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  • 2011
  • Working Paper

The Flexible Substitution Logit: Uncovering Category Expansion and Share Impacts of Marketing Instruments

By: Qiang Liu, Thomas J. Steenburgh and Sachin Gupta
Different instruments are relevant for different marketing objectives (category demand expansion or market share stealing). To help brand managers make informed marketing mix decisions, it is essential that marketing mix models appropriately measure the different... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods
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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Substitution Patterns of the Random Coefficients Logit

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Andrew Ainslie
Previous research suggests that the random coefficients logit is a highly flexible model that overcomes the problems of the homogeneous logit by allowing for differences in tastes across individuals. The purpose of this paper is to show that this is not true. We prove... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Mathematical Methods; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias
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  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

examine whether multi-location firms increase internal ties when they face appropriability risks from direct competitors. Our empirical analysis of the global semiconductor industry shows that when leading firms co-locate with direct... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2023
  • Article

Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments

By: Iavor I Bojinov, David Simchi-Levi and Jinglong Zhao
In switchback experiments, a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to a random treatment, measures its response, and repeats the procedure for several periods to determine which treatment leads to the best outcome. Although practitioners have widely adopted... View Details
Keywords: Switchback Experiments; Design; Analysis; Mathematical Methods
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments

By: Iavor I Bojinov, David Simchi-Levi and Jinglong Zhao
In switchback experiments, a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to a random treatment, measures its response, and repeats the procedure for several periods to determine which treatment leads to the best outcome. Although practitioners have widely adopted... View Details
Keywords: Switchback Experiments; Design; Analysis; Mathematical Methods
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Research Resources - Doctoral

large-scale statistical databases, consumer panel research, behavioral experiments, and theoretical and empirical models. Support is available for methodological and statistical consultation, data procurement and analysis, programming,... View Details
  • 30 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 30

the context of vehicle emissions testing in a state in which the government has outsourced these inspections to the private sector. Analyzing millions of emissions tests, we find empirical support for our hypotheses that particular... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2009
  • Journal Article

A Theory of Growth and Volatility at the Aggregate and Firm Level

By: Diego A. Comin and Sunil Mulani
This paper presents an endogenous growth model that explains the evolution of the first and second moments of productivity growth at the aggregate and firm level during the post-war period. Growth is driven by the development of both (i) idiosyncratic R&D innovations... View Details
Keywords: Volatility; Microeconomics; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Performance Productivity; Mathematical Methods; Research and Development
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  • 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information technology investments, I find that a high net value of adaptation is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Modest Victims: Victims Who Decline to Broadcast Their Victimization Are Seen As Morally Virtuous

By: Nathan Dhaliwal, Jillian J. Jordan and Pat Barclay
What do people think of victims who conceal their victimhood? We propose that the decision to not broadcast that one has been victimized serves as a costly act of modesty—in doing so, one is potentially forgoing social support and compensation from one’s community. We... View Details
Keywords: Public Opinion; Mathematical Methods; Communication; Perception; Reputation
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  • 10 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

How did he do these deals? What strategies and tactics worked and what failed? Why and under what conditions? What ethical challenges does this approach present? Is there an underlying logic and method to his approach that, well beyond... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9

experiment. The two experiments use the same methods and subject pool and examine games randomly selected from the same distribution. The current introductory paper presents the results of the estimation experiment and clarifies the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

the firms they regulate, but not exclusively via dyadic exchanges as is traditionally argued in the regulatory capture and business-government literatures. Instead, regulatory decisions are indirectly shaped via third-party actors who shield agencies from legitimacy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

entrepreneurship. Then, to reconcile these divergent empirical findings, we develop a theoretical model that explains when user innovations are commercialized by users, by manufacturers, or not commercialized at all. At the core of our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

certain general properties of the transition path from dirty to clean technology. We then estimate the model using a combination of regression analysis on the relationship between R&D and patents, and simulated method of moments using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

company growing crops hydroponically in the US. Their method of growing uses 80% less water, 90% less land, and 95% less shipping fuel than long-distance field grown produce. Utilizing greenhouses allows BrightFarms to grow and deliver... View Details
  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

create institutional pressure to spur performance improvement. By examining how organizational characteristics moderate establishments' responses to a prominent environmental information disclosure program, we provide among the first View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2011) to accommodate unobserved latent class heterogeneity using a computationally light two-step estimator. Second, we illustrate how discount... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 10 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

need a variety of methods, including participant observation and detailed field research, to appreciate these phenomena. No single method would be useful. Some of the tools and methods used in microsociology... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

  PublicationsHow Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods Authors:Gad Allon, Awi Federgruen, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne