Global Automobile Demand: Major Trends in Mature Economies; Volume 1

by Bruno Jetin (Editor)

Overview

Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries. The first volume of Global Automobile Demand examines the automobile demand in mature economies: the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Korea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137516138
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/08/2015
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Bruno Jetin is Assistant Professor of Economics at Université Paris, France. He has published widely on the automobile industry, as well as on labour issues and development, and has presented his work at various international conferences. Bruno is a member of the steering committee of the GERPISA-International Network - a group for the study of the Automobile Industry and its employees.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The US Automobile Market After The 'Great Recession': Back To Business As Usual Or Birth Of A New Industry?; Bruno Jetin 2. A Model To Follow? The Impact Of Neoliberal Policies On The British Automobile Market And Industry; Tommaso Pardi 3. Excess Capacity Viewed As Excess Quality The Case Of French Car Manufacturing; Bernard Jullien 4. Income Polarisation, Rising Mobility Costs And Green Transport. Contradictory Developments On Germany's Automotive Market; Antje Blöcker And Julia Hildermeier 5. The Automobile Demand In Spain; Holm-Detlev Köhler And José Pablo Calleja Jiménez 6. Japan's Automobile Market In Troubled Times; Holger Bungsche 7. From Expansion To Mature: Turning Point Of The Korean Automotive Market; Myeong-Kee Chung Conclusion