Separating contextual from endogenous effects in automobile ownership models

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1032-1046

  Goetzke, Frank ^a   Weinberger, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Transportation Consultant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile ownership; Social interactions; Two step probit discrete choice model with endogenous effects

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CAR OWNERSHIP; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863206076     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4490     Document Type: Article

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