This paper estimates hedonic price models for a sample of 610 vacation rental houses located in the vicinity of a lake and four-season ski-golf resort. Hedonic semi-logarithmic regression models are estimated for peak summer and peak winter rentals for 2008. The regression estimates for weekly rental prices are conditioned on explanatory variables for house size, house quality, and recreation f...

Dear Editor, The elderly population is predisposed to a myriad of skin conditions such as xerosis and malignancy. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has defi ned elderly as those above age 50.1 In Singapore, 1,266,998 people (18.5% of the population) were above the age of 50 in 2014.2 Of which, 3.2% stay in 1and 2-room fl ats including rental fl ats. The Singapore public rental policy indicate...

Discusses and analyses the latest generation of information kiosks, Kiosks 21, which features information provision/promotion, interaction, transaction and relationships. In contrast to their task based predecessors, these kiosks focus on customer service delivery to ̳customers in context‘. Five case studies of such kiosks located respectively in an airport, railway station, car rental base, ho...

We consider one-way vehicle sharing systems where customers can pick a car at one station and drop it off at another (e.g., Zipcar, Car2Go). We aim to optimize the distribution of cars, and quality of service, by pricing rentals appropriately. However, with highly uncertain demands and other uncertain parameters (e.g., pick-up and drop-off location, time, duration), pricing each individual rent...

In the Multislope Ski Rental problem, the user needs a certain resource for some unknown period of time. To use the resource, the user must subscribe to one of several options, each of which consists of a one-time setup cost (“buying price”), and cost proportional to the duration of the usage (“rental rate”). The larger the price, the smaller the rent. The actual usage time is determined by an ...

The ability of hospital-based car seat rental programs to provide car seats inexpensively throughout an entire state and the effect of these rental programs on car seat usage by newborns were evaluated. In July 1979 individuals and groups committed to child passenger safety formed a coalition called Vermont SEAT (Seatbelts Eliminate Automobile Tragedies). During the next 3 years SEAT asked the ...

The decision of whether to rent or own a home should involve an evaluation of the relative risks and the relative costs of the two options. It is often assumed that renting is less risky than homeownership, but that is not always the case. Which option is riskier depends on the risk source and household characteristics. This article provides a framework for understanding the sources of risk for...

Due to agriculture is a risky activity and risk models is important in order to analyze the behavior of farmers, hence, in this study, the factors affecting risk-taking and risk aversion is the region grape growers. Data analysis was performed by using stochastic frontier. Data gathered by questionnaires at three counties of Zabol, Hirmand and Zahak at 265 grape farmers in crop year of 2011-201...