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On the Distributional Conditions for A Consumption Oriented Three Moment CAPM
In this paper we develop sufficient conditions on probability distributions for a three moment (mean, variance, skewness) consumption oriented capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to price correctly a subset of assets. The assumptions that…
Price Operators: Extensions, Potentials, and the Markov Valuation of Securities
This paper provides properties of price operators, functions that map the payoff of a contingent claim to its market value as a function of the state of the economy. The principal objective is the construction of a Markov process under which the…
The Effect of Inside Information Upon Corporate Dividend and Financing Policies
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The Social Construction of Organizations
The literature on institutionalization and formal organizational structure is a diffuse and, at time, unclear body of work. The theory of the social construction of reality [Berger and Luckermann, 1967] is offered as a unifying theoretical…
A Utility-Based Model of Common Stock Price Movements
This paper develops and tests a non-linear utility-based econometric model of the temporal behavior of aggregate stock price movements, based on a constant relative risk aversion utility function and an observable information set consisting of…
Hidden Barriers to Acquisition Research
Traditional prescriptions for making acquisitions ~workinclude aspects of both strategic and organizational fit. But, because some acquisitions continue to yield disappointing results, a different perspective may be useful. This paper provides…
Portfolio Choice in Research and Development
Possible distortions in the choice of a mix of research and development projects in the market, where competition is subject to “winner-take-all” payoff structure, are analyzed. Attention is devoted to choices of weights on alternative “knowledge…
The Value of Information in Speculative Trading
This paper analyzes the value of information that is used in speculative trading. There is an important externality effect in the valuation of information in this context. The value of information depends, through its dependence on the…
A Closed Form Solution for a Multi-Asset Rational Expectations Equilibrium Model
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Minimum Wage Effects with Output Stabilization
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A Note on Performance Evaluation
Problems in distinguishing between market timing and security selection ability are reviewed. It is shown that the ability of a manager who receives signals with continuous distributions can be consistently measured the assumption of a…
A Note on the Necessary Condition for Linear Sharing and Separation
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Tournaments and Incentives: Heterogeneity and Essentiality
This paper reexamines, and significantly modifies, Lazear and Rosens (1981) negative result, concerning the effect of ex ante heterogeneity of workers on the attainability of first-best efficiency using tournament contracts, even for risk-neutral…
Transaction Costs and Taxation of Capital Gains as Impediments to Arbitrage Pricing: A Study of Government Bonds with the Same Maturity Date
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RatBAS -- A Software Tool for Users of BASIC
This document describes a program that translates programs written in RatBAS, a modified version of BASIC, to logically equivalent programs in BASIC.
Some Factors in New York Stock Exchange Security Returns, 1931-1979
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Aspects of Monetary and Banking Theory and Moral Hazard
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Innovation and Communication: Signaling with Partial Disclosure
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