Catching the tail: Empirical identification of the distribution of the value of travel time
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Catching the tail : Empirical identification of the distribution of the value of travel time. / Börjesson, Maria; Fosgerau, Mogens; Algers, Staffan.
I: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Bind 46, Nr. 2, 02.2012, s. 378-391.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Catching the tail
T2 - Empirical identification of the distribution of the value of travel time
AU - Börjesson, Maria
AU - Fosgerau, Mogens
AU - Algers, Staffan
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Recent methodological advances in discrete choice analysis in combination with certain stated choice experiments have allowed researchers to check empirically the identification of the distribution of latent variables such as the value of travel time (VTT). Lack of identification is likely to be common and the consequences are severe. E.g., the Danish value of time study found the 15% right tail of the VTT distribution to be unidentified, making it impossible to estimate the mean VTT without resorting to strong assumptions with equally strong impact on the resulting estimate. This paper analyses data generated from a similar choice experiment undertaken in Sweden during 2007-2008 in which the range of trade-off values between time and money was significantly increased relative to the Danish experiment. The results show that this change allowed empirical identification of effectively the entire VTT distribution. In addition to informing the design of future choice experiments, the results are also of interest as a validity test of the stated choice methodology. Failure in identifying the right tail of the VTT would have made it difficult to maintain that respondents' behaviour is consistent with utility maximisation in the sense intended by the experimenter.
AB - Recent methodological advances in discrete choice analysis in combination with certain stated choice experiments have allowed researchers to check empirically the identification of the distribution of latent variables such as the value of travel time (VTT). Lack of identification is likely to be common and the consequences are severe. E.g., the Danish value of time study found the 15% right tail of the VTT distribution to be unidentified, making it impossible to estimate the mean VTT without resorting to strong assumptions with equally strong impact on the resulting estimate. This paper analyses data generated from a similar choice experiment undertaken in Sweden during 2007-2008 in which the range of trade-off values between time and money was significantly increased relative to the Danish experiment. The results show that this change allowed empirical identification of effectively the entire VTT distribution. In addition to informing the design of future choice experiments, the results are also of interest as a validity test of the stated choice methodology. Failure in identifying the right tail of the VTT would have made it difficult to maintain that respondents' behaviour is consistent with utility maximisation in the sense intended by the experimenter.
KW - Design
KW - Identification of distribution
KW - Right tail
KW - Stated choice
KW - Validity test
KW - Value of time
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tra.2011.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.tra.2011.10.006
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:81155151526
VL - 46
SP - 378
EP - 391
JO - Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice
JF - Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice
SN - 0965-8564
IS - 2
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