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Papers by Lucia Rotaris

Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, Nov 1, 2020

Individuals' mobility needs are constantly increasing both in urban and in le... more Individuals' mobility needs are constantly increasing both in urban and in less-densely popu-lated areas. Private transport activities are intensifying, creating unsustainable environmental pressure and absorbing a too large amount of resources, forcing to social exclusion the popu-lation segments which cannot bear the cost of private transport. Car sharing has proven to be a viable solution to alleviate at least partially these problems. Many different business models are used to provide the service. Organizational and technical innovations have changed the market, opening the supply to new providers and serving segments of the latent demand which were not reached by the traditional operators. The role played by the decision marker to sup-port the development of this market in its various forms has been essential and will still be crit-ical in order to guide a smooth transition from the private use of traditional vehicles to the shared use of autonomous ones. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on these changing characteristics of the carsharing market with a special focus on the Italian context.

Trasporti europei, Dec 1, 2004

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Research in Transportation Business & Management, 2022

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2017

Greenhouse gases emissions are inexorably rising worldwide and the frequency and disruptive power... more Greenhouse gases emissions are inexorably rising worldwide and the frequency and disruptive power of extreme weather phenomena are dramatically increasing. Although command-and-control and regulation policies have been extensively used to mitigate climate change, more effective and potentially efficient policies are needed to curb the negative externalities produced by human activities. A carbon tax could make the case, but is seldom implemented due to its assumed political unpopularity. In order to estimate the acceptability and the willingness to pay (WTP) for a carbon tax, a contingent valuation experiment was administered in USA and in Italy to a sample of 150 university students. The research is innovative both for the topic chosen, since there are no studies testing the WTP for a carbon tax in the Italian context nor comparing it with the estimates obtained for other countries, and for the methodology used to estimate the WTP, making use of random parameters logit models to obtain individual specific estimates of the median WTP. The results show that the median WTP ranges between a minimum of 161andamaximumof161 and a maximum of 161andamaximumof242, and varies according to the purposes proposed for the tax revenue use, the respondents' beliefs and knowledge about climate change, and some sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents (age, gender, and political affiliation). The students' preferences seem to be quite similar when the nationality of the respondents is taken into account.

Research in Transportation Economics

Abstract Mobility plays a crucial role in wellbeing and quality of life. It enables access to ser... more Abstract Mobility plays a crucial role in wellbeing and quality of life. It enables access to services and resources necessary for economic and cultural development and is essential for social inclusion. Peer-to-peer carsharing (P2PCS) represents an effective solution with respect to the sustainability goals indicated by the European New Green Deal and in light of the accessibility objectives of the National Strategy for Internal Areas. For this reason, we estimated the potential supply and demand of P2PCS in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (FVG), an Italian region characterized by less-densely populated areas. We interviewed 200 individuals to test if they would rent a car and 249 car owners to test if they would rent out their car. We found that 10% of the sample would use a P2PCS service if the hourly rental rate was €7/h. The main reason preventing the service use is that the FVG residents are not aware of the platforms allowing the matching of car owners and renters. In the paper, we describe also the policies to be implemented to support both the demand and the supply side of the market and we estimate the contribution that P2PCS could make to the decarbonization of the regional transport system.

International Encyclopedia of Transportation, 2021

Research in Transportation Economics, Mar 1, 2023

Transportation Research Part A-policy and Practice, Jul 1, 2020

So far, Italy has shown a much lower electric vehicle (EV) adoption rate than other European coun... more So far, Italy has shown a much lower electric vehicle (EV) adoption rate than other European countries. In an effort to understand the motivations for the limited but growing EV uptake, this paper focuses on Italian drivers' preferences resulting from a stated preference survey carried out in October-December 2018. This paper complements the international literature and updates previous Italian surveys administered by the authors in the past years (Valeri and Danielis, 2015; Giansoldati et al., 2018). The econometric analysis of the stated choices confirms that the vehicle attributes such as purchase price, fuel economy, and driving range play a very relevant role. The time spent to charge the vehicle affects negatively the respondents' utility, while the fast charging network density is not yet perceived as significant or carries a counter-intuitive sign. On the contrary, the possibility to park EVs for free, even for a limited time, in the city central areas is positively valued by the respondents. Comparing our estimates with previous Italian studies, in particular with Giansoldati et al. (2018) who uses a similar questionnaire but on an earlier and more limited sample, there are hints of a change in the perception of the Italian drivers towards EVs. A noticeable difference is the value of the EV alternative specific constant. Giansoldati et al. (2018) find a negative value while this study finds a positive one. A second finding is that the willingness to pay for an additional driving range kilometre is lower than that previously found, indicating that Italian drivers are becoming more confident on EV driving range. Scenario analysis indicates that in Italy financial incentives would have a larger impact on the probability of buying an EV than technological improvements.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2019

