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dc.contributor.authorDavidov, Eldadde
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-20T18:07:00Zde
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-29T22:13:13Z
dc.date.available2012-08-29T22:13:13Z
dc.date.issued2007de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/6578
dc.description.abstractIt is often assumed that habits constitute an important component in human behavior. However, since the beginning of the century many sociologists have overlooked their role in explaining behavior. In this article we are testing empirically the completeness of an economic model made by Stigler and Becker to explain the effect of habit on behavior in a new context. According to the model habits are economically efficient in many cases. However, when an individual is faced with a permanent change in the environment, behavior is not determined by habits, but by the amount invested in information on the best options. We collected data from a field experiment on travel-mode choice with an intervention program to change the behavior of people moving to a new town. The intervention included information on available public transportation. Habit was measured by the subject's judgments of the likelihood that using public transport will take place in different kinds of situations. Theory was confirmed by the empirical data: there was no effect of habits on behavior in the new context. People in the intervention group used public transportation more often. However, search for information prior to the move had no effect. Some socio-economic variables had an additional effect on behavior in contrast to theory. People with a car at their disposal and those with higher education used the car more often.en
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcSociology & anthropologyen
dc.subject.ddcSoziologie, Anthropologiede
dc.subject.otherHabits
dc.subject.otherTravel
dc.subject.otherPublic Transportation
dc.subject.otherAutomobiles
dc.subject.otherChoices
dc.subject.otherEconomic Factors
dc.titleExplaining habits in a new context: the case of travel-mode choiceen
dc.source.journalRationality and Societyde
dc.source.volume19de
dc.publisher.countryGBR
dc.source.issue3de
dc.subject.classozSociology of Trafficen
dc.subject.classozAllgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologiede
dc.subject.classozGeneral Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theoriesen
dc.subject.classozVerkehrssoziologiede
dc.subject.thesozVerkehrsmittelde
dc.subject.thesozmeans of transporten
dc.subject.thesozbehavioren
dc.subject.thesozpublic transporten
dc.subject.thesozInformationsverhaltende
dc.subject.thesozutilizationen
dc.subject.thesozVerhaltensänderungde
dc.subject.thesozbehavior modificationen
dc.subject.thesozÖffentlicher Personennahverkehrde
dc.subject.thesozNutzungde
dc.subject.thesozchoice of means of transporten
dc.subject.thesozrational choice theoryen
dc.subject.thesozinformation-seeking behavioren
dc.subject.thesozRational-Choice-Theoriede
dc.subject.thesozVerkehrsmittelwahlde
dc.subject.thesozVerhaltende
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-65784de
dc.date.modified2009-11-23T10:05:00Zde
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitungde
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Worksen
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dc.subject.methodsempirischde
dc.subject.methodsempirisch-quantitativde
dc.subject.methodsempiricalen
dc.subject.methodsquantitative empiricalen
dc.description.pubstatusPreprintde
dc.description.pubstatusPreprinten
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