Do digital platforms reduce moral hazard? The case of Uber and taxis

M Liu, E Brynjolfsson, J Dowlatabadi - Management Science, 2021 - pubsonline.informs.org
Digital platforms provide a variety of technology-enabled tools that enhance market
transparency, such as real-time monitoring, ratings of buyers and sellers, and low-cost …

Platform governance in the presence of within-complementor interdependencies: Evidence from the rideshare industry

HD Chung, YM Zhou, S Ethiraj - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
Existing studies suggest that platform access restriction may cause restricted complementors
to switch to competing platforms, which will increase complement quantity on competing …

Do green business practices license self-dealing or prime prosociality? Cross-domain evidence from environmental concern triggers

MI Millar, TD Shohfi, MC Snow, RM White - Accounting, Organizations and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Prior research in psychology and behavioral economics provides mixed evidence of the
effects of green business practices on workers' subsequent ethics. While some studies find …

A structural equation modeling approach to understand users' perceptions of app-based CNG auto-rickshaw services in Dhaka City

MS Salehin, T Jubailee, MMI Sourav, S Afnanin… - Journal of Engineering …, 2024 - Springer
The use of CNG auto-rickshaws is increasing in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. CNG auto
rickshaws are a crucial component of the transportation system of Dhaka City. These offer …

Trust building in credence goods markets

Y Fong, T Liu, X Meng - American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2022 - aeaweb.org
We study trust building in credence-goods markets in a dynamic setting. When consumers'
expected loss is low and it is efficient to fix only the more severe problem, there is no trade in …

Equilibrium information in credence goods

T Liu, CA Ma - Games and Economic Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
We study credence goods in a general model. A consumer may suffer a loss which is a
continuous random variable. Privately observing the loss value, an expert can provide a …

A deep real options policy for sequential service region design and timing

S Rath, JYJ Chow - Computers & Operations Research, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a need for strategic flexibility in well-timed deployment decisions in the design and
timing of mobility service regions, ie cast as 'real options'. This problem becomes …

Spatial Pattern and Driving Mechanism of Urban Taxi Fares in China

D Wenkang, Z Jie - SAGE Open, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Taxi fare is related to the daily life of residents. Reasonable taxi fare not only meets the
travel demand of residents but also improves the income of drivers and promotes …

Individual heterogeneity and cultural attitudes in credence goods provision

JJ Tang - European Economic Review, 2020 - Elsevier
I study the heterogeneity of credence goods provision in taxi drivers taking detours in New
York City. First, I document that there is significant detouring on average by drivers. Second …

Liability and reputation in credence goods markets

Y Fong, T Liu - Economics Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper studies the impact of liability on a credence-good seller's incentives to maintain a
good reputation. Credence-good markets are characterized by information asymmetry about …