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Traceability and reputation in supply chains by Saak, Alexander E.

“…The paper studies the questions of why and when a supply chain should invest in a traceability system that allows the identification of which supplier is…”
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THE VALUE OF DELEGATED QUALITY CONTROL by Saak, Alexander E.

“…This paper studies the case in which a firm delegates quality control to an independent monitor. In a repeated game, consumers' trust provides incentives to…”
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Collective Reputation, Social Norms, and Participation by Saak, Alexander E

“…This paper analyzes a repeated games model of collective reputation with imperfect public monitoring and perfect local peer monitoring of efforts. Even when…”
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Teams with moral hazard and non-verifiable quality assessment by Saak, Alexander E.

“…This paper shows that buying from a team of sellers can be optimal for the buyer in a static model where the buyer has private information about quality,…”
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Optimal provision of information about consumption choices in the presence of a cognitive constraint by Saak, Alexander E.

“…This paper studies how to best inform a consumer about her valuations for multiple goods when the consumer can learn about fewer goods than she can consume…”
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A model of reporting and controlling outbreaks by public health agencies by Saak, Alexander E., Hennessy, David A.

“…We study a model of detection and control of an infectious disease by local health agencies in the presence of imperfect information about the likelihood of an…”
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Dynamic Informative Advertising of New Experience Goods by Saak, Alexander E.

“…This paper analyzes the optimal advertising and price policies of a monopolist who sells a new experience good over time to a population of heterogeneous…”
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A Model of Labeling with Horizontal Differentiation and Cost Variability by Saak, Alexander E.

“…We study optimal disclosure of variety by a multiproduct firm with random costs. The prices for labeled varieties are increasing functions of the cost…”
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Groundwater pumping by heterogeneous users by Saak, Alexander E., Peterson, Jeffrey M.

“…Farm size is a significant determinant of both groundwater-irrigated farm acreage and groundwater-irrigation-application rates per unit land area. This paper…”
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Private information in monopoly with random participation by Saak, Alexander E.

“…In a setting with random participation the seller achieves higher expected profits under intermediate private information when the heterogeneity in reservation…”
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Groundwater use under incomplete information by Saak, Alexander E., Peterson, Jeffrey M.

“…This paper introduces a game theoretic model of groundwater extraction in a two-cell aquifer under incomplete information. A novel assumption is that…”
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THE VALUE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION IN MONOPOLY by SAAK, ALEXANDER E.

“…We investigate a basic question about a monopoly with incomplete information: when does the seller have an incentive to allow potential buyers to acquire more…”
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The optimal private information in single unit monopoly by Saak, Alexander E.

“…A monopolist selling a single unit prefers to let potential buyers privately know only whether the buyer's valuation is definitely above or below the unit…”
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A note on the value of public information in monopoly by Saak, Alexander E.

“…The paper shows that in the standard model of monopoly with asymmetric information and second-degree price discrimination, the monopolist prefers to reveal…”
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State-Contingent Demand for Herbicide-Tolerance Seed Trait by Hennessy, David A., Saak, Alexander E.

“…Suppose a farmer had to apply a herbicide pre-emergence or not at all. The advent of a herbicide-tolerance trait innovation then provides the option to wait…”
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The value of buyer's ignorance in monopoly by Saak, Alexander E.

“…A non-linear pricing monopolist always prefers to sell to buyers with no private information about their tastes for the product if the marginal production cost…”
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Spatial and Temporal Marketing Considerations under Marketing Loan Programs by Saak, Alexander E.

“…Marketing assistance loan (MAL) and loan deficiency payment (LDP) programs differ in their treatment of transportation costs. Marketing decisions are analyzed…”
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On the Ricardian rent and the allocation of land under joint price and yield uncertainty by Saak, Alexander E

“…A result on the comparative statics of land rent under joint price and yield uncertainty and expected utility maximisation is provided. An increase in the…”
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Planting Decisions and Uncertain Consumer Acceptance of Genetically Modified Crop Varieties by Saak, Alexander E., Hennessy, David A.

“…There exists much uncertainty about consumer attitudes toward genetically modified foods. If it happens that sufficient (insufficient) acres are planted under…”
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The value of private information in monopoly by Saak, Alexander E

“…We investigate a basic question about a monopoly with incomplete information: when does the seller have an incentive to allow potential buyers to acquire more…”
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