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Diffusion Dynamics of Electric Cars and Adaptive Policy: Towards an Empirical Based Simulation

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In this paper we apply the updated consumat approach to the case of diffusion of electric cars. We will discuss how data from a large sample can be used to parameterize a number of main behavioural drivers, and how these relate to behavioural processes. At this stage we explain how the data fit in the framework, and whereas a model is currently under development, first simulation results are to be available first during the ESSA conference.

Keywords

  • diffusion
  • electric cars
  • agent based modeling
  • human behavior
  • decision making
  • needs
  • consumat

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Groningen Center for Social Complexity Studies & Marketing, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

    Wander Jager

  2. School of Human Evolution and Social Change & Center, for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA

    Marco Janssen

  3. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Spatial Economics, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Marija Bockarjova

  4. Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Social Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

    Marija Bockarjova

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  1. Division of Decision Analysis and Support, School of Economics Institute of Econometrics, Warsaw, Poland

    Bogumił Kamiński

  2. Division of Decision Analysis and Support, School of Economics, Institute of Econometrics, Warsaw, Poland

    Grzegorz Koloch

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Jager, W., Janssen, M., Bockarjova, M. (2014). Diffusion Dynamics of Electric Cars and Adaptive Policy: Towards an Empirical Based Simulation. In: Kamiński, B., Koloch, G. (eds) Advances in Social Simulation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 229. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39829-2_23

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