Does Car-Sharing Reduce Car Ownership? Empirical Evidence from Germany

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dc.contributor.authorKolleck, Aaron
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-30T14:24:39Z
dc.date.available2023-08-30T14:24:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe sharing economy is making its way into our everyday lives. One of its business models, car-sharing, has become highly popular. Can it help us increase our sustainability? Besides emissions and vehicle miles traveled, one key aspect in the assessment regards the effect of car-sharing on car ownership. Previous studies investigating this effect have relied almost exclusively on surveys and come to very heterogeneous results, partly suggesting spectacular substitution rates between shared and private cars. This study empirically explores the impact of car-sharing on noncorporate car ownership and car markets in 35 large German cities. The analysis draws on publicly available data for the years 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017, including, among others, the number of shared cars per operating mode (free-floating and station-based) and the number of cars owned and registered by private individuals (i.e., excluding company cars). We find that one additional station-based car is associated with a reduction of about nine private cars. We do not find a statistically significant relation between car ownership and free-floating car-sharing. Neither type of car-sharing appears to impact the markets for used and new cars significantly. Given the measurable impacts on car ownership levels, this result is surprising and invites future research to study car-sharing’s impact on the dynamics of car markets.
dc.identifier.citationKolleck, A. (2021). Does Car-Sharing Reduce Car Ownership? Empirical Evidence from Germany. Sustainability, 13(13), 7384. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137384
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13137384
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/280
dc.identifier.zdb2518383-7
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectcar-sharing
dc.subjectsharing economy
dc.subjecteconomic impact
dc.subjectcar ownership
dc.subjectfirst difference
dc.subject.ddc330 Wirtschaft
dc.titleDoes Car-Sharing Reduce Car Ownership? Empirical Evidence from Germany
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dcmi.typeText
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber7384
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue3
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleSustainability
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume13
local.researchgroupArbeiten und Kooperieren in der Sharing Economy
local.researchtopicMarkt – Wettbewerb – Ungleichheit
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