University of Sydney Business School: Recent submissions
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Effects of passing rates on driving behaviour in variable speed limit-controlled highways: Evidence of social pressure from a driving simulator study
Published 2022-03-04Variable message signs on motorways can show dynamically changing speed limits for traffic safety or efficiency reasons. While the effects of variable speed limits have been studied in the literature, the effect of (drivers ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Attitudes towards public transport post Delta Covid-19 lockdowns: identifying user segments and policies to restore confidence
Published 2022-03-04The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the propensity to use public transport, with many countries seeing a decline in patronage to as low as 20% of the pre-pandemic levels. Although public transport use is ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
COVID Casual: Refashioning Professional Work Attire in the Age of Remote Work
Published 2022-02-11The COVID- 19 crisis has transformed the world of work. Two years into the pandemic and more Australians are working from home than ever before, with 40 per cent of the workforce working remotely due to the pandemic (P ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Working from home, health and wellbeing consequences of a pandemic
Published 2022-02-04Drawing from a survey of 1,165 Sydney (Australia) workers conducted in late 2020, when restrictions from the first COVID-19 wave were easing across Australia, we explore the impact of the pandemic on perceived changes to ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
On the uncertainty of a combined forecast: The critical role of correlation
Published 2021The purpose of this paper is to show that the effect of the zero-correlation assumption in combining forecasts can be huge, and that ignoring (positive) correlation can lead to confidence bands around the forecast combination ...Open AccessWorking Paper