?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F48177%2F&rft.title=Electric+Vehicle+Subsidies%3A+Cost-Effectiveness+and+Emission+Reductions&rft.creator=Fournel%2C+Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=This+paper+studies+the+environmental+performance+of+electric+vehicle+subsidy+programs+in+Canada.+I+leverage+changes+in+the+provincial-level+subsidies+to+study+their+short-run+impact+on+sales+and+charging+station+deployment+using+a+natural+experiment+setting.+My+findings+suggest+that+subsidies+are+very+effective+at+increasing+electric+vehicle+adoption%2C+but+failed+to+induce+additional+charging+station+installations+in+the+short-run.+I+rely+on+a+structural+estimation+of+the+demand+for+cars+and+the+supply+of+charging+stations+to+evaluate+the+environmental+impact+of+subsidies.+My+results+suggests+that+Canadian+rebate+programs+led+to+an+increase+in+adoption+of+93%25%2C+and+an+increase+in+the+size+of+the+charging+station+network+of+19%25.+I+take+these+results+as+additional+evidence+of+weak+network+effects.+I+propose+a+unified+framework+to+conduct+a+cost-benefit+analysis.+I+estimate+the+marginal+cost+of+abating+carbon+emissions+to+be+between+%24311+and+%24423+per+ton%2C+well+above+conventional+estimates+of+the+social+cost+of+carbon.+Part+of+the+reason+behind+these+high+estimated+costs+is+that+half+of+the+subsidies+went+to+infra-marginal+consumers+who+would+have+purchased+an+electric+vehicle+whether+or+not+rebates+are+available.+Finally%2C+I+evaluate+the+performance+of+two+alternative+policies%3A+an+income+threshold+on+eligibility+and+a+cash+for+clunker+program.+I+find+that+the+additional+emission+reductions+tied+to+the+removal+of+clunkers+are+crucial+for+improving+the+environmental+performance+of+rebate%0D%0Aprograms.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2023-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F48177%2F1%2Fwp_tse_1465.pdf&rft.identifier=++Fournel%2C+Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois++(2023)+Electric+Vehicle+Subsidies%3A+Cost-Effectiveness+and+Emission+Reductions.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+23-1465%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F128429&rft.language=en