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Mutual Fund Insurance
During the 1970s, mutual fund insurance was sold in the U.S. by the Harleysville and Prudential lnsurance Companies. This paper examines the valuation and demand for this insurance. It illustrates that because of its design, for many plausible…
Nondissipative Signaling Structures and Dividend Policy
Existence conditions for signaling equilibria in which the signal is not exogenously costly are derived for the continuum of classes case. Applications to labor market, models based on productivity quotas and time-profiles of wages, and an…
On Studying Collective Behavior: Methodological Issues in the Use of Key Informants
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On The Chain-Store Paradox and Predation: Reputation for Toughness
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On The Design Of Subscription Programs For A Performing Arts Series
This paper reports results obtained from a conjoint analysis, using a mail questionnaire, of the demand for subscription series to performing arts events. Many performing arts organizations offer substantial discounts to season subscribers. Our…
Organizational Legends
Research on anthropological myths, sagas, and organizational stories is theoretically integrated with cognitive research on scripts. This integrative theoretical model is then used to define the characteristics of narratives most relevant to…
Pay Inequality and the Perception of Injustice: A Relative Deprivation Perspective
Fraternal deprivation research has attempted, and often failed, to find a strong positive association between system characteristics, such as economic or racial inequality, and behavior, such as riot participation. This research has relied on…
Portfolio Efficiency with Stochastic Opportunity Sets
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Predation, Reputation, and Entry Deterrence
Economists often argue that predatory practices are irrational, since there exist cheaper or more certain means to gain or maintain a monopoly. Our game-theoretic, equilibrium analysis suggests that if a firm is threatened by several potential…
STRATPORT: A Decision Support System for Strategic Planning
The STRATPORT decision support system represents an extension and operationalization of current business portfolio approaches. It is designed to aid top managers and corporate planners in the evaluation and formulation of business portfolio…
STRATPORT: A Model for the Evaluation and Formulation of Business Portfolio Strategies
A decision support system to evaluate and formulate business portfolio strategies is proposed. Strategies are expressed in terms of market share objectives to be achieved in each of the N business units in the portfolio. STRATPORT evaluates a…
Tax Induced Clientele Effects in the Market for British Government Securities: Placing Bounds on Security Values in an Incomplete Market
This paper develops a new method for measuring tax effects in bond markets and presents empirical results for British Government Securities. The basic idea is to construct a least cost portfolio which, for investors in a given tax bracket,…
The Development of Knowledge Structures
The present research examines the process of the development of knowledge structures concerning events. Abelson (1976) suggested that one type of knowledge structure, a script, would move, as similar events were encountered, through three levels…
The Fairness of Earnings Differentials: An Experimental Study of the Perceptions of Blue Collar Workers
Blue-collar pay levels are chronic sources of dispute between labor and management. When such disputes are not resolved satisfactorily, the results, such as strikes and turnover, can be costly to both of the parties concerned, and even the…
The New Social Regulation: Implications And Alternatives
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The Predictive Validity Of Conjoint Analysis For Alternative Aggregation Schemes
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