchase hybrid cars. Yet, it can be notice that fuel price has more effect on the consumer decisions. This study sought to examine the impact of government incentives on the consumer decision to purchase hybrid vehicles in the U.S. A crosssectional analysis is conducted among 27 states of the U.S to determine this impact. Fuel prices and High Occupancy Vehicle access lane appear to have the most impact on hybrid sale. Government monetary incentives do not seem to have any influence on adoption. Although government incentives have an ambiguous impact on the adoption of hybrid car, consumers are more influence by the increase in fuel price. Promoting hybrid adoption may require a different monetary incentives strategy.
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Papers by Aminata M . Bamba