Managers and researchers alike suspect that the vast amounts of qualitative information found in blogs, product reviews, real estate listings, news stories, analyst reports and experts' advice influence consumer behavior. But, do these kinds of qualitative information impact or rather reflect...

Social advertising uses information about consumers' peers, including peer affiliations with a brand, product, organization, etc., to target ads and contextualize their display. This approach can increase ad efficacy for two main reasons: peers' affiliations reflect unobserved consumer...

We develop an agent-based model that captures the dynamic processes related to moving from an educational system in which students are automatically assigned to a neighborhood school to one that gives households more choice among existing and newly formed public schools. Analysis of our model...

We use a Bayesian measurement error model to derive a probabilistic measure of democracy from several existing dichotomous data sets. This approach accepts the premise that democracy may usefully be construed as a bivalent concept for certain theoretical and technical purposes, but it also makes...

On-demand ridesharing aims to fulfill riders' transportation needs whenever and wherever they want. Although this service level is appealing for riders, overall system efficiency can improve substantially if riders are willing to be flexible. Riders' flexibility in time has previously been...

PAE Team’s Objectives Ø Create a survey instrument toassess the impact of technology intervention in rural India ØAdvise on potential applications for village-level Internet terminalsThe aim of the Sustainable Access in Rural India (SARI) project is toimprove the lives of individuals in poor...