Research on Government-Enterprise Regulation of Online Car-Hailing Based on Differential Game.

In the Internet era, with the widespread application of digital technology, the way people travel has changed. Compared with traditional taxis, more and more people prefer to choose online car-hailing. The rapid development of the online car-hailing industry has solved the problem of taxi-hailing to a certain extent, but it has also brought some new problems. To change the dilemma of the online car-hailing industry, it is necessary to strengthen the regulation of the online car-hailing industry. In this study, we consider the regulatory system composed of a local government and an enterprise and use the differential game to study the regulation of online car-hailing. In the Nash non-cooperative game, Stackelberg master-slave game, and cooperative game, we, respectively, investigate the indicators, such as the optimal regulatory effort of the government, the optimal regulatory effort of the enterprise, the optimal benefit function of the government, the optimal benefit function of the enterprise, the optimal benefit function of the system, the optimal trajectory of the service quality level for the enterprise, and the optimal trajectory of the goodwill for the enterprise. Moreover, we analyze the corresponding conclusions through examples. We obtained some important results. (i) In the Stackelberg master-slave game, the optimal ratio of the local government subsidy to the enterprise's regulatory cost is only related to the benefit distribution coefficient and has nothing to do with other factors. Moreover, when the benefit distribution coefficient is >1/3, the local government is willing to share the regulatory cost of the enterprise. Otherwise, the local government refuses to share the regulatory cost of the enterprise. (ii) Compared with the Nash non-cooperative game, the optimal regulatory effort of the local government remains unchanged in the Stackelberg master-slave game, but the optimal benefit of the local government increases. Moreover, when the benefit distribution coefficient is >1/3, both the optimal regulatory effort and the optimal benefit of the enterprise increase. (iii) Compared with the Stackelberg master-slave game, in the cooperative game, the optimal regulatory effort of both government and enterprise increases, and the system's optimal benefit also increases. (iv) From the Nash non-cooperative game to the Stackelberg master-slave game and then to the cooperative game when the benefit distribution coefficient is >1/3, the service quality level and goodwill of the enterprise all increase.

Ciberdelincuencia en Colombia: ¿qué tan eficiente ha sido la Ley de Delitos Informáticos? / Cybercrime in Colombia: how efficient has the Computer Crime Law been? / Cibercrime na Colômbia: qual tem sido a eficácia da Lei de Crimes Informáticos?

Este documento está centrado en determinar qué variables afectan los incentivos que tienen los delincuentes al cometer sus ciberdelitos, e identificar si la legislación actual está diseñada teniendo en cuenta la tipificación de las conductas y las herramientas de los entes encargados de capturar los criminales. Se busca entender los principales factores que incentivan la ciberdelincuencia en el país, teniendo en cuenta el contexto de la ciberdelincuencia para el 2019 en Colombia, y con ello, el comportamiento de los delincuentes informáticos en la prepandemia. Con la Ley 1273 de 2019, encargada de tipificar los delitos informáticos en Colombia, se revisarán los datos reportados de delitos informáticos y se compararán con los casos e indicadores de delitos de hurto calificado, con el fin de determinar la relación de estos dos delitos, que son relevantes para las entidades y han sido interiorizados por las entidades policivas en su estudio y lucha anticriminal desde hace mucho tiempo. Una vez definida teóricamente la eficiencia de las entidades apoderadas en la lucha contra los delitos informáticos, se propone una función de beneficios económicos de la ciberdelincuencia adaptada para el caso colombiano, determinando las variables que mejor explican esta función. Al final de este ejercicio académico, mediante un análisis de sensibilidad, se señala qué aspectos de política pública se deben considerar como prioritarios, teniendo en cuenta los incentivos económicos para los ciberdelincuentes y la efectividad de la Ley 1273 de 2009.

This paper is focused on determining which variables affect the incentives that criminals have when committing cybercrime, and identify whether the current legislation is designed taking into account the criminalization of behaviors and the tools of the entities in charge of catching criminals. It seeks to understand the main factors that encourage cybercrime in the country, taking into account the context of cybercrime for 2019 in Colombia, and with it, the behavior of cybercriminals in the pre-pandemic. With Law 1273 of 2019, in charge of criminalizing computer crimes in Colombia, the reported data of computer crimes will be reviewed and compared with the cases and indicators of qualified theft crimes, in order to determine the relationship of these two crimes, which are relevant for the entities and have been internalized by the police entities in their study and anti-crime fight for a long time. Once the efficiency of the entities empowered in the fight against cybercrime has been theoretically defined, a function of economic benefits of cybercrime adapted to the Colombian case is proposed, determining the variables that best explain this function. At the end of this academic exercise, through a sensitivity analysis, it is pointed out which aspects of public policy should be considered as a priority, taking into account the economic incentives for cybercriminals and the effectiveness of Law 1273 of 2009.

Este documento está focado em determinar quais variáveis afetam os incentivos que os criminosos têm quando cometem crimes cibernéticos, e identificar se a legislação atual é elaborada levando em conta a classificação dos comportamentos e as ferramentas das entidades encarregadas de capturar os criminosos. Ela procura compreender os principais fatores que incentivam o cibercrime no país, levando em conta o contexto do cibercrime para 2019 na Colômbia, e com ele, o comportamento dos cibercriminosos na pré-pandemia. Com a Lei 1273 de 2019, encarregada de criminalizar os crimes cibernéticos na Colômbia, os dados comunicados de crimes cibernéticos serão revistos e comparados com os casos e indicadores de crimes de roubo, a fim de determinar a relação entre esses dois crimes, que são relevantes para as entidades e foram internalizados por entidades policiais em seu estudo e combate aos crimes por um longo tempo. Uma vez definida teoricamente a eficiência das entidades habilitadas na luta contra o crime cibernético, propõe-se uma função dos benefícios econômicos do crime cibernético adaptada ao caso colombiano, determinando as variáveis que melhor explicam esta função. Ao final deste exercício acadêmico, por meio de uma análise de sensibilidade, indica-se quais aspectos das políticas públicas devem ser considerados prioritários, levando em conta os incentivos econômicos para os cibercriminosos e a eficácia da Lei 1273 de 2009.

Estimating cultural benefits from surface water status improvements in freshwater wetland ecosystems.

Freshwater wetlands provide crucial ecosystem services, though are subject to anthropogenic/natural stressors that provoke negative impacts on these ecosystems, services and values. The European Union Water Framework Directive aims to achieve good status of surface waters by 2015, through implementation of Catchment Management Plans. Implementation of Catchment Management Plans is costly, though associated benefits from improvements in surface water status are less well known. This paper establishes a functional relationship between surface water status and cultural ecosystem service values of freshwater systems. Hence, we develop a bio-economic valuation approach in which we relate ecological status and chemical status of surface waters (based on local physio-chemical and benthic macro-invertebrates survey data) to willingness-to-pay (using benefit-function transfer). Results for the Pateira de Fermentelos freshwater wetland (Portugal) show that the current status of surface waters is good from a chemical though only moderate from an ecological perspective. The current cultural ecosystem service value of the wetland is estimated at 1.54 m€/yr- increasing to 2.02 m€/yr in case good status of surface waters is obtained. Taking into account ecosystem services and values in decision making is essential to avoid costs from externalities and capture benefits from spill-overs--leading to more equitable, effective and efficient water resources management.