TY - JOUR
T1 - Monetary values of freight transport quality attributes
T2 - A sample of Tanzanian firms
AU - Zamparini, Luca
AU - Layaa, John
AU - Dullaert, Wout
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - This paper presents the findings of a stated preference research conducted in Tanzania (East Africa). The objective of the survey was to determine the relative importance as well as monetary values attached to freight transport quality attribute by shippers in this region. In-depth interviews with the logistic managers of companies that produce and ship goods were conducted. The freight transport quality attributes considered in this survey were flexibility, frequency, loss and damage, reliability, and transit time. The monetary values of these attributes have been computed as willingness to pay for their improvement as well as willingness to accept compensation for a decrease in their quality. The results show that shippers in this region consider travel time, loss and damage and frequency as the most important quality attributes. This may have relevant implications for the infrastructural transport policies to be implemented in the country.
AB - This paper presents the findings of a stated preference research conducted in Tanzania (East Africa). The objective of the survey was to determine the relative importance as well as monetary values attached to freight transport quality attribute by shippers in this region. In-depth interviews with the logistic managers of companies that produce and ship goods were conducted. The freight transport quality attributes considered in this survey were flexibility, frequency, loss and damage, reliability, and transit time. The monetary values of these attributes have been computed as willingness to pay for their improvement as well as willingness to accept compensation for a decrease in their quality. The results show that shippers in this region consider travel time, loss and damage and frequency as the most important quality attributes. This may have relevant implications for the infrastructural transport policies to be implemented in the country.
KW - Freight transport
KW - Infrastructural investments
KW - Monetary values
KW - Quality attributes
KW - Stated preference
KW - Tanzania
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.01.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79959824374
SN - 0966-6923
VL - 19
SP - 1222
EP - 1234
JO - Journal of Transport Geography
JF - Journal of Transport Geography
IS - 6
ER -