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- January 1997
- Background Note
Simulation as a Decision Aid
By: Roy D. Shapiro
A brief introduction to simulation--what it is, why it's used, etc. Meant to set context for a first class on simulation. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
Shapiro, Roy D. "Simulation as a Decision Aid." Harvard Business School Background Note 697-062, January 1997.
- November 1977
- Article
On the Pricing of Contingent Claims and the Modigliani-Miller Theorem
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "On the Pricing of Contingent Claims and the Modigliani-Miller Theorem." Journal of Financial Economics 5 (November 1977): 241–249. (Chapter 13 in Continuous-Time Finance.)
- August 1970
- Case
Hawthorne Plastics
An "imperfect tester" problem involving the decision of how to produce batches of plastic strapping, given uncertainty about the length of the molecular chain in the raw material. A decision on whether to test the raw material and a choice of production process must be... View Details
Hammond, John S. "Hawthorne Plastics." Harvard Business School Case 171-004, August 1970.
- 2021
- Article
Fair Algorithms for Infinite and Contextual Bandits
By: Matthew Joseph, Michael J Kearns, Jamie Morgenstern, Seth Neel and Aaron Leon Roth
We study fairness in linear bandit problems. Starting from the notion of meritocratic fairness introduced in Joseph et al. [2016], we carry out a more refined analysis of a more general problem, achieving better performance guarantees with fewer modelling assumptions... View Details
Joseph, Matthew, Michael J Kearns, Jamie Morgenstern, Seth Neel, and Aaron Leon Roth. "Fair Algorithms for Infinite and Contextual Bandits." Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society 4th (2021).
- Other Unpublished Work
The Role of Inventory in Empowered Work Settings: Model and Empirical Analysis
By: S. Datar, M. Alles and R. Sarkar
- 1987
- Chapter
Money in the Utility Function: An Empirical Implementation
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and James Poterba
Rotemberg, Julio J., and James Poterba. "Money in the Utility Function: An Empirical Implementation." In New Approaches to Monetary Economics, edited by W. Barnett and K. Singleton, 219–240. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- Article
Scale Economies in Statistical Analyses of Market Power
By: R. E. Caves, J. Khalizadeh-Shirazi and M. E. Porter
Caves, R. E., J. Khalizadeh-Shirazi, and M. E. Porter. "Scale Economies in Statistical Analyses of Market Power." Review of Economics and Statistics 57, no. 2 (May 1975): 133–140.
- 1976
- Other Unpublished Work
Simulation of the Market Effects of Housing Allowance
By: Dutch Leonard, Gregory K. Ingram and Robert Schafer
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
To Market, to Market
and other tasks necessary to determine the best route for product commercialization. "By increasing the collaborative efforts between HBS and Harvard's scientific community, we will empower the next generation of life science entrepreneurs and provide a further... View Details
- Article
Preventing Fairness Gerrymandering: Auditing and Learning for Subgroup Fairness
By: Michael J Kearns, Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth and Zhiwei Steven Wu
The most prevalent notions of fairness in machine learning are statistical definitions: they fix a small collection of pre-defined groups, and then ask for parity of some statistic of the classifier (like classification rate or false positive rate) across these groups.... View Details
Kearns, Michael J., Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth, and Zhiwei Steven Wu. "Preventing Fairness Gerrymandering: Auditing and Learning for Subgroup Fairness." Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 35th (2018).
- 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
Bojinov, Iavor I., David Simchi-Levi, and Jinglong Zhao. "Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-034, September 2020.
- October 1992
- Case
Charles River Jazz Festival
Charles River Jazz Festival must decide whether to press a compact disk (CD) of Friday's jazz performance for sale on Saturday and Sunday. The idea to press CDs is novel, so there is considerable uncertainty about how receptive customers will be. The festival must... View Details
Wu, George. "Charles River Jazz Festival." Harvard Business School Case 893-004, October 1992.
- January 1982
- Background Note
Sharing Costs: Internal Telephone Billing Rates
By: Elon Kohlberg
Kohlberg, Elon. "Sharing Costs: Internal Telephone Billing Rates." Harvard Business School Background Note 182-109, January 1982.
- 2002
- Chapter
Future Possibilities in Finance Theory and Finance Practice
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Future Possibilities in Finance Theory and Finance Practice." In Mathematical Finance - Bachelier Congress 2000, edited by H. Geman, D. Madan, S. Pliska, and T. Vorst. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2002. (Was HBS Working Paper 01-030.)
- September 1976 (Revised June 1977)
- Background Note
Assessing Certainty Equivalents by Assessing Preference for Consequences
By: Paul A. Vatter
Vatter, Paul A. "Assessing Certainty Equivalents by Assessing Preference for Consequences." Harvard Business School Background Note 177-038, September 1976. (Revised June 1977.)
- 1969
- Other Unpublished Work
An Empirical Investigation of the Samuelson Rational Warrant Pricing Theory
By: Robert C. Merton
- July 2002
- Article
The Economist As Engineer: Game Theory, Experimental Economics and Computation As Tools of Design Economics
By: Alvin E Roth
Roth, Alvin E. "The Economist As Engineer: Game Theory, Experimental Economics and Computation As Tools of Design Economics." Econometrica 70, no. 4 (July 2002): 1341–1378.
- 1985
- Chapter
The Role of Contingent Claims Analysis in Corporate Finance
By: Scott P. Mason and Robert C. Merton
- 1999
- Chapter
Interest Rate Rules in an Estimated Sticky Price Model
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Michael Woodford
Rotemberg, Julio J., and Michael Woodford. "Interest Rate Rules in an Estimated Sticky Price Model." In Monetary Policy Rules, edited by John B. Taylor. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
- August 2018
- Article
Extrapolation and Bubbles
By: Nicholas Barberis, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin and Andrei Shleifer
We present an extrapolative model of bubbles. In the model, many investors form their demand for a risky asset by weighing two signals: an average of the asset’s past price changes and the asset’s degree of overvaluation. The two signals are in conflict, and investors... View Details
Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer. "Extrapolation and Bubbles." Journal of Financial Economics 129, no. 2 (August 2018): 203–227.