Changing household car ownership level and life cycle events: An action in anticipation or an action on occurrence

Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 889-904

  Oakil, Abu Toasin Md ^a   Ettema, Dick ^a   Arentze, Theo ^b   Timmermans, Harry ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Car ownership dynamics; Life cycle events and anticipated events; Panel data

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; SURVEYS;

CAR OWNERSHIP; CRITICAL EVENTS; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; PANEL DATA; RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE SURVEYS; TEMPORAL SEQUENCES;

OBSTETRICS;

CAR OWNERSHIP; DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MOBILITY; PANEL DATA; RELOCATION;

EID: 84903894592     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-013-9507-0     Document Type: Article

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