Preserving the symmetry of estimated commuter travel elasticities

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 33 B, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-232

  Taplin, John H E ^a   Hensher, David A ^a   Smith, Brett ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

COMMUTER TRAVEL ELASTICITIES; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELING;

TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

COMMUTING; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 0033119283     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-2615(98)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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