Hacia una mejor comprensión de los determinantes de la demanda por combustibles en Costa Rica, 1965-2019: precio, ingreso y flota vehicular

Fuel demand during the last 50 years in Costa Rica has increased constantly. Do the price of fuels and Gross National Income contribute to explain these trends? This paper explores the existence of causal relations between economic growth, fuel price, and transport demand (represented by fuel consum...

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Autor principal: Pérez Molina, Eduardo
Formato: Online
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/50910
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Sumario:Fuel demand during the last 50 years in Costa Rica has increased constantly. Do the price of fuels and Gross National Income contribute to explain these trends? This paper explores the existence of causal relations between economic growth, fuel price, and transport demand (represented by fuel consumption and registered vehicles). Vector autoregression (VAR) models were estimated with a time series of data of 1965-2019. Causal relations were found between fuel demand and income, but not with registered vehicles. The effect of price on demand and income were documented, which is important for policy formulation (in particular, possible taxation of fuel demand as a carbon mitigation strategy).gation strategy.