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      • 1989
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      Optimal Portfolio Rules in Continuous Time When the Nonnegativity Constraint on Consumption is Binding

      By: Robert C. Merton
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      Merton, Robert C. "Optimal Portfolio Rules in Continuous Time When the Nonnegativity Constraint on Consumption is Binding." December 1989. (In Chapter 6 of Continuous-Time Finance.)
      • February 1989
      • Article

      Buybacks, Exit Bonds, and the Optimality of Debt and Liquidity Relief

      By: K. A. Froot
      Keywords: Chapter 7; Debt Reduction; Default; Sovereign Debt; Debt Crisis; Debt Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt
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      Froot, K. A. "Buybacks, Exit Bonds, and the Optimality of Debt and Liquidity Relief." International Economic Review 30, no. 1 (February 1989): 49–70. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 2675, July 1988. Translated into Spanish in Estudios Economicos 4 (July 1989): 31-60.)
      • winter 1989
      • Article

      Split-Awards Procurement and Innovation

      By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
      In many procurement settings, it is possible for a buyer to split a production award between suppliers. In this article, we develop a model of split-award procurement auctions in which the split choice is endogenous. We characterize the set of equilibrium bids and... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Cost; Supply Chain; Investment; Balance and Stability
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      Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Split-Awards Procurement and Innovation." RAND Journal of Economics 20, no. 4 (winter 1989): 538–552. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • August 1988
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      Credibility, Real Interest Rates, and the Optimal Speed of Trade Liberalization

      By: K. A. Froot
      Keywords: International Trade; Trade Policy; Trade; Policy; Interest Rates
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      Froot, K. A. "Credibility, Real Interest Rates, and the Optimal Speed of Trade Liberalization." Journal of International Economics 25, nos. 1-2 (August 1988): 71–93. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 2358, May 1987.)
      • January 1987
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      Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      When a decision rule is implemented using a Bayesian incentive compatible mechanism in which the messages are publicly observable, the players' information is augmented by their observation of each others' strategies. In this paper we study the set of Bayesian... View Details
      Keywords: Incentives; Commitment; Mechanism Design; Decision Making; Information
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem." Econometrica 55, no. 1 (January 1987): 69–94.
      • 1985
      • Working Paper

      Sequential Innovation and Market Structure

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      This paper concerns the introduction of a sequence of new, higher-quality durable products in a market in which there already exists a lower-quality substitute. The product has the further attribute that a real resource cost is incurred at the time a higher-quality... View Details
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Sequential Innovation and Market Structure." Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper, No. 1185, October 1985.
      • December 1984
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      Expense Tracking System at Tiger Creek

      By: Shoshana Zuboff
      Mill manager Carl Adelman learns that a group of senior managers is soon to visit the Tiger Creek mill to learn more about the success of the newly implemented Expense Tracking System. The System had been installed on two paper machines to give workers real time cost... View Details
      Keywords: Management Teams; Success; Cost Management; Technology; Pulp and Paper Industry
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      Zuboff, Shoshana. "Expense Tracking System at Tiger Creek." Harvard Business School Case 485-057, December 1984.
      • December 1984
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      An Approach for Developing an Optimal Discount Pricing Policy

      By: R. Lal and Richard Staelin
      Keywords: Price; Policy
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      Lal, R., and Richard Staelin. "An Approach for Developing an Optimal Discount Pricing Policy." Management Science 30, no. 12 (December 1984).
      • October 1984
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      Large-Scale Portfolio Optimization

      By: André Perold
      Keywords: Financial Instruments
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      Perold, André. "Large-Scale Portfolio Optimization." Management Science 30, no. 10 (October 1984): 1143–1160.
      • June 1983
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      A Comparison of Tournaments and Contracts

