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to a manufacturer increases the value of a supply chain especially for goods whose demand is highly volatile. This is …
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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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inventories react strongly and positively to news about future increases in total factor productivity. Theory suggests that the …
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We identify total factor productivity (TFP) news shocks using standard VAR methodology and document a new stylized fact: in response to news about future increases in TFP, inventories rise and comove positively with other major macroeconomic aggregates. We show that the standard theoretical...
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We present a new partial equilibrium theory of price adjustment, based on consumer loss aversion. In line with prospect … theory, the consumers' perceived utility losses from price increases are weighted more heavily than the perceived utility … depends on the consumers' rational price expectations from the recent past. By implication, demand responses are more elastic …
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demand. In this paper, we develop and apply a finite mixture bivariate probit model to analyze whether there are …
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Platforms often use fee discrimination within their marketplace (e.g., Amazon, eBay, and Uber specify a variety of merchant fees). To better understand the impact of marketplace fee discrimination, we develop a model that allows us to determine equilibrium fee and category decisions that depend...
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when demand volatility is high. It also provides conditions under which the intermediary handling inventory is located in …
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trade costs when facing a risk of stockouts due to demand uncertainty and order lead times for imports. We study two …
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We study planned price changes in German firm-level survey data to infer the relative importance of supply and demand … during the Covid-19 pandemic. Supply and demand forces coexist, but demand deficiencies dominate in the short run. Quarter … role for demand stimulus policy to buffer the Covid-19 economic crisis. …
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