[ECON20141707]

國民經濟學Seminar

 
    國民經濟學Seminar由中國人民大學國民經濟管理系主辦，其宗旨是從國民經濟管理的視角，構建一個開放的學術交流平臺，推動研究與教學工作。
　　　

    時間：2014年10月14日（周二）中午12:00—13:30

    地點：明德主樓729會議室

    主講：謝倫裕 老師
    主題：Assessing the impacts of urban rail transit expansion on individual travel decisions in Beijing
    摘要：Using individual travel diary data collected before and after the rail transit coverage expansion in urban Beijing, this paper estimates the impact of rail accessibility improvement on the usage of rail transit, automobiles, buses, walking, and bicycling, measured as percent distance traveled by each mode in an individual trip. My results indicate that the average rail transit usage significantly increased, by 98.3% for commuters residing in the zones where the distances to the nearest station decreased because of the expansion, relative to commuters in the zones where the distances did not change. I also find that auto usage significantly decreased, by 19.8%, while the impact on bus usage was small and not statistically significant. Average walking and bicycling distance (combined) increased by 11.8%, indicating that walking and bicycling are complements to urban rail transit, instead of substitutes. Furthermore, I find that estimated changes in auto usage and rail transit usage vary significantly with auto ownership and income. 　　

演講者介紹： Lunyu Xie is Assistant Professor of Economics at Renmin University of China. Dr. Xie received her Ph.D. in Economics (2013) and M. A. (2010) in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.A. (2005) and a B.A. (2003) in Economics from Peking University. She joined the faculty at Renimn University of China in 2013. Her research interests include the areas of environmental economics, energy economics, and applied econometrics, especially relating to questions of causal inference. Her recent work focus on the areas of transportation, forest, climate change, and bioenergy. 

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中國人民大學經濟學院 2014年10月8日