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The implications of Covid-19 for mobility-related energy use and external costs

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01.09.2020
 - 30.11.2021

We investigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on energy use and emissions in the Swiss transport sector, both in the short and in the long run. The short-run effects will be estimated by means of an existing panel for which we have been tracking individual mobility behaviour since September 2019 and thus have a history spanning the onset of the pandemic. To examine the long-term effects we will carry out a stated choice experiment with a new sample of participants, in which we will estimate likely changes in mobility tool ownership (e.g., ownership of a car or a public transportation pass) as a function of infection rates and the possibility to work from home in the future. The change in mobility tool ownership in different scenarios will be used to compute the long-term changes in energy use and emissions in the transport sector.

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The implications of Covid-19 for mobility-related energy use and external costs

Ressortforschung des Bundes (GrantsTool), 09.2020-11.2021 (15)
PI : Hintermann, Beat.

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Beat Hintermann

Principal Investigator
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Beaumont Schoeman

Co-Investigator