May, 2009
DAVID BROWNSTONE, Professor of Economics
Department of
Economics
Telephone: (949) 824-6231
3151 Social Science
Plaza
EMAIL: dbrownst@uci.edu
Academic Positions
1999-
Professor of Economics,
1992-99
Associate Professor of Economics,
1984-92
Assistant Professor of Economics,
1982-89
Senior Research Fellow, The Industrial Institute for Economic and Social
Research,
1982-84
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,
1980-81 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden (Fall and Summer)
1979-82
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,
Current Working Papers (Adobe acrobat files are available if underlined)
“Key Relationships Between the Built Environment and VMT.” Draft report submitted to the Transportation Research Board Committee for the Study on the Relationships Among Development Patterns, Vehicle Miles Traveled, and Energy, September, 2008.
“A Vehicle Ownership and Utilization Choice Model With Endogenous Residential Density” (with H. Fang), May, 2009.
“The Impacts of Allowing Hybrid Vehicles and Solo Toll-Paying Vehicles in Existing High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes” (with W. Recker and C. Breiland), paper presented at International Association of Travel Behavior Modeling conference, Kyoto, Japan, August, 2006.
Publications (Working paper versions in Adobe acrobat files are available if underlined)
(P33) “The Impact of Residential Density on Vehicle Usage and Energy Consumption” (with T. Golob), Journal of Urban Economics, 65, pp. 91-98, 2009.
(P32) “Risk, uncertainty and discrete choice models” ( with A. de Palma, M. Ben-Akiva, C. Holt, T. Magnac, D. McFadden, P. Moffatt, N. Picard, K. Train, P. Wakker and J. Walker), Marketing Letters, 19, pp. 269-285, 2008.
(P31) “Recent Progress on Endogeneity in Choice Modeling” (with J Louviere, K Train, M Ben-Akiva, C Bhat, T A Cameron, R . Carson, J.R. DeShazo, D Fiebig, W Greene, D Hensher, and D Waldman), Marketing Letters, 16 (3-4), 2005.
(P30) “Estimating
Commuters’ “Value of Time” with Noisy Data: a Multiple Imputation Approach” (with
(P29) “Valuing
Time and Reliability: Assessing the Evidence from Road Pricing Demonstrations”
(with K. Small), Transportation Research A, 39, 279-293, 2005.
French
version published as: “Expériences de tarification routière en
Californie: enseignements pour l’évaluation du temps et de la fiabilité,” in
André de Palma and Emile Quinet, eds., La Tarification des Transports:
Enjeux et défis (Transport Pricing: Stakes and Challenges),
(P28) "Drivers’ Willingness-to-Pay to Reduce Travel Time: Evidence from the San Diego I-15 Congestion Pricing Project." (with C. Kazimi, A. Ghosh, T.F. Golob, and D. van Amelsfort), Transportation Research A, 37, pp. 373-387, 2003.
(P27) “Hybrid Choice Models: Progress and Challenges,” (with M. Ben-Akiva, D. McFadden, K. Train, J. Walker, C. Bhat, M. Bierlaire, D. Bolduc, A. Boersch-Supan, D. Bunch, A. Daly, A. de Palma, D. Gopinath, A. Karlstrom, M. A. Munizaga), Marketing Letters, 13:3, pp. 163-175, 2002.
(P26) "The Bootstrap and Multiple Imputations: Harnessing Increased Computing Power for Improved Statistical Tests." (with R. Valletta), Journal of Economic Perspectives, 15(4), pp. 129-141, Fall 2001.
(P25) "Discrete Choice
Modeling for Transportation." in D. Hensher (ed.), Travel
Behaviour Research: The Leading Edge.
(P24) "Modeling
Non-ignorable Attrition and Measurement Error in Panel Surveys: An Application
to Travel Demand Modeling." (with C. Kazimi and T.F.
Golob), in
(P23) "Joint Mixed Logit Models of Stated and Revealed references for Alternative-fuel Vehicles." (with D. S. Bunch and K. Train), Transportation Research B, 34, 315-338, 2000.
(P22) "Bootstrap Confidence Bands For Shrinkage Estimators." (with Camilla Kazimi), Journal of Econometrics, 90, pp. 99-127, 1999.
(P21) "Forecasting New Product Penetration With Flexible Substitution Patterns." (with K. Train) Journal of Econometrics, 89, pp. 109-129, 1998.
(P20) "Multiple Imputation Methodology For Missing Data, Non-Random Response, And Panel Attrition." In T. Gärling, T. Laitila and K. Westin, eds., Theoretical Foundations of Travel Choice Modeling. Pp. 421-450, Elsevier, 1998.
(P19) "A Vehicle Use Forecasting Model Based on Revealed and Stated Vehicle Type Choice and Utilisation Data," (with T. Golob and D. Bunch), Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 31:1, pp. 69-92, 1997.
(P18)
"Multiply-Imputed Sampling Weights for Consistent Inference with Panel
Attrition," (with Xuehao Chu) in Golob, T.F., R. Kitamura and L. Long,
eds. Panels for Transportation Planning: Methods and Applications, pp. 259-276,
(P17) "A Demand Forecasting System for Clean-Fuel Vehicles," (with D. Bunch and T. Golob), in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Towards Clean Transportation: Fuel Efficient and Clean Motor Vehicles, Publications Service, OECD, Paris, France, 1996, pp 609-624.
(P16) "A Transactions Choice Model For Forecasting Demand For Alternative-Fuel Vehicles." (with D.S. Bunch, T.F. Golob and W. Ren) in S. McMullen (ed.) Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 4, pp 87-129, JAI Press Inc., 1996.
(P15) "A
Dynamic Forecasting System For Vehicle Markets With Clean-Fuel Vehicles."
