Driver Surge Pricing

Nikhil Garg
Nikhil Garg
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-792X
Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell Tech and Technion, New York, New York 10044;
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Hamid Nazerzadeh
Hamid Nazerzadeh
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0433-3318
Marshall Business School, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089Uber Technologies, San Francisco, California 94103
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Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell Tech and Technion, New York, New York 10044;

Marshall Business School, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089Uber Technologies, San Francisco, California 94103

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Published Online:9 Aug 2021https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4058

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Received:May 20, 2019
Accepted:February 26, 2021
Published Online:August 09, 2021

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