 The association between spatial attributes and e-shopping in the shopping process for search goods and experience goods: Evidence from NanjingFeng Zhen, Xiaojuan Du, Jason Cao and Patricia Mokhtarian Journal of Transport Geography, 2018, vol. 66, issue C, 291-299 Abstract: The proliferation of e-shopping has implications for shopping travel and commercial land use. Using data collected from adult internet users in Nanjing, China in 2015, this study develops trivariate probit models to explore the influence of spatial attributes on shopping channel choices at the pre-purchase and purchase stages in the shopping process for both search goods (books) and experience goods (clothing). We find that those who live and work in suburban areas are more likely than others to shop at traditional stores to conduct pre-purchase and purchase activities for books and clothing, likely because of the slow diffusion of e-shopping in these areas. On the other hand, travel time to stores is positively associated with online shopping for books but not for clothing, and onerous travel modes are associated with pre-purchase activities on the internet. Thus, shopping accessibility negatively affects e-shopping. However, its effects vary by shopping stage and product type. Keywords: Shopping travel; Internet shopping; Product type; Accessibility; Innovation diffusion (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:66:y:2018:i:c:p:291-299 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.11.007 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Transport Geography is currently edited by Frank Witlox More articles in Journal of Transport Geography from Elsevier |
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