Has Uber Made It Easier to Get a Ride in the Rain?
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- Brodeur, Abel & Nield, Kerry, 2018. "An empirical analysis of taxi, Lyft and Uber rides: Evidence from weather shocks in NYC," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 1-16.
- Abel Brodeur & Kerry Nield, 2017. "Has Uber Made It Easier to Get a Ride in the Rain?," Working Papers 1708E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
rain; Uber; taxi; dynamic pricing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2016-06-25 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-NET-2016-06-25 (Network Economics)
- NEP-PAY-2016-06-25 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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