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Driving A-loan: Automobile debt, neighborhood race, and the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Blumenberg, Evelyn
  • Siddiq, Fariba
  • Speroni, Samuel
  • Wasserman, Jacob L.

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COVID-19 altered travel patterns in the U.S. Studies have analyzed the effect of the pandemic on travel mode, including working from home, but few have focused on automobile ownership—a relationship with potentially long-term consequences for accessibility, household budgets and debt, and policy efforts to meet climate goals.

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  • Blumenberg, Evelyn & Siddiq, Fariba & Speroni, Samuel & Wasserman, Jacob L., 2024. "Driving A-loan: Automobile debt, neighborhood race, and the COVID-19 pandemic," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 321-330.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:trapol:v:155:y:2024:i:c:p:321-330
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2024.07.007
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