Does declaring a "climate emergency" impact consumer behavior? : evidence from the German electric car market

Wolfgang Maennig and Niklas Rohde

Effects of climate emergency declarations (CEDs) have been reported in multiple cases; this is the first paper to test their potential economic impacts on the market share of electric vehicles (EVs). We use panel data on German CEDs at the district level from 2015 to 2023, employ a difference-in-differences (DiD) approach, and find that compared with districts lacking CEDs, districts with CEDs do not demonstrate significant disparities in EV registrations. We do not find evidence that climate emergencies motivate more environmentally friendly consumption.

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Year of publication:	[2025]
Authors:	Maennig, Wolfgang ; Rohde, Niklas
Publisher:	Hamburg, Germany : Universität Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Chair for Economic Policy
Subject:	Climate Emergency \| Electric Vehicles \| Transport \| Elektrofahrzeug \| Electric vehicle \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Konsumentenverhalten \| Consumer behaviour \| Kfz-Markt \| Automotive market \| Klimawandel \| Climate change \| Nachhaltige Mobilität \| Sustainable mobility \| Klimaschutz \| Climate protection

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 51 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Hamburg contemporary economic discussions. - Hamburg : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1865-7133, ZDB-ID 2409805-X. - Vol. no. 82
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	Q58 - Government Policy ; R5 - Regional Government Analysis ; C33 - Models with Panel Data
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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