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Money in General Equilibrium Theory

Darrell Duffie
1986

This paper establishes the existence of monetary equilibrium in a static economy with a finite number of agents, each described by a preference relation, an endowment of commodities and pure fiat money, and a transactions technology. In addition…

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Monitoring, Moral Hazard, Asymmetric Information, and Risk Sharing in Procurement Contracting

David P. Baron, David Besanko
1986

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

A Monopolistic Market for Information

Anat R. Admati, Paul Pfleiderer
Journal of Economic Theory 1986 Vol. 39 Issue 2 Pages 400–438.

We analyze a model where traders buy information from a monopolistic seller, which is subsequently used in a speculative market. In order to overcome the dilution in the value of information due to its leakage through informative prices, the…

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Nonlinear Least Squares Estimation of New Product Diffusion Models

V. “Seenu” Srinivasan, Charlotte H. Mason
Marketing Science 1986 Vol. 5 Issue 2 Pages 169-178.

Schmittlein and Mahajan (Marketing Science 1982) made an important improvement in the estimation of the Bass (1969) diffusion model by appropriately aggregating the continuous time model over the time intervals represented by the data.…

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Norm Theory: Comparing Reality to Its Alternatives

Daniel Kahneman, Dale T. Miller
Psychological Review 1986 Vol. 93 Issue 2 Pages 136–153.

Presents a theory of norms and normality and applies the theory to phenomena of emotional responses, social judgment, and conversations about causes. Norms are assumed to be constructed ad hoc by recruiting specific representations. Category…

Journal Article

On Timing and Selectivity

Anat R. Admati, Sudipto Bhattacharya, Paul Pfleiderer, Stephen A. Ross
Journal of Finance 1986 Vol. 41 Issue 3 Pages 715–730.

The dichotomy between timing ability and the ability to select individual assets has been widely used in discussing investment performance measurement. This paper discusses the conceptual and econometric problems associated with defining and…

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On Timing and Selectivity

Anat R. Admati, Paul Pfleiderer, Stephen Ross, Sudipto Bhattachary
1986

The dichotomy between timing ability and the ability to select individual assets has been widely used in discussing investment performance measurement. This paper discusses the conceptual and econometric problems associated with defining and…

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On the Evaluation of Structural Equation Models

1986

Criteria for evaluating structural equation models with latent variables are defined, critiqued, and illustrated. An overall program for model evaluation is proposed based upon an interpretation of converging and diverging evidence. Model…

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On the Robustness of Equilibrium Refinements

David M. Kreps, David Levine, Drew Fu
1986

Abstract not available.

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On the Term Structure of Interest Rates

Darrell Duffie
1986

This is a brief review of the theory of the term structure of interest rates, and includes a discrete-time example that parallels the continuous-time model of the term structure due to Cox, Ingersoll, and Ross.

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Optimal Auditing, Insurance, and Redistribution

1986

The objective of this paper is to analyse optimal tax and audit strategies for a principal seeking to redistribute income among a population of taxpayers when the principal can observe the income of an individual at a cost. We show that in very…

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Optimal Hedging and Equilibrium in a Dynamic Futures Market

Darrell Duffie, Matthew Jackson
1986

In this paper optimal hedging strategies are solved for in a continuous time setting. We consider a single agent maximizing the expected utility of the sum of the terminal value of a fixed portfolio of spot market assets and the terminal value of…

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Optimal Innovation of Futures Contracts

Darrell Duffie, Matthew Jackson
1986

This paper provides an expression for the revenue maximizing and open interest maximizing choice of futures contracts by exchanges in incomplete markets under uncertainty, with quadratic Von Neumann-Morgenstern preferences and proportional…

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Optimal Investment With Stock Repurchase and Financing As Signals

1986

Abstract not available.

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Organization Development Theory: A Typology and Evaluation

Jerry I. Porras, Peter Robertson
1986

Two types of Organization Development theory are identified and discussed. The first, implementation theory, focuses on the intervention activity required to carry out effective planned change efforts in organizations. The second, change process…

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Organizational Ecology and Strategic Management: An Evolutionary Process Perspective

Robert A. Burgelman
1986

Organizations can be viewed as opportunity structures motivating strategic behavior on the part of their participants and the strategic process in organizations constitutes an internalized and contrived evolutionary mechanism nested in the…

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Plans, Performances, and Experiences: A Theory of Goal Directed Behaviors and Outcomes

1986

This paper presents an integrative theoretical framework explaining goal achievement and behavioral performance and then tests the theory in head-to-head comparisons with the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior. Our…

Journal Article

Price Destabilizing Speculation

David M. Kreps, Oliver D. Hart
Journal of Political Economy 1986 Vol. 94 Pages 927-52.
Working Paper

Price Promotions: Limiting Competitive Encroachment

1986

In this paper we explore equilibrium pricing strategies in an infinite horizon repeated game for an oligopoly. In a model where two symmetric firms (out of three) have a loyal customer base, it is shown that if there are sufficiently large number…

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Process Constraints on Strategic Capability Transfer During Acquisition Integration

David B. Jemison
1986

This paper reports the results of an in-depth study of the acquisition integration process in seven acquisitions representing twelve firms. A grounded theory of acquisition integration is elaborated. Three constraints in the integration process…