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Article
Life Events, Car Transaction, and Usage by Car Type: Longitudinal Data from Japan
Author(s)
Masayoshi Tanishita
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2142/2018.02.004
Affiliation(s)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan
ABSTRACT
Car transaction (increase/decrease/replacement)
is an important determinant of car usage and other travel behavior affecting
economic and environmental issues. The aim of this paper is to analyze the
impacts of life events, change in attitude, and perceived train frequency on car
transactions and usage change by car type using two three-year data (2011-2013 and 2012-2014) obtained from a
Japanese household panel survey. We identified the statistically significant
factors that affect car ownership in cross-sectional data and verified that
their signs are the same when using longitudinal data. Fewer factors are found
to affect car replacement than affect car ownership level change. Households
that replace Kei-cars with normal cars do not increase mileage.
KEYWORDS
Life events, car transaction, usage, car type, longitudinal analysis.
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