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- 1980
- Working Paper
Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process
By: Alan J. Auerbach and Jerry R. Green
This paper presents a structural model of production and inventory accumulation based on the hypothesis of cost minimization. It differs from previous attempts in several respects. First, it integrates the analysis of input inventories with output inventories, treating... View Details
- 1980
- Article
Consumer Impulse Purchase and Credit Card Usage: An Empirical Examination Using the Log Linear Model
By: Rohit Deshpandé and S. Krishnan
Most of the work in impulse purchase behavior has investigated the association of socioeconomic variables and unplanned purchases with equivocal results. This paper examines the interrelationship between impulse purchases, credit card usage, cost of items bought, and... View Details
- April 1979
- Article
Statistical Models of Bond Ratings: A Methodological Inquiry
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Gabriel Urwitz
- 1979
- Article
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
- Article
Do Supervisors Thrive in Participative Work Systems?
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Richard E. Walton
This article presents the findings regarding the nature of the difficulties surrounding the supervisory role in participative work systems, a conceptualization of the supervisor/work group interface, and some action implications for the management of organizations.... View Details
- 1979
- Article
Game-Theoretic Models and the Role of Information in Bargaining
By: A. E. Roth and M. K. Malouf
- December 1978
- Article
An Alternative Model for a Global Analysis of Quadratic Programs in a Finite Number of Steps
By: André Perold
Keywords: Global Range
- Article
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
- May 1978 (Revised October 1994)
- Supplement
Cumberland Metal Industries (B): Model Year 1978 Results with Beta Motors
Designed as a class hand-out after discussion of the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Auto Industry
- May 1978 (Revised October 1994)
- Supplement
Cumberland Metal Industries (C): Model Year 1979 Negotiations with Beta Motors
Designed as a class hand-out after discussion of the (A) and (B) cases. View Details
Keywords: Auto Industry
- May 1978 (Revised October 1994)
- Supplement
Cumberland Metal Industries (D): Model Year 1979 Results with Beta Motors
Designed as a class hand-out after discussion of the (A), (B), and (C) cases. View Details
Keywords: Auto Industry
- 01 May 1978
- Conference Presentation
The Impact of Organizational Structure: Models and Methods for Change
By: R. M. Kanter
- April 1978 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Cumberland Metal Industries (A): Model Year 1978 Negotiations with Beta Motors
Provides the background on Cumberland Metal Industries' entry into the automotive components market as a supplier of emission control equipment parts. Cumberland Metal must decide what bid to quote on Beta Motor's 1978 model year business. The company previously had a... View Details
- Article
Physician-Induced Demand for Medical Care
By: Jerry R. Green
This paper addresses the theoretical models designed to ascertain the existence of a variable level of physicians' activity in shifting the demand of their patients. Two basic approaches are followed: equilibrium models of the demand for health care, and disequilibrium... View Details
- 1977
- Working Paper
Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance
By: Jerry R. Green
A two-period lifetime overlapping generations growth model is used to evaluate the possibility that social insurance can effectively offset economic risks associated with uncertainty about the rate of population growth. Crude measures of the seriousness of this type of... View Details
- October 1977
- Article
Bargaining Ability, the Utility of Playing a Game, and Models of Coalition Formation
By: A. E. Roth