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Working Paper

Security Codings: Measuring Relative Attractiveness in Perfect and Imperfect Measures

William F. Sharpe
1978

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

Sequential Decision Problems with Expected Utility Criteria. III: Upper and Lower Transience

David M. Kreps
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 1978 Vol. 16 Pages 420--28.
Working Paper

Short-Term Forecasting and Seasonal Adjustment

Charles I. Plosser
1978

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…

Journal Article

Speculative Investor Behavior in a Stock Market with Heterogeneous Expectations

David M. Kreps, J. Michael Harrison
Quarterly Journal of Economics 1978 Vol. 92 Pages 323-336.
Journal Article

Temporal Resolution of Uncertainty and Dynamic Choice Theory

David M. Kreps, Evan L. Porteus
Econometrica 1978 Vol. 46 Issue 1 Pages 185–200.

We consider dynamic choice behavior under conditions of uncertainty, with emphasis on the timing of the resolution of uncertainty. Choice behavior in which an individual distinguishes between lotteries based on the times at which their…

Working Paper

Temporal von Neumann-Morgenstern and Induced Preferences

David M. Kreps, Evan L. Porteus
1978

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…

Working Paper

The Association Between Unsystematic Security Returns and the Magnitude of Earnings Forecast Errors

William H. Beaver (1940–2024), William Wright, Roger Clarke
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

The California School Finance Simulation: A Case Study of Effective Implementation

Peter G. W. Keen
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

The Cost-Effectiveness of Health Care Regionalization

Steven A. Finkler
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

The Economics of Payoffs in Foreign and Other Commerce

George Feiger
1978

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

The Effect of Locus of Control Orientation on Ability to Delay Gratification: When It Is Better to Be an External

Dale T. Miller
Journal of Research in Personality 1978 Vol. 12 Issue 1 Pages 49–56.

An experiment was conducted to investigate the relationship between the locus of control orientation of fourth-grade children and delay frustration experienced in self-imposed and externally imposed delay situations. Time estimation was used as…

Working Paper

The Effect of Personal Taxes and Dividends on Capital Asset Prices: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Robert H. Litzenberger, Krishna Ramaswamy
1978

Abstract not available.

Book

The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Gerald Salancik
Harper & Row 1978

Among the most widely cited books in the social sciences, The External Control of Organizations has long been required reading for any student of organization studies. The book, reissued on its 25th anniversary as part of the Stanford…

Working Paper

The Female/Male Salary Differential in Public Schools: Some Lessons from San Francisco, 1879

Myra H. Strober, Laura Best
1978

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

The Freedom of Information Act: Strategic Opportunities and Threats

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025), A.H. Peters, C.B. Weinberg
Sloan Management Review 1978 Vol. 19 Issue 2 Pages 1-13.
Working Paper

The Horizontal Divestiture of Petroleum Companies: Some Technological Considerations

David J. Teece
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

The Pricing of Commodity Futures Contracts, Nominal Bonds and Other Risky Assets under Commodity Price Uncertainty

Frederick L.A. Grauer, Robert H. Litzenberger
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

The Term Structure of Interest Rates and Restrictions on the Supply of Treasury Securities

James C. Van Horne (1935–2025)
1978

Abstract not available.