Browsing by Author "Bahamonde Birke, Francisco José"

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    Liberalization of the Interurban Coach Market in Germany –Do Attitudes and Perceptions Drive the Choice between Rail and Coach?
    (2014) Bahamonde Birke, Francisco José; Ortuzar Alessandri, Juan De Dios; CEDEUS (Chile)
    In January 2013 the interurban passenger transport market in Germany was liberalized and several coach carriers emerged offering an alternative to the Deutsche Bahn, a state owned rail monopoly. The coach carriers have attempted to position themselves not just through lower prices but also through product differentiation, for example marketing their services as the most ecological way to travel. Hence, it is important to consider attitudes and perceptions when analyzing this market. One year after liberalization we conducted a stated-choice experiment among students and employees at the Technical University of Berlin, where participants had to choose between different interurban public transport alternatives (regional and intercity trains or interurban coaches). Additionally, the experiment gathered perception and attitudinal indicators used to construct latent variables. Our results show that attitudes and perceptions indeed affect the way individuals choose between different transport modes and, therefore, they must be taken into account when analyzing the interurban passenger market in Germany.
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    Predicción con modelos híbridos de elección discreta : el rol de atributos tangibles en la definición de variables latentes
    (2011) Bahamonde Birke, Francisco José; Ortúzar Salas, Juan de Dios; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Ingeniería
    Es un hecho, que no todas las características tangibles de las alternativas afectan directamente las decisiones a través de cambios en sus utilidades. Algunas características, afectan a las decisiones a través de cambios en la valoración de los atributos subjetivos de las alternativas y éstos son usualmente representados como variables latentes. Este tipo de atributos suelen no ser considerados y las variables latentes son únicamente explicadas por características socio-económicas de los individuos. En este trabajo, utilizando un banco de datos sintéticos, se analiza el impacto de la inclusión u omisión de este tipo de variables, así como el impacto de diferentes especificaciones de los modelos que las consideran.