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Modelling freight transport demand and reference dependent choice behaviour

Masiero, Lorenzo ; Maggi, Rico (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2010 ; 2010ECO002.

The thesis focuses on discrete choice models for freight transport demand with a particular emphasis on the estimation of willingness to pay (WTP) and willingness to accept (WTA) measures. In order to cope with the research objective, I extend the classic discrete choice model specifications towards the frontier of the current literature on asymmetric model specifications in stated choice...

Analyzing loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity in a freight transport stated choice experiment

Masiero, Lorenzo ; Hensher, David A.

Choice behaviour might be determined by asymmetric preferences whether the consumers are faced with gains or losses. This paper investigates loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity, and analyzes their implications on willingness to pay and willingness to accept measures in a reference pivoted choice experiment in a freight transport framework. The results suggest a significant model fit...

Estimation of indirect cost and evaluation of protective measures for infrastructure vulnerability : a case study on the transalpine transport corridor

Masiero, Lorenzo ; Maggi, Rico

Infrastructure vulnerability is a topic of rising interest in the scientific literature for both the general increase of unexpected events and the strategic importance of certain links. Protective investments are extremely costly and risks are distributed in space and time which poses important decision problems to the public sector decision makers. In an economic prospective, the evaluation...