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Tracking a system of shared autonomous vehicles across the Austin, Texas network using agent-based simulation
(2016)Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und RaumplanungThis study provides a large-scale micro-simulation of transportation patterns in a metropolitan area when relying on a system of shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs). The six-county region of Austin, Texas is used for its land development patterns, demographics, networks, and trip tables. The agent-based MATSim toolkit allows modelers to track individual travelers and individual vehicles, with great temporal and spatial detail. MATSim’s ...Working Paper -
The Effect of Policy Uncertainty on Investment Plans
(2016)KOF Working PapersDoes increased policy uncertainty dampen investment plans of firms? We provide direct evidence on this question by examining the effects of an unexpectedly accepted and farreaching referendum in Switzerland in February 2014. The vote has put several economically relevant agreements between Switzerland and its main trading partner, the European Union, at stake. Using firm-level survey data levied before and after the vote, we examine whether ...Working Paper -
Finance and income inequality: A review and new evidence
(2016)KOF Working PapersUsing a panel fixed effects model for a sample of 121 countries covering 1975‐2005, we examine how financial development, financial liberalization and banking crises are related to income inequality. In contrast with most previous work, our results suggest that all finance variables increase income inequality. The level of financial development conditions the impact of financial liberalization on inequality. Also the quality of political ...Working Paper -
Does it really make a difference? Health care utilization with two high deductible health care plans
(2016)KOF Working PapersDeductibles are commonly used to tame increasing health care costs. Numerous studies find that higher deductibles reduce health care utilization. In this paper we compare utilization in Switzerland between two health care plans with deductibles of 1,500 CHF and 2,500 CHF (1CHF approx. 1$) per calendar year. While there is a minimum deductible level in Switzerland, individuals are free to increase their deductible and thereby reduce their ...Working Paper -
MacroSim
(2016)Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und RaumplanungThe simulation of large-scale scenarios requires high-performance simulations. MATSim, an agent-based transport simulation, is increasingly reaching limits. The traditional approach is to scale the scenarios, i.e. simulating only 10% of a population instead of 100%. This paper suggests MacroSim, a macroscopic mobility simulation module for MATSim, to overcome the current performance limits within MATSim. It uses volume-delay functions to ...Working Paper