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Measuring a Tax-Specific Term Structure of Interest Rates in the Market for British Government Securities
A method of measuring the term structure of interest rates is developed which accommodates the tax dependence of an investors choice of securities. Empirical results are given for the British Government Securities Market over the period 1955-1975…
Minimum Quality Standards Through Entry Licensing, Malpractice Suits and Equilibrium in a Medical Care Market with Asymmetric Information
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A Model of Direct and Relations Achieving Styles
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Multiperiod Securities and the Efficient Allocation of Risk: A Comment on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model
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On the CAPM Approach to the Estimation of a Public Utility's Cost of Equity Capital
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Organization Development In A Large System: An Empirical Assessment
This study reports the results of a quasi-experimental field study measuring the effects of three Organization Development (OD) interventions conducted in a large, geographically dispersed organization. The OD interventions were designed to…
Overview of Iterative Methods for Discounted Finite Markov and Semi-Markov Decision Chains
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A Plan for Consumer Information System Development, Implementation and Evaluation
The idea of consumer information systems for local services has not truly been implemented. Complete implementation in the U.S. could lead to benefits of $100 billion annually. This paper, based on an NSF-sponsored project at Stanford…
Professional Performance of Certified Public Accountants: Evidence on the Quality of Auditing Services
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Retrospective Self-Insight on the Factors Considered in Product Evaluations
The accuracy of young women’s retrospective reports about their use of mental cutoffs and about the number of factors used in evaluating birth control devices was tested. During these evaluations, the women’s mental time horizons were manipulated…
S-Shaped Response Functions: Implications for Decision Models
This paper discusses the implications for analysis and parameter estimation of optimization using S-shaped (convex-concave) response functions. For both unconstrained and constrained optimization and for integer and continuous variables, the…
A Sales Force Management Model: Integrating Managerial and Research Perspectives
This paper develops a three-stage conceptual model of personal selling and sales force management that emphasizes the relationship between sales force management decision-making and empirical research. The model provides a means for both…
Santa Clara County Employers: Number Offering Fair Economic Choice of Health Benefits Plans
Employer decisions regarding the number of different health benefits plans offered and how premium costs are divided between the employer and the employee affect the extent of competition among plans in a community. We believe competition creates…
Some Consequences of Organizational Demography: Potential Impacts of an Aging Work Force on Formal Organizations
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Technology Choices in Developing Countries: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Further Research
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Technology Transfer and R&D Activities of Multinational Firms: Some Theory and Evidence
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The Critical Need for a Marketing Measurement Tradition: A Proposal
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