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Martingales and the Valuation of Redundant Assets
We explore foundational issues in the theory of arbitrage. Given a probabilistic model of a fixed set of securities, an equivalent martingale measure is a probability measure equivalent to the original measure which causes the securities to earn…
A Note on Errors-in-Variables and Inconsistency in Multiple Regression Models
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On The Use of Ordinary Least Squares Regression With Paired Comparisons and Rank Order Data
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…
Prices of State-Contingent Claims Implicit in Option Prices
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…
Properties of Judgment Models in a Financial Setting
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…
Public and Nonprofit Marketing Comes of Age
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A Representation Theorem for “Preference for Flexibility”
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…
Security Codings: Measuring Relative Attractiveness in Perfect and Imperfect Measures
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Short-Term Forecasting and Seasonal Adjustment
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…
Some Relative Efficiency and Comparative Institutional Properties of Markets and Hierarchies
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Temporal von Neumann-Morgenstern and Induced Preferences
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…
The Association Between Unsystematic Security Returns and the Magnitude of Earnings Forecast Errors
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The California School Finance Simulation: A Case Study of Effective Implementation
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The Cost-Effectiveness of Health Care Regionalization
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The Effect of Personal Taxes and Dividends on Capital Asset Prices: Theory and Empirical Evidence
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The Female/Male Salary Differential in Public Schools: Some Lessons from San Francisco, 1879
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The Horizontal Divestiture of Petroleum Companies: Some Technological Considerations
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The Impact of a Fuel Adjustment Clause on the Regulated Firm's Value and Cost of Capital
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