Department of Economics

California State University, Long Beach

Seiji S.C. Steimetz

Research Interests

Transportation Economics, Environmental Economics, Urban Economics,

Applied Econometrics

 

Publications

· “Spatial Hedonics and the Willingness to Pay for Residential Amenities” (with Kenneth A. Small), Journal of Regional Science, forthcoming.

· “The Impact of Traffic Images on Travel-Time Valuation in Stated-Preference Choice Experiments” (with L.I. Rizzi and J.P. Limonado), Transportmetrica, forthcoming.

· “Spatial Multipliers in Hedonic Analysis: a Comment on ‘Spatial Hedonic Models of Airport Noise, Proximity, and Housing Prices’”, Journal of Regional Science (50), 995-998, 2010.

· “White-Knuckle Externalities”, Economic Inquiry (47), 304-316, 2009

· “Defensive Driving and the External Costs of Accidents and Travel Delays”, Transportation Research Part B (42), 703-724, 2008 (lead article)

· “Estimating Commuters’ ‘Value of Time’ with Noisy Data: a Multiple Imputation Approach” (with David Brownstone), Transportation Research Part B (39), 865-889, 2005 (lead article)

· “Bubbles”, in David R. Henderson, ed., The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, 2nd Edition, Liberty Fund, 2008.

· “Congestion Pricing Theory”, in Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp, and Henry Vega (eds.), A Dictionary of Transport Analysis, London: Edward Elgar, forthcoming.

 

Current Working Papers and Projects

· “Simulation Methods for Testing the Statistical Significance of Travel-Time Valuation Estimates from Discrete-Choice Models with Random Parameters” (with Luis I. Rizzi)

· “Evaluating the Efficiency of Traffic Mitigation Fees at the San Pedro Bay Ports”, Research Grant, METRANS Transportation Center ($65,130)

· “Accident Rates and Safety Policies for Trucks Serving the San Pedro Bay Ports”, Research Grant, METRANS Transportation Center ($78,441).