Individual uncertainty and the political acceptability of road pricing policies This paper presents a model regarding the role and relevance of individual specific uncertainty in explaining the acceptability of road pricing policies (RPP). The main assumptions of the model are: 1) decisions concerning the adoption of RPP are taken by politicians who operate under a [...]
Special issue: Freight transport analysis and intermodality Special Issues: Freight transport analysis and intermodality Borruso, Giacomo and Danielis, Romeo - From Trasporti Europei to European Transport \ Trasporti Europei, pp. 1-3 Macharis, Cathy and Marcucci, Edoardo - Introduction, pp. 3-8. Zotti, Jacopo and Danielis, Romeo - Freight transport demand in the mechanical sector of Friuli [...]
Logistics managers’ stated preferences for freight service attributes This paper reports the results of an adaptive conjoint analysis (ACA) experiment performed in two Italian regions that estimates logistics managers’ preferences for freight service attributes. Two sets of estimates have been obtained: (a) the utilities associated to each attribute level for each experiment, and (b) the [...]
Special issue: Road Pricing: is it needed, is it possible, is it inevitable? Guest editors: Marcucci, E., Niskanen, E., de Palma, A. and Wieland, B. Marcucci, E., Niskanen, E., de Palma, A. and Wieland, B. - Introduction, pp. 1-5. Glazer, A. and Niskanen, E.- When users of congested roads may view tolls as unjust, pp. [...]
Special issue: Pricing, Financing, and Investment in Transport Editors.: De Palma, A., Marcucci, E., Niskanen, E., Verhoef, E. De Palma, A., Marcucci, E., Niskanen, E., Verhoef, E. - Introduction, pp. 1-3. Abbes, S. - Marginal social cost pricing in European seaports, pp. 4-26 Beria, P. - Transport megaprojects in Italy. A comparative analysis of economic [...]
Attribute cut-offs in freight service selection The paper applies the choice model incorporating attribute cut-offs proposed by [Swait, J.D., 2001. A non-compensatory choice model incorporating attribute cutoffs. Transportation Research: Part B 35 (10), 903–928] to evaluate shippers’ preferences for freight service attributes. A stated preference experiment on a sample of Italian manufacturing firms shows that [...]
Quality and Public Transport Service Contracts Service contracts are the natural method to set bilateral commitments. In transport service context, public authorities and transport operators have different goals, therefore regulation plays an important role especially failing competition. After a brief description of the most important regulatory procedures, we focus our attention on the quality framework [...]
The analysis of service quality through stated preference models and rule-based classification The analysis of quality of services is an important issue for the planning and the management of many businesses. The ability to address the demands and the relevant needs of the customers of a given service is crucial to determine its success in [...]
The potential demand for a urban freight consolidation centre This paper reports the results of a stated-preference study aimed at investigating how transport decisions are made by receivers or by transport operators about the potential use of an urban freight consolidation centre in the city of Fano, Italy. Because there are no revealed preference data, [...]
Specific vs. generic goods: implications for transport demand analysis In this paper, we investigate the theoretical and empirical relevance of the distinction between generic goods and specific goods for the understanding of freight transportation demand. Specific goods are made for a single customer while generic goods are produced irrespective of which final customer will buy [...]
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