Ph.D.University of California,
Berkeley (Economics), 1977
M.A. University of California,
Berkeley (Economics), 1975
A.B. Harvard University (Economics),
1974
Employment
University of California, Berkeley (1979-present).
Current position:
Adjunct Professor Emeritus of
Economics and Public Policy
The Brattle Group (2019-present): Academic Advisor
National Economic Research Associates
(1998-2019): Vice President Xenergy,
Inc. (1994-1998): Senior Principal
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (1977-1994):
Principal and Vice-President
Professional
Service and Awards
Editor's Choice Award, for best article in Water Resources Research, 2012.
Richard Stone Prize in Applied Econometrics, for best article in 2000 and 2001 issues of Journal of Applied Econometrics.
Award for Best Energy Journal Paper, International Association of Energy Economists,
2002.
Research Advisory Committee, National
Regulatory Research Institute, 1997-1999.
Board of Directors, International
Telecommunications Society, 1988-1993.
Journal Committee, International
Telecommunications Society, 1988-1996.
Affiliated Faculty, Energy and
Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, 1984-present.
Planning Committee, Bi-Annual National
Conference on Energy Conservation Program Evaluation,
1985-1988.
Guest Editor, special issue on
automobile demand and energy use, Transportation Research,
1985.
Testimony in Federal Trade Commission vs. Swedish Match North America et al. on product market definition, 2000.
Testimony in Isuzu vs. Consumers Union
on extent of lost sales by Isuzu due to CU's statements about
the Trooper, 1999.
Testimony in Suzuki vs. Consumers
Union on extent of lost sales by Suzuki due to CU's recent
statements about the Samurai, 1999.
Testimony in Montana vs. ARCO, on
damages to anglers from reduced fish stocks, 1997.
Testimony before California Public
Utilities Commission, on the efficiency of Pacific Gas
and Electric Company's transmission and distribution
operations, 1998.
Testimony before California Public
Utilities Commission, Hearings on Universal Service
Funding, 1997.
Testimony before California Public
Utilities Commission, Hearings on IntraLATA Toll
Competition, 1992.
Testimony before U.S. Senate,
Subcommittee on Energy Regulation and Conservation,
Committee on Energy and National Resources, 1985.
Testimony before California Energy
Commission, Hearings on Transportation Demand and Fuel
Consumption, 1980.
Testimony before State Legislature of
Hawaii, Hearings on Urban Mass Transit, 1978.
Chair,Session of Endogeneity in Choice
Models, Invitational Choice Symposium, Estes Park, CO, 2004.
Chair, Session on Empirical Methods in Industrial Organization,
International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, April 2003.
Co-chair, Methodology Group, Invitational Choice
Symposium, Asilomar, June 2001.
Chair, Session on Transforming from a
Regulated to a Competitive Market, 12th Forecasting
Symposium of the Electric Power Research Institute,
Denver, 1999.
Chair, Session on Numerical Estimation
Methods for Dynamic Choice Processes, NSF Symposium on
Simulation and Estimation, Berkeley, 1994.
Chair, Session on Commercial Buildings:
Segments and Trends, Conference on Energy Conservation
Program Evaluation, Chicago, 1989.
Chair, Session on Demand Analysis:
Innovative Methods and Applications for
Telecommunications, Seventh International Conference of
the International Telecommunication Society, MIT, 1988.
Chair, expert panel to evaluate U.S.
Department of Energy work on transportation source
emissions related to acid precipitation, Washington, D.C.,
1988.
Chair, Session on Commercial Sector
Methodology, Conference on Energy Conservation Program
Evaluation, Chicago, 1987.
Chair, Session on Transportation
Demand Forecasting, Transportation Research Forum,
Atlanta, 1982.
Working Group, Markets for Energy
Efficiency, Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University,
1994-96.
Committee to Review Federal Estimates
of the Relationship of Vehicle Weight to Fatality and
Injury Risk, National Research Council, 1996.
Committee on Energy Conservation and
Transportation Demand, Transportation Research Board,
National Academy of Science, 1984-1993.
Committee on Passenger Travel Demand
Forecasting, Transportation Research Board, National
Academy of Science, 1985-1992.
Refereed Publications
BOOKS
McFadden, D. and K. Train, eds., Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods: A Comprehensive Critique,
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
Train, K., Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation,
Cambridge University Press, 2003. Second edition, 2009.
Spanish language version, translated by Carlos Ochoa, NetQuest, 2014.
Train, K., Optimal Regulation: The
Economic Theory of Natural Monopoly, MIT Press, 1991.
Japanese language version, translated by Prof. Tetsuzo
Yamamoto, Waseda University, and Prof. Tetsuo Kanesawa,
Risho University, published by Bunshido of Tokyo, 1998
Train, K., Qualitative Choice Analysis,
MIT Press, 1986.
ARTICLES
Ben-Akiva, M., D. McFadden, and K. Train, "Foundations of Stated Preference Elicitation: Consumer Behavior and Choice-based Conjoint Analysis, " Foundations and Trends in Econometrics, Vol. 10, Nos. 1-2, pp. 1-144, 2019.
Glasgow, G., and K. Train, "Lost Use-Value from Environmental Injury when Visitation Drops at Undamaged Sites," Land Economics, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 87-96, 2018.
Glasgow, G., and K. Train, "Reply to Comment on Lost Use-Value from Environmental Injury when Visitation Drops at Undamaged Sites," Land Economics, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 152-156, 2019.
McFadden, D. and K. Train, "INTRODUCTION," Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods: A Comprehensive Critique, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
Myers, K., G. Parsons, and K. Train, "Inadequate Response to Frequency of Payments in Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods, " in D. McFadden and K. Train, eds., Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods: A Comprehensive Critique, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, Chapter 3.
Hess, S. and K. Train, "Correlation and Scale in Mixed Logit Models," Journal of Choice Modelling, Vol. 23, pp. 1-8, 2017.
Falk, N., and K. Train,
"Patent Valuation with Forecasts of Forward Citations," Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Cost Analysis, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 101-122, 2017.
Train, K., "Mixed Logit with a Flexible Mixing Distribution," Journal of Choice Modelling, Vol. 19, pp. 40-53, 2016.
Hang, D., D. McFadden, K. Train, and K. Wise,
"Is Depreciation a Component of Marginal Travel Cost? A Literature Review and Empirical Analysis," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 50, Part 2,
2016.
