Shi, K;
De Vos, J;
Yang, Y;
Li, E;
Witlox, F;
(2020)
Does e-shopping for intangible services attenuate the effect of spatial attributes on travel distance and duration?
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
, 141
pp. 86-97.
10.1016/j.tra.2020.09.004.
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Abstract
E-shopping for intangible services (e.g., eating out services, hairdressing, and visits to movie theatres) refers to searching and paying for services online, but it requires e-shoppers to travel to use these services. In theory, e-shoppers’ search space via the internet is less constrained by spatial attributes. As a result, spatial attributes may barely affect the distance and duration of trips resulting from e-shopping for intangible services. The present study used data from 714 valid face-to-face interviews in Beijing, China, to verify this hypothesis. The results showed that e-shoppers were likely to travel farther after purchasing intangible services online. The effect of spatial attributes on the distance of a single trip was largely attenuated due to online purchases of these services, and the effect on the duration was correspondingly weaker to a limited extent. Therefore, spatial interventions aiming to moderate travel distances and durations may not be as effective in the age of online shopping.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Does e-shopping for intangible services attenuate the effect of spatial attributes on travel distance and duration? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tra.2020.09.004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.09.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Spatial attributes, Online shopping, Intangible services, Travel distance, Travel duration, China |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10111510 |
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