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DURABLE GOODS' CHARACTERISTICS AND MARKETING PRACTICES RECONSIDERED

BLAINE ROBERTS, R.; HANSEN, ROBERT S. - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 7 (1983) 1, pp. 3-9

A number of advances in the analysis of durability have appeared recently. There remain, however, some areas of misperception and inaccuracy with regard to the implications of durability. The purpose of this paper is to clarify two related issues. The first is the issue of which is most...

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ON THE CONSUMER WELFARE EFFECT OF VERTICAL INTEGRATION: A GENERALIZATION AND SIMPLIFICATION FOR THE CES CASE

HANSEN, ROBERT S. - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 7 (1983) 2, pp. 3-9

Within the vertical integration literature, it is a long standing proposition that the market level price of a downstream product is invariant with respect to the vertical integration and subsequent monopolization of that downstream industry by a lone input monopolist, given that the downstream...

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Internal Control Mechanisms and Forced CEO Turnover: An Empirical Investigation

Jagannathan, Murali - 1996

The dissertation empiricallyexamines the efficacy of internalcontrol mechanisms by analyzing 94forced turnovers of chief executiveofficers (CEOs). It seeks to answertwo primary questions: One, dogovernance-related characteristicsinfluence the promptness with whichpoorly-performing CEOs...

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OPTIMAL BOND REFUNDING: EVIDENCE FROM THE MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET

Priyadarshi, Samaresh - 1997

<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD><BODY><FONT FACE="Book Antiqua"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This dissertation empirically examines refunding decisions employed by issuers of tax-exempt bonds. Callable bonds contain embedded call options by virtue of provisions in bond indentures that permit the issuing firm to buy back the bond at a predetermined strike price. Such an embedded American...</p></font></body></head></html>

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An Examination of Seasoned Equity Offer Placement Effort

ALTINKILIC, Oya - 2001

AltinkiliÃ§ and Hansen (2000) show that underwriter spreads in seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) overwhelmingly reflect variable costs. This research attempts to begin filling the gap created by this result, as to what are the important constituents of the variable costs. In particular, I...

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