Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Actuary (1)
- Citizen engagement (1)
- Climate change (1)
- Economic development (1)
- Economics (1)
-
- Entrepreneurship (1)
- Externalities (1)
- Financial reporting (1)
- Frontier (1)
- Information gap (1)
- Insurance (1)
- Opportunity cost (1)
- Profit (1)
- Property value (1)
- Public participation (1)
- Rail Profit Model (RPM) (1)
- Rail transportation (1)
- Railway noise pollution (1)
- Risk assessment (1)
- SBDC (1)
- Small business (1)
- Transit speed (1)
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 5 of 5
Full-Text Articles in Business
Profit Based Simulation Model For The Rail Transportation Industry, Mark Patrick Doran
Profit Based Simulation Model For The Rail Transportation Industry, Mark Patrick Doran
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations
Schedules often conflict in the rail transportation industry. Operations managers assign resources and make scheduling decisions with no visibility of the revenue, cost, and profitability characteristics of the route they are manipulating. Transit speed decisions focus on ensuring trains safely reach their destination on time with little regard given to the actual service needs of the customer. Although all customers want on-time deliveries, few actually pay a premium to garner this level of preferential treatment. Operating in this type of environment results in decisions that severely erode profits.
In this dissertation, a simulation model referred to as the Rail Profit …
An Appraisal Of The Actuaries’ Climate Risk Index, Stephen Lee Kolk
An Appraisal Of The Actuaries’ Climate Risk Index, Stephen Lee Kolk
May 18, 2016: The Economic Impacts of Sea-Level Rise in Hampton Roads
PDF of powerpoint presentation given at the workshop "The Economic Impacts of Sea-Level Rise in Hampton Roads: An Appraisal of the Projects Underway" on May 18, 2016 at the Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center, 1030 University Blvd, Suffolk, VA 23435
What Citizens Want To Know About Their Government’S Finances: Closing The Information Gap, Meagan Jordan, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Martin Mayer, Kaitrin Mahar
What Citizens Want To Know About Their Government’S Finances: Closing The Information Gap, Meagan Jordan, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Martin Mayer, Kaitrin Mahar
School of Public Service Faculty Publications
There is an information gap between citizens and their governments when it comes to government finances. The inherent complexity of fiscal policy makes it exceedingly difficult for effective public participation. Effective public participation in fiscal decision making must address informing or educating the citizenry with accurate and meaningful government financial data. Better understanding citizen wants and perceptions is critical to closing the information gap between users and providers of financial information. This study uses information gathered from focus groups with residents of Norfolk, Virginia that asks what government financial information they want and how to make that information useful. Results …
Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Resources Supporting Small Business Startup And Growth, Karen A. Eagle
Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Resources Supporting Small Business Startup And Growth, Karen A. Eagle
STEMPS Theses & Dissertations
Small business success drives the health of a local economy. The problem of this three phase mixed methods study was to encourage entrepreneurship by identifying the resources that support business startup and growth. In the first qualitative phase, the city business resource webpage was observed and 10 entrepreneurs were interviewed to identify which business resources were used for their recent startups. Using the data from the interviews, a survey instrument was developed for the Small Business Subcommittee (SBS) that was used in the second quantitative phase which included 351 business owners; 35% were women and 65% were men. The sample …
Silence Is Golden: Railroad Noise Pollution And Property Values, Jay K. Walker
Silence Is Golden: Railroad Noise Pollution And Property Values, Jay K. Walker
Economics Faculty Publications
This paper uses a unique dataset containing property values and manually collected noise measurements in Memphis, Tennessee to estimate the impact of train noise pollution on commercial and residential property values. Results show that a residential property exposed to 65 decibels or greater of railroad noise results in a 14 to 18 percent decrease in property value. Once a 65 decibel measure is included, there is no additional impact on price of distance to the closest railroad crossing. For commercial property, neither crossing proximity nor noise level significantly affect property value. The results provide evidence of a negative externality that …