Train, K.,
"Welfare Calculations in Discrete Choice Models when Anticipated and Experienced Attributes Differ: A Guide with Examples," Journal of Choice Modelling, Vol. 16, pp. 15-22, 2015.
Desvousges, W., K. Mathews and K. Train,
"An Adding-Up Test for Contingent Valuations of Lake and River Quality," Land Economics, Vol. 91, pp. 556-571, 2015
Hensher, D.A., N. Shore, and K. Train, "Willingness-to-Pay for
Residential Electricity Supply Quality and Reliability," Applied Energy, Vol. 115, pp. 280-292, 2014.
Desvousges, W., K. Mathews and K. Train,
"Adequate Responsiveness to Scope in Contingent Valuation," Ecological Economics,
Vol. 84, pp. 121-128, 2012.
Metcalfe, P., W. Baker, K. Andrews, G. Atkinson, I. J. Bateman,
S. Butler, R. T. Carson, J. East, Y. Guéron, R. Sheldon and K. Train,
"An Assessment of the Non-Market Benefits of the Water Framework Directive for
Households in England and Wales," Water Resources Research, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 2012.
Recipient of Editor’s Choice Award for 2012.
Daly, A., S. Hess, and K. Train,
"Assuring Finite Moments for Willingness to Pay in Random Coefficient Models,"
Transportation, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 19-31, 2011.
Train, K. and W. Wilson,
"Monte Carlo Analysis of SP-off-RP Data," Journal of Choice Modeling, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 101-117, 2009. http://www.jocm.org.uk.
Petrin, A. and K. Train,
"A Control Function Approach to Endogeneity in Consumer Choice Models," Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 3-13, 2010.
Train, K.,
"EM Algorithms for Nonparametric Estimation of Mixing Distributions," Journal of Choice Modeling, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 40-69, 2008, http://www.jocm.org.uk.
Scarpa, R., M. Thiene, and K. Train,
"Utility in Willingness to Pay Space: A Tool to Address the Counfounding Random Scale Effects in Destination Choice to the Alps," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 90, No. 4, pp. 994-1010, 2008.
Train, K., and C. Winston,
"Vehicle Choice Behavior and the Declining Market Share of U.S. Automakers," International Economic Review,
Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 1469-1496, 2007.
Train, K., and W. Wilson,
"Estimation on Stated-Preference Experiments Constructed from Revealed-Preference Choices,"
Transportation Research, Part B: Methodology, Vol. 42, pp. 191-203, 2008.
Train, K., and W. Wilson,
"Transportation Demand and Volume Sensitivity: A Study of Grain Shippers in the Upper Mississippi River Valley,"
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation
Research Board, Vol. 2062, pp. 66-73, 2008.
Train, K., and W. Wilson,
"Spatially Generated Transportation Demands," in
Research in Transportation Economics: Railroad Economics,
S. Dennis and W. Talley, eds., Vol. 20, pp. 97-118, 2007, Elsevier.
Hensher, D., N. Shore, and K. Train,
"Water Supply Security and Willingness to Pay to Avoid Drought
Restrictions," Economic Record, Vol. 82, pp. 56-66, 2006.
Train, K., and W. Wilson,
"Spatial Demand Decisions in the Pacific Northwest: Mode Choices and Market Areas,"
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation
Research Board, Vol. 1963, pp. 9-14, 2006.
Hensher, D., N. Shore, and K. Train,
"Households' Willingness to Pay for Water Service Attributes," Environmental and Resource
Economics, Vol. 32, pp. 509-531, 2005.
Hess, S., K. Train, and J. Polak,
"Use of a Modified Latin Hypercube Sampling
(MLHS) Method in the Estimation of a Mixed Logit Model of Vehicle Choice," Transportation Research Part B:
Methodology, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 147-167, 2006.
Train, K., and M. Weeks,"Discrete
Choice Models in Preference Space and
Willingness-to-Pay Space," Ch. 1, pp. 1-16, in Applications of Simulation Methods in Environmental and
Resource Economics, A. Alberini and R. Scarpa, eds., Springer Publisher: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2005.
Train, K., and G. Sonnier,"Mixed Logit with Bounded Distributions of
Correlated Partworths," Ch. 7, pp. 117-134, in Applications of Simulation Methods in Environmental and Resource
Economics, A. Alberini and R. Scarpa, eds., Springer Publisher: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2005.
Louviere, J., K. Train, et al.,
"Recent Progess on Endogeneity in Choice Modeling," Marketing
Letters, Vol. 16, No. 3-4,
pp. 255-265, 2005.
Sandor, Z., and K. Train, "Quasi-Random Simulation of Discrete Choice
Models," Transportation Research, Part B, Vol. 38, pp. 313-327, 2004.
Karaca-Mandic, P., and K. Train, "Standard Error Correction in Two-Stage Estimation with Nested Samples," Econometrics Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 401-407, 2003.
Huber, J., and K. Train, "On the
Similarity of Classical and Bayesian Estimates of Individual Mean
Partworths," Marketing Letters, Vol. 12, No. 3,
pp. 257-267, 2001.
Goett, D., K. Hudson, and K. Train, "Customer Choice Among Retail Energy Suppliers: The Willingness-to-Pay for Service Attributes," The Energy Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 1-28, 2000.
Brownstone, D., D. Bunch, and K. Train,
"Joint Mixed Logit Models of Stated and Revealed
Preferences for Alternative-Fuel Vehicles,"
Transportation Research, Vol. 34, Part B, pp. 315-338, 2000.
McFadden, D., and K. Train, "Mixed
MNL Models for Discrete Response," Journal of Applied
Econometrics, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 447-470, 2000.
Dippon, C., and K. Train, "The
Cost of the Local Telecommunication Network: A Comparison
of Minimum Spanning Trees and the HAI Model," Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2000.
Brownstone, D., and K. Train, "Forecasting
New Product Penetration with Flexible Substitution
Patterns," Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 89, No. 1,
pp. 109-129, 1999.
Cai, Y., I. Deilami, and K. Train,
"Customer Retention in a Competitive Power Market:
Analysis of a 'Double-Bounded Plus Follow-ups'
Questionnaire," The Energy Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2,
pp. 191-215, 1998.
Revelt, D., and K. Train, "Mixed
Logit with Repeated Choices: Households' Choices of
Appliance Efficiency Level," The Review of Economics
and Statistics, Vol. LXXX, No. 4, pp. 647-657, Nov. 1998.
Rufo, M., and K. Train, "Using
Choice Modeling to Understand Customer Preferences: A
Tale of Four Studies," in A. Faruqui and J.R. Malko,
eds., Profiting from the Challenge of Customer Choice,
Public Utility Reports, Inc., 1999.
Train, K., "Mixed Logit Models of
Recreation Demand," in C. Kling and J. Herriges, eds.,
Valuing the Environment Using Recreation Demand Models,
Elgar Press, 1999.
Train, K., "Recreation Demand
Models with Taste Differences over People," Land
Economics, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 230-239, May 1998.
Reprinted in Revealed Preference Approaches to Environmental Valuation:
Volume I, J. Herriges and C. Kling, Eds., Ashgate Publishing Limited,
2008.
Train, K., W. Davis, and M. Levine,
"Fees and Rebates on New Vehicles: Impacts on Fuel
Efficiency, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Consumer
Surplus," Transportation Research, Vol. 33E, No. 1,
pp. 1-13, 1997. Reprinted in Environmental Instruments
and Institutions, T. Tientenberg, K. Button, and P.
Nijkamp, Eds., Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2000.
McFadden, D., and K. Train, "Consumers'
Evaluation of New Products: Learning from Self and Others,"
Journal of Political Economy, 1996, Vol. 104, No. 4, pp.
683-703.
Train, K. and E. Paquette, "A
Discrete Choice Method to Estimate Free-Ridership, Net-to-Gross
Ratios, and the Effect of Program Advertising,"
Energy Services Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1995.
Train, K. and T. Atherton, "Rebates,
Loans, and Customers' Choice of Appliance Efficiency
Level: Combining Stated- and Revealed-Preference Data,"
Energy Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1995, pp. 55-69.
Train, K. and G. Mehrez, "Optional
Time-of-Use Prices for Electricity: Econometric Analysis
of Surplus and Pareto Impacts," RAND Journal of
Economics, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1994, pp. 263-283.
Train, K., "Self-Selecting
Tariffs under Pure Preferences Among Tariffs,"
Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 6, No. 3, 1994, pp.
247-262.
Train, K. and G. Mehrez, "The
Impacts of Optional Time-of-Use Prices: A Case Study,"
Energy and Buildings, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1995, pp. 267-278.
Train, K., "Estimation of Net
Savings from Energy Conservation Programs," Energy:
The International Journal, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1994, pp. 423-441.
Train, K., "Intra-LATA Toll
Elasticities," Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 17,
No. 9, 1993, pp. 707-714.
Train, K., "An Assessment of the
Accuracy of Statistically Adjusted Engineering (SAE)
Models of End-Use Load Curves," Energy: The
International Journal, Vol. 17, No. 7, 1992, pp. 713-725.
Miles-McLean, R., M Shelby, C. Lula, M
Sagan, and K. Train, "Comparison of Forecasts from
Aggregate and Disaggregate Models for Personal Vehicle
Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions," Energy: The
International Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1992, pp. 321-330..
Train, K., M. Ben-Akiva, and T.
Atherton, "Consumption Patterns and Self-Selecting
Tariffs," Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol.
71, No. 1, 1989, pp. 62-73.
Train, K. and N. Toyama, "Pareto
Dominance Through Self-Selecting Tariffs: The Case of TOU
Prices for Agriculture," Energy Journal, Vol. 10, No.
1, 1989, pp. 103-116.
Train, K., D. McFadden, and A. Goett,
"Consumer Attitudes and Voluntary Rate Schedules for
Public Utilities," Review of Economics and
Statistics, Vol. LXIX, No. 3, 1987, pp. 383-391.
Train, K., "Incentives for Energy
Conservation in the Commercial and Industrial Sectors,"
Energy Journal, Vol. 9, No.3, 1988, pp. 113-132.
Woo, C.-K. and K. Train, "The
Cost of Electric Power Interruptions to Commercial Firms,"
Energy Journal, Vol. 9, special issue on electricity
reliability, 1988, pp. 161-172.
Train, K., D. McFadden, and M. Ben-Akiva,
"The Demand for Local Telephone Service: A Fully
Discrete Model of Residential Calling Patterns and
Service Choices," Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 18,
No. 1, 1987, pp. 109-123.
Train, K. and P. Ignelzi, "The
Economic Value of Energy-Saving Investments by Commercial
and Industrial Firms," Energy: The International
Journal, Vol. 12, No. 7, 1987, pp. 543-553.
Train, K. and J. Strebel, "Energy
Conservation and Rebates in Commercial Food Enterprises,"
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 69, No.
1, 1987, pp. 106-114.
Caves, D., J. Herriges, K. Train, and
R. Windle, "A Bayesian Approach to Combining
Conditional Demand and Engineering Models of Electricity
Usage," Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol.
LXIX, No. 3, 1987, pp. 438-448.
Atherton, T., M. Ben-Akiva, D.
McFadden, and K. Train, "Micro-Simulation of Local
Residential Telephone Demand Under Alternative Service
Options and Rate Structures," in Telecommunications
Demand Modeling, ed. by A. de Fontenay, M. Shugard, and D.
Sibley, North-Holland Press, 1989.
Train, K., "A Structured Logit
Model of Auto Ownership and Mode Choice," Review of
Economic Studies, Vol. XLVII, pp. 357-370. Reprinted in Transportation Economics: Theory and Practice, edited by Patrick McCarthy, Blackwell Publishers, Ltd., 2000.
Train, K., P. Ignelzi, and M. Kumm,
"Evaluation of a Conservation Program for Commercial
and Industrial Customers," Energy: The International
Journal, Vol. 10, No. 10, 1985, pp. 1079-1088.
Train, K., et al., "The Billing
Cycle and Weather Variables in Models of Electricity
Sales," Energy: The International Journal,Vol 9, No.
11-12, 1984, pp. 1041-1047.
Train, K., "Optimal Transit
Prices under Increasing Returns to Scale and a Loss
Constraint," Journal of Transport Economics and
Policy, Vol. XI, No. 2, pp. 185-194.
