[ECON20141707]

国民经济学Seminar

 
    国民经济学Seminar由中国人民大学国民经济管理系主办，其宗旨是从国民经济管理的视角，构建一个开放的学术交流平台，推动研究与教学工作。
　　　

    时间：2014年10月14日（周二）中午12:00—13:30

    地点：明德主楼729会议室

    主讲：谢伦裕 老师
    主题：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. 　　

演讲者介绍： 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. 

    有兴趣参与的老师或同学，可与丁守海教授联系（dingshouhai@163.com）。
 
中国人民大学经济学院 2014年10月8日