TI 2004-085/3
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper
An Indirect Utility Model of Multiple
Car Ownership and Use
Jan Rouwendal1
John Pommer2
1 Faculty
of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Tinbergen
Institute;
Connekt, Delft.
2
Tinbergen Institute
The Tinbergen Institute is the institute for
economic research of the Erasmus Universiteit
Rotterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, and Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam.
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