Price Elasticity of Demand and Profile of “Pablo de Olavide" Metro Stop's Users of Seville Metro

Authors

  • Alfredo G. Hernández-Díaz Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla, España)
  • Emilio Carlos García Cobián Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla, España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46661/revmetodoscuanteconempresa.2195

Keywords:

Elasticidad precio de la demanda, metro de Sevilla, análisis perfil usuario, disposición a pagar, price elasticity of demand, Seville metro, user profile analysis, willingness to pay

Abstract

In this paper the most relevant results obtained in a survey conducted by 300 users of the "Pablo de Olavide" Seville metro stop are presented. The aim of the paper is twofold. On the one hand, the user profile is analysed: motivations for using the subway, intermodality and flows, whereas, on the other hand, the price elasticity of demand is partially computed by means of the willingness to pay for that specific user profile. In fact, both the particular user profile and Seville metro's characteristics explain some of the obtained results that hopefully will help managers of Seville Metro in making decisions.

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2016-11-04

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Hernández-Díaz, A. G., & García Cobián, E. C. (2016). Price Elasticity of Demand and Profile of “Pablo de Olavide" Metro Stop’s Users of Seville Metro. Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, 17, Página 80 a 100. https://doi.org/10.46661/revmetodoscuanteconempresa.2195

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