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Air passengers rail against allowing mobile-phone calls on planes
ONE by one, airline passengers’ privileges have been taken away: free checked bags, free carry-ons, complimentary food and drink, on-board entertainment. Now, with the advent of “basic economy” class, some flyers are even losing the ability to choose their seats, sit with family members and accrue qualifying miles toward elite status. So it is rather interesting that when passengers are offered the chance of a new privilege, their response seems to be an overwhelmingly “no thank-you”.
The issue at hand is the use of cell phones on planes. The U.S. Transportation Department recently sought public comment on whether it should continue to ban calls from mobiles in the air. More than 8,000 people weighed in before the deadline in February. And in an era when it’s hard to achieve public consensus on just about anything, this issue seems to unite people to an uncommon degree.
Of the last 100 public comments submitted, for example, just one was in favour of calls on planes—and only if airlines agreed to strict regulations and imposed “no call periods” during takeoff, landing…Continue reading
Linde escoge a un colaborador cercano para hacerse cargo de la Supervisión del Banco de España
Julio Durán era director general de Estabilidad Financiera desde 2015 y sustituye a Mariano Herrera, que dimitió tras ser imputado por la salida a Bolsa de Bankia
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Taxi drivers overcharge when passengers are on expenses
MORAL hazard is a problem that crops up frequently in economics. People behave differently if they do not face the full costs or risks of their actions: deposit insurance makes customers less careful about choosing their banks, for example.
Moral hazard can also be second-hand. Take medicine. A patient with private insurance may be happy to sit through extra tests, and a doctor may be happy to order them. Doctors might be more reluctant to order tests if they know that the patient would bear the full cost.
A newly published paper* sets out to test this secondary problem by examining a common-enough situation—taking a taxi ride in a strange city. The authors, a trio of academics at the University of Innsbruck, sent researchers on 400 taxi rides, covering 11 different routes, in Athens, Greece. In all cases, the researchers indicated they were not familiar with the city. But in half the cases, the researchers indicated that their employers would be reimbursing them for the journey. The researchers in the latter group were 17% more likely to be overcharged for their trip and paid a fare that was, on average, 7% higher.
The most…Continue reading
¿Eres un ‘total consumer’? Seis de cada diez españoles lo son
La multiplicación de los canales de compra gracias a las nuevas tecnologías impulsa la categoría del ‘consumidor total’
El BBVA devolverá las cláusulas suelo “a los que les corresponda”
Tras recibir el texto de la sentencia del Supremo, el banco sugiere que entregará el dinero tras un análisis de cada caso
El BBVA devolverá las cláusulas suelo solo “a los que les corresponda”
Tras recibir el texto de la sentencia del Supremo, el banco sugiere que entregará el dinero tras un análisis de cada caso