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Design and Pricing of Probabilistic Quality
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Increasingly, sellers are offering goods characterized by probabilistic quality. In such offers, buyers receive a synthetic product comprising of a lottery between two vertically differentiated goods. Given this emerging ... -
The bright and dark sides of empowerment: Linking psychological empowerment and job stressors to proactive and counterproductive work behaviors
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Recently, organizational scholars have stressed the importance of employee proactivity in today's dynamic and uncertain work environment. As such, research has investigated employee proactivity in two similar ways but ... -
THREE ESSAYS ON MONITORING OF FINANCIAL REPORTING BY CORPORATE DIRECTORS
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Recent high-profile financial scandals and increasing instances of restatements focus public attention on the role of audit committees, auditors and CFOs in maintaining the integrity and quality of corporate financial ... -
Equity Mispricing and Leverage Adjustment Costs
(Cambridge University Press, 2012-06)We find that equity mispricing impacts the speed at which firms adjust to their target leverage (TL) and does so in predictable ways depending on whether the firm is over- or underlevered. For example, firms that are above ... -
Do Regulators Read the Literature? Bank Merger Regulation, 1963-1990
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On the Asymmetry of Market Returns
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Antitrust and Business Activity: The First Quarter Century
(Cambridge University Press, 1996-09)The modern corporation arose out of the trusts, mergers and holding companies of the late 19th century, an evolution that generated volatile political reactions. Though economists and business historians have analyzed the ... -
The Stock Market and Early Antitrust Enforcement
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A Model of Vertical Restriction and Equilibrium in Retailing
(The University of Chicago Press, 1983-10)This model of distribution provides a rationale for restrictions placed on retailers by manufacturers. The manufacturer's customers are located uniformly along a road, and retailing operations are subject to increasing ... -
Evaluating Negative Benefits
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Solution Properties of Deterministic Auctions
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Decreasing Average Cost and Competition: A New Look at the Addyston Pipe Case
(University of Chicago Press, 1982-10) -
The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis
(The University of Chicago Press, 2007)For industries ranging from software to pharmaceuticals and entertainment, there is an intense debate about the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet provides a natural crucible to assess ... -
Did Antitrust Policy Cause the Great Merger Wave?
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Property Rights, Progress, and the Aircraft Patent Agreement
(University of Chicago Press, 1988-04) -
Feeling and Liking Responses to Television Programs: An Examination of Two Explanations for Media-Context Effects
(University of Chicago Press, 1992) -
Students and Housewives: Differences in Susceptibility to Reference Group Influence
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Familiarity and Its Impact on Consumer Decision Biases and Heuristics
(University of Chicago Press, 1981-09)The impact of familiarity on consumer decision biases and heuristics is examined. Subjects at three different familiarity levels revealed interesting differences in perceptual category breadth, usage of functional and ... -
Determinants of Role Structure in Family Financial Management
(University of Chcago Press, 1983)Variables determining the role of husband and wife in family financial management are explored based on in-home, personal interviews. Financial tasks reflecting implementation activities and two groupings of decision ... -
Implicit Discount Rates and the Purchase of Untried, Energy-Saving Durable Goods
(1983-09)Many consumers appear to rationally calculate the net worth of a household investment, but a substantial minority may lack the skills or alertness to perceive an investment opportunity and initiate analysis. Intentions to ...