Train, K., "Discount Rates in
Consumers' Energy-Related Decisions," Energy: The
International Journal, Vol. 10, No. 12, 1985, pp. 1243-1253. Reprinted in The Economics of Energy, edited by Paul Stevens, Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., 2000.
Train, K., J. Herriges, and R. Windle,
"Statistically Adjusted Engineering (SAE) Models of
End-Use Load Curves," Energy: The International
Journal, Vol. 10, No. 10, 1985, pp. 1103-1111.
Mannering, F. and K. Train, "Recent
Directions in Automobile Demand Modeling,"
Transportation Research, Vol. 19B, No. 4, 1985, pp. 265-274.
Mason, C. and K. Train, "A Route
Forecasting Model for the Portland Area," in T.
Keeler (ed.), Research in Transportation Economics, Vol.
II, Pergamon Press, 1985.
Train, K., "The Salt Lake City
Experiment with Short-Term Elimination of Transit Fares,"
Transportation, Vol. 10, 1981, pp. 185-199.
Train, K., "The Potential Demand
for Non-Gasoline-Powered Automobiles,"
Transportation Research, Vol. 14A, 1980, pp. 405-414.
Lave, C. and K. Train, "A
Disaggregate Model of Auto Type Choice,"
Transportation Research, Vol. 13A, 1979, pp. 1-9.
Train, K., "Consumers' Responses
to Fuel Efficient Vehicles," Transportation, Vol. 8,
1979, pp. 237-258.
Train, K., "A Comparison of the
Predictive Ability of Mode Choice Models with Various
Levels of Complexity," Transportation Research, Vol.
13A, 1979, pp. 11-16.
McFadden, D., K. Train, and W. Tye,
"An Application of Diagnostic Tests for the
Independence from Irrelevant Alternatives Property of the
Multinomial Logit Model," Transportation Research
Record, No. 637, 1978, pp. 39-46.
Train, K., "A Validation Test of
a Disaggregate Mode Choice Model," Transportation
Research, Vol. 12, 1978, pp. 167-174.
Train, K. and D. McFadden, "The
Goods/Leisure Tradeoff and Disaggregate Work Trip Mode
Choice Models," Transportation Research, Vol. 12,
1978, pp. 349-353. Reprinted in Urban Transport, P. Rietveld, K. Button
and P. Nijkamp, Eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001
Train, K., "The Sensitivity of
Parameter Estimates to Data Specification in Mode Choice
Models," Transportation, Vol. 7, 1978, pp. 301-309.
Published Reviews,
Comments, and Notes
"Reply to ‘On the adequacy of scope test results: Comments on Desvousges, Mathews, and Train,’” Ecological Economics, Volume 30, October 2016, pp. 361-362, with W. Desvousges and K. Mathews.
"Comment on ‘A revealed preference approach to valuing non-market recreational fishing losses from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’ and its ‘Corrigendum’ by Alvarez et al.," Journal of Environmental Management, forthcoming 2016.
"From Curious to Pragmatically Curious: Comment on ‘From Hopeless to Curious? Thoughts on Hausman’s “Dubious to Hopeless” Critique of Contingent Valuation’," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, forthcoming 2016, with W. Desvousges and K. Mathews.
"Review of Morey and Waldman's 'Measurement
Error in Recreation Demand Models,'" Journal of
Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 76-81, 2000, with D. McFadden and R. Johnson.
"Review of Dimensions of
Automobile Demand, by Hensher, Smith, Milthorpe, and
Bernard," Transportation Research, Vol, 28A, No. 4,
1994, pp.365-368.
"Using Discrete Choice Models to
Determine Free Ridership," Evaluation Exchange, Vol.
3, No. 1, Jan./Feb. 1993, pp. 12-14.
"The Seven Deadly Sins of DSM
Program Evaluations," with G. Weisbrod, Strategies,
Vol. 4, No. 1, 1993, p. 9.
"Review of J. Daniel Khazzoom, `An
Econometric Model Integrating Conservation Measures in
the Residential Demand for Energy'," Energy Journal,
Vol. 8, No. 3, 1987, pp. 159-60
"Review of Clifford Winston and
Associates, `Blind Intersection? Policy and the
Automobile'," Transportation Science, Vol. 22, No. 3,
1988, pp. 227-228.
"Comment on David Greene, `A Note
on Implicit Consumer Discounting of Automobile Fuel
Economy: Reviewing the Available Evidence',"
Transportation Research, Vol. 17B, No. 6, 1983, pp. 498.
Working Papers
"Foundations of Stated Preference Elicitation," with Moshe Ben-Akiva and Daniel McFadden
"Comments on Chapman et al. (2009): Inadequate Response to Scope while Passing the Scope Test "
"Recovery of Inter- and Intra-personal Heterogeneity using Mixed Logit Models," with Stephane Hess
"A Recursive Estimator for Random Coefficient Models"
"Transportation Demand for Grain Shipments: A Revealed and Stated Preference Approach," with
W. Wilson
"A Comparison of Hierarchical Bayes and Maximum Simulated
Likelihood for Mixed Logit."
"Customer-Specific Taste Parameters and Mixed Logit," with D. Revelt
"Halton Sequences for Mixed Logit."
"Simulation Methods for Probit and Related Models Based on
Convenient Error Partitioning."
"Pareto Superior Voluntary Time-of-Use
Prices."
Invited Lectures and Presentations of Refereed
Papers
"Mixed Logit and Adanced Methods of Choice Modeling," summer workshop at U. Bologna, June 2009.
"EM Algorithms for Nonparametric Estimation of Mixing Distributions," workshop at U. Bologna, July 2008; Haas School of Business, Berkeley, Sept. 2008.
"Discrete Choice Methods," workshop at American
Agricultural Economics annual meetings, Portland OR, August 2007.
"Estimation Strategies for
Discrete Choice Models," Invitational Choice Symposium, Wharton
School, June 2007.
"A Recursive Estimator for Random Coefficient Models,"
Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, April
2007.
"Estimation on Stated-Preference Experiments Constructed from
Revealed-Preference
Choices," Iowa State University, March, 2007;
Conference in Honor of Frank Koppelman, Northwestern
University, June, 2007; World Conference on Transportation
Research, Berkeley, June 2007.
"Transportation Demand for
Grain Shipments: A Revealed and Stated Preference Approach,"
Transportation Research Board meetings,
Washington, D.C., January, 2005.
