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Berenice Valenzuela, Patricia Galilea y Sebastián Raveau Abstract The perception of unsafety, along with other factors, can significantly influence mobility decisions, including the choice of public transport modes. Women feel more unsafe than men. Despite this, most infrastructure and transport services have historically ignored the differing needs of men and women. However, it is... read more →

Nicolás Vargas, Mathías Klapp & Alejandro Mac Cawley Abstract Global exporters of fresh agricultural produce must determine where and when to ship their goods while facing significant price volatility in their sales markets. Unlike non-perishable commodities, agricultural produce cannot be relocated once shipped, eliminating any opportunity for arbitrage across markets. To... read more →

Leonardo J. Basso, Pedro Jara - Moroni, Eduardo Zúñiga - Leyton ABSTRACT This article analyzes the provision of public goods in a two-player game setting, employing the Game with Observable Delay (GOD) framework to investigate how endogenous timing influences contribution strategies and welfare outcomes. Our analysis shows that, for both symmetric and... read more →

Carlos Olivos, Homero Larraín, Juan Carlos Muñoz Abstract The “danger zone” phenomenon refers to a counterintuitive effect in public transport service planning, observed here in a simple corridor with an express service and an “all-stop” service, where increasing the express frequency (while holding all other conditions constant) can unexpectedly worsen system performance, leading to longer queues and increased... read more →

Bastián Henríquez Jara, Jacqueline Arriagada, Kimberly Montenegro, Alejandro Tirachini, Marcela Munizaga Abstract Advanced Traveller Information Systems (ATIS) have been shown to improve travel satisfaction and to make public transport more attractive, but their effect on traffic, travel behaviour, and environmental externalities remains an open question. Addressing these questions is key to determining the impact of policies supporting ATIS in sustainability outputs. In this paper, we... read more →