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Price Discrimination Via the Choice of Distribution Channels
Dulleck, Uwe; Kerschbamer, Rudolf - 2007
This article studies the use of different distribution channels as an instrument of price discrimination in credence goods markets. In credence goods markets, where consumers do not know which quality of the good or service they need, price discrimination proceeds along the dimension of quality...
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The impact of distributional preferences on (experimental) markets for expert services
Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias; Dulleck, Uwe - 2009
-price-results suggests that both inequality aversion and a taste for efficiency play an important role for experts’ provision behaviour. We …-price design. We then classify experimental experts according to their provision behaviour. …
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Bayesian Generalized Product Partition Model
Dunson, David - 2010
Starting with a carefully formulated Dirichlet process (DP) mixture model, we derive a generalized product partition model (GPPM) in which the partition process is predictor-dependent. The GPPM generalizes DP clustering to relax the exchangeability assumption through the incorporation of...
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: An Overview of Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data
Jackson, James K.; Foreign Affairs, Defense - 2008
losses have disproportionately negative impact on local communities. Economists generally argue that free and unimpeded …
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Perils of simplistic classifications of universities : a preliminary case study of economic departments
Gangopadhyay, Partha; Gangopadhyay, Renu - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2005
Europe, USA and also from the global rankings of universities and departments of economics to argue that rankings of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482131
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The incoherent emperor : a heterodox critique of neoclassical microeconomic theory
Lee, Frederic S.; Keen, Steve - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2004
It is somewhat common for heterodox economists to come to the defense of neoclassical microeconomic theory. This is due … to many reasons, but perhaps the commonest one is ignorance. It seems that most heterodox economists are not aware of the …
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The two tribes of 'The Econ': A study of economists and economic media commentary in Australia
Millmow, Alex; Courvisanos, Jerry - 2007
current economic issues. This has implications for the acceptance of economic policy since these economists are apt to uphold … the interests of their employer. In contrast, academic economists suffer from a lack of recognition and reach in the media … generation of academic economists, in contrast to previous generations, is becoming reticent on matters of public policy. …
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