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dc.contributor.authorJansson, Johan
dc.contributor.authorPettersson, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorMannberg, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorBrännlund, Runar
dc.contributor.authorLindgren, Urban
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-19T08:08:34Z
dc.date.available2018-07-19T08:08:34Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.description.abstractDuring 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipRiksbankens Jubileumsfond (P11-0339)en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.04.012> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.04.012</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJansson, J., Pettersson, T., Mannberg, A., Brännlund, R. & Lindgren, U. (2017). Adoption of alternative fuel vehicles: Influence from neighbors, family and coworkers. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 54, 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.04.012en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1489372
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.trd.2017.04.012
dc.identifier.issn1361-9209
dc.identifier.issn1879-2340
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/13225
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalTransportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260
dc.subjectAdoptionen
dc.subjectAlternative fuel vehicles (AFVs)en
dc.subjectInterpersonal influenceen
dc.subjectNeighbor effecten
dc.subjectDiffusion of innovation theoryen
dc.titleAdoption of alternative fuel vehicles: Influence from neighbors, family and coworkersen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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