Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) face two extreme situa-tions, namely, high demand and low demand. In high demand, TNCs use surge multiplier or surge rate to balance the high demand of riders with available drivers. Willingness of drivers, willingness of riders to pay more and appropriate...

It is generally accepted that the recent economic crisis of 2007-2010 has caused widespread economic recession in different countries. Since the ports and coastal regions are of great importance to economic infrastructure, this study examined the possible impact resulting from such a global...

In this paper, we propose using Bayesian sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) algorithm to estimate the univariate Gaussian mixture autoregressive (GMAR) model. The prominent benefit of the Bayesian approach is that the stationarity restriction required by the GAMR model can be straightforwardly imposed...

This study is based on a sample of 100 customers of the Tunisian Post, the objective is to know the impact of digital transformation on the Tunisian Post through the D17 application. Based on our analysis; the results show that mobile payments constitute an attractive solution for individuals...

This article examines the relationship between nomenklatura membership, wealth accumulation and political ties across the post-Soviet region from the 1990s up to the mid-2010s. It introduces the Post-Soviet Oligarchs (PSO) dataset, containing the sociodemographic characteristics of the...

This paper shows some empirical results for the collective labor supply of households in thirteen developed countries (USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Japan, and China). I have reviewed a significant number of papers in order to aggregate...

In this technical report the interest is placed on two multi-faceted indices, the Eco-innovation index and the Global Competitiveness Index of the EU 28 member states. The former index is produced by the Eco-innovation Observatory under the DG Environment of the European Commission covering the...

In this paper a Methodology for Integrated Socio-Economic Assessment (MISEA) of the viability and sustainability of different designs of Multi-Use Offshore Platforms (MUOPs) is presented. MUOPs are designed for multi-use of ocean space for energy extraction (wind power production and wave...

We estimate schedules of declining discount rates for cost benefit analysis in the UK. We highlight the importance of model selection for this task and hence for the evaluation of long-term investments, namely climate change prevention and nuclear build.

In this study we assume that the governments are uncertain about the future product demand in a standard eco-dumping model. Allowing the governments to obtain information from firms, we examine governments.and .rms.incentives to share information. We show that, when the governments regulate the...