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ABSTRACT El objetivo de este trabajo es contrastar empíricamente cuáles son las principales conse... more ABSTRACT El objetivo de este trabajo es contrastar empíricamente cuáles son las principales consecuencias que se derivan del uso de distintas especificaciones de modelos de elección discreta que permiten estimar la demanda de transporte y derivar los valores subjetivos del tiempo.

… de trabajo (FEDEA), 2008

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Preference heterogeneity and willingness to pay for travel time

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Libro de Actas CIT2016. XII Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte, 2016

La reducción de las emisiones de C02 es uno de los mayores objetivos de la política climática de ... more La reducción de las emisiones de C02 es uno de los mayores objetivos de la política climática de la Unión Europea (UE). Uno de los mayores factores de contaminación en Europa es el sector del transporte, especialmente el transporte rodado por carretera, responsable de una proporción sustancial de las emisiones de CO2 debido a la combustión del petróleo. La contribución de este estudio es doble. En primer lugar, se aplica una novedosa metodología desarrollada por Phillips and Sul (2007) con el objetivo de examinar la existencia de clubes de convergencia en emisiones de CO2 por coche entre 13 países de la UE durante el periodo temporal 1991 a 2011. En segundo lugar, se investiga la relación entre tales clubes de convergencia en emisiones y algunas medidas de dieselización, en concreto, el stock de coches diésel sobre el total de la flota y el consumo de diésel sobre el total del combustible. La mayor eficiencia de los vehículos diésel ha generado una política fiscal favorable a este c...

Transport Policy, 2014

We derive values of travel time savings (VOT) for the Madrid-Barcelona corridor, linking the two ... more We derive values of travel time savings (VOT) for the Madrid-Barcelona corridor, linking the two largest cities in Spain, based on the estimation of discrete choice models among the main public transport services in the corridor: air transport, high speed rail (HSR) and bus. The new HSR alternative (which started to operate in February 2008) competes directly with one of the densest airline domestic markets in the world, and its introduction produced substantial improvements in level of service, achieving reductions in travel time of more than 50% over the conventional train. A specifically designed revealed preference (RP) survey coupled with highly precise measurements of the level-of-service variables for all alternatives allowed us to estimate progressively more flexible models, the specification of which also considered different interactions of socioeconomic variables (and other important factors affecting mode choice) with the typical level-of-service attributes. We also examined income effect through the introduction of the expenditure rate multiplying all time components. This specification allowed us to analyse the income elasticity of the willingness to pay (WTP) in order to provide useful information to quantify users' benefits during the lifespan of a given project. We found, as expected, that HSR and air transport users exhibit substantially higher values for saving travel time than bus travellers. Also as expected, savings of waiting time are more valued than savings of access time, and the latter more valued than savings of in-vehicle travel time. We were also able to demonstrate the relevance of considering a differentiated analysis for travellers that did not pay for their travel expenses, providing a theoretically sound explanation for the large differences encountered in WTP with respect to other travellers. Finally, the obtaining of the elasticity values for the choice probabilities provided us valuable information to understand competition in this market.

Transportation, 2005

We examined different model specifications to detect the presence of preference heterogeneity in ... more We examined different model specifications to detect the presence of preference heterogeneity in a mode choice context. The specification that worked best allows for both systematic and random variations in tastes, with parameters obtained at the individual level using Bayesian methods. Subjective values of travel time (SVT) and expected individual compensated variation were derived and aggregated to obtain measures of social welfare. Results suggest that the benefit measures, both at the individual and at the social level, are sensitive to preference heterogeneity assumptions. SVT and welfare changes derived from travel time reductions could be underestimated if the traditional assumption of taste homogeneity is made (we detected differences up to 30% in both types of measures). We also obtained an empirical value for the error made when evaluating changes in social welfare using an approximation of the expected individual compensated variation (expressed as a function of individual SVT) rather than its exact expression.

