Abstract
This study explores to what extent scale heterogeneity (i.e., varying standard deviation of the errors across consumers) is important in air travel choice using data from a stated preference discrete choice experiment. We used generalized mixed logit model (GMIXL) that nests scale and taste heterogeneity in the context of air travel ticket choice. We found empirical evidence of the importance of often-neglected scale heterogeneity along with pre-dominant taste heterogeneity. The findings suggests that it is important to account for various forms of heterogeneity with GMIXL to model air travel demand to identify variety of consumer segments, which has implications for airline optimal menu of ticket offerings and pricing strategies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-88 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Economics Letters |
Volume | 172 |
Early online date | 30 Aug 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2018 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsThis work was supported in part by the Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar (grant number YSREP1-002-5-001). We thank Denzil Fiebig and anonymous reviewer for their helpful comments.
Keywords
- choice experiment
- generalized logit
- scale heterogeneity
- air travel