{"id":2577,"date":"2009-07-31T14:51:30","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T18:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2009-08-01T09:46:23","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:46:23","slug":"clunkers-program-revived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/2009\/07\/31\/clunkers-program-revived\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Clunkers&#8221; program revived?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The so-called &#8220;Cash for Clunkers&#8221; program, aimed at stimulating the auto industry by offering consumers rebates for turning in old cars for more fuel-efficient models, went through its $1 billion in a week.\u00a0 The House then <a title=\"voted to add\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/07\/31\/AR2009073101173.html?hpid=topnews\" target=\"_blank\">voted to add <\/a>$2 billion more to keep the program going.\u00a0 School of Management Professor <a title=\"Shuba Srinivasan\" href=\"http:\/\/smgnet.bu.edu\/mgmt_new\/profiles\/SrinivasanShuba.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shuba Srinivasan<\/a>, who has researched strategic marketing programs in the auto industry, says it&#8217;s smart to keep the popular program going &#8212; at least for a while.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Clearly, this program has generated considerable store traffic in automobile dealerships, a renewed interest in automobile buying, and potentially increased employment in the short run.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Contact Shuba Srinivasan, 617-353-5978, <a href=\"mailto:ssrini@bu.edu\">ssrini@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The so-called &#8220;Cash for Clunkers&#8221; program, aimed at stimulating the auto industry by offering consumers rebates for turning in old cars for more fuel-efficient models, went through its $1 billion in a week.\u00a0 The House then voted to add $2 billion more to keep the program going.\u00a0 School of Management Professor Shuba Srinivasan, who has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1545,1543,1542,1544],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions\/2584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}