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Comprehensive, Unified Framework for Analyzing Spatial Location Choice

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This paper develops a conceptual and econometric framework of non-work activity location choice that is comprehensive in its incorporation of spatial cognition, heterogeneity in preference behavior, and spatial interaction. The proposed framework subsumes a variety of restricted models, including the multinomial logit, first-order state-dependence logit, spatially correlated logit, and mixed spatially correlated logit models. The applicability of the framework is demonstrated through an empirical analysis with German Mobidrive data.

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Aruna Sivakumar
Rand Europe-Cambridge, Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1YG, United Kingdom.
Chandra R. Bhat
Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1761, Austin, TX 78712-0278.

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