Adoption of alternative fuel vehicles : Influence from neighbors, family and coworkers

Autor: Urban Lindgren, Andrea Mannberg, Runar Brännlund, Johan Jansson, Thomas Pettersson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Social psychology (sociology)
Social Psychology
020209 energy
Interpersonal influence
VDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260
Transportation
02 engineering and technology
Economic Geography
Adoption
Alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs)
Interpersonal influence
Neighbor effect
Diffusion of innovation theory
Empirical research
0502 economics and business
Adoption
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Economics
Marketing
Consumer behaviour
Neighbor effect
General Environmental Science
Civil and Structural Engineering
Alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs)
Business Administration
Företagsekonomi
050210 logistics & transportation
05 social sciences
Ekonomisk geografi
Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap
Response bias
Diffusion of innovation theory
Alternative fuel vehicle
ddc:380
Socialpsykologi
Social system
Sustainability
VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Zdroj: Transportation Research, Part D: Transport and Environment; 54, pp 61-73 (2017)
ISSN: 1361-9209
Popis: Source at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.04.012. During the last years, many governments have set targets for increasing the share of biofuels in the transportation sector. Understanding consumer behavior is essential in designing policies that efficiently increase the uptake of cleaner technologies. In this paper we analyze adopters and non-adopters of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). We use diffusion of innovation theory and the established notion that the social system and interpersonal influence play important roles in adoption. Based on a nationwide database of car owners we analyze interpersonal influence on adoption from three social domains: neighbors, family and coworkers. The results point primarily at a neighbor effect in that AFV adoption is more likely if neighbors also have adopted. The results also point at significant effects of interpersonal influence from coworkers and family members but these effects weaken or disappear when income, education level, marriage, age, gender and green party votes are controlled for. The results extend the diffusion of innovation and AFV literature with empirical support for interpersonal influence based on objective data where response bias is not a factor. Implications for further research, environmental and transport policy, and practitioners are discussed.
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