Article
Energy & Fuels
Keumju Lim, Jongsu Lee, Hyunjoo Lee
Summary: Energy consumers in South Korea have heterogeneous preferences for residential DR programs, with a strong emphasis on reducing monthly electricity bills. The study estimates that approximately 60.0% of metropolitan consumers in South Korea would participate in a residential DR program, resulting in a forecasted reduction in peak load of approximately 1.74 GW.
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Economics
Tingmingke Lu
Summary: This study compares the effectiveness of two policy instruments, fuel taxes and fuel economy-based vehicle purchase taxes, in promoting the purchase of cleaner cars. The findings highlight the importance of accounting for heterogeneity in vehicle use to understand new car buyers' valuation of fuel cost savings from improved fuel efficiency. The results show that high-mileage drivers are more responsive to tax changes and fuel taxes are more effective in encouraging the switch to fuel-efficient vehicles for fuel savings and emissions reductions, even when considering the elasticity of demand for driving to vehicle fuel efficiency.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2023)
Article
Economics
Sungmin Ko, Jungwoo Shin
Summary: This article examines the impact of government policies on the penetration rate of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), analyzes the importance of infrastructure distribution in the market penetration rate, and explores how policies vary depending on time and space affect the demand for FCEVs. The study finds that improving access to hydrogen refueling stations has a positive effect on the early stage of the market, but it no longer affects the market share after a certain level of accessibility is reached. Subsidies for hydrogen refueling costs can lead to a relatively rapid change in the gradually increasing penetration rate of FCEVs.
Article
Business
Joonhwi Joo
Summary: The conventional discrete-choice model assumes consumers have full information, which contradicts the literature on incomplete information and the role of consumer attention. The author develops a novel empirical demand model based on consumers' rational inattention, which considers both utility factors and information evaluation costs. Through an empirical case study, the author demonstrates the importance of evaluation costs in measuring the value of new products.
JOURNAL OF MARKETING RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Stefano Bortolomiol, Virginie Lurkin, Michel Bierlaire
Summary: This paper introduces a framework to find approximate equilibrium solutions of oligopolistic markets in transportation, utilizing discrete choice models and algorithmic approach. The methodology successfully approximates equilibrium solutions for transportation case studies featuring complex models and heterogeneous demand.
TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eva Ayaragarnchanakul, Felix Creutzig, Aneeque Javaid, Nattapong Puttanapong
Summary: Individual motorized vehicles in urban environments are oversupplied and inefficient, but shared mobility offers a more efficient use of vehicles. Commuters value time and fuel costs, but dislike walking, waiting, and searching for parking. Shared taxis have the potential to be used as a door-to-door mode of transportation.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Beile Zhang, Brent W. Ritchie, Judith Mair, Sally Driml
Summary: This study explored air passengers' preferences for co-benefits, certification, location, and cost of aviation VCO programs. The results indicate a preference for higher levels of co-benefits, particularly biodiversity and health benefits, domestically based and certified VCO programs, and identified three classes with different preferences for VCO program attributes and demographic characteristics. Airlines should take note of this preference for biodiversity and health co-benefits when designing VCO programs to increase uptake.
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Paul Hindsley, O. Ashton Morgan, John C. Whitehead
Summary: This paper investigates divers' preferences for artificial reef diving and their willingness to pay for specific site attributes in the Florida Keys. The study compares revealed preference and stated preference choices among divers, and also considers the presence of attribute non-attendance. The results indicate that the joint RP/SP models with stated attribute non-attendance are preferred, leading to a decrease in marginal WTP and variability of WTP estimates. The findings provide a framework for decision making to enhance welfare for divers.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Wangwei Wu, Ricardo A. Daziano
Summary: Random parameter logit models address unobserved preference heterogeneity in discrete choice analysis. This study analyzes the statistical behavior of six competing class assignment strategies and finds that assigning individuals to classes based on maximum MNL probabilities performs better in market share predictions.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zonghan Li, Chunyan Wang, Yi Liu
Summary: In order to improve energy-saving management, the Chinese government introduced the energy efficiency grade (EEG) in the 2000s, initially focusing on white goods. However, the effectiveness of promoting high EEG white goods in China is still unclear due to the lack of actual statistics. The China Energy Efficiency Grade (CEEG) dataset described here includes EEG-related data on five types of white goods at the regional and household levels in China, as well as predictions of future average EEG trends.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Ruiqi Chen, Yingxin Zeng, Zhile Deng, Hongfu Liu, Manyi Chen, Yaoming Liang
Summary: This study found that households in China have significant preferences for dog rabies vaccination services. The households can be classified into three types: resolute executors, mischievous rebels, and incentivized compliers. Residence, presence of children in the household, perception of safety risks, and knowledge of rabies may contribute to this heterogeneity. Recommendations include providing supportive services such as weekend vaccination, mobile stations, and home vaccination, as well as increasing vaccine supply through various channels. Increasing awareness and implementing dog management innovation can further enhance rabies prevention and control.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Parthan Kunhikrishnan, Karthik K. Srinivasan
Summary: Contemporary models either consider choice sets as fully deterministic or fully probabilistic, but in reality, some alternatives are deterministically included or excluded while others may be included probabilistically. The proposed framework combines features of both types of models, leading to more accurate analysis of choice sets and better predictability of behavior.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
(2022)
Article
Management
Gerardo Berbeglia, Agustin Garassino, Gustavo Vulcano
Summary: This paper discusses the importance of choice-based demand estimation in retail operations and revenue management, as well as the application of different demand models and estimation algorithms. Through extensive experimental studies, comparative statistics on predictive power and revenue performance of choice models are provided, along with recommendations for model implementation in different operational environments.
