This paper proposes a new method for ex ante analysis of the poverty impacts arising from policy reforms. Three innovations underlie this approach. The first is the estimation of a global demand system using a combination of micro-data from household surveys and macro-data from the International...

Most researchers examining poverty and multilateral trade liberalization have had to examine average, or per capita effects, suggesting that if per capita real income rises, poverty will fall. This inference can be misleading. Combining results from a new international cross-section consumption...

This paper proposes a new method for ex ante analysis of the poverty impacts arising from policy reforms. Three innovations underlie this approach. The first is the estimation of a global demand system using a combination of micro-data from household surveys and macro-data from the International...

We model the impact of information visibility in a two-level supply chain consisting of independent retailers who share upstream supply. The manufacturer supplies similar products to the two retailers and each retailer serves its independent end market. Retailers face one period of stochastic...

This study is based on a unique direct selling method in the health food and cosmetics market. We build a supply chain consisted of one supplier and one retailer and utilize a game theory model to study it. The supplier owns superior power and can set the price and commission rate, whereas the...

The authors conducted a series of structured interviews with managers of ten supermarket chains in Shanghai to compare supermarket business practices in Shanghai with those in the United States, emphasizing logistics management issues. Shanghai supermarkets tend to be smaller than U.S. stores,...

This is an online supplement containing proofs of key lemmas and theorems for "An Analysis of Voluntary Recycled Content Claims Under Demand Benefit and Uncertain Recycled Input Supply", where we focus on the problem of choosing the optimal recycled content claim under stochastic local recycled...

In this dissertation, we study multiproduct supply chain management problems with two supply paths in the context of a leading wine bottle manufacturer. The company seeks to provide a high level of customization and service for its customers (vineyards or bottlers). It operates under the...