Search for dissertations about: "stated preference method"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words stated preference method.

2. 1. Motorists´evaluation of road maintenance management

   Author : Camilla Olsson; KTH; []
   Keywords : stated choice; stated preference; valuations of maintenance management; driving comfort; road standard evaluation;

   Abstract : The road network is extremely valuable. Road Administrationsare expected to invest maintenance funding in a way thatreturns maximum benefit to road users. Cost-benefit analysis isone method to ensure that an adequate return in terms ofbenefits results from committing expenditure. READ MORE

4. 2. Issues in Estimation and Application of Long Distance Travel Demand Models

   Author : Muriel Beser Hugosson; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Intercity travel; logit model; market segments; stated preference; bootstrap; heteroscedastic extreme value model; nested logit;

   Abstract : Forecasts of the demand for long distance travel areessential for many decisions, such as infrastructureinvestments, operators´management policies etc. Manyresearch issues are related to this field, and the purpose ofthis thesis is to contribute to some of them. READ MORE

5. 3. The Public Transport Preferences of Elderly People; A study related to individual capacity and environmental stress in service route traffic and other systems

   Author : Helena Svensson; Trafik och väg; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; walking distance; valuation; standard factors; conjoint analysis; stated preference method; trunk routes; special transport; service routes; restrictions; physical capacity; preferences; travellers; public transport; elderly people; traffic planning; Road transport technology; Vägtransportteknik;

   Abstract : Providing accessible, acceptable and appreciated public transport for elderly people is essential. This work studies the relation between elderly people’s preferences of standard factors in different public transport systems, and their physical capacity. READ MORE

6. 4. Valuing Reductions in the Risk of Traffic Accidents Based on Empirical Studies in Sweden

   Author : Ulf Persson; Trafik och väg; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Säkerhetsteknik; Safety technology; Vägtransportteknik; Road transport technology; Road Traffic; Risk Reduction; Value of Life; Cost of Accidents; Stated Preference; Contingent Valuation;

   Abstract : At the beginning of the 1990s the Swedish National Road Administration (SNRA) adopted the willingness to pay (WTP) approach for estimating the benefits of safety improvements. However, since then there have been discussions about how to find the most valid and reliable empirical methods to conduct WTP studies. READ MORE

7. 5. Stated preference methods and empirical analyses of equity in health economics

   Author : Peter Martinsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; contingent valuation; equity.; concentration index; Choice experiments; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

   Abstract : This dissertation considers two different aspects of health economics; (i) stated preference methods and (ii) empirical analyses of equity. The first essay deals with the issue of the choice of econometric models when analysing data from a closed-ended contingent valuation survey in health economics. READ MORE