Burguillo M., Del Rio P. & Romero-Jordan D. (2017) Car use behaviour of Spanish households: Differences for quartile income groups and transport policy implications. Case Studies on Transport Policy 5(1): 150-158
Abstract. The aim of this paper is to estimate fuel demand behaviour related to car use by households with different income levels in Spain using micro-level panel data in order to infer public policy implications. Our results show that the income elasticity of fuel demand is highest for the lowest income group and diminishes monotonically for the others. The price elasticity is highest in absolute value for the lowest income group, lowest for the highest income quartile and similar for the medium-low and medium-high income groups.