Comparative analysis of the effect of the Cash for Clunkers and Car Scrappage Schemes on the auto industry in the United States of America and Ireland
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII
DECLARATIONIII
CONTENTSIV
ABSTRACTV
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1
Purpose of the Research1
Aim and Objectives1
Significance1
Key Questions1
Ethical Considerations2
Reliability and Validity3
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW5
Introduction5
Car scrapping schemes5
Past evidence on car scrapping programmes5
Us6
Impact on Auto Industry6
Motor Vehicle Sales7
Ireland7
Impact on industry7
Impact on sales of new cars8
Comparison Ireland and us9
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY10
Causal-Comparative Design10
Conducting Causal Comparative Research10
When to Use Causal-Comparative Research Designs10
Data sources11
Data analysis11
CONCLUSION12
REFERENCES13
ABSTRACT
The main aim of this research is to find the impact of car scrap scheme on the US and Ireland automobile industry. The researcher will try to find the impact on this scheme on the sales of new cars, the sale of used cars and the economy as a whole. This research is very useful for future research. In this research regression analysis is used as a method for data analysis because there are two countries which are being analyzed. To get the best result for comparison of two variables regression analysis gives more accurate result.CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Purpose of the Research
The benefit of car scrap age is to stimulate the demand of the cars in Ireland and us and also save jobs of those people who are losing their jobs due to recession. In the car scrap age scheme those people who had the car ownership for more than ten years can trade the car for the new car. Such kinds of schemes were implemented in many countries but it was the first time in Ireland that such a step has been taken.
Aim and Objectives
The researcher aims to find out the studies on the topic car scrapping. It is age of recycling and hence all the industries are going green and the automobile industry is one of such industries. The researcher did a lot of research on the topic and decided to stick on the industries in Ireland and United States.
Significance
This study is very important because through this research, the researcher would be able to know the impact of car scraping as factor affecting the economy of the Ireland and United States. Both the governments have taken this initiative to boost the automobile industry. By the end of this research the researcher would be able to find the extent of impact on car sales and industry both.
Key Questions
This research aims to answer the following questions
What is car scrapping?
What is car scrapping in the context of Ireland and United states?
What are the affects of car scrapping on economy?
How car scraping schemes increased the sales of new cars?