"Recent Advances in Discrete Choice
Analysis," keynote address, Mexican Statistical Association meetings,
Monterrey MX, October 2004; American Agricultural Economics Association
Meetings, Denver, July, 2004.
"Vehicle Choice Behavior and the Declining Market Share of U.S. Automakers," Yale Department of Economics and School of Management, November 2004; Stanford Department of Economics, October 2004; New York University School of Business, March 2004; Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, May 2004.
"Mixed Logit with Bounded Distributions of Partworths." Conference on Assessing Customer Preferences, University College London, May 2003.
"Surveys for Intellectual Property Damage Calculation." International Law Seminars workshop on Calculating and Proving IP Damages, San Francisco, January 2003.
"Omitted Product Attributes in Discrete Choice Models." Haas School, Wharton School, Standford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Economics Department, Georgia Tech School of Economics, University of California-Irvine Economics Department, Cambridge University, American Economics Association Meetings, 2002-3.
"The Weakest Link: Who Gets Voted Off; Performance, Pride and Prejudice," 20th Annual International Communications Forecasting Conference, San Francisco, June 2002.
"Recent Advances in Discrete Choice Methods," 2nd World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Monterey, June 2002.
"Customer-Specific Taste Parameters and Mixed Logit," University of California, Irvine, November 2000, and University of California, Davis, May 2001.
"Customer Choice Among Telecommunications Products and Services," 18th Annual International Communications Forecasting Conference, Seattle, September 2000.
"Customer Choice Analysis: Modeling, Estimating, and Forecasting," Symposium on Market Research for New Energy Products and Services, San Francisco, June 2000.
"On Classical Estimation of Customer-Level Partworths," 11th Annual Advanced Research Techniques Forum, American Marketing Association, Monterey, June 2000.
"Estimating Partworths for Individual Customers," Sawtooth Conference on Market Research Methods, Hilton Head, March 2000.
"Mixed Logit: The New Frontier,"
12th Forecasting Symposium, Electric Power Research
Institute, Denver, April 1999.
"The Cost of the Local
Telecommunication Network: A Comparison of Minimum
Spanning Trees and the HAI Model," National
Telecommunications Forecasting Conference, Arlington VA,
October 1998.
"Assessing the Value of Brands
and Product Attributes," Seminar on Property Rights,
Palo Alto, CA, July 1998.
"Mixed Logit: An Overview with
Applications," NSF Symposium on Eliciting
Preferences, Berkeley, July 1997.
"Customer Choice in
Telecommunications," two-day workshop given in
conjunction with the International Communications
Forecasting Conference, San Francisco, June, 1997.
"Advanced Topics in Choice
Modeling," five lectures given at MIT's workshop on
choice modeling, Cambridge, June, 1997.
"Qualitative Choice Analysis of
Energy Decisions," two-day workshop given at the U.S.
Energy Information Administration, Washington, D.C., July,
1996.
"Incentives for Appliance
Efficiency in a Competitive Energy Industry: An
Application of Random-Parameters Logit," presented
at American Economic Association meetings, San Francisco,
January, 1996, and the summer study meetings of the
American Council for and Energy Efficient Economy,
Asilomar CA, August 1996.
"Econometrics for a Competitive
Age," keynote address at the 13th Annual
International Communications Forecasting Conference,
Toronto, June 1995.
"The Design and Impact of
Feebates," presented at American Economic
Association meetings, Washington DC, January 1995, and at
Transportation Research Board meetings, Washington DC,
January 1995.
Estimation of Net Savings for Rebate
Programs: A Three-Option Nested Logit Approach,"
ACEEE 1994 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings,
published in Resource Planning Methodologies, Vol. 7 of
proceedings, pp. 7.239-7.247, co-authored with S. Buller,
B. Mast, K. Parikh, and E. Paquette.
"A Unified Approach to Estimation
of the Free-Ridership and Spillover Components of Net
savings," ACEEE 1994 Summer Study on Energy
Efficiency in Buildings, published in Measurement and
Evaluation, Vol. 8 of proceedings, pp. 8.163-8.170, co-authored
with E. Paquette and S. Buller.
"Modeling Technology Adoption and
DSM Program Participation Decisions," ACEEE 1994
Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, published
in Human Dimensions of Energy Consumption, Vol. 1 of
proceedings, pp. 1.9-1.17, co-authored with S. Buller, G.
Weisbrod, and R. Barnes.
"A Model of Appliance Efficiency
Choice Using Stated- and Revealed-Preference Data,"
ACEEE 1994 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings,
published in Resource Planning Methodologies, Vol. 7 of
proceedings, pp. 7.1-7.11, co-authored with T. Atherton,
C. Chen, and R. Ridge.
"Households' Choices of
Efficiency Levels for Appliances: Using Stated- and
Revealed-Preference Data to Identify the Importance of
rebates and Financing Arrangements," Sixth Biennial
Marketing Research Symposium, Los Angeles, November 1994.
Published in Proceedings volume, with co-author T.
Atherton.
"A New Frontier in Program
Evaluation: The Measurement of Spillover Benefits,"
Third International Energy Efficiency and DSM Conference,
Vancouver, November 1994, with co-authors G. Weisbrod, C.
Chen, and M. Brown.
"Estimation of Net Savings for
Rebate Programs: A Three-Option Nested Logit Approach,"
paper presented at 1994 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency
in Buildings, American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy, August-September 1994. Published in the
Proceedings volume, with co-authors S. Buller, B. Mast, E.
Paquette, and K. Parikh.
"A Model of Appliance Efficiency
Choice Using Stated and Revealed Preference Data,"
Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, August-September
1994. Published in the Proceedings volume, with co-authors
T. Atherton, C. Chen, and R. Ridge.
"Modeling Technology Adoption and
DSM Program Participation Decisions," Summer Study
on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, American Council for
an Energy-Efficient Economy, August-September 1994.
Published in the Proceedings volume, with co-authors S.
Buller, G. Weisbrod, and R. Barnes.
"A Unified Approach to the
Estimation of the Free-Ridership and Spillover Components
of Net Savings," paper presented at 1994 Summer
Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, American Council
for an Energy-Efficient Economy, August-September 1994.
Published in the Proceedings volume, with co-authors E.
Paquette and S. Buller.
