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- December 1988
- Article
Ordinal Independence in Non-Linear Utility Theory
By: Jerry R. Green and Bruno Jullien
Individual behavior under uncertainty is characterized using a new axiom, ordinal independence, which is a weakened form of the von Neumann-Morgcnslern independence axiom. It states that if two distributions share a tail in common, then this tail can be modified... View Details
Keywords: Preferences
- August 1988 (Revised January 1990)
- Case
Boston Edison vs. City of Boston
- Article
'Making Book Against Oneself,' the Independence Axiom, and Non-Linear Utility Theory
By: Jerry R. Green
An individual with known preferences over lotteries can be led to accept random wealth distributions different from his initial endowment by a sequential process in which some uncertainty is resolved and he is offered a new lottery in place of the remaining... View Details
- April 1987 (Revised May 1995)
- Teaching Note
Harnischfeger Corp., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-186-160). View Details
Keywords: Utilities Industry
- March 1987 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (A)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Utilities Industry
- February 1987 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Polysar Limited
By: Robert L. Simons
Canada's largest chemical company produces and markets butyl rubber in two divisions, each treated as a profit center. The new plant in the North American Division operates below capacity resulting in a significant volume variance and an operating loss. The European... View Details
- 1987
- Other Unpublished Work
Re-Establishing the Regulatory Bargain in the Electric Utility Industry
By: Dutch Leonard, Joseph P. Kalt and Henry Lee
- December 1985
- Case
Water Meter Industry in 1982
- November 1985 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
Harnischfeger Corp.
Presents an analysis of Harnischfeger's quality of earnings, and the investment potential of the company's stock in light of the company's turnaround strategy. View Details
- July 1984 (Revised February 1987)
- Teaching Note
Boston Edison: Overload, Teaching Note
Keywords: Utilities Industry
- May 1984 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Western Electric at Merrimack Valley
By: W. Earl Sasser and Dorothy Leonard-Barton
Keywords: Utilities Industry
- April 1984 (Revised May 1984)
- Teaching Note
Commonwealth Edison (A), Teaching Note
Keywords: Utilities Industry
- Article
Participation Constraints in the Vickrey Auction
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Economic agents are characterized by two privately observable parameters: their willingness to pay for an item being auctioned, and their reservation utility level which must be exceeded, in expectation, to induce them to participate in this auction. This creates a... View Details
- November 1983 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Boston Edison: Overload
- February 1982 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Boston Gas Co.: Winter 1980-81
- February 1982 (Revised September 1987)
- Case