Rail freight transport and demand requirements: an analysis of attribute cut-offs through a stated preference experiment

María Feo-Valero (), Leandro García-Menéndez () and Salvador Saz-Salazar ()

Transportation, 2016, vol. 43, issue 1, 122 pages

Abstract: This paper analyses the choice between road and rail in Spain where rail market share for freight is still residual. Discrete choice models are estimated with data obtained through a two-phase fieldwork, thus allowing us to carry out a stated preference efficient design for each interviewee. We analyse the existence of attribute cut-offs and the presence of a segment of the population with a zero value of frequency. Our results show that ignoring the existence of cut-offs and segments of the population with polarised valuations can lead to erroneous conclusions in terms of the possibilities of rail for absorbing significant quota. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016

Keywords: Stated preference experiments; Freight transport; Attribute cut-offs; Zero-valuation; Mixed logit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11116-014-9566-x

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