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Economics
Yusun Kim, Carson Reeling, Nicole J. O. Widmar, John G. Lee
Summary: Sales of deer licenses have been declining for a decade in Indiana, prompting the Department of Natural Resources to consider introducing a lifetime deer license. This license would allow hunters to hunt deer (and possibly other species) each year for their lifetime in exchange for an upfront fee. Previous research has focused on static models to estimate preferences for durable goods, but we develop a dynamic discrete choice model to inform the design of a novel, dynamic discrete choice experiment that consistently estimates individuals' forward-looking preferences for lifetime hunting licenses. This model is then used to estimate the price of lifetime licenses that maximizes IDNR revenues.
JOURNAL OF CHOICE MODELLING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Connor R. Forsythe, Kenneth T. Gillingham, Jeremy J. Michalek, Kate S. Whitefoot
Summary: Electric vehicle sales have been growing rapidly worldwide, and this study investigates the reasons behind this trend. It finds that technological improvements have played a significant role, as consumers are willing to pay more for features like improved operating costs, acceleration, and fast-charging capabilities in battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Forecasts also suggest that by 2030, consumer valuation of many BEVs may exceed their gasoline counterparts, potentially leading to a majority of new car and sport-utility vehicle choices being electric.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yin Long, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Qiaoling Liu, Haoran Zhang, Siqi Wang, Kai Fang
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yin Long, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Haoran Zhang, Heran Zheng, Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan
Article
Economics
Kei Ikegami, Ken Onishi, Naoki Wakamori
Summary: Competition affects physicians' opportunistic behavior in the context of MRI scanners utilization, leading to physician-induced demand. Despite potential benefits for consumers in terms of access to MRI scanners, competition can also result in increased MRI scans per patient due to physician-induced demand as hospitals lose patients to nearby competitors.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yin Long, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Isabella Yunfei Zeng, Jinjun Xue, Yuan Li
Summary: This paper investigates how regional households contribute to national carbon emissions, finding that the household sector is the key driving force behind Japan's emissions. Significant regional differences exist in terms of carbon footprint, suggesting the need to focus on regional household and fuel-type differences when designing decarbonization strategies.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yin Long, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Yuan Li, Alexandros Gasparatos
Summary: This study examines the impact of geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic factors on private vehicle emissions in Japan. The results indicate significant temporal and spatial variability in emissions, emphasizing the need for regionally-specific mitigation efforts that take into account these factors.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yin Long, Yida Jiang, Peipei Chen, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Ayyoob Sharifi, Alexandros Gasparatos, Yi Wu, Keiichiro Kanemoto, Yosuke Shigetomi, Dabo Guan
Summary: Urban household consumption plays a significant role in global greenhouse gas emissions, with both direct and indirect emissions being factors. This study addresses the lack of detailed datasets on urban household emissions by constructing an emission inventory for 52 major cities in Japan. The dataset provides valuable information for future research on household emissions in Japan and serves as a reference for the development of similar inventories in other countries.
Article
Economics
Tetsuji Okazaki, Ken Onishi, Naoki Wakamori
Summary: The study on capacity coordination policies in the Japanese cement industry found that interventions did not increase market power and did not distort firms' scrappage decisions, as reduction in capacity led to higher utilization of remaining plants.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ruth Anne Gonocruz, Shuichi Uchiyama, Yoshikuni Yoshida
Summary: This study examines the potential value of integrating agrivoltaic technology in rural farming areas in Japan. The findings suggest that installing agrivoltaics in rice paddy fields is more efficient than in equivalent land areas. The concurrent utilization of expanded transmission lines and battery storage can further enhance the benefits of agrivoltaics.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yin Long, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Liqiao Huang, Alexandros Gasparatos
Summary: This study investigates how income-related divergences impact the carbon footprint of the Japanese residential sector. The findings reveal that indirect emissions account for around 78% of the overall carbon footprint, and emission levels follow an N-shaped curve and a linear trend. Lower-income households tend to spend more time at home and rely on inefficient technologies, while higher-income households tend to consume more.
Article
Economics
Zhongwen Xu, Liqiao Huang, Maolin Liao, Jinjun Xue, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Yin Long
Summary: International trade accelerates the separation between consumption and production, leading to carbon transfer. To tackle the geographic flow of emissions, carbon emissions must be quantified based on global value chains. A case study in Japan reveals that China is the main source of carbon emissions, and household consumption accounts for the majority of consumption-based emissions, with the service, transport, and industry sectors being the primary sources of domestic emissions.
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Thanapan Tantiwatthanaphanich, Xuan Shao, Liqiao Huang, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Yin Long
Summary: This study focuses on the carbon footprints induced overseas by food consumption in Japan, revealing the critical role of food consumption in Japan's future decarbonization and environmental sustainability.
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruth Anne Gonocruz, Ren Nakamura, Kota Yoshino, Masaru Homma, Tetsuya Doi, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Akira Tani
Summary: Research shows that the shading rate of agrivoltaic systems is crucial to maintaining rice yield at over 80%, meeting the requirements set by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. It is estimated that applying such systems at a density of 28% in Japanese rice paddies could generate approximately 29% of the total electricity demand.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yin Long, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Qiaoling Liu, Dabo Guan, Heran Zheng, Yuan Li, Alexandros Gasparatos
Summary: This study examines the carbon emission patterns and drivers of Japan's main economic sectors between 2007 and 2015, finding that emissions in most regions started increasing after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake due to growing coal use. The dominance of emission drivers shifted over time from economic effects to energy structure to economic impacts and energy intensity.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
