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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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The Pricing of Commodity Futures Contracts, Nominal Bonds and Other Risky Assets under Commodity Price Uncertainty
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The Term Structure of Interest Rates and Restrictions on the Supply of Treasury Securities
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A Theory of Lateral Integration: Corporate Diversification in Energy
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A Theory of the Term Structure of Interest Rates
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Use of Strategies to Reduce Time Pressures: Some Non-Difference Between Working Wives and Non-Working Wives
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Using Probabilistic Information in Solving Resource Allocation Problems for a Decentralized Firm
This paper formulates a general linear programming problem for a multidivision firm where headquarters possesses probabilistic information regarding each division’s opportunities. It is assumed that headquarters is willing to risk implementing a…
Verbal Reports About Subjective Evaluation Strategies
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