Citation

Fearnley N, Saelensminde K, Veisten K. Int. J. Transp. Econ. 2008; 35(3): 325-344.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali)

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Abstract

Fritsch elicitation, contingent valuation, and choice experiments are the three different stated preference methods involved in a survey presented in this paper. Survey design centered on various aspects of public transportation trip quality valuation assessment. There are noted respondent response shortcomings, such as lexicographic answering, despite the fact that generally, of stated preference methods, choice experiments are the most common and preferred. More testing of these shortcomings is warranted. To this end, this paper used a parameter estimate convergence context for comparison of the three different methods. The authors show similar parameter values produced by the three methods for this sample. The authors, moreover, examined the potential for using simultaneous method application to ease the response task. To "balance" choice experiment attribute levels, contingent valuation results were used by the authors. The share of respondents expressing difficulty in answering experimental choices, attribute value estimation, and the share of lexicographic answering, were configured into balance effect measurement. It is shown that there was significant decrease in the respondent share answering lexicographically in the choice experiment attribute level balance through contingent valuation