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Commuters' Preferences for Fast and Reliable Travel

Koster, Paul; Koster, Hans - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

We employ a semi-parametric estimation approach to analyse observed and unobserved heterogeneity in the value of savings in travel time and schedule delay. Our econometric approach allows for the estimation of unobserved and observed heterogeneity in preferences in a flexible way, meaning that...

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Hotelling Models with Price-Sensitive Demand and Asymmetric Transport Costs: An Application to Public Transport Scheduling

Weijde, Adriaan Hendrik van der; Verhoef, Erik T.; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

price-sensitive demand and asymmetric transport costs, in the context of transport scheduling. Two competitors choose fares …

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Travel Time Variability and Airport Accessibility

Koster, Paul; Kroes, Eric; Verhoef, Erik T. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

into account travel time cost, scheduling cost and the cost of missing a flight. In this model, the value of reliability …

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Memory, Expectation Formation and Scheduling Choices

Koster, Paul; Peer, Stefanie; Dekker, Thijs - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

stochastic state variable. Retrieval of these experiences is probabilistic and subject to error. We apply the model to scheduling …

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The User Costs of Air Travel Delay Variability

Koster, Paul; Pels, Eric; Verhoef, Erik - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

We derive the expected user costs of US domestic air travel delay variability taking into account scheduling behavior … of travelers. Travelers do not only consider mean arrival delays, but also face scheduling costs because they arrive too …

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Rounding of Arrival and Departure Times in Travel Surveys: An Interpretation in Terms of Scheduled Activities

Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

In travel surveys most respondents apply rounding of departure andarrival times to multiples of 5, 15 and 30minutes: in the annual Dutch travel survey about 85-95 percent of allreported times are 'round' ones. We estimaterounding models for departure and arrival times. The model allows oneto...

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Productivity Gains from Offshoring: an Empirical Analysis for the Netherlands

Butter, Frank A.G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the … suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …

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Trade between China and the Netherlands: a Case Study of Globalization

Butter, Frank A.G. den; Hayat, Raphie - Tinbergen Instituut

. The empirical analysis indicates that, apart from GDP growth, Dutch in-house offshoring to China is a major determinant of …

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