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Tests of Conditional Asset Pricing Models in the Brazilian Stock Market
BONOMO, Marco - GARCIA, René

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	In this paper, we test a version of the conditional CAPM with respect to a local market portfolio, proxied by the Brazilian stock index during the 1976-1992 period. We also test a conditional APT model by using the difference between…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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Reported Job Satisfaction : What Does It Mean?
LEVY-GARBOUA, Louis - MONTMARQUETTE, Claude

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	By reporting his satisfaction with his job or any other experience, an individual does not communicate the number of utils that he feels. Instead, he expresses his posterior preference over available alternatives conditional on acquired knowledge of the past. This…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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The Macroeconomic Effects of Infrequent Information with Adjustment Costs
BONOMO, Marco - GARCIA, René

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	In the last decade, the potential macroeconomic effects of intermittent large adjustments in microeconomic decision variables such as prices, investment, consumption of durables or employment – a behavior which may be justified by the presence of kinked adjustment costs –…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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Innis Lecture: Can the Theory of Incentives Explain Decentralization?
POITEVIN, Michel

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	This survey presents within a single model three theories of decentralization of decision-making within organizations based on private information and incentives. Renegotiation, collusion, and limits on communication are three sufficient conditions for decentralization to be optimal., Cet article présente, dans…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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Non-Deteriorating Choice
BOSSERT, Walter - SPRUMONT, Yves

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	We analyze an alternative to the standard rationalizability requirement for observed choices by considering non-deteriorating selections. A selection function is a generalization of a choice function where selected alternatives may depend on a reference (or status quo) alternative in addition…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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What Is a Commody? Two Axiomatic Anwers
SPRUMONT, Yves

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	We identify conditions under which preferences over sets of consumption opportunities can be reduced to preferences over bundles of \"commodities\". We distinguish ordinal bundles, whose coordinates are defined up to monotone transformations, from cardinal bundles, whose coordinates are defined up…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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Harsanyi’s Social Aggregation Theorem : A Multi-Profile Approach with Variable-Population Extensions
BLACKORBY, Charles - BOSSERT, Walter - DONALDSON, David

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	This paper provides new versions of Harsanyi’s social aggregation theorem that are formulated in terms of prospects rather than lotteries. Strengthening an earlier result, fixed-population ex-ante utilitarianism is characterized in a multi-profile setting with fixed probabilities. In addition, we extend…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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Relative Uncertainty and Additively Representable Set Rankings
BOSSERT, Walter - SLINKO, Arkadii

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	This paper proposes a definition of relative uncertainty aversion for decision models under complete uncertainty. It is shown that, for a large class of decision rules characterized by a set of plausible axioms, the new criterion yields a complete ranking…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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Investment Under Demand Uncertainty: the Newsboy Problem Revisited.
DIONNE, Georges - MOUNSIF, Tahar

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	In this article we study the effect of uncertainty on an entrepreneur who must choose the capacity of his business before knowing the demand for his product. The unit profit of operation is known with certainty but there is no…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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Ranking Sets of Objects
BARBERA, Salvador - BOSSERT, Walter - PATTANAIK, Prasanta K.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	We provide a survey of the literature on ranking sets of objects. The interpretations of those set rankings include those employed in the theory of choice under complete uncertainty, rankings of opportunity sets, set rankings that appear in matching theory,…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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In Search of Advice for Physicians in Entry-Level Medical Markets
EHLERS, Lars

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	We consider entry-level medical markets for physicians in the United Kingdom. These markets experienced failures which led to the adoption of centralized market mechanisms in the 1960's. However, different regions introduced different centralized mechanisms. We advise physicians who do not…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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Les politiques commerciales, industrielles, régionales, et d'adaptation dans le Rapport de la Commission MacDonald: un Commentaire
PROULX, Pierre-Paul

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	The effect of long discussions between commissioners with divergent views on certain issues is obvious in the report: it is more oriented towards the short term than expected. Undue attention was paid to trade liberalization with the U.S., a region…
Fecha:	2006-09-22
Recurso:	Université de Montreal

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In Search of Credentials: Factors Affecting Young Adults' Participation in Postsecondary Education
Looker, E. Dianne

Formato:	research-article
Enlaces:	This paper uses longitudinal data from a survey of youth in three areas (Hamilton, Halifax and rural Nova Scotia) to examine the factors that affect young adults' participation in postsecondary education, applying Bourdieu's notions of capital and habitus. Data were…
Fecha:	1997-12-31
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Higher Education

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Intermediate Skill Development in British Columbia: Policy Options for a Post-Industrial Era
Gallagher, Paul

Formato:	research-article
Enlaces:	As British Columbia's economy is increasingly shaped by post-industrial circumstances, it becomes necessary for that province, like others in Canada, to ensure that it has an adequate supply of workers with "new economy" knowledge and skills. How best to prepare…
Fecha:	1997-12-31
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Higher Education

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Contentious Contracts
HEGE, Ulrich - VIALA, Pascale

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	This paper offers an explanation of rationally contracts where incompeteness refers to unforeseen contingencies. Agents enter a relationship with two-sided moral hazard in which a commitment to discard parts of the joint resources may be ex ante efficient.
Fecha:	2008-01-24
Recurso:	Université de Montreal