Print Email Facebook Twitter The propensity and the postponement of firm relocations. Testing approaches for housing choice models Title The propensity and the postponement of firm relocations. Testing approaches for housing choice models Author Goetgeluk, R.W. Louw, E. Marien, A.A.A. Faculty OTB Research Institute Date 2009-12-31 Abstract Forecasting demand for industrial land and commercial property depends on a valid estimation how many firms move to various locations for various reasons. Estimations based on stated choices and revealed choices often differ in size and composition. Spatial and economic planning benefit if we reduce this gap by means of a better understanding why some firms move, others postpone and others chose for in situ improvements. In regional science there is little knowledge about these processes behind firm movements, apart from location factors as such. In contrast, residential geography and applied demography have a long tradition in behavioural approach to model housing choice. Therefore, in this paper we test to what extent concepts of this approach can be used to improve our knowledge on firm movements. In particular we focus on the propensity and the postponement to move by analyzing a longitudinal dataset. Also we analyse preferences, choices between preferences and substitution between preferences. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ce826beb-4646-4fbd-aa4b-da0937541f01 Publisher European Regional Science Association Source Territorial cohesion of Europe and integrative planning. 49th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Lodz (Poland), 24-29 August, 2009 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2009 Goetgeluk, R.W.; Louw, E.; Marien, A.A.A. Files PDF 235949.pdf 195.36 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ce826beb-4646-4fbd-aa4b-da0937541f01/datastream/OBJ/view