Despite traditional four-step model is the most prominent model in majority of travel demand analysis, it does not represent the potential correlations within different travel dimensions. As a result, some researches have suggested the use of choice modelling instead. However, most of them have represented travel dimensions individually rather than jointly. This research aims to fill this gap t...

We develop a method for estimating the rivalness of tax bases using the structures of the conditional logit, Poisson and nested logit models. As an illustration, we apply this method to estimate the e↵ect of state-level capital taxation on U.S. inward foreign direct investment. The assumption of perfect non-rivalenss can in some cases be rejected, but the assumption of perfect rivalness cannot....

We study firms compatibility decisions in a horizontal differentiation model with network externalities. By means of a nested multinomial logit demand structure, we describe the trade-off between network externalities and product differentiation. Simple and general results are derived, which hold for any finite number of firms and which account for any functional form of the externality functio...

Swiss metropolitan areas are comprised of a system of communities with considerable fiscal autonomy. This study investigates how the income tax differentials across communities in an urban area affect the households` location decisions. Data from the urban agglomeration of Basel for the year 1997 is used. This unique data set contains tax information from all households that moved either within...

Assortment optimization problems arise widely in many practical applications such as retailing and online advertising. In this problem, the goal is to select a subset from a universe of substitutable items to offer to customers in order to maximize the expected revenue. The demand of any item depends on the substitution behavior of the customers that is captured mathematically by a choice model...