Faculty in the Orfalea College of Business conduct research that advances theory, informs practice, and improves our understanding of the complex interface between technology, human behavior, organizations and markets. Their research addresses real-world problems, involves students when appropriate, influences public and regulatory policies, and contributes to experiential-based learning. The departmental areas promote and maintain a multitude of opportunities for industry to advise and further the interests of students and faculty.
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Submissions from 2006
Green Markets, Eco-Certification, and Equilibrium Fraud, Stephen F. Hamilton and David Zilberman
Naked Slotting Fees for Vertical Control of Multi-Product Retail Markets, Robert Innes and Stephen F. Hamilton
Tobacco Control Programs and Tobacco Consumption, Michael L. Marlow
Rivalry in Price and Variety Among Supermarket Retailers, Timothy J. Richards and Stephen F. Hamilton
Priors That Do Not Rule Out Strategic Uncertainty Cannot Lead to Nash Equilibrium, Eduardo Zambrano
Submissions from 2005
Sunspots in the Laboratory, John Duffy and Eric O'N. Fisher
Mean Reversion and the Asset Allocation Decisions, Sanjiv Jaggia and Satish Thosar
Momentum Investing: The Case of High-Tech IPOs, Sanjiv Jaggia and Satish Thosar
Survival Analysis with Artificially Constructed Events, Sanjiv Jaggia and Satish Thosar
Central Bank Independence in a (Very) Non-Neoclassical World, Eduardo Zambrano
Nash Bargaining without Convexity, Eduardo Zambrano
On Some Subtle Implications of the Choice of Numeraire for Monetary Policy in Developing Countries, Eduardo Zambrano
Public Economies and the Endogenous Choice of Institutions, Eduardo Zambrano
Testable Implications of Subjective Expected Utility Theory, Eduardo Zambrano
Submissions from 2004
The Transition from Dirty to Clean Industries: Optimal Fiscal Policy and the Environmental Kuznets Curve, Steven P. Cassou and Stephen F. Hamilton
The Private Market for Accommodation: Determinants of Smoking Policies in Restaurants and Bars, John Dunham and Michael L. Marlow
Why Are We Losing Manufacturing Jobs?, Eric O'N. Fisher
On the Evolution of Comparative Advantage in Matching Models, Eric O'N. Fisher and Vikas Kakkar
Dynamic Trade Creation, Eric O'N. Fisher and Neil Vousden
Vertical Structure and Strategic Environmental Trade Policy, Stephen F. Hamilton and Till Requate
The Medium-Term Aftermarket in High-Tech IPOs: Patterns and Implications, Sanjiv Jaggia and Satish Thosar
Tobacco Control Programs and Tobacco Consumption, Michael L. Marlow
Counterfactual Reasoning and Common Knowledge of Rationality in Normal Form Games, Eduardo Zambrano
The Interplay Between Analytics and Computation in the Study of Congestion Externalities: The Case of the El Farol Problem, Eduardo Zambrano