研討日期	2024年3月18日12:10-13:50
研討地點	國立臺灣大學社會科學院710會議室
主講題目 Title of the paper	Autonomous vehicles policy and safety investment: an equilibrium analysis with endogenous demand
作者 Authors of the paper	Herbert Dawid, Xuan Di, Peter M. Kort, Gerd Muehlheusser
文獻出處 Journal, vol.(issue), pp	Working paper
主講人	Gerd Muehlheusser
參加人員	黃鴻、林燕淑、王光正、彭正浩、高國峯、許至乙、周冰瑤、施姵全、Bui Dang-long、Suttiwan、Ayu Sasni Munte、Artah、Micah、楊雅棠、Chisomo、Anggoro、呂明權
	The safety concerns for autonomous vehicles (AV) is shown to be a roadblock to their adoption. This paper addresses these concerns by studying a unified, game-theoretic framework (leader-follower game) of mixed traffic in which AVs and human-driven vehicles (HV) coexist, with endogenous vehicle demand and different types of accidents emerging in mixed traffic as crucial building blocks. We study the interaction between three types of players: (i) a policymaker, who decides on the liability regime and the level of V2I connectivity infrastructure, (ii) an AV producer, who decides on the AV price and safety level, and (iii) consumers, who differ in their preference for each vehicle type and choose the one they like best. Using both analytical and numerical tools, we analyze how the two policy variables, liability and V2I connectivity, affect behavior on the demand and supply side of the vehicle market and, in turn, AV market penetration and overall road safety. We also characterize optimal policies, thereby taking into account the market participants’ behavioral responses. Our findings provide guidance for a fast adoption of AVs and a smooth transition from existing traffic conditions to a mixed traffic environment, and assist in decision making for policymakers, legal agencies, traffic operation and transportation planning agencies, as well as car manufacturers.