Publications by authors named "Serkan Varol"

This article summarizes a database for analyzing the impact of structural and environmental characteristics on residential property values in Hamilton County, TN. The original dataset consists of house characteristics data for 873 residential sales between January 1, 2023, and September 25, 2023. Using Google's API tools and Point to Edge computations, several geographical variables-including the distance to green recreational areas, surrounding facilities, restaurants, air quality index, walk score-were gathered.

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Because vaccine hesitancy is a dynamic trait, it is critical to identify and compare the contributing factors at the different stages of a pandemic. The prediction of vaccine decision making and the interpretation of the analytical relationships among variables that encompass public perceptions and attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic have been extensively limited to the studies conducted after the administration of the first FDA-approved vaccine in December of 2020. In order to fill the gap in the literature, we used six predictive models and identified the most important factors, via Gini importance measures, that contribute to the prediction of COVID-19 vaccine acceptors and refusers using a nationwide survey that was administered in November 2020, before the widespread use of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Our objective was to estimate the individual willingness to pay (WTP) for a COVID-19 vaccine and evaluate its predictors in the United States. A double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation with open-ended question technique was implemented based on the responses to a national survey administered during the first week of November 2020. The final sample size was 1285.

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