MODELING CAR OWNERSHIP IN EGYPT

A Dynamic Formulation for Car Ownership Modeling

Discrete choice models are commonly used in transportation planning and modeling, but their theoretical basis and their applications have been mainly developed in a static context. We propose to develop an estimation technique for analyzing the impact of technological change on the dynamics of consumer demand. The proposed research presents a dynamic model of consumer demand that explicitly acc...

Dynamic Discrete Choice Models for Car Ownership Modeling

Title of dissertation: DYNAMIC DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS FOR CAR OWNERSHIP MODELING Renting Xu, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011 Dissertation directed by: Assistant Professor Cinzia Cirillo Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering With the continuous and rapid changes in modern societies, such as the introduction of advanced technologies, aggressive marketing strategies and innovative policies, i...

Forecasting Car Ownership in the Sydney Area

An accurate forecast of car ownership is fundamental to understanding the development of travel patterns in any area. The paper describes the development of car ownership models for the Sydney area. The models operate at household level, allowing the full detail of the socio-economic characteristics of the household and in particular licence-holding to be taken into account. Relating car owners...

Car Ownership , Employment , and Earnings Steven

In this paper, we attempt to assess whether the positive effects of car ownership on employment outcomes observed in past research are causal. We match state-level data on average car insurance premiums and average per-gallon gas taxes to a nationally representative microdata sample containing information on car ownership and employment outcomes comparable to the those explored in previous rese...

Residential Street Parking and Car Ownership