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This two-part working paper series represents a distillation of practical approaches with regard to the successful management of so-called “legacy assets” which include both impaired as well as non-performing loans, particularly in those in the real estate and property sectors. This two-part...
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Although the use of $9 price endings is widespread amongst US retailers there is little evidence of their effectiveness. In this paper, we present a series of three field-studies in which price endings were experimentally manipulated. The data yield two conclusions. First, use of a $9 price...
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We develop a model of household demand for frequently purchased consumer goods that are branded, storable and subject to stochastic price fluctuations. Our framework accounts for how inventories and expectations of future prices affect current period purchase decisions. We estimate our model...
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related to long-term pricing trends by commodity in the deregulated era. Moreover, U.S. shipper groups have called for … increased regulation of U.S. railroads, citing increased rates and profits, and monopoly pricing to “captive shippers.” This … into the impacts of regulatory reform in other countries, where there are similar concerns of equitable pricing and …
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-maker’s goals; a first-best pricing strategy that incorporates marginal social costs is the most effective emission reduction … strategy must be weighed against difficulties of establishing efficient pricing, a costly implementation, and substantial … negative impacts to non-highway facilities. Decision makers must select a mixture of pricing and land use strategies to achieve …
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discovered in Henry-Labordére (Analysis, geometry, and modeling in finance: advanced methods in option pricing. Chapman & Hall … closed form in terms of hypergeometric functions. Thus obtained new models could be useful for pricing volatility derivatives …
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priming is in effect, WTP distribution rather than the average should be analyzed because important pricing decisions, such as …
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This research examines how individual differences and institutional practices influence consumer bidding in auctions. Bidders may be motivated by different goals, e.g., <i>thrill</i> (of winning the item, with minimal attention to what they pay for it) versus <i>prudence</i> (winning the item at a price at or...
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penetration pricing strategies (such as loss leader pricing) suboptimal. Furthermore, the identified bias leads the firm to spend …
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It is commonly believed that piracy of information goods leads to lower profits, which translate to lower incentives to invest in innovation and eventually to lower-quality products. Manufacturers, policy makers, and researchers all claim that inadequate piracy enforcement efforts translate to...
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