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Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … shipments. In our inventory model, transportation costs and optimal shipment frequency are determined on the basis of demand as …
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unpredictable (and unobservable) fluctuations in demand for life insurance as well as changes in risk type (observable) over … whose type turns out to be high risk but low demand renew more of their GR insurance than is efficient due to the attractive … literature that, when there is (only) risk type uncertainty, the optimal GR contract with renewal price set at the actuarially …
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A long period of rig scarcity and high rates has led to innovation in the procurement of rig services and in relationships between oil companies and rig contractors. Discussions have been conducted on joint ventures between companies and contractors, for instance. This paper describes and...
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It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out of the box thinking. This paper reports from an experiment designed to test if the negative incentive effect is present also when individuals work together to solve such...
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A long period of rig scarcity and high rates has led to innovation in the procurement of rig services and in relationships between oil companies and rig contractors. Discussions have been conducted on joint ventures between companies and contractors, for instance. This paper describes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948865
It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out of the box thinking. This paper reports from an experiment designed to test if the negative incentive effect is present also when individuals work together to solve such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690377
the viewers' equilibrium demand for high quality content. We find that, although consumers dislike advertisements, an …
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and labour and its relation to derived demand. The resulting formula has proven very useful in understanding the derived … demand for productive factors, the distribution of factor incomes, and Marshall's Four Rules. This short paper notes that a …
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In this paper we explore the role that demand uncertainty plays for the offshoring decision, and the role that … demand. The presence of a cost of firing or hiring as in Bagliano & Bertola (2004) generates an intertemporal element to a …
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In this paper we conduct a counterfactual analysis and estimate the quantitative importance of demand and supply … isolate the impact of capital-skill complementarity (i.e., demand effects) and varying skill-specific labor supply (i …
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