Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/238291 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IRENE Working Paper No. 20-08
Publisher: 
University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Economic Research (IRENE), Neuchâtel
Abstract: 
We document non-linear stock effects in the relationship linking emerging technology adoption and network infrastructure increments. We exploit 2010-2017 data covering nascent to mature electric vehicle (EV) markets across 422 Norwegian municipalities together with two complementary identification strategies: control function regressions of EV sales on flexible polynomials in the stock of charging stations and charging points, and synthetic control methods to quantify the impact of initial infrastructure provision in municipalities that previously had none. Our results are consistent with indirect network effects and the behavioral bias called "range anxiety", and support policies targeting early infrastructure provision to incentivize EV adoption.
Subjects: 
Technology adoption
network externality
electric vehicles
charging infrastructure
two-sided markets
behavioral bias
range anxiety
environmental policy
JEL: 
L14
D62
L91
O33
Q48
Q55
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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