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DOI	10.1080/14693062.2018.1533446
	Is it time to abolish company car benefits? An analysis of transport behaviour in Germany and implications for climate change
	Metzler D.; Humpe A.; Gössling S.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	14693062
起始页码	542
结束页码	555
卷号	19 期号:5
英文摘要	Company cars have received considerable attention because of their partial tax-exemption and the changes in travel behaviour they stimulate, including car model choices, distances driven, and car ownership patterns. This paper is the first to present evidence on actual transport behaviour change, based on mobility and fuel diaries, and comparing a sample of 624 company cars and 9328 private cars in Germany. Analysis confirms that company cars belong to the more heavily motorized car segments (with an average 97 kW, as opposed to 79 kW of private cars), and are driven more than private cars (24,672 km per year, compared to 12,828 km per year for private cars). Company car benefits also increase average household vehicle numbers by 25%. Results show that it is imperative to distinguish company cars of company owners relative to those driven by employees, as negative externalities increase significantly where company cars are used by the latter. Abolishing company car benefits could significantly reduce emissions from passenger road transport and stimulate change in the country’s automotive industries towards a lower-carbon path. As Germany is not currently on track to meet its climate mitigation targets, this would be a timely policy shift. Key policy insights Company car benefits increase transport demand, car ownership, and average vehicle fleet engine power. These effects are particularly relevant for employees. Company cars have, in spite of their larger size and greater engine power, a (modestly) better fuel economy than private cars, possibly because they represent more recent and hence more efficient car models. A policy focus on vehicle fuel efficiency improvements will fail to reduce the German car fleet’s CO 2 emissions to a sustainable level. Abolishing company car benefits could yield a significant reduction in GHG emissions from passenger road transport. Company car subsidies are an out-dated mode of support for the fossil-fuel based automotive industry. © 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
英文关键词	Climate change; company cars; transport behaviour; transport demand; transport policy
语种	英语
scopus关键词	automobile industry; climate change; road transport; transportation policy; travel behavior; travel demand; Germany
来源期刊	Climate Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153408
作者单位	Munich University of Applied Sciences, München, Germany; School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden; Service Management and Service Studies, Lund University, Helsingborg, Sweden; Western Norway Research Institute, Sogndal, Norway
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Metzler D.,Humpe A.,Gössling S.. Is it time to abolish company car benefits? An analysis of transport behaviour in Germany and implications for climate change[J],2019,19(5).
APA	Metzler D.,Humpe A.,&Gössling S..(2019).Is it time to abolish company car benefits? An analysis of transport behaviour in Germany and implications for climate change.Climate Policy,19(5).
MLA	Metzler D.,et al."Is it time to abolish company car benefits? An analysis of transport behaviour in Germany and implications for climate change".Climate Policy 19.5(2019).