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In the driver’s seat: Pathways to automobile ownership for lower-income households in the United States

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2023
We examine how lower-income households in the United States acquire automobiles. Although car ownership plays a vital role in social and economic mobility in the US, transportation scholars know little about how low-income households obtain cars.
Nicholas J. Klein   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Car careers: A socio-psychological evaluation of aspirational automobile ownership

open access: yesTransportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2022
There is a general consensus that private car ownership is a significant barrier to transport system change, specifically in regard to injuries, space, air pollutants, or greenhouse gas emissions. Observed changes in automobile characteristics also suggest that the system is becoming less sustainable, given trends towards larger cars with greater mass ...
Humpe, Andreas   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Trends and evolution of automobile ownership in the municipalities of Chile [PDF]

open access: yesurbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana, 2021
Abstract The automobile has played a fundamental role in the development of cities in the daily movement of people. This paper analyzes the explosive increase in the number of motorized vehicles in the municipalities of Chile. Additionally, due to its national relevance, a disaggregated analysis of the Metropolitan Area of Santiago is presented ...
Francisco Maturana   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Common‐Ownership Versus Cross‐Ownership: Evidence from the Automobile Industry*

open access: yesThe Journal of Industrial Economics
Overlapping ownership has gained considerable momentum in the last decades, yet little is known about the role of its sources. We quantify the relative importance of common‐ownership (by shareholders external to an industry) and cross‐ownership (by firms within the industry).
Huse, Cristian   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Does the dual-credit policy promote the technological development of new energy vehicles? An industry chain reconstruction perspective [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon
With the deep application of automation and digitalization technologies, the global automobile value chains are undergoing a new round of large-scale restructuring, and the traditional supply chain structure taken vehicle manufacturers as the core has ...
Hui Yu, Ying Li, Wei Wang
doaj   +2 more sources

Corporate ownership network in the automobile industry: Owners, shareholders and passive investment funds

open access: yesResearch in Globalization, 2020
Who controls the corporate ownership network in the automotive industry: owners, shareholders or financial institutions? Recent studies have suggested that corporate control of automotive firms is increasingly associated with banks, investment funds and ...
Mario Sacomano Neto   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Dynamics of Automobile Ownership under Rapid Growth [PDF]

open access: yesTransportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2012
Little research has focused on how the factors that influence travel behavior change in rapidly developing and increasingly motorized cities. This paper examines household motor vehicle ownership and focuses on potential variations in the preferences revealed through vehicle choice models estimated for Santiago, Chile, in 1991 and 2001 and includes ...
P. Christopher Zegras   +1 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Gender-specific risk factors for virologic failure in KwaZulu-Natal: automobile ownership and financial insecurity. [PDF]

open access: yesAIDS Behav, 2014
Hare AQ   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effects of total cost of ownership on automobile purchasing decisions

open access: yesTransportation Letters, 2018
In this paper, we reveal a complete picture of ownership-related expenses and construct a decision model which helps decision maker to make the best choice when purchasing an automobile.
Muhammed Sutcu
openaire   +3 more sources

Automobile Ownership and Travel by the Poor

open access: yesTransportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2012
Income, or the lack of it, influences household transportation decisions and the ways in which individuals travel. Low-income households are less likely to own cars and more likely to travel by modes other than the automobile. Less is known, however, about the specific determinants of travel among the poor, which was the purpose of this analysis. This
Evelyn Blumenberg, Gregory Pierce
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