The size effect and distress risk have both presented puzzles in modern finance. In thispaper, we build on the methodology of Campbell et al (2008) and Shumway (2001) toconsider potential time variation in pricing behavior of size and distress. We adjustthis methodology in two ways. First, we...

I explore the factors that determine whether new business opportunities are exploited bystarting a new venture for an employer (‘nascent intrapreneurship’) or independently(‘nascent entrepreneurship’). Analysis of a nationally representative sample of Americanadults gathered in 2005-06...

This paper derives simple closed-form identi…cation regions for the U.S. nonelderlypopulation's prevalence of health insurance coverage in the presence of household reporting errors.The methods extend Horowitz and Manski's (1995) nonparametric analysis of contaminated samplesfor the case that...

This paper studies equilibrium search and learning in a dynamic shing gamethat is played by independent shermen and by members of an information sharingCooperative. Once collected, information about the location of productive sh-ing sites is an excludable public good. We show that independent...

This paper estimates a structural model of multiple-species harvesting costs in the easternGulf of Mexico reef fish fishery. The calibrated model is used to predict fleet size, vessellevelharvesting activity and fleet-wide revenues and costs that are expected under a proposedindividual fishing...

This paper uses a semi-parametric empirical model to estimate the economic benefitsof adopting a property rights-based management program in the Gulf of Mexico grouperfishery. The analysis predicts that a rights-based fleet will be comprised of fewer, morecost efficient boats than under the...

Wir wollen in diesem Beitrag zeigen, wie notwendig theoretische Erklärungen der betrieblichen Personalpolitik sind und warum sie - trotz aller Notwendigkeit bisher eher selten sind. Weiterhin wollen wir unseren Weg der Suche nach Erklärungen darstellen: die Methode der Modellkonstruktion, der...