We perform a meta-analysis of the studies that evaluate the importance attributed by the consumer... more We perform a meta-analysis of the studies that evaluate the importance attributed by the consumers to the driving range of the Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). The paper updates and extends the paper by Dimitropoulos et al. (2013), including primary studies up to the year 2018. It tests whether the conclusions drawn by Dimitropoulos et al. (2013) still hold true given the many changes that occurred in the last years concerning BEVS' uptake in the market, growing consumers' direct and indirect experience with electric cars, vehicles' increased range, and growing diffusion of the charging infrastructure. We carried out two analyses: a) the estimation of the summary effect size of the driving range utility coefficient, and b) a metaregression of the willingness to pay for a 1-km increase in the BEVs' driving range. The main findings are that: a) the importance attributed to the BEV's range by the consumers has not decreased; b) there is a very large dispersion of the estimates around the mean values, implying that there is a large heterogeneity due to differences in respondents' needs, vehicle segments and modelling techniques. The meta-regression allowed us to further explore and test statistically these conclusions.

EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste eBooks, 2017

Il presente lavoro descrive la costruzione di indici compositi sulla sostenibilità della mobilità... more Il presente lavoro descrive la costruzione di indici compositi sulla sostenibilità della mobilità urbana di 116 città italiane capoluoghi di provincia. A questo scopo sono stati selezionati 16 indicatori aventi una struttura nidificata cui sono state applicate 33 combinazioni di tecniche di normalizzazione, ponderazione e aggregazione, in linea con quanto proposto da Luzzati e Gucciardi (2015). L'obiettivo è di fornire informazioni più ricche sulla mobilità sostenibile, rendendo esplicito l'impatto che le tecniche utilizzate per la costruzione degli indicatori compositi producono sui valori ottenuti. I risultati sono presentati per città e per gruppi di città e si è riscontrato che generalmente le piccole città hanno prestazioni migliori in termini di mobilità sostenibile rispetto alle città medie o grandi. Viene, inoltre, fatto un approfondimento sui capoluoghi di provincia del Friuli Venezia Giulia.

EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste eBooks, 2015

numero di addetti alle unità locali che si trovano nel comune e appartengono al settore c AT tota... more numero di addetti alle unità locali che si trovano nel comune e appartengono al settore c AT totale degli addetti alle unità locali che si trovano nel comune c S superficie in km2 del comune c P numero di residenti nel comune a e b sono dei pesi, in questo caso assunti pari a 0,5, che

Research in Transportation Economics, Mar 1, 2023

Research in Transportation Business & Management

International Journal of Transport Economics, Dec 1, 2020

We perform a meta-analysis of the studies that evaluate the importance attributed by the consumer... more We perform a meta-analysis of the studies that evaluate the importance attributed by the consumers to the driving range of the Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). The paper updates and extends the paper by Dimitropoulos et al. (2013), including primary studies up to the year 2018. It tests whether the conclusions drawn by Dimitropoulos et al. (2013) still hold true given the many changes that occurred in the last years concerning BEVS' uptake in the market, growing consumers' direct and indirect experience with electric cars, vehicles' increased range, and growing diffusion of the charging infrastructure. We carried out two analyses: a) the estimation of the summary effect size of the driving range utility coefficient, and b) a metaregression of the willingness to pay for a 1-km increase in the BEVs' driving range. The main findings are that: a) the importance attributed to the BEV's range by the consumers has not decreased; b) there is a very large dispersion of the estimates around the mean values, implying that there is a large heterogeneity due to differences in respondents' needs, vehicle segments and modelling techniques. The meta-regression allowed us to further explore and test statistically these conclusions.

Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, Nov 1, 2020

Individuals' mobility needs are constantly increasing both in urban and in le... more Individuals' mobility needs are constantly increasing both in urban and in less-densely popu-lated areas. Private transport activities are intensifying, creating unsustainable environmental pressure and absorbing a too large amount of resources, forcing to social exclusion the popu-lation segments which cannot bear the cost of private transport. Car sharing has proven to be a viable solution to alleviate at least partially these problems. Many different business models are used to provide the service. Organizational and technical innovations have changed the market, opening the supply to new providers and serving segments of the latent demand which were not reached by the traditional operators. The role played by the decision marker to sup-port the development of this market in its various forms has been essential and will still be crit-ical in order to guide a smooth transition from the private use of traditional vehicles to the shared use of autonomous ones. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on these changing characteristics of the carsharing market with a special focus on the Italian context.

Trasporti europei, Dec 1, 2004

Home Contact Us Directory E-Newsletter Follow Us RSS, About TRB. Annual Meeting. Calendar. Commit... more Home Contact Us Directory E-Newsletter Follow Us RSS, About TRB. Annual Meeting. Calendar. Committees & Panels. Programs. Projects. Publications. Resources & Databases. TRID HOME. RECENTLY PUBLISHED. RECENTLY ADDED. ADVANCED SEARCH. ...

Research in Transportation Business & Management, 2022

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2017

Greenhouse gases emissions are inexorably rising worldwide and the frequency and disruptive power... more Greenhouse gases emissions are inexorably rising worldwide and the frequency and disruptive power of extreme weather phenomena are dramatically increasing. Although command-and-control and regulation policies have been extensively used to mitigate climate change, more effective and potentially efficient policies are needed to curb the negative externalities produced by human activities. A carbon tax could make the case, but is seldom implemented due to its assumed political unpopularity. In order to estimate the acceptability and the willingness to pay (WTP) for a carbon tax, a contingent valuation experiment was administered in USA and in Italy to a sample of 150 university students. The research is innovative both for the topic chosen, since there are no studies testing the WTP for a carbon tax in the Italian context nor comparing it with the estimates obtained for other countries, and for the methodology used to estimate the WTP, making use of random parameters logit models to obtain individual specific estimates of the median WTP. The results show that the median WTP ranges between a minimum of 161andamaximumof161 and a maximum of 161andamaximumof242, and varies according to the purposes proposed for the tax revenue use, the respondents' beliefs and knowledge about climate change, and some sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents (age, gender, and political affiliation). The students' preferences seem to be quite similar when the nationality of the respondents is taken into account.

Research in Transportation Economics

Abstract Mobility plays a crucial role in wellbeing and quality of life. It enables access to ser... more Abstract Mobility plays a crucial role in wellbeing and quality of life. It enables access to services and resources necessary for economic and cultural development and is essential for social inclusion. Peer-to-peer carsharing (P2PCS) represents an effective solution with respect to the sustainability goals indicated by the European New Green Deal and in light of the accessibility objectives of the National Strategy for Internal Areas. For this reason, we estimated the potential supply and demand of P2PCS in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (FVG), an Italian region characterized by less-densely populated areas. We interviewed 200 individuals to test if they would rent a car and 249 car owners to test if they would rent out their car. We found that 10% of the sample would use a P2PCS service if the hourly rental rate was €7/h. The main reason preventing the service use is that the FVG residents are not aware of the platforms allowing the matching of car owners and renters. In the paper, we describe also the policies to be implemented to support both the demand and the supply side of the market and we estimate the contribution that P2PCS could make to the decarbonization of the regional transport system.

International Encyclopedia of Transportation, 2021

Research in Transportation Economics, Mar 1, 2023

Transportation Research Part A-policy and Practice, Jul 1, 2020

So far, Italy has shown a much lower electric vehicle (EV) adoption rate than other European coun... more So far, Italy has shown a much lower electric vehicle (EV) adoption rate than other European countries. In an effort to understand the motivations for the limited but growing EV uptake, this paper focuses on Italian drivers' preferences resulting from a stated preference survey carried out in October-December 2018. This paper complements the international literature and updates previous Italian surveys administered by the authors in the past years (Valeri and Danielis, 2015; Giansoldati et al., 2018). The econometric analysis of the stated choices confirms that the vehicle attributes such as purchase price, fuel economy, and driving range play a very relevant role. The time spent to charge the vehicle affects negatively the respondents' utility, while the fast charging network density is not yet perceived as significant or carries a counter-intuitive sign. On the contrary, the possibility to park EVs for free, even for a limited time, in the city central areas is positively valued by the respondents. Comparing our estimates with previous Italian studies, in particular with Giansoldati et al. (2018) who uses a similar questionnaire but on an earlier and more limited sample, there are hints of a change in the perception of the Italian drivers towards EVs. A noticeable difference is the value of the EV alternative specific constant. Giansoldati et al. (2018) find a negative value while this study finds a positive one. A second finding is that the willingness to pay for an additional driving range kilometre is lower than that previously found, indicating that Italian drivers are becoming more confident on EV driving range. Scenario analysis indicates that in Italy financial incentives would have a larger impact on the probability of buying an EV than technological improvements.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2019

