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The paper proposes a dynamic framework for spatial mobility, where a random-utility approach is used to relate transition probabilities to other state variables for the system. Although the framework is quite general, housing mobility is a useful applied reference. First-order non-linear differential equations are derived for the expected population sizes and for the expected utilities in the individual evaluation process. The qualitative features of the dynamic behaviour are analyzed for a small-scale example, and it is shown how simple exogenous shocks, like changes in the housing stock and in the transport network, may lead easily to periodic behaviour and instabilities.
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Leonardi, G. (1985). A Stochastic Multi-Stage Mobility Choice Model. In: Hutchinson, B.G., Nijkamp, P., Batty, M. (eds) Optimization and Discrete Choice in Urban Systems. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 247. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51020-5_7
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