Car stickiness: Heuristics and biases in travel choice

Transport Policy

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-168

  Innocenti, Alessandro ^a   Lattarulo, Patrizia ^b   Pazienza, Maria Grazia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b IRPET   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Experiment; Heuristics; Travel mode choice

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; HEURISTICS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84872413892     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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