I provide new evidence of the S&P500 inclusion effect that highlights the importance of stock supply. If excess demand from S&P500-linked capital drives the inclusion effect, it should depend as well on the effective supply of a stock. Standard & Poor's index methodology gives two distinct...

Market-dominating buyers in research and development (R&D)-intensive industries who deal with only a few suppliers must balance their short-term goal of minimizing cost with their long-term interest in maintaining financially healthy relationships with a limited number of qualified suppliers. In...

We study matching over time with short- and long-lived players who are very sensitive to mismatch. To characterize the mismatch, we model players' preferences as uniformly distributed on a circle, so the mismatch between two players is characterized by the one-dimensional circular angle between...

This research examines the short-run and long-run relationship between the retail gasoline price, the spot gasoline price, and the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil along the gasoline supply chain. We find mixed evidence of short-run asymmetry in all stages of the retail gasoline...

We here want to analyze how the imperfect competition mark-up and pass-through are transmitted through the production chain and how they change, as a function of the number of firms existing at each production stage. In order to have an analytical closed form solution, we use the standard linear...

Farming is the subject of frequent criticism as regards the environment, food quality and sustainability. Farmers, technical progress and policies often bear the brunt of accusations. However, the observed evolution has also been induced by economic determinants and by the position of...

A firm often has multiple sourcing options for its product. Some suppliers may have longer lead times but offer lower prices, whereas reliable suppliers with quick response capabilities may have higher prices. Purchasing from a cheaper, less reliable supplier can help a firm lower its inventory...

Consumers underestimation of the quality of remanufactured products is a barrier for remanufacturers. Online reviews provide quality signals to consumers unaware of remanufactured products. To explore whether remanufacturers produce higher quality products to improve their review ratings,...