A comprehensive analysis of household transportation expenditures relative to other goods and services: An application to United States consumer expenditure data

Transportation

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-390

  Ferdous, Nazneen ^a   Pinjari, Abdul Rawoof ^b   Bhat, Chandra R ^a   Pendyala, Ram M ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer expenditure; Evaluating impacts of fuel price increase; Fuel prices; Multiple discrete continuous nested extreme value model; Transportation expenditure; Vehicle operating expenses

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER EXPENDITURE; EXTREME VALUE; FUEL PRICES; MULTIPLE DISCRETE CONTINUOUS NESTED EXTREME VALUE MODEL; OPERATING EXPENSE;

COSTS; FOOD SUPPLY; LAND USE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FUELS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPENDITURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953025219     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-010-9264-2     Document Type: Article

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