(with D.S. Bunch, T.F. Golob) in D.A. Hensher, J. King and T.H. Oum, eds.,
World Transport Research: Proceedings of 7th World Conference on Transport
Research, 1: 189-203. Pergamon,
(P14)
"Commercial Fleet Demand for Alternative-fuel Vehicles in
(P13) "Modeling Earnings Measurement Error: A Multiple Imputations Approach," (with R. Valletta), The Review of Economics and Statistics, 78:4, pp. 705-717, 1996.
(P12)
"Transportation Energy Use," (with Charles Lave) in R. Gilbert (ed.)
The Environment of Oil, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
(P11)
"The Effectiveness of Ridesharing Incentives: Discrete-choice Models of
Commuting in
(P10)
"Bootstrapping Admissible Linear Model Selection Procedures," in R.
LePage and L. Billard (eds.), Exploring The Limits of Bootstrap, Wiley,
(P9) "Zoning, Returns to Scale, and the Value of Undeveloped Land," (with A. DeVany), Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol 73, 1991, pp. 699-704.
(P8)
"The Demand for Housing in
(P7) "Bootstrapping Improved Estimators for Linear Regression Models," Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 44, 1990, pp. 171-187.
(P6) "Efficient Estimation of Nested Logit Models" (with K. Small), Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Vol. 7, 1989, pp. 67-74.
(P5) "Tax Reform and Housing Demand: The Distribution of Welfare Gains and Losses" (with P. Englund and M. Persson), European Economic Review, Vol. 32, 1988, pp. 819-840.
(P4) "A Microsimulation Model of the Swedish Housing Market" (with P. Englund and M. Persson), Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 23, 1988, pp. 179-198.
(P3) "Effects of Tax Reform on the Demand for Owner-Occupied Housing: A Microsimulation Approach" (with P. Englund and M. Persson), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 87 (4), 1985, pp. 625-646.
(P2)
"Microeconometrics," in G. Eliasson (ed.), Microeconometrics: IUI
Yearbook 1982-1983, Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research,
(P1) "Econometric Models of Choice and Utilization of Energy-Using Durables," in J. Hausman (ed.), Choice and Utilization of Energy-Using Durables, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1980, Chapter 5.
Recent Research Grants
4/08 -
9/09 University of
5/07 -
3/08 University of
6/06 – 9/07
10/05 – 9/08
8/04 – 12/05 California Department of Transportation (PATH), Co-Principal Investigator with T. Golob and W. Recker. $133,025.
8/01 -
7/02 University of
8/98 – 7/99
University of
2/96 - 11/97 PHS-NIH National Cancer Institute, Co-Principal Investigator with A.Lee-Feldstein, P. Feldstein, F. Meyskens, J. Butler, and T. Buchmueller. $237,147.
7/96 - 6/97 University of California Energy Institute, Co-Principal Investigator with D. Bunch,T. Golob. $25,000.
3/95 - 12/96
Referee : American Economic Review, Econometric
Reviews, Econometrica, The Econometrics Journal, Empirical Economics,
International Economic Review, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of
Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Choice Modeling, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Urban
Economics, Mathematical Social Science, The Rand Journal of Economics, Regional
Science and Urban Economics, Research in
Transportation Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Scandinavian
Journal of Economics, Statistical Papers, Transportation Research, Transport
Reviews, Transportation, Transportation
Science, MacMillan Publishing Co., M.I.T. Press, National Science
Foundation, North-Holland Publishing Co., Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., Pearson
Publishing Company, University of Rhode Island Transportation Center, Social
Science Research Council of Canada, U.C. Energy Research Groups, U.C.
Transportation Centers, U.S. – Israel Binational Science Foundation, Research
Grants Council of Hong Kong, Transportation Research Board.
Recent Seminar Presentations: (all Department of Economics, unless otherwise noted):U. C. Santa Barbara (2008), International Conference on Design and Public Policy: Markets for Congestion and Carbon Trading. University of Essex, UK (2007), International Association of Travel Behavior Modelers, Kyoto, Japan, (2006), University of Oregon (2005), Institute of Transportation Research, University of California, Irvine (2005), University of Southern California (2004), Free University of Amsterdam (2003), University of Indiana (2002), University of Illinois, Champaign (2002), U. C. Berkeley (2001), RAND Statistics Seminar (2000), U.C. Davis (1999), Portland State University (1999), Claremont Graduate School (1998), Northwestern University (1998), U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors (1998), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1998).
University
and Campus Service:
UNIVERSITY WIDE:
Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs May 2002 – Sept. 2003.
Chair of External Advisory Committee, University of California Energy
Institute, 2007-.
CAMPUS :
Executive Committee, UCI Institute of Transportation Studies, 2006 - .
Chair, Graduate Council 2002-2003
Academic Senate Cabinet, 2002-2003
Vice-Chair, Graduate Council 2001-2002
Graduate Council member and housing subcommittee 2003 - 2004
UCI Ad-Hoc Committee on Graduate and Family Housing, 2002 and 2003-2004
UCI Academic Senate Representative Assembly 1998 – 2000.
Policy Advisory Committee, UCI Institute of Transportation Studies, 1993-2002
Executive Committee, UCI Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, 1993-2002
Academic Senate Computer Policy Committee,
1994-1996
UCI Ad-Hoc Committee on Survey Research, 1992-1993
UCI Campus Committee on Statistics, 1992-1993
ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT:
Chair,
July 2005 - .
Director of Graduate Studies, 1998-2004,
1993-1996, and 1987-1990.
Graduate Committee, 1984 – 2005.
Faculty Recruiting Co-Chair, 2003-2004 and
1994-1995.
Chair, Ad Hoc Departmental Committee to Define
Recruiting Focus, Summer, 2002.
Numerous Departmental Personnel committees