Networks and Spatial Economics, 2007

A substantial part of the discrete choice model literature has been concerned with specifications... more A substantial part of the discrete choice model literature has been concerned with specifications accounting for preference heterogeneity. In contrast, only a few studies have been interested in the presence of income effect, and it is much rarer still to come across models trying to account for both effects simultaneously. In this paper we use a specification that accounts for income effect and preference heterogeneity, both of a systematic and of a random nature. Our results point out that care should be taken with conclusions drawn from studies that only consider these effects separately, since they can be confounding from an empirical point of view. In fact, we provide empirical evidence that a random cost parameter can account for the existence of income effect. Keywords Discrete choice models. Systematic and random preference heterogeneity. Income effect 1 Introduction Discrete choice models used to estimate the demand for transport are normally specified considering that individual preferences are homogenous and that income

Energy Economics, 2013

Solar-powered consumer electronics are a likely starting point for organic photovoltaic (OPV) mar... more Solar-powered consumer electronics are a likely starting point for organic photovoltaic (OPV) market development. Therefore, a generic discrete choice experiments study can determine how Flemish consumers value solar-cell characteristics for solar-powered consumer electronics. Such characteristics include efficiency, lifetime, aesthetics, integratability, and price. We contribute to the literature by investigating preference heterogeneity in a solar-power niche market with an experimental design with a fixed reference alternative. The error components random parameter logit (ECRPL) with interactions provides a better fit than the latent class (LC) model for our choice data. The main effects had the expected signs. Consequently, aesthetics and integratability are OPV's assets. Nevertheless, heterogeneity puts the results that are valid for the average consumer into perspective. Based on our findings, OPV commercialization efforts should target the experienced, impatient user who highly values design and functionality.

1 Es necesario asumir que la utilidad individual puede medirse en un sentido cardinal y que es po... more 1 Es necesario asumir que la utilidad individual puede medirse en un sentido cardinal y que es posible realizar comparaciones interpersonales de utilidad (véase, Boadway y Bruce, 1984).

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2016

Using a dataset with transport choices of the same set of individuals (college students from Univ... more Using a dataset with transport choices of the same set of individuals (college students from University of La Laguna), we built a novel three waves panel data around a tramline implementation in the Santa Cruz-La Laguna corridor in Tenerife, Spain. The first two waves were conducted in 2007, just before the tram implementation. They collect information about Revealed Preferences (RP) of actual transport mode choices (car, bus and walk) and about Stated Preferences (SP) in a simulated scenario considering a hypothetical binary choice between the tram and the transport mode currently chosen by the students. The third wave gathers information about RP in 2009, two years after the tram started operating. With this information, we estimate several multinomial logit models and panel mixed logit models with error components. The aim of this paper is to evaluate how the estimation of the Values of Travel Time Savings (VTTS) changes when comparing the results obtained with models that only c...

Sustainability, 2021

In this study, discrete choice models that combine different behavioural rules are estimated to s... more In this study, discrete choice models that combine different behavioural rules are estimated to study the visitors’ preferences in relation to their travel mode choices to access a national park. Using a revealed preference survey conducted on visitors of Teide National Park (Tenerife, Spain), we present a hybrid model specification—with random parameters—in which we assume that some attributes are evaluated by the individuals under conventional random utility maximization (RUM) rules, whereas others are evaluated under random regret minimization (RRM) rules. We then compare the results obtained using exclusively a conventional RUM approach to those obtained using both RUM and RRM approaches, derive monetary valuations of the different components of travel time and calculate direct elasticity measures. Our results provide useful instruments to evaluate policies that promote the use of more sustainable modes of transport in natural sites. Such policies should be considered as priorit...

The stock of diesel motor cars has been growing during the last decades in Europe and nowadays ac... more The stock of diesel motor cars has been growing during the last decades in Europe and nowadays accounts for nearly 40% of automobile fleet. Two issues helps explain this process. Firstly, fuel efficiency (liters/km) of diesel cars is about 20% higher than that of gasoline cars on average; secondly European governments have implemented tax policies lenient with diesel fuel, thus generating an extra stimulus to use diesel motor cars. We build on an dynamic general equilibrium model that makes distinction of diesel motor and gasoline motor vehicles, and calibrate it for main European countries. The model reproduces the vehicle fleet dieselization, the rebound effects in kilometers driven, the demand for fuel, and CO2 emissions dynamics. From a normative view, the model recommends a tax discrimination according to the carbon content of each fuel, and not according to the fuel efficiency of the engine. Given that such a content is 15% higher for diesel relative to gasoline, tax rates sho...

En este articulo se estima la demanda de transporte a partir de las preferencias que revelan los ... more En este articulo se estima la demanda de transporte a partir de las preferencias que revelan los individuos cuando se enfrentan a la eleccion del modo de transporte en un contexto interinsular. Se utiliza para ello modelos de eleccion discreta, especificamente el logit y el probit- que se basan en la teoria de la utilidad aleatoria. El proposito de este trabajo es el de profundizar en los determinantes de la eleccion de cada modo asi como calcular el valor subjetivo del tiempo, el cual constituye un instrumento importante tanto para la prediccion de los resultados de las distintas politicas de transporte como para la realizacion de analisis coste-beneficio. In this paper transport demand is estimated from revealed preference of consumers when they choose among different transport modes in a interinsular context. For this purpose discrete choice models are used -specifically, logit and probit models- based on the random utility theory. The aim of this work is to extend our knowledge ...

