To Surcharge or Not to Surcharge? A Two-Sided Market Perspective of the No-Surcharge Rule

Optimization-Based Fuel Surcharge Hedging

Quantity Surcharge and Consumer Heterogeneity

This paper studies quantity surcharge and heterogeneity in consumer attention, using scanner data in the peanut butter category. Quantity surcharge exists for packaged goods when a smaller package size is cheaper than its larger size counterpart per unit. Quantity surcharges are frequent in the data, and households have heterogeneous purchasing behavior during quantity surcharge weeks: attentiv...

Sustainability of Combined Vacuum and Surcharge Preloading

This paper presents a review of combined vacuum consolidation and surcharge preloading which is arguably more sustainable approach to soft-soil ground improvement than other strategies in reducing post-construction settlements. Vacuum consolidation has become more prevalent with technological developments in vertical drains, pumps and geosynthetics. Satisfactory vacuum pressures can be sustaine...

Surcharge Development and the Impact of a Decentralized Capacity Mechanism

The German support for renewable energies in the electricity sector is based on the feed-in tariff for investors that grants guaranteed revenues for their renewable energy supply. Corresponding to differences of granted tariffs and respective market values, a surcharge on consumption covers differential costs. While granted tariffs are bound to fall with advances in renewable energy technologie...

Effects of the Tip Location on Single Piles Subjected to Surcharge and Axial Loads

When applying axial load on piles subjected to negative skin friction (NSF), the yielded NSF is gradually eliminated. The process is notably influenced by the tip location (Y) and still a lack of understanding. This paper reports three-dimensional numerical simulations with tip locations Y = 1.00 pile diameter (D), 0.25D, 0.00D, and -1.00D. It is found that, against expectations, the dragload a...