Projects
The role of peer effects in dynamic discrete choice models: with applications to technology adoption and educational choice KU Leuven
Forward looking behavior is important in many contexts. Investors pay a cost today, hoping to receive a return in the future. Students are willing to study hard, hoping this will lead to better jobs. At the same time, these individual choices can have repercussions for society as a whole. Investments in green technologies slow down climate change. Highly educated students earn higher wages and therefore provide more tax income and depend ...
Design of discrete choice experiments adapted to the respondent's cognitive process. University of Antwerp
Efficiency and ex post screening in higher education - a dynamic discrete choice approach. KU Leuven
Many students drop out of secondary or higher education without obtaining a degree. A recent policy report (OECD, 2012) illustrates the problems: 16% of today's young adults in OECD countries do not complete secondary education. Up to 62% enter a university-level program, but only 39% are expected to complete it. Among the students who complete a degree, there is a large fraction that incurs substantial delays.
In this thesis, we ...
Does respondent inefficiency drive hypothetical bias in discrete choice experiments for non-market goods? Hasselt University
Efficient Online Choice Experiments: incorporating screening rules in the selection of sequential choice sets. KU Leuven
When people choose between alternatives, they make trade-offs between the different characteristics of the alternatives. Discrete choice experiments are conducted to get information about these trade-offs: the respondents are confronted with choice sets consisting of a number alternatives and have to indicate their most preferred alternative.
Such experiments are often conducted online which offers the opportunity to use individually ...
Discrete element modelling of flexible flat biomass KU Leuven
Computational models have become an indispensable tool in engineering. By allowing in silico experiments on a wide range of systems, modelling techniques provide insights that are otherwise challenging to obtain. To elucidate the mechanics of multi-particulate systems comprised of individual particles that are relatively large compared to the system of interest, the individual particle nature should be taken into account to capture ...
Empirical and methodological challenges in choice experiments Hasselt University
Empirical and methodological challenges in choice experiments University of Antwerp
Empirical and methodological challenges in choice experiments KU Leuven
Choice experiments (CEs) are a powerful tool to predict future market demand or to assess the impact of public and private interventions to steer choice behavior ex ante and at a low cost. This is illustrated by the growing body of literature relying on CEs. However, there are several challenges to improve preference assessments based on CEs such as the presence of hypothetical biases, the use of heuristics and the improvement of experimental ...