We evaluate German purchase subsidies for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) using data on new vehicle registrations in Germany during 2015-2022. We account for confounding time trends and interacting EU-level CO2 standards using neighboring countries...

The recent crisis in the United States has often been associated with substantial amounts of policy uncertainty. In this paper we ask how uncertainty about fiscal policy affects the impact of fiscal policy changes on the economy when the government tries to counteract a deep recession. The...

Many European companies face the challenge of lowering CO2 emissions from their company car fleets. A promising lever is to increase the notoriously low electric usage of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs). This paper examines whether home charging infrastructure can help achieve these...

Der Verkehrssektor steht mit Blick auf die Klimaziele und angesichts seiner bislang ausgebliebenen Erfolge bei der Treibhausgasreduktion vor großen Herausforderungen. Getrieben wird der hohe Ausstoß auch durch eine Infrastrukturpolitik, die den Straßenverkehr stark begünstigt. Diese...