"Feebates: Estimated Impacts on
Vehicle Fuel Economy, Fuel Consumption, CO-2 Emissions,
and Consumer Surplus," Conference on Transportation
and Energy Strategies for a Sustainable Transportation
System, Asilomar, CA., August 1993.
"Short-Haul Toll Elasticities:
Estimates from a Fully Discrete Model," National
Telecommunications Demand Study meetings, San Diego,
December 1992, and National Telecommunications
Forecasting Conference, Crystal City, VA, June 1993.
"Tha Environmental and Economic
Impacts of Increased Fuel Efficiency in the Personal
Transportation Sector," POWER Conference on the
Economics of Energy Conservation, June 1992. Published as
UC Energy Institute Report PCP001, with co-authors C.
Lula, A. Cristofaro, M. Shelby, and R. Miles-Mclean.
"Optional Time-of-Use Prices for
Electricity," Camp Econometrics, Marshall, CA,
February 1992, with co-author G. Mehrez.
"Personal Vehicle Energy
Consumption and CO2 Emissions," International
Association of Energy Economists Annual Conference,
Honolulu, July 1991.
"Evaluation of Demand-Side
Management Programs: Methods and Issues," Workshop
on Energy Planning, California Institute for Energy
Efficiency, Napa, June 1990.
"Customers' Choices Among Service
Offering: Recent Advances in Theory and Econometrics,"
Conference on Telecommunications Demand Analysis, Hilton
Head, April 1990.
"Self-Selecting Tariffs under
Pure Preferences Among Tariffs," Conference on
Telecommunications Demand Analysis, Hilton Head, April
1990.
"Impact Evaluation of Project
HELP: Direct Weatherization for Low-Income, Elderly, and
Handicapped Customers," Conference on Energy
Conservation Program Evaluation, Chicago, August 1989.
"The Impact of Audits on
Customers' Decisions to Take Conservation Actions,"
Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, American
Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, August 1988.
"Mandatory versus Optional
Measured Rates for Local Telephone Service,"
Advanced Workshop in Regulation and Public Utility
Economics, Monterey, CA., July 1988.
"Voluntary Time-of-Use Rates for
Electricity," workshop in Load Management, Tel Aviv,
June 1988.
"Meeting Competition for Intra-LATA
Toll Calls: Extended Area Services,"
Telecommunications Demand Analysis Forum, Key Biscayne,
January, 1988.
"Empirical Methods for
Identifying the Relation Between Households' Calling
Patterns and the Choice of Service,"
Telecommunications Demand Analysis Forum, Key Biscayne,
January 1988, with co-authors M. Ben-Akiva and T.
Atherton.
"Managing Service Reliability:
Options for Welfare Improvements and Pareto Dominance,"
International Association of Energy Economists, San
Francisco, September 1987.
"Combined Engineering/Statistical
Methods for Estimating End-Use Load Shapes,"
Workshop on Residential End-use Loads, Sponsored by
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the California Energy
Commission, Berkeley, September 1987.
"Discrete/Continuous Models,"
Department of Civil Engineering, MIT, June 1987.
"Net Savings from A Rebate
Program for Commercial and Industrial Customers,"
Conference on Energy Conservation Program Evaluation,
Chicago, August 1987.
"The Impact of the Auditor on
Conservation Implementation," Conference on Energy
Conservation Program Evaluation, Chicago, August 1987.
"Analysis of Interrelated Choices:
GEV and Discrete/Continuous Models," Bell
Communications Research course on Qualitative Choice
Analysis, Morristown, NJ, September 1986.
"Discrete Choice Models of
Telecommunications Demand," Seminar on Qualitative
Choice Analysis, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT,
August 1985, June 1986, and June 1987.
"Energy Conservation in
Commercial Food Preparation and Sales," Annual
Meeting of the American Association of Agricultural
Economists, Reno, August 1986.
"Consumer Attitudes and
Econometric Models of Choice," Conference on
Marketing Research, American Marketing Association, Oahu,
Hawaii, March 1986.
"The Demand For Local Telephone
Service: The Interrelation of Calling Patterns and
Service Option Choices," Telecommunications Demand
Modeling Conference, New Orleans, October 1985, co-athored
with D. McFadden and M. Ben-Akiva.
"Rebates for Energy Savings
Equipment in the Commercial and Industrial Sectors,"
Second National Conference on Energy Conservation Program
Evaluation, Chicago, August 1985.
"Patterns of Automobile Demand
and Fuel Consumption", Transportation-Energy
Research Symposium, Marin, CA, April 1985.
"Qualitative Choice Analysis of
Telecommunications Demand," Telecommunications
Modeling Conference, Chicago, IL, September 1984.
"Weather Normalization of
Electricity Sales," Symposia on Energy Demand and
Conservation Research, Arlington, VA, May 1983, Denver,
July 1983, and Seattle, July 1984.
"Combined Engineering/Econometric
Methods for Estimating End-Use Load Curves,"
Symposium on Energy Demand and Conservation Research,
Seattle, July 1984.
"Estimating End-Use Load Shapes
as Functions of Customer Characteristics, Dwelling Types,
and the Weather," Symposium on Energy Demand and
Conservation Research, Denver, July 1983.
"Methods for Weather Normalizing
Energy Data," Western States Load Research Group,
Portland 1982.
"Vehicle Ownership and Usage: An
Integrated System of Disaggregate Demand Models,"
Sixty-First Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research
Board, Washington, DC, January 1982.
"Forecasting Systems for Energy
Consumption for Personal Transportation," Hearing on
Scenarios and Transportation Demand, California Energy
Commission, Sacramento, CA, September 1980.
"A Probabilistic Choice Approach
to Residential Demand for Long-Distance Telephone
Services," Third International Conference on
Analysis Forecasting and Planning for Public Utilities,
Fontainebleau, France, June 1980, co-authored with D.
McFadden.
"Consumer Acceptance of Electric
Vehicles," Workshop on Energy Storage Systems for
Automobile Propulsion, Department of Energy, Washington,
DC, June 1979.
"The Potential Demand for Non-Gasoline-Powered
Automobiles," Fifty-Eight Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January
1979.
"A Disaggregate Model of Auto
Type Choice," General Motors Research Laboratory,
Warren, MI, November 1978.
