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Spring 2026

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Effects of Crime on Ridesharing Platforms

Ilan Morgenstern - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

This project explores how crime affects the operation of ridesharing platforms like Uber and Lyft. In many areas, rideshare drivers face safety concerns that shape how and where they choose to operate. Some platforms respond by allowing drivers to reject trips to high-crime areas or by excluding those zones...

 Social Sciences

Open Theoretical Research Project in Economic Theory / Operations Research (Publication-Oriented)

Ilan Morgenstern - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

This project studies a classic problem in economic theory known as a bankruptcy (or claims) problem: how to allocate a limited resource among agents who have competing claims over the same resources. Such problems arise in economics, operations research, and fair division, and are central to the theory of cooperative...

 Social Sciences

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