Two-stage hedonic price model for light-duty vehicles: Consumer valuations of automotive fuel economy in maine

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2157, 2010, Pages 119-128

  Fan, Qin ^a   Rubin, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AUTOMOBILE SALES; CONSUMER VALUATIONS; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; FUEL SAVINGS; HEDONIC PRICE MODEL; HEDONIC REGRESSION; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 78651312892     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2157-15     Document Type: Article

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