Some Circumstances in Which Vehicles Will Reach Destinations Earlier by Starting Later: Revisited

Moshe Ben-Akiva and André de Palma (adepalmajl@gmail.com)

Working Paper from Economics Department, Queen's University

Abstract: Smeed (1967) derived conditions under which it is possible for a driver to depart later and arrive earlier at a destination. In this note we replicate Smeed's argument and modify one of the postulates that under realistic traffic assumptions this phenomenon cannot occur.

Pages: 12 pages
Date: 1985
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