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| Title: | | On the link between urban form and automobile use : evidence from German survey data  |
| Authors: | | Vance, Colin Hedel, Ralf |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | RWI Discussion Papers 48 |
| Abstract: | | This study investigates the influence of urban form on automobile travel using travel-diary data from Germany. Two dimensions of car use are considered: the discrete decision to own a car and the continuous decision of distance traveled. Because these decisions are likely to be influenced by factors unobservable to the researcher, we apply censored regression models to evaluate the role of biases emerging from sample selectivity. Unlike much of the literature, we find that urban form variables are a significant determinant of both automobile ownership and use, a finding that holds even after using instrumental variables to control for endogeneity. |
| Subjects: | | urban form non-work automobile travel sample selectivity instrumental variables |
| JEL: | | R41 R14 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des RWI RWI Discussion Papers
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