"The Demand for Special
Performance Vehicles," Seminar on Energy Storage
Systems for Automobile Propulsion, Brookhaven Labs, Long
Island, August 1978.
"Exploring the HART Patronage
Projections," Seminar on Urban Mass Transit,
Honolulu, January 1978.
"A Validation Test of a Mode
Choice Model," Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Forum, Atlanta, March 1977.
Selected Reports
Train, K., and W. Wilson,
Transportation Demands in the Columbia-Snake River Basin,,
report to the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, March 2006.
Train, K., and W. Wilson, Shippers'
Responses to Changes in Transportation Rates and Times,
report to the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, November 2004.
Train, K., and colleagues, Customers' Willingness to Pay for Attributes of Electricity, Gas, and Water Service, report to ACTEW Corporation and ACTEWAGL, June 2003.
Train, K., and K. Hudson, The Impact of Information on Vehicle Choices and the Demand for Electric Vehicles in California, report to Toyota and General Motors, September 2000.
Train, K., and A. Selting, The Effect of Price on Residential Customer Choice in Competitive Retail Energy Markets: Evidence from Specific Markets to Date, Edison Electric Institute Report, March 2000.
Selting, A., and K. Train, Projecting
Market Share for Energy-Related Offerings, Electric Power
Research Institute Report, December 1998.
Train, K., "Net Savings
Estimation," chapter 5 of Performance Impacts:
Evaluation Methods for the Nonresidential Sector,
Electric Power Research Institute Report TR-105845,
December 1995.
Davis, W., M. Levine, and K. Train,
Effects of Feebates on Vehicle Fuel Economy, Carbon
Dioxide Emissions, and Consumer Surplus, U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of Policy, report DOE/PO-0031, February
1995.
Train, K. et al., End-Use Load Shape
Estimation: Methods and Validation, Electric Power
Research Institute Report No. CU-7127, 1990.
Train, K. and D. Dagang, Evaluation of
the Commercial Incentives Pilot Program, report to
Bonneville Power Administration, 1990.
Train, K. and D. Dagang, Evaluation of
the Commercial Audit Program, report to Bonneville Power
Administration, 1988.
Train, K., and J. Strebel, Net Savings
from Audit and Hardware Rebate Programs in the Commercial
and Industrial Sectors, report to Southern California
Edison, 1986.
Train, K., et al., Weather
Normalization of Electricity Sales, Electric Power
Research Institute Report No. EA-3134, 1983.
Train, K., J. Herriges, and R. Windle,
Combined Engineering/Statistical Approaches to Estimating
End-Use Load Shapes, Electric Power Research Institute
Report EA-4310, 1985.
Train, K., California Personal Vehicle
Energy Demand Model, report to the California Energy
Commission, 1983.
McFadden, D., and K. Train,
Determinants of the Residential Demand for Long Distance
Telephone Service, report to AT&T, 1980.
Project Experience
Statistical Consultant. Self-selection in energy efficiency program evaluation. For Pacific Gas and Electric Company (2016-2017.)
Statistical Consultant. Modeling of consumer welfare from ingredient labels. For Coke (2016).
Statistical Consultant. Damages from lost recreation opportunities that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. On behalf of defendant BP, in re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Case No. 2:10-md-02179. (2011-2016).
Statistical Consultant. Natural resource damage assessment. For various clients. (2008-present.)
Statistical Consultant. Evaluation of the Smart Pricing Options. For Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (2013-2014.)
Statistical Consultant. Modeling outcomes of multi-competitor events. For consortium of investors (2008-present).
Statistical Consultant. Estimating the potential uptake of electric vehicles in the UK. For the Energy Technologies Institute. (2010-2011.)
Statistical Consultant. Estimating the demand for vehicles and the impact of alternative policies on households’ vehicle holdings by CO2 level. For MEEDDAT, the French Department of Ecology, Energy. Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning (2008-2009.)
Statistical Consultant. Estimating the impact of fees and rebates on households’ vehicle holdings by CO2 level. For MEEDDAT, the French Department of Ecology, Energy. Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning, (2008-2009.)
Statistical Consultant. Analysis of consumer choice among cigarette brands. For the Office of the Attorney General, New York State (2007-2010.)
Principal Investigator. Assessing
shipper
behavior and benefits from
improved waterway transportation systems. For the Institute for Water
Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2003-6).
Principal Investigator. Forecasting demand for new vehicles. For Nissan
(2004-5).
Statistical Consultant. Customers'
willingness to pay for water service attributes. For Thames Water
(2005-6).
Statistical Consultant. Demand for new
pharmaceutical products and consumers' valuation of product attributes.
For Pfizer (2005-6).
Principal Investigator. Statistical analysis of mortgage application and pricing
data for fair lending compliance. For WMC Direct (2004-5).
Statistical Consultant. Measuring
substitution among wireline, wireless, VoIP, and
cable telephony services. For Sprint (2004).
Principal Investigator. Assessing customers' willingness to pay for
attributes of electricity, gas, and water service. For ACTEW Corporation and ACTEWAGL, Australia (2002-3).
Statistical Consultant. Demand for cable and satellite TV services. For
Echostar (2002).
Statistical Consultant. Customers' willingness to pay for attributes of water service. For Yorkshire Water Service (2002-3).
Statistical Consultant. Analysis of Hilton Honors point system. For Hilton (2001-3).
Principal Investigator. Measuring changes in quality of telecommunication services. For Verizon (2002).
Expert Witness. Defining the product market for smokeless tobacco products. For Swedish Match (2000).
Principal Investigator. Procedures for valuing intellectual property for insurance purposes. For
Marsh & McLennan Companies (2000).
Expert Witness. Defining the product market for bread for the proposed merger of Metz and Earthgrains. For the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (2000).
Principal Investigator. Assessing the market demand for electric and hybrid vehicles. For Toyota and General Motors (2000).
Principal Investigator. Forecasting
market shares in a competitive energy environment. For
the Electric Power Research Institute (1998-1999).
Expert Witness. Assessment of damages
to Isuzu from Consumers Union's statements about the
Trooper. For Consumers Union (1999).
Expert Witness. Assessment of damages
to Suzuki from Consumers Union's statements about the
Samurai. For Consumers Union (1999).
Statistical Consultant. Market
definition for health insurance products in antitrust
analysis of proposed merger of Aetna and Prudential
Health. For Aetna (1999).
