This paper mainly examines the nonlinear dynamics in the price series of the Chinese art market segments over the period from 2000 and 2018. We employ the hedonic price model to construct price indices of the Chinese art market segments and then investigate the nonlinearities and regime...

This paper examines unique data on dark pool activity for a large cross-section of US stocks in 2009. Dark pool activity is concentrated in liquid stocks. Nasdaq (AMEX) stocks have significantly higher (lower) dark pool activity than NYSE stocks controlling for liquidity. For a given stock, dark...

Prior studies intensively rely on lifestyle segmentation to investigate the patterns of purchase and consumption decisions. However, the literature does not specifically relate lifestyle profiles with the types of consumer decisions (i.e., purchasing vs. consumption decisions). Therefore, this...

This paper aims to examine the impacts and sensitivities of various maturity segments of the U.S. treasury yield curve on the equity markets. We will examine the impacts looking first at the stock market as a whole and then looking further into each of the 11 GICS sectors which make up the S&P...

This paper examines the structure, behavior and performance of the N95 respirator market in the U.S. before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-early 2022). It focuses on the behavior and performance of government and private sector organizations in the allocation of scarce supplies of N95...

Ranking suppliers performance is one of the central issues of supplier management. In supplier selection, most quantitative analysis assumes that any two suppliers are comparable on any criteria. This assumption is then used to rank the suppliers. In practice, however, suppliers are not always...

This study addresses the problem of improving the performance of water quality trading auctions when information about delivery coefficients of nonpoint sources is revealed to potential sellers. We consider the case in which a regulator participating in an auction market as a buyer of water...

Our lives are one way or another related to different groups of individuals. All customers come from diverse backgrounds, do not have requirements equally, and are looking to meet their expectations differently. They have uniqueness and requirements in terms of assistance, communication, and...