In this paper we examine the influence that indirect network effects have on a durable goods manufacturer’s distribution strategy to lease or sell her product. Previous research has identified that a durable goods manufacturer can mitigate the potential for its own opportunistic behavior with respect to consumers by leasing instead of selling its product. However, we show that leasing creates a...

Abstract In this paper, I explore the effects nominal rigidities and monetary policies have on the generation of Pigou cycles, that is, business cycles driven by agents’ expectations of future technology. The optimal response of the central bank is analyzed under circumstances when agents receive a signal indicating the technology change in the future. To achieve these objectives, I introduce n...

Simulation experiments are conducted, comparing the effects of a common reduction of CO2 emissions within the European Union to a Swedish unilateral decision to reduce CO2 emissions. A numerical general equilibrium model, GEME3, has been used as analytical tool. The model covers all European Union countries, with production disaggregated into 18 sectors. The 13 consumption goods included are cl...

Although quantitative resistance loci provide partial and durable resistance to a range of pathogen species in different crops, the molecular mechanism of quantitative disease resistance has remained largely unknown. Recent advances in characterization of the genes contributing to quantitative disease resistance and plant-pathogen interactions at the molecular level provide clues to the molecul...

This paper studies a two-sector New Keynesian model that captures the hump-shaped response of non-durable and durable spending to a monetary shock when non-durable prices are sticky and durable goods are flexibly priced. Based on the estimated parameters, we show that habit formation and investment adjustment costs are not sufficient to generate the gradual response of non-durable and durable s...

Occupational therapy is now consistently described as a profession concerned with enabling occupation. A crucial step in enabling occupation is understanding the occupational performance of our clients. Dynamic Performance Analysis (DPA) is a new approach to occupational analysis that focuses on the client's actual performance. DPA, acknowledging that optimal performance is the product of the i...

Increased competition is making it difficult to distinguish products solely by attributes, creating room for cause-related marketing. In this study with a sample of 322 university students, we evaluated the changes in consumer attitudes toward cause and brand as consequences of Cause Brand Alliance (CBA), by using the product category as moderator. Four popular brands from two product categorie...

Abstract An increasing number of states have adopted laws that require voters to show photo identification vote. We the differential effect on turnout among those who lack ID persists even after are repealed. leverage administrative data from North Carolina and a law in for primary, but not subsequent general, election. Using exact matching difference-in-differences design, we 3 percent Carolin...

This study has aimed to compare the effects of two types of form-focused instruction, i.e. de-contextualized focus-on-forms instruction versus meaning-centered contextualized focus-on-form instruction, on the development of grammatical knowledge of Iranian high-school students. Two groups of male high-school first graders participated in this study.  One group was taught through de-contextualiz...