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Temporal Resolution of Uncertainty and Dynamic Choice Theory
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…
The Determinants of Risk Sharing and Cost Parameters in Defense Contracts
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The "Jamaica Agreement," International Monetary Reform, and the Developing Countries
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Vertical Integration and Vertical Divestiture in the U.S. Petroleum Industry
This paper demonstrates that vertical integration in the U.S. petroleum industry represents a competitive response to the disabilities associated with market contracting. If intermediate product markets could operate, according to the…
Wives' Labor Force Behavior and Family Consumption Patterns
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Markov Decision Problems II: Summarized Utility, Memorless Strategies, Stationarity
The analysis of Markov decision problems with expected utility criteria, initiated on Kreps (1975b), is continued. Analogues of the standard dynamic programming concepts of memoryless strategies and stationarity are provided. The key notion is…
Markov Decision Problems with Expected Utility Criteria, I: Basic Notions and Essentially Positive, Essentially Negative and Convergent Utility
A discrete time, finite state and action Markov decision problem is considered where the objective is the maximization of the expectation of an arbitrary utility function defined on the sequence of rewards. Basic concepts are formulated,…
Public Goods, Collective Choice, and the Regulated Firm
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Women Economists: Career Aspirations, Education and Training
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Retail Store Credit Card Use A Study of New York Consumers
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Advertising and the Distribution of Consumer Demand
In this paper, the Houthakker-Taylor model of consumer demand is extended to include the effects of advertising. Industry demand equations are estimated and long-run price and advertising elasticities of demand computed. A primary finding is that…
Expected Inflation Implied by Capital Market Rates
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External Economic Relationships and the Process of Development: A Framework for Discussion
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Monopoly and the Distribution of Wealth
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Subsidies in the Use of Revolving Credit
This paper deals with the measurement of subsidies in the use of consumer retail revolving credit under current local and institutional arrangements. The possibility of subsidies among credit users stems from three basic sources: (i) legal…