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Arts Plan. A Model Based System for Use in Planning a Performing Arts Series

Charles Weinberg, Kenneth Shachmut
1977

This paper is concerned with the application of marketing and management science to some of the problems involved in managing a series of performing arts presentations. Although some of the decisions are argely “artistic” and not subject to…

Behavior of Default-Risk Premiums for Corporate Bonds and Commercial Paper

James C. Van Horne (1935–2025)
1977

Abstract not available.

Building a Marketing Plan for the Performing Arts

Charles B. Weinberg
1977

Abstract not available.

Cognitive Responses To Mass Media Advocacy And Cognitive Choice Processes

Romain Wacziarg, Peter Wright
1977

Abstract not available.

Common Stock Price Adjustments to Rating Changes: A Methodological Emphasis

Paul A. Griffin
1977

Three methodological perspectives are used to investigate the common stock price response to the bond reclassifications of 180 New York Stock Exchange firms for the period 1960-1975. They comprise a (traditional) residuals approach, a…

Common Stocks, Index Linked and Ordinary Bonds, Short Term Interest Rates and Inflation in France, 1960-1975

Bertrand C. Jacquillat, Richard Roll
1977

Rates of return on French common stocks have been below the returns on short-term loans for most holding periods from 1960-75. Furthermore, common stocks have provided negative real returns on average. In contrast, French index linked bonds and…

Communication and Decision Making: A Cross Cultural Study of Japanese and American Companies in the United States and Japan

Richard T. Johnson
1977

Based on measures across a variety of dimensions, this paper reports on the communications and decision making practices of Japanese firms operating in Japan and the United States as compared to American firms operating in the United States. The…

Competition of Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems

Alain C. Enthoven
1977

Abstract not available.

Competitive Bidding in the Underwriting of Public Utilities Securities

George G.C. Parker, Daniel Cooperman
1977

Abstract not available.

Control in Organizational Hierarchies: Coupled Versus Uncoupled

William G. Ouchi
1977

Abstract not available.

A Convergence Theorem for Competitive Bidding With Differential Information

Paul R. Milgrom
1977

This paper investigates the behavior of the winning bid in a sealed bid tender auction where each bidder has private sample information. With an appropriate concept of value, the winning bid will converge in probability to the value of the object…

Decision Times and Processes on Complex Decision Problems

Peter Wright
1977

In analysing what factors influence how long a consumer deliberates on a complex preferential choice problem, attention should be given to the antecedents of internal “conflict”, the decomposition of the decision process into stages, the tactical…

Dynamic Choice Theory and Dynamic Programming

David M. Kreps, Evan L. Porteus
1977

Finite horizon sequential decision problems with a “temporal vonNeumann-Morgenstern utility” criterion are analyzed. This criterion, as developed in [7], is a generalization of vonNeumann-Morgenstern (expected) utility of the vector of rewards,…

Elimination of the Double Taxation of Dividends and Corporate Financial Policy

Robert Litzenberger, James C. Van Horne (1935–2025)
1977

Abstract not available.

Estimation of a Noninvertible Moving Average Process: The Case of Overdifferencing

Charles I. Plosser, G. William Schwert
1977

The effect of differencing all of the variables in a properly specified regression equation is examined. Excessive use of the difference transformation induces a noninvertible moving average (MA) process in the disturbances of the transformed…

Evaluation Methodology in Organization Development:_x000B_An Analysis and Critique

Jerry I. Porras, P.O. Berg
1977

The purpose of this analysis is to present a detailed overview of the current state of evaluation methodology in Organization Development. A detailed search procedure yielded thirty-five empirical studies in the OD field for the period 1959 to…

Externality Law and Market Safeguards

Gerald M. Meier
1977

Abstract not available.

Further Results on the Informational Efficiency of Competitive Stock Markets

Sanford J. Grossman
1977

Abstract not available.