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Sequential Search with Incompletely Informed Consumers: Theory and Evidence from Retail Gasoline Markets [PDF]

open access: yes
A large variety of markets, such as retail markets for gasoline or mortgage markets, are characterized by a small number of firms offering a fairly homogenous product at virtually the same cost, while consumers, being uninformed about this cost ...
Maarten Janssen   +2 more
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Actuation Strategies for Underwater Jet‐Propelled Soft Robots

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review article examines jet‐propulsion mechanisms in underwater soft robotic systems, focusing exclusively on physically fabricated and experimentally validated robots. Covering research published from 2013 to 2025, this study classifies and evaluates jet‐propulsion robots based on their actuation mechanisms.
Angel Kitone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gasoline Demand, Pricing Policy and Social Welfare in Iran [PDF]

open access: yes
This study estimates a gasoline demand function for Iran using the structural time series model over the period 1968-2002 and uses it to estimate the change in social welfare for 2003 and 2004 of a higher gasoline price policy. It is found that short and
Majid Ahmadian   +2 more
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[News Clip: Gasoline war]

open access: yes, 1958
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about gasoline price wars in Fort Worth ...
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Hydrogen Supplementation in SI Engines: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Emissions with a Focus on Knock Phenomena

open access: yesMachines
This study investigates the impact of hydrogen supplementation on the performance, efficiency, and emissions of a spark-ignition internal combustion engine, with a specific focus on knock phenomena.
Saugirdas Pukalskas   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automated Lawn Maintenance: An Agronomic and Operational Review of Turf Health, Biodiversity, and Field Performance

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grass mowing is one of the most resource‐consuming activities in green maintenance, whether in private areas such as home gardens or in public spaces like urban parks. In recent years, concerns related to climate change, human health, and sustainability have become increasingly prominent in green maintenance, leading manufacturers and industry
Andrea Palladini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research Progress and Commercial Applications of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Technology

open access: yesShiyou huagong gaodeng xuexiao xuebao
As the core of heavy oil upgrading, fluid catalytic cracking(FCC) units have long been the main pillar of economic benefits for petrochemical enterprises in China.This paper reviews the development history of domestic FCC technology and summarizes the ...
Ruiqi QIAO   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Optimal Gasoline Tax for China

open access: diamond, 2014
C.-Y. Cynthia Lin, Jieyin Zeng
openalex   +2 more sources

Sustainable Cities Under Pressure: Climate Risk, Oil Price Uncertainty, and Technological Innovation in GCC Countries

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamic interactions between climate risk, oil price uncertainty (OPU), and technological innovation in shaping Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to Sustainable Cities and Communities (SCC) across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 2005 to 2024. Using a panel Time‐Varying Interactive Fixed Effects (
Mohamed Sami Ben Ali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the Alchian-Allen Theorem: A Study of Consumer Behavior in the Gasoline Market [PDF]

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This paper uses a data set of daily sales at a single gasoline station over a seven year period to determine if consumers respond to relative price changes among the three grades of gasoline. Based on the reasoning of Alchian and Allen (1964) and Barzel (
Lauren Raymer, Robert Lawson
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