ITLS Working Papers 2014: Recent submissions
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Open access for railways and transaction cost economics – Management perspectives of Australia's rail companies
Published 2014-06-01With the aim to improve efficiency and value for money, in addition to tendered services the European Commission approach to rail organisation allows substantial open access rail services in both passenger and freight ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The Role of Source Preference and Subjective Probability in Valuing Expected Travel Time Savings
Published 2014-08-01This paper proposes a fully subjective approach to capture the impact of travel time variability on travel decision making that accommodates subjective probabilities and source preference, the latter construct referring ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
An investigation of taste and reference dependence heterogeneity
Published 2014-07-01This paper considers reference dependence and loss/gain asymmetry in a stated choice (SC) study in which the attribute levels pivot around those of a recent trip. A latent class (LC) model is presented that allows for ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Linking Discrete Choice to Continuous Demand in a Spatial Computable General Equilibrium Model
Published 2014-08-01Discrete choice (DC) models are often used to describe consumer behaviour at a disaggregate level where the choice decision is defined in terms of a set of alternatives (commodities) differentiated mainly by their quality ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Why Chinese airlines haven’t become leading cargo carriers - analyzing air freight network and international trade drivers for mainland China
Published 2014-10-01In contrast to the tremendous growth in the passenger sector, Chinese airlines and logistics operators still play relatively minor roles in the world’s air cargo market. This study investigates the air freight network ...Open AccessWorking Paper