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Autonomous Vehicles: Moral Dilemmas and Adoption Incentives

In unavoidable traffic accidents, autonomous vehicles (AVs) face the dilemma of protecting either the passenger(s) or third parties. Recent studies show that most people prefer AVs following a utilitarian approach by minimizing total harm. At the same time, however, they would adopt an AV only if it prioritizes the passenger(s), i.e. themselves. As AVs exhibit a lower accident risk in the first place, a regulator therefore faces a trade-off: the harm-minimizing behavior of AVs (ex post efficiency) hampers the willingness to adopt them (ex ante efficiency). Using a game-theoretic model, we analyze how the second-best optimal level of AV passenger protection depends on (i) the AV safety advantage, (ii) the intensity of drivers' social preferences, and (iii) their reluctance to adopt AVs. A higher AV safety advantage may either increase or decrease the second best optimal level of passenger protection.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9825

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
Economics of Regulation
Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
Thema
autonomous vehicles
ethical dilemma
trolley problem
adoption of new technologies
game theory

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Feess, Eberhard
Muehlheusser, Gerd
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Feess, Eberhard
  • Muehlheusser, Gerd
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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