TrainR Documentation

Stated Preferences for Train Traveling

Description

a cross-section from 1987

number of observations : 2929

observation : individuals

country : Netherland

Usage

data(Train)

Format

A dataframe containing :

id

individual identifier

choiceid

choice identifier

choice

one of choice1, choice2

pricez

price of proposition z (z=1,2) in cents of guilders

timez

travel time of proposition z (z=1,2) in minutes

comfortz

comfort of proposition z (z=1,2), 0, 1 or 2 in decreasing comfort order

changez

number of changes for proposition z (z=1,2)

Source

Meijer, Erik and Jan Rouwendal (2005) “Measuring welfare effects in models with random coefficients”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, forthcoming.

Ben–Akiva, M., D. Bolduc and M. Bradley (1993) “Estimation of travel choice models with randomly distributed values of time”, Transportation Research Record, 1413, 88–97.

Carson, R.T., L. Wilks and D. Imber (1994) “Valuing the preservation of Australia's Kakadu conservation zone”, Oxford Economic Papers, 46, 727–749.

References

Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive : http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/.

See Also

Index.Source, Index.Economics, Index.Econometrics, Index.Observations