      By: Jerry R. Green and Nancy Stokey
      Tournaments, reward structures based on rank order, are compared with individual contracts in a model with one risk-neutral principal and many risk-averse agents. Each agent's output is a stochastic function of his effort level plus an additive shock term that is... View Details
      Keywords: Tournaments; Contracts
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      Green, Jerry R., and Nancy Stokey. "A Comparison of Tournaments and Contracts." Journal of Political Economy 91, no. 3 (June 1983): 349–364.
      • May 1983
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      Optimality Conditions and Strong Duality in Abstract and Continuous Time Linear Programming

      By: André Perold and R. Meidan
      Keywords: Mathematical Methods
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      Perold, André, and R. Meidan. "Optimality Conditions and Strong Duality in Abstract and Continuous Time Linear Programming." Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 40, no. 1 (May 1983): 61–76.
      • June 1982
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      Optimal Sequential Investment When Capital is Not Readily Reversible

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
      Keywords: Capital
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Optimal Sequential Investment When Capital is Not Readily Reversible." Journal of Finance 37, no. 3 (June 1982).
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      Experience Curves and Dynamic Demand Models: Implications for Optimal Pricing Strategies

      By: Robert J. Dolan
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      Dolan, Robert J. "Experience Curves and Dynamic Demand Models: Implications for Optimal Pricing Strategies." Journal of Marketing 45, no. 1 (Winter 1981).
      • October 1981
      • Background Note

      Note on Network Optimization Models (Abridged)

      By: Roy D. Shapiro
      Keywords: Networks
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      Shapiro, Roy D. "Note on Network Optimization Models (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Background Note 182-079, October 1981.
      • 1981
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      Sparsity and Piecewise Linearity in Large Portfolio Optimization Problems

      By: André Perold and Harry M. Markowitz
      Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Mathematical Methods
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      Perold, André, and Harry M. Markowitz. "Sparsity and Piecewise Linearity in Large Portfolio Optimization Problems." In Sparse Matricies and Their Uses, edited by I. S. Duff. Academic Press, 1981.
      • April 1980 (Revised September 1985)
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      The Disposable Diaper Industry in 1974

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Describes the rapidly growing disposable diaper industry in 1974, a period in which Procter and Gamble's industry leadership faced strong challenges from Kimberly Clark, Johnson and Johnson, and Union Carbide. The latter two firms were in the process of entry into the... View Details
      Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Consumer Products Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "The Disposable Diaper Industry in 1974." Harvard Business School Background Note 380-175, April 1980. (Revised September 1985.)
      • February 1979
      • Background Note

      Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Examines the interrelationship between the maximization of the share value of a firm's common stock and the minimization of the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Presents a revised version of a case by J.W. Mullins, Jr. View Details
      Keywords: Capital Structure; Cost of Capital; Stock Shares; Core Relationships; Value
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 279-069, February 1979.
      • 1979
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      Approximating the Efficiency Gain of Tax Reforms

      By: Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
      Proper analysis of tax reform requires evaluation of the welfare effects induced by a change from one tax system to another. We present two methods for estimating these changes using only local information pertaining to an initial equilibrium with distortive taxes. It... View Details
      Keywords: Taxation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Change; Analysis
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      Green, Jerry R., and Eytan Sheshinski. "Approximating the Efficiency Gain of Tax Reforms." Journal of Public Economics 11, no. 2 (1979): 179–195.
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      Optimal Capital-Gains Taxation under Limited Information

      By: Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
      Taxation of capital gains at realization may distort individuals' decisions regarding holding or selling during an asset's lifetime. This creates the problem of designing a tax structure for capital gains so as to induce efficient patterns of holding and selling.... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Gains; Optimal Taxation; Taxation
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      Green, Jerry R., and Eytan Sheshinski. "Optimal Capital-Gains Taxation under Limited Information." Journal of Political Economy 86, no. 6 (December 1978): 1143–1158.
      • 1978
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      On Stochastic Games with Stationary Optimal Strategies

      By: Truman F. Bewley and Elon Kohlberg
      Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Strategy
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      Bewley, Truman F., and Elon Kohlberg. "On Stochastic Games with Stationary Optimal Strategies." Mathematics of Operations Research, no. 3 (1978): 104–125.
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