In this paper we use agent-based computational modelling and computer simulations to examine the role and interrelationship between different selling strategies for going public. A great deal of recent empirical evidence suggests that to maximise the revenue raised from the shares sold in the public offering, it is fundamental to choose the appropriate design for the sale which, in turn, reflec...

In this paper we use agent-based computational modelling and computer simulations to examine the interrelationship between different selling strategies for going public. A great deal of recent empirical evidence suggests that to maximise the revenue raised from the shares sold in the public offering, it is fundamental to choose the appropriate design for the sale which, in turn, reflects the fi...

BACKGROUND Tobacco use is leading preventable cause of premature deaths. Sales of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions (EIs) in India are restricted under Section 6 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. This study accessed compliance of Section 6 of COTPA around EIs in Delhi. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in randomly selected 100 ...

The disparate incidence of HIV infection suggests that groups that have been socially or economically marginalized are particularly vulnerable. For Celeste Watkins-Hayes, the interplay between structural factors and individual behaviors in poor neighborhoods, identified by sociologists like William Julius Wilson, play a critical role. Residential segregation, past and current racial discriminat...

Introduction: Product classification for E-commerce sites is a backbone for successful marketing and sale of products listed on several online stores like Amazon, eBay, and craigslist etc. Since a large number of business users list their products and expect to find buyers for their products, it is crucial that the products are listed in accurate categories. This paper explores the experimental...

The paper shows that lottery-like stocks are hedges against unexpected increases in market volatility. The loading on the aggregate volatility risk factor explains low returns to stocks with high maximum returns in the past (Bali, Cakici, and Whitelaw, 2011) and high expected skewness (Boyer, Mitton, and Vorkink, 2010). Aggregate volatility risk also explains the new evidence that the maximum e...

In this lecture, we bring money into the picture, while still thinking about a “matching” like problem. Suppose we have: 1. We have m goods G for sale 2. n buyers i who each have valuation functions over bundles, vi : 2 G → [0, 1]. Buyers have quasi-linear utility functions, which means they can (linearly) trade off their value for goods and their value for money. If each good j ∈ G has a price...

In this lecture, we bring money into the picture, while still thinking about a “matching” like problem. Suppose we have: 1. We have m goods G for sale 2. n buyers i who each have valuation functions over bundles, vi : 2 G → [0, 1]. Buyers have quasi-linear utility functions, which means they can (linearly) trade off their value for goods and their value for money. If each good j ∈ G has a price...