Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/287433 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Transportation [ISSN:] 1572-9435 [Volume:] 49 [Issue:] 6 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1683-1714
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes in a large-scale field experiment (N = 1425) whether gift vouchers stimulate the use of a demand responsive transportation (DRT) system. This scenario is compared to a situation where customers receive environmental certificates, which report the saved carbon dioxide as a consequence of the bus ride. In our two treatments, the gift vouchers and the environmental certificates could be gained by reaching to a certain threshold of rides with the DRT service (EcoBus). We find that the demand went up more by gift vouchers (83%) compared to certificates (65%). The data show that vouchers especially outperform the certificates at the end of the treatment phase.
Subjects: 
Demand responsive transport
Field experiment
Incentive effects
JEL: 
C93
D12
D83
D91
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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