Institutional constraints on transport policymaking: the case of company cars in Israel

Cohen‐Blankshtain, Galit

doi:10.1007/s11116-007-9152-6

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“…Furthermore, survey results from the UK and Australia indicate that 28% and 50% of the workers, respectively, desire car-related job perks (Employee Benefits 2006;Interestrate 2005). The sheer magnitude of this labor phenomenon is highly visible at a national level as the share of company cars in the new car fleet in OECD countries ranges between 10% and 50%, with the highest rates in Israel, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany with 56%, 50%, 45%, and 42%, respectively (Cohen-Blankshtain 2008).…”

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Knowledge Cities and Transport Sustainability: The Link between the Travel Behavior of Knowledge Workers and Car-Related Job Perks

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Bendit

Kaplan

2013

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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This study analyzes the linkage between the travel behavior of knowledge workers and car-related job perks. The importance of this issue derives from the tendency of knowledge economy to concentrate in highly populated metropolitan regions. The analyzed data comprise 750 observations, retrieved from a survey among knowledge workers in Tel-Aviv. Results show that car-related job perks are associated with (1) high annual kilometrage, (2) increased commute by car, (3) long commute travel times, (4) high trip chaining frequency, and (5) many long-distance leisure trips. Results suggest that the development of sustainable knowledge-based cities should consider decoupling knowledge workers from car-related job perks.

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“…Despite the importance of car-related fringe benefits, the relationship of carrelated job perks and travel behavior has hardly received any systematic attention (Cohen-Blankshtain 2008;van Ommeren et al 2006). Nevertheless, several recent studies provide evidence regarding the link between company cars and travel behavior.…”

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Knowledge Cities and Transport Sustainability: The Link between the Travel Behavior of Knowledge Workers and Car-Related Job Perks

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Bendit

Kaplan

2013

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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“…Company cars represent a considerable share of the car fleet in European countries (Cohen-Blankshtain, 2008) and are widely considered a benefit to employees that should be partially exempt from taxation (Harding, 2014). There is evidence that company cars are also used privately and by other household members, and thus represent an additional, significant source of wealth while influencing transport behaviour.…”

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Is it time to abolish company car benefits? An analysis of transport behaviour in Germany and implications for climate change

2018

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Company cars have received considerable attention because of their partial taxexemption and the changes in travel behaviour they stimulate, including car model choices, distances driven, and car ownership patterns. This paper is the first to present evidence on actual transport behaviour change, based on mobility and fuel diaries, and comparing a sample of 624 company cars and 9328 private cars in Germany. Analysis confirms that company cars belong to the more heavily motorized car segments (with an average 97 kW, as opposed to 79 kW of private cars), and are driven more than private cars (24,672 km per year, compared to 12,828 km per year for private cars). Company car benefits also increase average household vehicle numbers by 25%. Results show that it is imperative to distinguish company cars of company owners relative to those driven by employees, as negative externalities increase significantly where company cars are used by the latter. Abolishing company car benefits could significantly reduce emissions from passenger road transport and stimulate change in the country's automotive industries towards a lower-carbon path. As Germany is not currently on track to meet its climate mitigation targets, this would be a timely policy shift.

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“…Data from 2002 shows that a significant share of all new passenger cars sold in Europe were registered as company cars; e.g., 7.5 % in Ireland, 42 % in Germany, 45 % in the Netherlands and 50 % in Sweden [5,18]. A 2010 report indicates that company cars account for roughly 50 % of all new sales of cars in the EU [8].…”

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“…There are various reasons for this, including historical causes and increased lobbying by the leasing companies. As a result, the proportion of company cars has increased [2,3,5,13,18,29].…”

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Safety implications of company cars—the Israeli experience

Albert

Hakkert

Shiftan

2013

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Purpose This paper explores the safety implications of the use of company cars. It focuses on a case study in Israel that shows a massive growth in the extent of company-car use in recent years. Methods The methodology consisted of two main elements: the first was a market review regarding the situation in Israel, the second was a questionnaire-based survey distributed to 400 drivers who had a company car and to a control group of 230 drivers who did not have a company car and drove their own vehicles.Results The results clearly indicate that company cars have a significant negative impact on both travel behavior and safety. First, company-car arrangements result in significant extra mileages which lead to an excessive level of exposure. In addition, company cars are installed with fewer safety features than privately owned cars, and drivers of company cars tend to exhibit fewer safe-driving characteristics. The consequence of such practice is that company-car drivers were also found to be more involved in road crashes than were drivers who did not have a company car. Conclusions The consequences suggest that decision-makers may need to re-examine company car arrangements in order to control the excessive exposure and to require that company cars come with a core of sufficient safety features.

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Institutional constraints on transport policymaking: the case of company cars in Israel

Abstract: Company cars, Transport policy, Policy by the way, TDM,

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Knowledge Cities and Transport Sustainability: The Link between the Travel Behavior of Knowledge Workers and Car-Related Job Perks

Knowledge Cities and Transport Sustainability: The Link between the Travel Behavior of Knowledge Workers and Car-Related Job Perks

Is it time to abolish company car benefits? An analysis of transport behaviour in Germany and implications for climate change

Safety implications of company cars—the Israeli experience

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