The theoretical evolution of academic beliefs and practical policymakers? perceptions of road pricing (from now on rp) as an instrument of efficient and equitable allocation of resources are described and analyzed. The aim of the paper is to reconstruct the logical evolution of the theory behind...

This paper investigates the issue of political feasibility of a road pricing policies (RPP). Referring to a literature developed in international trade theory (Fernandez, Rodrick, [1]), this paper presents a model regarding the role and relevance of individual specific uncertainty in explaining...

Microeconomics studies group behaviour by using the representative member model. However, there is growing evidence that there can be significant differences between choices made by single individuals and those made by the same individuals when choosing collectively. This study investigates the...

Data quality plays a relevant role in policy evaluation. Data quality is also strictly linked to questionnaire development and administration strategies. Willingness to pay estimates might be influenced by the data acquisition method adopted if an ex-post sophisticated modelling cannot...

This paper jointly investigates non-linear attribute effects and discrete mixture heterogeneity. The research context relates to urban freight transport policy evaluation. The paper adopts an agent-specific perspective. The often unforeseen and undesired results deriving from urban freight...

This paper reviews a set of articles, based on stated preferences techniques, focusing on logistics managers' preferences for freight transport attributes with the intent of assessing the quality of knowledge applied research has produced, its reliability and transferability. Transport choices...

Decision makers in urban freight transport (UFT) typically need to assess the impact new policy interventions might have on freight distribution. They need to assess the impacts of changes in freight distribution policies might have on a set of elements among which one can safely include:...

The paper illustrates a method to detect and estimate interaction effects in household decision-making and tests the representative member hypothesis by studying how preferences of single members influence family choices. We performed a stated choice experiment concerning hypothetical choices...