Frictions in a Competitive, Regulated Market: Evidence from Taxis

This paper presents a dynamic equilibrium model of a taxi market. The model is estimated using data from New York City yellow cabs. Two salient features by which most taxi markets deviate from the efficient market ideal are, first, matching frictions created by the need for both market sides to phys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fréchette, Guillaume R, Lizzeri, Alessandro, Salz, Tobias
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130376