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Presentation given by Dr Zia Wadud at the18th World Conference of the Air Transport Research Society, Bordeaux, France, July 2014. atrs2014.org www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/z.wadud
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Imperfect Reversibility of
Air Transport Demand (Asymmetric Effects of Income and Fuel Price on
Air Transport Demand)
Zia Wadud Centre for Integrated Energy Research
Institute for Transport Studies
14th ATRS World Conference, Bordeaux, 18 July 2014
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Background Conclusions
Results
Methodology
Definitions
Structure
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Results
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Background
• Aviation demand: an important planning parameter
• Traditional demand models perfectly reversible
• In practice demand could be ‘imperfectly’ reversible:
- Prospect theory
- Habits and practices
- Asset fixation
• Is aviation demand perfectly reversible
w.r.t. income and jet fuel prices?
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Background Conclusions
Results
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Definitions
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Definitions
• Imperfect reversibility: asymmetry and/or hysteresis
• Asymmetry: magnitude of response during a rise of the
factor is different from that during a similar fall
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Definitions
• Hysteresis: response depends on previous history
• Does aviation demand show asymmetry and/or hysteresis?
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Results
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Definitions
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Methodology
• Time series econometric modelling
• 1978-2012 monthly data for US: RPM/capita/day
• Decompose the explanatory factors into three series:
• All variables in logarithms- Cobb-Douglas
𝑉𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑚𝑎𝑥(𝑉0, … . , 𝑉𝑡)
𝑉𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑐 = 𝑚𝑎𝑥 0, (𝑉𝑖−1
𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑉𝑖−1) − (𝑉𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑉𝑖)
𝑡
𝑖=0
𝑉𝑡𝑐𝑢𝑡 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 0, (𝑉𝑖−1
𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑉𝑖−1) − (𝑉𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑉𝑖)
𝑡
𝑖=0
Historical maximum
Recovery/rise,
below maximum
Reduction/cut
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Methodology: Decomposition of Fuel Price
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Income decomposition Fuel price decomposition
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Methodology: Model Specification
𝑅𝑃𝑀𝑡𝑐𝑑 = 𝜇 + 𝛼𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑌𝑡
𝑚𝑎𝑥 + 𝛼𝑟𝑒𝑐 𝑌𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑐 + 𝛼𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑡
𝑐𝑢𝑡 + 𝛽𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑃𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑥 + 𝛽𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑃𝑡
𝑟𝑒𝑐 + 𝛽𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑃𝑡𝑐𝑢𝑡
+ 𝜅𝑈𝑡 + 𝜆𝑗𝐷𝑗𝑡
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Income decomposition Price decomposition
Unemployment
Event dummies
Air controller strike, Deregulation,
Two gulf wars, SARS outbreak,
9-11 attacks , thanksgiving
Monthly dummies
Lagged dependent
• Dynamic model
• Cointegration tests αmax = αrec = αcut; βmax = βrec = βcut
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Results
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Results: Parameter Estimates
Parameter/short run Long run elasticity
RPM lag 1 0.643***
RPM lag 12 0.175***
Ymax 0.307*** 1.684***
Yrec 0.638*** 3.503***
Ycut 0.383*** 2.102***
Pmax -0.093*** -0.510***
Prec -0.010** -0.052**
Pcut 0.002 insig.
Full estimation results suppressed
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Results: Tests for Reversibility
Hypothesis Test restrictions F-statistic
Imp. rev.: Income αmax = αrec = αcut 8.86***
Asymmetry: Income αrec = αcut 10.9***
Asymmetry: Income αmax = αcut 0.24
Hysteresis: Income αmax = αrec 6.38***
Imp. Rev.: Price βmax = βrec = βcut 8.02***
Asymmetry: Price βmax = βcut 15.78***
Asymmetry: Price βrec = βcut 5.28**
Hysteresis: Price βmax = βrec 16.01***
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Results: Reversible vs. Imperfectly Reversible
Imperfectly reversible,
asymmetry + hysteresis
Perfectly
reversible
Asymmetry only
Ymax 1.684***
Yrec 3.503***
Yrise 1.803***
Ycut 2.102*** 1.381**
Y 1.821***
Pmax -0.510***
Prec -0.052**
Prise -0.089***
Pcut 0.009 -0.063*
P -0.099***
AIC/BIC -1898.6/-1785.1 -1879.3/-1782.0 -1877.0/-1771.6
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Background Conclusions
Results
Methodology
Definitions
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Summary
• Evidence of imperfect reversibility in air travel demand
- With respect to both income and fuel price
- Both asymmetry and hysteresis present
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Implications
• Reversible elasticity estimates can be biased
- yet long run demand forecast okay-ish
• Larger income elasticity during post-recession recovery
- can be important for short-term forecasting,
planning, revenue management etc.
• Larger price elasticity for price increases above maximum
- important for pricing policies
• Fuel price fall has no implications for demand
- but, imperfect reversibility in price transmission?
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Imperfect reversibility in price transmission?
Fuel price Ticket price Passenger
demand
Imperfectly
reversible reversible
Imperfectly
Imperfectly reversible
Fuel price Ticket price Passenger
demand
Imperfectly
reversible
reversible
Imperfectly reversible
Fuel price Ticket price Passenger
demand
reversible
reversible
Imperfectly
Imperfectly reversible
?
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Thank you!
Vol. 65, July 2014