Abstract

This paper analyzes how residence location choice is influenced by substantial changes in transport costs in Switzerland. Given different price regimes, a stated preference experiment combined two residence location situations and corresponding mobility tools as selected by the respondent in a prior stated adaption experiment. Overall, the results suggest a high averseness against moving away from the current type of residence location. The willingness to pay before moving to a more central place that causes less car costs ranges for an average income lies between 463 CHF/month in the case of a residential location change from the agglomeration to the urban area and 2040 CHF/month in the case of moving from the rural area to the city centre. In addition, differences in the valuation of housing, car and public transport costs are identified whereas car cost are generally the least negatively valued. The perception of these costs is also income dependent: the higher the household’s income, the lower the valuation of costs.

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