Analysis of port choice: A methodological proposal adjusted with public data

Ana Martínez-Pardo, Alfonso Orro and Lorena Garcia-Alonso

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2020, vol. 136, issue C, 178-193

Abstract: The availability of public databases provides a great amount of data for research, but their use can involve a lack of detailed information about the decision-makers. This fact prevents the analysis of systematic variations in their preferences. In addition, the influence of the explanatory variables included in the utility function of discrete choice models is not necessarily linear. The analysis of the port choice process through this kind of models has usually been addressed neglecting both the existence of heterogeneity in the preferences and the non-linearity in the variables. In this paper, a Box-Cox Mixed Logit Model is proposed to overcome both constraints, and it is introduced through a case study.

Keywords: Port choice; Box-Cox Mixed Logit Model; Heterogeneity; Non-linearity; Spanish case (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2020.03.031

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