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Motorization: History, Factors and Patterns

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The paper is devoted to the study of the process of motorization in retrospect in different countries of the world. It analyzes significant cross-country differences in the levels of provision of the population with passenger cars, which are not explained by the difference in the levels of economic development and geographical location. Considerable attention is paid to the history and patterns of motorization in Russia.

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  1. According to the definition of the International Organization for Standardization: https://www.iso.org/standard/9389.html (accessed November 1, 2022).

  2. M. Yu. Ksenofontov and S. R. Milyakin, “The automobilization process and its determining factors in the past, present, and future,” Stud. Russ. Econ. Dev. 29, 406–411 (2018).

  3. In parentheses is the number of passenger cars per 1000 people as of 2020.

  4. Teinner comes to the conclusion that the greatest explanatory power in relation to cross-country differences in the levels of motorization is immanent in the indicator of per capita GDP at PPP in a 20-year retrospective.

  5. Those who wish to purchase a car are forced to purchase a Certificate at an auction. The monthly number of such certificates is limited.

  6. In addition to the registration duty, the buyer pays an additional registration fee, which is 100% of the face value of the car and which can be refunded upon sale of the car.

  7. Tax Code of the Russian Federation. Chapter 28. Transport Tax (introduced by the Federal Law as of July 24, 2002, no. 110-FL).

  8. https://geo.1sept.ru/article.php?ID=200302901. Accessed November 1, 2022

  9. According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service.

  10. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2619147. Accessed November 1, 2022.

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Milyakin, S.R. Motorization: History, Factors and Patterns. Stud. Russ. Econ. Dev. 34, 254–262 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075700723020090

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