Economic Reports, 2011

Using a panel data set for Spanish regions between 1998 and 2006, we study the factors explaining... more Using a panel data set for Spanish regions between 1998 and 2006, we study the factors explaining per capita fuel consumption for road transport at the macroeconomic level. The contributions of the article are the following. First, we specify a dynamic panel data (DPD) model for gasoline and diesel consumption. Second, we properly apply estimation techniques based on the system Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) procedure of Arellano and Bover (1995). We find that more traditional estimation procedures (pooling-OLS, the Within-Group or the first difference GMM), which might generate bias estimate in a DPD framework, produce important differences that may even change policy recommendations. Finally, we find important differences between the results for the gasoline and the diesel model. While the estimated equation correctly fits the gasoline consumption behavior, results emphasizes the need to specify a different model for aggregate diesel consumption, which must include aditional...

The exponential growth in the number of visitors and the mass-tourism mobility patterns in natura... more The exponential growth in the number of visitors and the mass-tourism mobility patterns in natural areas are causing serious issues such as traffic congestion, crowding in car parks, pollution, high noise levels, and traffic accidents. In order to redress this situation, demand management policies that propose more sustainable transportation systems are crucial. In this chapter, the authors summarize extensive research carried out in Teide National Park (Canary Islands, Spain), the most visited national park in Spain, one of the most visited in the world, and a clear example of a natural area under pressure from mass tourism. The authors present the current situation of the natural site and three scientific contributions based on a survey combining revealed and stated preferences that analyzes visitor preferences with regard to the use of sustainable transportation systems. The first study analyzes visitors’ preferences regarding the implementation of a public bicycle-sharing system...

… de trabajo (FEDEA), 2008

Preference heterogeneity and willingness to pay for travel time

Libro de Actas CIT2016. XII Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte, 2016

Transport Policy, 2014

Transportation, 2005

Networks and Spatial Economics, 2007

Energy Economics, 2013

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2016

Sustainability, 2021

Economic Reports, 2011

5 Por lo general, se dispone de información sobre las elecciones de los mismos individuos en dife... more 5 Por lo general, se dispone de información sobre las elecciones de los mismos individuos en diferentes situaciones, por lo que la utilidad suele venir referida además a la situación t: Uiqt = Viqt + iqt + iqt Este caso más general permite considerar adicionalmente correlación entre las diferentes situaciones de elección a las que se enfrenta cada individuo (véase por ejemplo Train, 1998).

RESUMEN Tradicionalmente a partir de los modelos de elección discreta de utilidad aleatoria se ha... more RESUMEN Tradicionalmente a partir de los modelos de elección discreta de utilidad aleatoria se han obtenido medidas monetarias del bienestar individual. Habitualmente, estos valores individuales se agregan sobre la población para encontrar una medida monetaria del cambio en el Bienestar Social que pueda ser utilizada en la evaluación social de proyectos. Sin embargo, si la utilidad marginal del ingreso no es igual para todos los individuos y decrece con el ingreso, la mera agregación de los valores individuales produce una medida sesgada del cambio en el Bienestar Social en favor de los individuos de mayor ingreso. En este trabajo, y en el mismo contexto, se establecen los fundamentos teóricos que permiten derivar medidas de bienestar individual y social en unidades de tiempo. Más concretamente, asumiendo que la utilidad marginal del tiempo como recurso de los individuos es constante y que los componentes aleatorios de la utilidad de las alternativas siguen una distribución valor extremo generalizado, se muestra que pueden calcularse medidas de bienestar individual a partir de una expresión cerrada de tipo log-sum análoga a la que permite derivar las tradicionales medidas monetarias. Por otra parte, se analizan algunas implicaciones, desde el punto de vista distributivo , de obtener medidas de Bienestar Social a partir de medidas de bienestar individual expresadas tanto en unidades de tiempo como de dinero. Finalmente, utilizando datos procedentes de una encuesta de preferencias reveladas sobre la elección de modo de viaje al trabajo, se ilustran las medidas propuestas para distintos escenarios hipotéticos. PALABRAS CLAVE: Modelos de elección discreta, modelos de asignación del tiempo, variación compensatoria, fórmula log-sum, Bienestar Social. JEL: D61, C25, R41.