train_choice {RprobitB}

Stated Preferences for Train Traveling

Description

Data set of 2929 stated choices by 235 Dutch individuals deciding between two virtual train trip options "A" and "B" based on the price, the travel time, the number of rail-to-rail transfers (changes), and the level of comfort.

The data were obtained in 1987 by Hague Consulting Group for the National Dutch Railways. Prices were recorded in Dutch guilder and in this data set transformed to Euro at an exchange rate of 2.20371 guilders = 1 Euro.

Usage

train_choice

Format

A data.frame with 2929 rows and 11 columns:

deciderID

integer identifier for the decider

occasionID

integer identifier for the choice occasion

choice

character for the chosen alternative (either "A" or "B")

price_A

numeric price for alternative "A" in Euro

time_A

numeric travel time for alternative "A" in hours

change_A

integer number of changes for alternative "A"

comfort_A

integer comfort level (in decreasing comfort order) for alternative "A"

price_B

numeric price for alternative "B" in Euro

time_B

numeric travel time for alternative "B" in hours

change_B

integer number of changes for alternative "B"

comfort_B

integer comfort level (in decreasing comfort order) for alternative "B"

References

Ben-Akiva M, Bolduc D, Bradley M (1993). “Estimation of travel choice models with randomly distributed values of time.” Transportation Research Record, 1413, 88–97.

Meijer E, Rouwendal J (2006). “Measuring welfare effects in models with random coefficients.” Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21(2), 227–244.