Many companies have already accepted such techniques as network analysis and automatic trend projection by exponential smoothing and are confidently using them on a routine basis. With the increasing sophistication of management, computer simulation as a tool for investigating problems of...

The increase in the number of children without access to healthcare services is an increasingly urgent issue in the United States. By using data from the Community Tracking Study Household Survey 1996 to 1997, we focus this study on the determinants that cause for the widening gap of healthcare...

We find that differences in the ability to devote cognitive resources to a strategic interaction imply differences in strategic behavior. In our experiment, we manipulated the availability of cognitive resources by applying a differential cognitive load. In cognitive load experiments, subjects...

We identify a largely efficient market in which there is a relationship between race and market outcomes. Examining data on NBA games, we find that teams with more black players tend to face larger point spreads and that these teams perform worse against the spread. These biased outcomes are...

Language is an imperfect and coarse means of communicating information about a complex and nuanced world. We report on an experiment designed to capture this feature of communication. The messages available to the sender imperfectly describe the state of the world; however, the sender can improve...

We model an interaction between an informed sender and an uninformed receiver. As in the classic cheap talk setup, the informed player sends a message to an uninformed receiver who is to take an action which affects the payoffs of both players. However, in our model, the sender can communicate...

Discusses how, after enduring difficult times in the early 1980s, Carlisle Tire & Rubber undertook a major change in its manufacturing operation with the use of employee involvement and teamwork. Examines the reluctance of some managers and supervisors to participate in the change process....

We show how imperfect memory can imply a preference for increasing payments. We model an agent making a decision regarding effort in two periods. Before the first decision, the agent receives a signal related to the cost of effort, which is subsequently forgotten. Before the second decision, the...