Expert Witness. Measuring the
efficiency of transmission and distribution operations.
For Pacific Gas and Electric Company (1998).
Principal Investigator. Demand for
alternative fueled vehicles and impacts on travel
patterns. For the University of California Office of the
President (1998-1999).
Statistical Consultant. Weather
adjustment of electricity sales. For the Electric Power
Research Institute and Tennessee Valley Authority (1998-1999).
Statistical Consultant. Customer
choice of supplier in a competitive energy environment.
For a consortium of energy utilities (1996-1998.)
Expert Witness. Universal service
funding in a competitive telecommunications environment.
For GTE (1997).
Principal Investigator. Development
and application of improved models of customer choice.
For California Advisory Committee on Demand-Side
Management (1996-1997).
Expert Witness. Assessment of damage
to anglers of river pollution. For ARCO (1995-1997).
Principal Investigator. Simulation
study of net savings estimation methods. For California
Advisory Committee on Demand-Side Management (1994-1995).
Expert Witness. Price elasticities for
intraLATA telecommunication services. For GTE (1991-1993).
Advisor. Feebate policies to improve
average fuel efficiency of new cars and trucks. For the U.S.
Department of Energy (1991-1994).
Advisor. Impact evaluation of demand
side management programs. For Boston Edison, Niagara
Mohawk Power Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
Puget Power, Northeast Utilities, and Southern California
Edison (1991-1995).
Principal Investigator. Empirical
analysis of self-selecting tariffs. For the University-wide
Energy Research Group (1991-1994).
Principal Investigator. Econometric
analysis of customers' choice between time-of-use and
standard rates for electricity. For the California
Institute for Energy Efficiency (1990-1991).
Principal Investigator. Policies to
mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in personal vehicle
transportation. For the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (1990-1991).
Principal Investigator. Evaluation of
an incentives program for energy conservation by firms.
For Bonneville Power Administration (1989-1991).
Principal Investigator. Highway
electrification: options and impacts. For the Southern
California Association of Governments (1989-1990).
Principal Investigator. The value of
service reliability. For the Electric Power Research
Institute (1987-89).
Principal Investigator. Savings from a
weatherization program for low-income households. For
Pacific Gas and Electric (1988).
Principal Investigator. Evaluation of
"Bright Ideas for Business" program for energy
conservation. For Wisconsin Power and Light (1987-88).
Principal Investigator. Evaluation of
an energy conservation program for agricultural firms.
For Wisconsin Utility Association (1987-88).
Principal Investigator. Acid
precipitation and transportation policies. For Argonne
National Laboratory (1987-88).
Principal Investigator. Evaluation of
an energy audit program for commercial buildings. For
Bonneville Power Administration (1986-88).
Principal Investigator. Analysis of
service choice and local calling patterns under
alternative rates. For Pennsylvania Bell (1986-1987).
Principal Investigator. Estimation of
electricity outage costs for commercial and industrial
customers. For Pacific Gas and Electric Company (1986-87).
Principal Investigator. Design of
regulatory mechanisms to handle excess capacity and by-pass.
For Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (1986-87).
Principal Investigator. Impact of time-of-use
rates for agricultural customers. For Pacific Gas and
Electric Co. (1986-87).
Principal Investigator. Net savings
from audit and rebate programs for commercial and
industrial firms. For Southern California Edison (1984-86).
Principal Investigator. Analysis of
the persistence of audit-induced energy savings. For
Southern California Edison (1983-84).
Principal Investigator. Estimation of
energy utilization indices for commercial buildings. For
Southern California Edison (1983-84).
Principal Investigator. Identification
of end-use load shapes using a joint engineering/econometric
approach. For the Electric Power Research Institute (1983-84).
Principal Investigator. Impact
assessment of a rebate program for energy conservation in
the commercial and industrial sectors. For Southern
California Edison (1983).
Principal Investigator. Development of
methods for weather normalization of energy data. For the
Electric Power Research Institute (1980-84).
Principal Investigator. Estimation and
implementation of auto purchase and use model for
California. For the California Energy Commission (1981-83).
Principal Investigator. Identification
of the factors affecting telecommunication customers'
choices among long-distance services, including WATS,
SPRINT, EXECUNET, and so on. For GTE (1981).
Project Manager. Development of a
simplified method for transit route forecasting. For Tri-Met,
Portland (1980-1981).
Project Manager. Analysis of the
impact of a one month period of off-peak fare elimination
for transit in Salt Lake City. For the Utah Transit
Authority (1979-1980).
Project Manager. Econometric analysis
of the effect of uncertainty on the rate at which
electric utilities adopt cost-saving innovations. For the
Electric Power Research Institute (1979-1980).
Project Manager. Analysis of consumers'
responses to safety features on automobiles. For the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (1980).
Project Manager. Econometric demand
analysis of telecommunications services, including long-distance
service, WATS, and private lines. For American Telephone
and Telegraph Company (1977-1979).
Project Manager. Evaluation of demand
models for electricity and natural gas. For Pacific Gas
and Electric Company (1978).
Project Manager. Forecasting demand
for electric and other non-gasoline-powered vehicles. For
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (1978).
Advice on the development of a model
system for travel behavior in the Portland region. For
Columbia Region Association of Governments (1977-1978).
Examination of the patronage forecasts
for Honolulu's proposed rapid rail transit system. For
State Legislature of Hawaii (1977-1978).
Examination of Metropolitan
Transportation Commission's forecasting system to
determine sources of error. For the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission of the San Francisco Bay Area (1977).
Econometric analysis of the demand for
travel by auto, bus, and rail in urban areas. For the
National Science Foundation (1974-1977).
Development of a methodology for
specifying and estimating a model of the markets for new
and used automobiles. For Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (1976).
Econometric analysis of households'
choices of which make of auto to buy. For Energy Research
and Development Administration (1976).
Estimation of supply and demand models
of the energy sector of the U.S. economy. For Data
Resources, Inc. (1974).
Econometric analysis of the demand for
hospital care in British National Health Service
Hospitals. Sponsored by the Committee on Western European
Studies, Harvard University (1973).
Data collection and analysis for a
study of the relation between accounting methods and
security prices. For Harvard Business School (1971-1974).
Collection of data on foreign
corporations for a study of the relation between
financial power and security prices. For Department of
Economics, Harvard University (1971).
