Uncovering the distribution of motorists' preferences for travel time and reliability

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Small, KA; Winston, C; Yan, J
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Irvine; Brookings Institution; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMETRICA
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0012-9682
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2005.00619.x
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 1367-1382
• 关键词: product differentiation; models; roads

摘要

We apply recent econometric advances to study the distribution of commuters' preferences for speedy and reliable highway travel. Our analysis applies mixed logit to combined revealed and stated preference data on commuter choices of whether to pay a toll for congestion-free express travel. We find that motorists exhibit high values of travel time and reliability, and substantial heterogeneity in those values. We suggest that road pricing policies designed to cater to such varying preferences can improve efficiency and reduce the disparity of welfare impacts compared with recent pricing experiments.