scholarly journals Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee System in Nevada

2013 ◽  
Vol 2345 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Nordland ◽  
Alexander Paz ◽  
Alauddin Khan
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Logit Models ◽  
Power Modeling ◽  
Vehicle Miles Traveled ◽  
Multinomial Logit Models ◽  
Explicit Consideration ◽  
Technological Barriers ◽  
Vmt Fee

Several barriers are associated with the implementation and deployment of a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee system; these barriers range from technology issues to public acceptance. Technology-related barriers are easier to address compared with public-related barriers. In addition, addressing technological barriers requires explicit consideration of the public's attitudes and preferences in relation to various technological options. Public perceptions of and billing preferences for a VMT fee system in Nevada were studied. A survey questionnaire was developed to capture these perceptions and preferences. A series of discrete choice models—ordered, probit, and logit models—were tested to determine the best model to use for evaluating the results of the survey. Multinomial logit models provided the best explanatory power. Modeling assumptions were tested to ensure adequate results. The model provided several interesting insights about public perceptions and preferences in regard to the VMT system. On the basis of these insights, some policy recommendations are provided.

scholarly journals Practice-driven journalism research: Impulses for a dynamic understanding of journalism in the context of its reorganization

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Buschow
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Media Management ◽  
Explicit Consideration ◽  
Journalism Research

This paper proposes a practice-theoretical journalism research approach for an alternate and innovative perspective of digital journalism’s current empirical challenges. The practice-theoretical approach is introduced by demonstrating its explanatory power in relation to demarcation problems, technological changes, economic challenges and challenges to journalism’s legitimacy. Its respective advantages in dealing with these problems are explained and then compared to established journalism theories. The particular relevance of the theoretical perspective is due to (1) its central decision to observe journalistic practices, (2) the transgression of conventional journalistic boundaries, (3) the denaturalization of journalistic norms and laws, (4) the explicit consideration of a material, socio-technical dimension of journalism, (5) a focus on the conflicting relationship between journalistic practices and media management practices, and (6) prioritizing order generation over stability.

Considering Different Motivations in Design for Consumer-Behavior Change

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayesh Srivastava ◽  
L. H. Shu
Keyword(s):  
User Behavior ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Behavior Model ◽  
News Sources ◽  
User Comments ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Explicit Consideration ◽  
Environmental Agreement ◽  
Different Levels

Much existing work aims to understand how to change human behavior through product-design interventions. Given the diversity of individuals and their motivations, solutions that address different motives are surprisingly rare. We aim to develop and validate a framework that clearly identifies and targets different types of behavioral motives in users. We present a behavior model comprising egoistic, sociocultural and altruistic motives, and apply the model to sustainable behavior. We confirmed the explanatory power of the behavior model by categorizing user comments about an international environmental agreement from multiple news sources. We next developed concepts, each intended to target a single motive type, and elicited evaluations from online respondents who self-assessed their motivation type after evaluating the concepts. We present and discuss correlation results between motive types and preference for products that target these types for two iterations of the experiment. Deviations from our expected results are mainly due to unexpected perceptions, both positive and negative, of our concepts. Despite this, the main value of this work lies in the explicit consideration of a manageable number of different types of motives. A proposed design tool incorporates the three types of motives from the model with the different levels of persuasion others have proposed to change user behavior.

scholarly journals LOCATION CHOICE OF SPANISH MULTINATIONAL FIRMS IN DEVELOPING AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-339
Author(s):  
Josep MARTÍ ◽  
Maite ALGUACIL ◽  
Vicente ORTS
Keyword(s):  
Transition Economies ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
Mixed Logit ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Logit Models ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Local Factors

In this paper, we use firm-level data to investigate how different host country characteristics affect the decision of Spanish multinational firms to locate in developing and transition countries, and whether these determinants change when looking at manufacturing or services firms. As a methodological novelty, we estimate both standard conditional logit models as well as other discrete choice models that allow us to account for the possibility that firms perceive some alternative destinations as being more similar (nested and mixed logit models). A better understanding of the relevance of local factors that determine the competitiveness of these economies in providing multinational firms with location advantages can guide policymakers in their attempt to attract foreign capital flows. This, however, has not been previously addressed by the empirical literature at a firm level and across sectors. Our results suggest that Spanish investments in developing and transition economies are mainly driven by market-seeking factors. They also confirm the relevance of the business and financial climate in the location decision of multinational firms. Finally, the estimations reveal differences between manufacturing and services foreign direct investments in several local factors, such as the agglomeration effects, skilled labour and financial risk.

Stochastic Prediction in Multinomial Logit Models

2000 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1137-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Hsu ◽  
Ronald T. Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Multinomial Logit ◽  
Logit Models ◽  
Multinomial Logit Models
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