In large cities with harbors or rivers, ferry services have been an important part of public transport. In practice, many ferry terminals are subject to geographical and environmental conditions, limited space resources of the terminal pool, narrow navigable waters of ships, which leads to...

In large cities with harbors or rivers, ferry services have been an important part of public transport. In practice, many ferry terminals are subject to geographical and environmental conditions, limited space resources of the terminal pool, narrow navigable waters of ships, which leads to...

This thesis covers several aspects of competition economics which are analyzed empirically or experimentally. It can be divided into two parts. Chapters 2 and 3 study how competition outcomes (in contests, respectively consumer markets) are affected by the design of the competitive environment....

In der Stromversorgung vollzieht sich seit etwa zwanzig Jahren ein grundlegender Wandel von konventioneller Stromerzeugung durch hauptsächlich Kohle- und Atomkraftwerke hin zu erneuerbaren Stromerzeugung durch hauptsächlich Windkraft- und Solaranlagen. Die Hauptunterschiede zwischen diesen...

Prediction markets allow traders to bet on potential future outcomes. These markets exist for weather, political, sports, and economic forecasting. Within this work we consider a decentralized framework for prediction markets using automated market makers (AMMs). Specifically, we construct a...