Three essays on the acceptability of environmental policy in Switzerland

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Three essays on the acceptability of environmental policy in Switzerland

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Urban Planning Through Participatory Democracy: Analysis of Citizen Participation in Urban Planning in Ho (Ghana) and Kpalimé (Togo)

OASIS: An integrated optimisation framework for activity scheduling

Optimization and equilibrium problems with discrete choice models

Capturing trade-offs between daily scheduling choices

Price-based regulation of oligopolistic markets under discrete choice models of demand

Information Theoretic Characterization of Uncertainty Distinguishes Surprise From Accuracy Signals in the Brain

Belief as a Wise Wager : the Neural Representation of Uncertainty, Surprise and Confidence Across Cognitive and Perceptual Domains

Activity choice modeling for pedestrian facilities

Integrating psychometric indicators in latent class choice models

Risk and Reward Preferences under Time Pressure

An empirical comparison of travel choice models that capture preferences for compromise alternatives

Attitudes towards mode choice in Switzerland

Integrated supply-demand models for the optimization of flexible transportation systems

Revisiting reference point formation, gains-losses asymmetry and non-linear sensitivities with an emphasis on attribute specific treatment

A Behavioral and Neural Evaluation of Prospective Decision-Making under Risk

The Neurobiological Foundations of Valuation in Human Decision Making under Uncertainty

Essays on individual decision making under uncertainty

Encoding of Marginal Utility across Time in the Human Brain

Bidder Optimal Assignments for General Utilities

Neural Correlates of Value, Risk, and Risk Aversion Contributing to Decision Making under Risk