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A stochastic prediction of minibus taxi driver behaviour in South Africa
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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Buildings with solar photovoltaic (PV) generation and a stationary battery energy storage system (BESS) may self-sustain an uninterrupted full-level electricity supply during power outages.
Huangjie Gong, Dan M. Ionel
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Bimodal Bidding in Experimental All-Pay Auctions
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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Settlement Negotiations with Reference-Dependent Preferences
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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Monopoly and the other: reference-dependence in vertically differentiated markets [PDF]
Economic literature has mostly focused on the issue of entry deterrence where incumbents have often been assumed to adopt strategies to keep entrants off the market.
Subrato Banerjee +2 more
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Consumer preferences are often influenced by reference-dependent preferences. This study investigates the influence of reference-dependent preferences on the estimation of willingness to pay (WTP) for table grape attributes elicited by a second-price ...
Manlin Cui +3 more
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The willingness-to-accept/willingness-to-pay disparity in repeated markets : loss aversion or 'bad-deal' aversion? [PDF]
Several experimental studies have reported that an otherwise robust regularity-the disparity between Willingness-To-Accept and Willingness-To-Pay-tends to be greatly reduced in repeated markets, posing a serious challenge to existing reference-dependent ...
Andrea Isoni, Isoni, Andrea
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Impact of asthma on women and men: Comparison with the general population using the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire. [PDF]
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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The Potential of Understory Production Systems to Improve Laying Hen Welfare
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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Realization Utility with Reference-Dependent Preferences [PDF]
We develop a tractable model of realization utility that studies the role of reference-dependent S-shaped preferences in a dynamic investment setting with reinvestment. Our model generates both voluntarily realized gains and losses. It makes specific predictions about the volume of gains and losses, the holding periods, and the sizes of both realized ...
Jonathan E. Ingersoll, Lawrence J. Jin
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