Publications

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

Keywords: Physicians; Economic Equilibrium; Monopolistic Competition; Economic Competition; Medical Care

1977
Chapter

A Diagnostic Model for Organizational Behavior

By: D. Nadler and M. Tushman

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Behavior

1977
Chapter

Organization Behavior and Development

By: Michael Beer

1976
Book

Organizational Behavior and Administration: Cases and Readings

By: Paul R. Lawrence, Louis B. Barnes and Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Organizations; Behavior

1 Sep 1975
Conference Presentation

The Impact of Hierarchial Structures on the Work Behavior of Women and Men

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Behavior; Gender; Organizational Structure

Article

The Nature of Stochastic Equilibria

By: Jerry R. Green and Mukul Majumdar

This paper formulates the notion of stochastic equilibria as invariant probability distributions consistent with the behavior patterns of individuals and the disequilibrium adjustment mechanism of the economy. Conditions for existence, uniqueness, and stability of such... View Details

Keywords: Stochastic Equilibria; Econometric Models

1975
Article

Women and the Structure of Organizations: Explorations in Theory and Behavior

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Behavior; Organizations; Theory; Gender

Article

Consumer Behavior, Retailer Power and Performance in Consumer Goods Industries

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Performance; Goods and Commodities; Supply and Industry; Consumer Products Industry

Article

AI Companions Reduce Loneliness

By: Julian De Freitas, Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp, Ahmet K. Uğuralp and Stefano Puntoni

Chatbots are now able to engage in sophisticated conversations with consumers in the domain of relationships, providing a potential coping solution to widescale societal loneliness. Behavioral research provides little insight into whether these applications are... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Well-being; Emotions; Applications and Software

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An Insider’s Perspective on How to Reduce Fraud in the Social Sciences

By: Max Bazerman

I will describe how a fraudulent paper developed and offer insights into the institutional changes that are needed. I was a co-author on a paper described as a “clusterfake” due to at least two frauds allegedly occurring in the same paper. I will use my knowledge of... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Research

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Behavioral Hazard and Public Policy

By: Joshua R. Schwartzstein

It is well recognized that people overuse low-value medical care due to moral hazard—because copays are lower than costs. Now Professor Schwartzstein has introduced the concept of “behavioral hazard” to explain the opposite: people underuse high-value care because... View Details

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Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act

By: Andrea Bernini, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini and Cecilia Testa

How did southern whites respond to the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA)? Leveraging newly digitized data on county-level voter registration by race between 1956 and 1980, and exploiting pre-determined variation in exposure to the federal intervention, we document that... View Details

Keywords: Government Legislation; Race; Behavior; Voting; Prejudice and Bias