Services Industriels de Geneve (SIG) is a monopoly which delivers natural gas, water and electricity in the Canton of Geneva (Switzerland). A few years ago, SIG offered to Geneva households the possibility to choose among six different types of electricity products. The new electricity products...

This paper analyzes, using a binomial logit model, the factors that determine a students decision on a three or four year University career. The microeconomic model we consider includes the most important aspects of educational choices. The results show how social background, family earnings and...

This paper has examined the survival of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in manufacturing industries in Iran during the years Second Development Plan. For the fist time it uses a large dataset to examine this issue in the context of a developing country. The paper discusses some...

Using data from the 4,858 baseball games that were played in the major leagues during the 2004 and 2005 seasons, four logit regression models that measure the likelihood of a team winning a game are estimated. Of particular interest is the effect of being the home team. As expected, the results...

Choice set designs that include a constant or no-choice option have increased efficiency, better mimic consumer choices, and allow one to model changes in market size. However, when the no-choice option is selected no information is obtained on the relative attractiveness of the available...

We develop a demand model for technology products that captures the effect of changes in the portfolio of models offered by a brand as well as the influence of the dynamics in its intrinsic preference on that brand's performance. To account for the potential correlation in the preferences of...

The study examines Louisiana small farmers' reasons for not participating in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), their awareness of the program, and their willingness to participate in the program. The results suggest that: farmers do not participate in the CRP if revenues from cropland are...