This study constructs a novel measure that aims to capture face-to-face private communications between firm managers and sell-side analysts by mapping detailed, large-volume taxi trip records from New York City to the GPS coordinates of companies and brokerages. Consistent with earnings releases...

This paper investigates different dynamics of two competing services, namely Uber, the app-based ride services and Borough (Green) Cab taxis, in the outer boroughs of New York City (NYC), focusing on the space and time distribution of their pick-up patterns. Uber is a new entrant to the taxi...

In recent years, the rapid growth of peer-to-peer (p2p) ridesharing has significantly cut the market share and profitability for taxis, but taxis remain a major service provider in the personal-transportation service industry. This paper analytically examines a market with two segments of...

The disruptive effects of the sharing economy have received considerable attention from the press, researchers and policymakers. We empirically study whether and to what extent the entry of ridesharing programs (e.g., Uber) in a city changes the outcomes and behaviors of taxi drivers in that...

This study investigates the relationship between institutional investors’ information acquisition through on-site meetings with firms and the informativeness of their trading decisions conditioning on investors’ information processing skills. To identify private interactions, we create and...

Lebanon is experiencing a structural transformation of its economy and labour market, but at the same time has been hit by a series of crises in recent years. In the face of rising unemployment, it is often argued that digital platforms can offer new employment and income-generating...

The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted urban transportation mobility throughout the world. In this paper, we investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the urban mobility network's structural characteristics. We contribute to the literature by discussing how various community areas in the city traffic...

I model the labor supply of taxi drivers as the result of optimization based on an inter-temporal utility function. Since income effects in response to temporary fluctuations in daily earnings opportunities are likely to be small, cumulative hours will be much more important than cumulative...