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A stochastic prediction of minibus taxi driver behaviour in South Africa
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2020 For many emerging and developing countries, urbanization and demographic changes require a remodelling of transportation systems and networks. Paratransit, with its demand responsive characteristics of being fully flexible, often represents the backbone ...
Jan Schlüter +3 more
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Incentive Design for Reference-Dependent Preferences
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022 We investigate the optimal design of incentives when agents exhibit reference dependence. The theoretical framework of this paper incorporates the most prominent accounts of reference-dependent preferences and the most frequently used reference point rules.
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Bimodal Bidding in Experimental All-Pay Auctions
Games, 2013 We report results from experimental first-price, sealed-bid, all-pay auctions for a good with a common and known value. We observe bidding strategies in groups of two and three bidders and under two extreme information conditions.
Christiane Ernst, Christian Thöni
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Lottery-Related Anomalies: The Role of Reference-Dependent Preferences [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 Previous empirical studies find that lottery-like stocks significantly underperform their non-lottery-like counterparts. Using five different measures of the lottery features in the literature, we document that the anomalies associated with these measures are state dependent: the evidence supporting these anomalies is strong and robust among stocks ...
Li An +3 more
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Settlement Negotiations with Reference-Dependent Preferences
American Law and Economics Review, 2022 Abstract This article analyzes pretrial bargaining between litigants with reference-dependent preferences. We build on Bebchuk (1984, “Litigation and Settlement under Imperfect Information,” 15 Rand Journal of Economics 404–15) and, motivated by empirical evidence, assume that the referent is based on expectations. We find that reference
Christoph Rössler, Tim Friehe
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Impact of asthma on women and men: Comparison with the general population using the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:The aim was to evaluate the impact of asthma on patients' Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) by comparing asthmatic women and men with reference norms, to examine the factors which contributed to an impaired HRQoL, and to identify groups ...
Gimena Hernandez +11 more
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Estimation of Muscle Mass in the Integrated Assessment of Patients on Hemodialysis
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Assessment of muscle mass (MM) or its proxies, lean tissue mass (LTM) or fat-free mass (FFM), is an integral part of the diagnosis of protein-energy wasting (PEW) and sarcopenia in patients on hemodialysis (HD).
Alice Sabatino +9 more
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The Potential of Understory Production Systems to Improve Laying Hen Welfare
Animals, 2022 The welfare of laying hens in cage systems is of increasing concern. Represented by the European Union’s ‘End the Cage Age’ initiative, more and more countries have advocated cage-free farming.
Shaocong Yan +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2018 Image adjustment methods are one of the most widely used post-processing techniques for enhancing image quality and improving the visual preference of the human visual system (HVS). However, the assessment of the adjusted images has been mainly dependent
Jinseong Jang +4 more
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Does the integration of haptic and visual cues reduce the effect of a biased visual reference frame on the subjective head orientation? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: The selection of appropriate frames of reference (FOR) is a key factor in the elaboration of spatial perception and the production of robust interaction with our environment.
Marc Gueguen +2 more
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