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1 E-Shopping, Spatial Attributes, and Personal Travel: A Review of Empirical Studies Xinyu (Jason) Cao Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 301-19 th Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN, 55455 USA. Voice: 612-625-5671. Email: ******@ Abstract In an era of the unprecedented proliferation of e- shopping, retailers and planners are interested in the changes that it will bring a bout. Recently, a number of empi rical studies have explored the influence of spatial attribut es on e-shopping and the impacts of e-shopping on individuals’ activity-travel patterns. This study evaluates the progress that has been made, critiques previous research, and discusses the improvements in research methodology needed to enhance understanding of the connections among e-shopping, spatial attitudes and travel behavior. In particular, this review highli ghts the importance of (1) contro lling for shopping preferences and household shopping responsibility, (2) exploring mu ltiple dimensions of travel behavior, (3) testing the connections that depend on time scal e, (4) deconstructing th e shopping process, (5) differentiating product types, (6 ) demonstrating the “oomph” of coefficient estimates, (7) integrating shopping surveys and activity diarie s, and (8) identifying shopping accessibility based on the search area for products when testing its impacts on e-shopping. Words: 6,600 Tables: 2 Key words: activity analysis, ICT, land use, teleshopping, transportation 2 1. Introduction E-shopping has the potential to re place traditional in-s tore shopping. E-shopping as used in this paper refers to the business-to-consumer (B2C ) segment of merce (Mokhtarian, 2004), . product information search (online search ing) and product transactions (online buying/purchasing) via , unle ss otherwise indicated. It is we ll perceived that information munication technologies (I CTs) have had pervasive impacts on modern society - they are chan