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Working Paper

On The Use of Ordinary Least Squares Regression With Paired Comparisons and Rank Order Data

Philippe Cattin, Dick R. Wittink
1978

In this paper we compare selected metric and nonmetric procedures for estimating the weights of a linear model linking predictor variables with a criterion variable. Synthetic rank order data are generated to determine conditions under which one…

Working Paper

Portfolio Investments in Foreign Assets

George Feiger
1978

Abstract not available.

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Prices of State-Contingent Claims Implicit in Option Prices

Douglas Breeden, Robert Litzenberger
1978

This paper implements the time-state preference model in a multi-period economy, deriving the prices of primitive securities from the prices of call options on aggregate consumption. These prices permit an equilibrium valuation of assets with…

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Properties of Judgment Models in a Financial Setting

William Wright
1978

The purpose of this study is to extend judgment research by investigating properties of information processing models utilized in a financial judgment situation. Forty-seven graduate business school students estimated percentage changes in the…

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Public and Nonprofit Marketing Comes of Age

Charles Weinberg, Christopher Lovelock
1978

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

Reducibility of Principal Series Representations of p-Adic Chevalley Groups

Norman Winarsky
American Journal of Mathematics 1978 Vol. 100
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A Representation Theorem for “Preference for Flexibility”

David M. Kreps
1978

This paper concerns individual choice among “opportunity sets”, sets from which the individual. will later choose a single object. In particular, it concerns preference relations on opportunity sets which satisfy “preference for flexibility”, a…

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Security Codings: Measuring Relative Attractiveness in Perfect and Imperfect Measures

William F. Sharpe
1978

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

Sequential Decision Problems with Expected Utility Criteria. III: Upper and Lower Transience

David M. Kreps
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 1978 Vol. 16 Pages 420--28.
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Short-Term Forecasting and Seasonal Adjustment

Charles I. Plosser
1978

This paper explores the stochastic properties and prediction performance of several economic time series both before and after adjustment by the U.S. Bureau of the Census XII seasonal adjustment program. The results suggest that within the class…

Journal Article

Speculative Investor Behavior in a Stock Market with Heterogeneous Expectations

David M. Kreps, J. Michael Harrison
Quarterly Journal of Economics 1978 Vol. 92 Pages 323-336.
Journal Article

Temporal Resolution of Uncertainty and Dynamic Choice Theory

David M. Kreps, Evan L. Porteus
Econometrica 1978 Vol. 46 Issue 1 Pages 185–200.

We consider dynamic choice behavior under conditions of uncertainty, with emphasis on the timing of the resolution of uncertainty. Choice behavior in which an individual distinguishes between lotteries based on the times at which their…

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Temporal von Neumann-Morgenstern and Induced Preferences

David M. Kreps, Evan L. Porteus
1978

Induced preference in dynamic contexts, such as preference for uncertain income streams induced from preference for consumption streams, typically does not have an expected utility representation. Earlier resolution of uncertainty is preferred…

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The Association Between Unsystematic Security Returns and the Magnitude of Earnings Forecast Errors

William H. Beaver (1940–2024), William Wright, Roger Clarke
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

The California School Finance Simulation: A Case Study of Effective Implementation

Peter G. W. Keen
1978

Abstract not available.

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The Cost-Effectiveness of Health Care Regionalization

Steven A. Finkler
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

The Economics of Payoffs in Foreign and Other Commerce

George Feiger
1978

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

The Effect of Locus of Control Orientation on Ability to Delay Gratification: When It Is Better to Be an External

Dale T. Miller
Journal of Research in Personality 1978 Vol. 12 Issue 1 Pages 49–56.

An experiment was conducted to investigate the relationship between the locus of control orientation of fourth-grade children and delay frustration experienced in self-imposed and externally imposed delay situations. Time estimation was used as…

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The Effect of Personal Taxes and Dividends on Capital Asset Prices: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Robert H. Litzenberger, Krishna Ramaswamy
1978

Abstract not available.