A revealed preference approach to the measurement of congestion in travel cost models

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-249

  Timmins, Christopher ^a   Murdock, Jennifer ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestion; Discrete choice; Instrumental variables; Quantile regression; Random utility model; Site valuation; Travel cost

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE CHOICE; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; QUANTILE REGRESSION; RANDOM UTILITY MODEL; SITE VALUATION; TRAVEL COST;

COST ACCOUNTING;

ANGLING; CONGESTION; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

LAKE WINNEBAGO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33847304062     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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