We perform a meta-analysis of the studies that evaluate the importance attributed by the consumer... more We perform a meta-analysis of the studies that evaluate the importance attributed by the consumers to the driving range of the Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). The paper updates and extends the paper by Dimitropoulos et al. (2013), including primary studies up to the year 2018. It tests whether the conclusions drawn by Dimitropoulos et al. (2013) still hold true given the many changes that occurred in the last years concerning BEVS' uptake in the market, growing consumers' direct and indirect experience with electric cars, vehicles' increased range, and growing diffusion of the charging infrastructure. We carried out two analyses: a) the estimation of the summary effect size of the driving range utility coefficient, and b) a metaregression of the willingness to pay for a 1-km increase in the BEVs' driving range. The main findings are that: a) the importance attributed to the BEV's range by the consumers has not decreased; b) there is a very large dispersion of the estimates around the mean values, implying that there is a large heterogeneity due to differences in respondents' needs, vehicle segments and modelling techniques. The meta-regression allowed us to further explore and test statistically these conclusions.

EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste eBooks, 2017

Il presente lavoro descrive la costruzione di indici compositi sulla sostenibilità della mobilità... more Il presente lavoro descrive la costruzione di indici compositi sulla sostenibilità della mobilità urbana di 116 città italiane capoluoghi di provincia. A questo scopo sono stati selezionati 16 indicatori aventi una struttura nidificata cui sono state applicate 33 combinazioni di tecniche di normalizzazione, ponderazione e aggregazione, in linea con quanto proposto da Luzzati e Gucciardi (2015). L'obiettivo è di fornire informazioni più ricche sulla mobilità sostenibile, rendendo esplicito l'impatto che le tecniche utilizzate per la costruzione degli indicatori compositi producono sui valori ottenuti. I risultati sono presentati per città e per gruppi di città e si è riscontrato che generalmente le piccole città hanno prestazioni migliori in termini di mobilità sostenibile rispetto alle città medie o grandi. Viene, inoltre, fatto un approfondimento sui capoluoghi di provincia del Friuli Venezia Giulia.

EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste eBooks, 2015

numero di addetti alle unità locali che si trovano nel comune e appartengono al settore c AT tota... more numero di addetti alle unità locali che si trovano nel comune e appartengono al settore c AT totale degli addetti alle unità locali che si trovano nel comune c S superficie in km2 del comune c P numero di residenti nel comune a e b sono dei pesi, in questo caso assunti pari a 0,5, che

Research in Transportation Economics, Mar 1, 2023

Research in Transportation Business & Management

International Journal of Transport Economics, Dec 1, 2020

We perform a meta-analysis of the studies that evaluate the importance attributed by the consumer... more We perform a meta-analysis of the studies that evaluate the importance attributed by the consumers to the driving range of the Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). The paper updates and extends the paper by Dimitropoulos et al. (2013), including primary studies up to the year 2018. It tests whether the conclusions drawn by Dimitropoulos et al. (2013) still hold true given the many changes that occurred in the last years concerning BEVS' uptake in the market, growing consumers' direct and indirect experience with electric cars, vehicles' increased range, and growing diffusion of the charging infrastructure. We carried out two analyses: a) the estimation of the summary effect size of the driving range utility coefficient, and b) a metaregression of the willingness to pay for a 1-km increase in the BEVs' driving range. The main findings are that: a) the importance attributed to the BEV's range by the consumers has not decreased; b) there is a very large dispersion of the estimates around the mean values, implying that there is a large heterogeneity due to differences in respondents' needs, vehicle segments and modelling techniques. The meta-regression allowed us to further explore and test statistically these conclusions.