Consumer welfare and unobserved heterogeneity in discrete choice models: The value of alpine road tunnels

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We investigate the sensitivity of consumer surplus estimates to parametric assumptions on individual preference heterogeneity in a discrete choice framework. We compare results from a parametric random coefficients logit model and a recently proposed nonparametric sieve estimator. In particular, we provide an assessment of the direct economic value of crossing the Alps for the European road freight sector. Using revealed preference data from a detailed survey on transalpine road freight traffic, we estimate the yearly cost of closing the Mont-Blanc Tunnel, which was closed for 3 years following a large accident in early 1999. Ultimately, our results permit the economic evaluation of security and transport policy measures affecting transalpine traffic. Our findings suggest that the way we model unobserved heterogeneity significantly affects our welfare results.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 10-095

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions ; Transportation: General ; National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
• Thema: Discrete Choice ; Consumer Surplus ; Nonparametric Estimation ; Transalpine Freight ; Straßengüterverkehr ; Transit ; Alpen ; Konsumentenrente ; Diskrete Entscheidung ; Schätzung ; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse ; Frankreich ; Italien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Cerquera Dussán, Daniel ; Ullrich, Hannes
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/42219
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