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- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
examples of accounting research that routinely uses bounded dependent variables, present results from Monte Carlo simulations to highlight the advantages of using the FRM relative to conventional models, and conduct an archival extension... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
of the two. The company can also buy from the spot market. The students use a spreadsheet model with Monte Carlo simulation to analyze the contracting options. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
policy resolution. In so doing, they engender excess burden. This paper posits, calibrates, and simulates a life cycle model with earnings, lifespan, investment return, and future policy uncertainty. It then... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
patterns. We present a model where beliefs determine the types of contracts that firms offer and whether workers exert effort. Some workers become criminals, depending on their luck in the labor market, the expected punishment, and an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
simulated whether DPD or NEAD chains would produce more transplants when chain segment length was limited to three transplants and reported that DPD performed at least as well as NEAD chains. As this contrasts with the experience of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
is consistent with strategic trade models in which export subsidies improve the competitive positions of firms in imperfectly competitive markets. Download paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=483483 The Effectiveness... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
agent-based simulation model of network emergence. Using data on technology partnerships from 1983 to 1999 among firms in the automotive, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, microelectronics, new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
year gains. We evaluate the performance of all policies under consideration using the same statistical and simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity analysis (for instance,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
dependencies. Tradition holds that tightly coupled relationships are by nature more efficient; for example, close collaboration between customers and suppliers is usually favored in existing management theories. However, tightly coupled View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
computer simulation highlighting the work performed by the government of an archetypal American town—from building roads to ensuring food safety—increased trust in government and support for government services. In Study 2 (N=125), Boston... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
(from the case); analyzing preliminary estimated costs per building trade (from the discussion questions); playing the multiparty real time competitive bid simulation to receive and process market costs; and debriefing on which bids... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Counterfactual simulations of our structural model show large gains from screening potential hires via psychometric measurement and training to improve managerial practices. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Our logistic regression models indicate that (1) realized post-purchase price drops lead to a higher probability of return, and (2) anticipated price drops after purchase lead to a higher probability of using cash on delivery, a payment... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
stimulates greater use for a given buyer). We find that higher prices screen out those who use the product less. The amount paid does not have a psychological effect on use, but there is some evidence that the act of paying increases use. We use our data to estimate an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
(n=290, n=188), an organization-based field study (n=94), and a negotiation simulation (n=124), demonstrate that giving advice enhances the advisor’s sense of power because it gives the advisor perceived influence over others’ actions.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
purchasing power parity terms and an income simulation based on a jointly estimated model of Indian earnings and participation in the workforce. The PPP methods indicate that the foregone income tax revenues... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
utilitarian criterion can be simulated using conventional constraints and methods. A wide range of optimal policy outcomes can result, including those consistent with existing policies. To the extent that such an objective reflects the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Abstract—Sarcasm is ubiquitous in organizations. Despite its prevalence, we know surprisingly little about the cognitive experiences of sarcastic expressers and recipients or their behavioral implications. The current research proposes and tests a novel theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
especially those with widely diversified product portfolios, are a dominant and critical enterprise model in emerging and developing economies and have lately attracted much attention in academic circles and business presses,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
those that return instantaneous results—even when those results are identical. In five experiments that simulate service experiences in the domains of online travel and online dating, we demonstrate the impact of the labor illusion on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne