This thesis first considers some extensions of the existing discrete choice models. One such extension is to use the scale mixture of multivariate normal distributions for the random part of the utility in a random utility maximization framework. By doing so, we expand the horizon of discrete...

This research examines why and how brand owners in China adopt and use mobile media in marketing campaigns to deliver co-creation brand experiences and build consumer relationships. China represents an interesting case to study as it has leapfrogged into the age of consumer society and mobile...

This thesis empirically studies the determinants of CEO employment contracts and the impacts of such agreements on managerial investment decisions. As of 2005, approximately half of S&P 500 CEOs had employment contracts. A typical contract protects the CEO by decreasing the probability he will...

As industry moves towards many-core chips, networks-on-chip(NoCs) are emerging as the scalable fabric for interconnectingthe cores. With power now the first-order design constraint, earlystageestimation of NoC power has become crucially important.ORION [29] was amongst the first NoC power models...

Recent advances in statistical understanding have focused fisheries research attention on addressing the theoretical and statistical issues encountered in standardizing catch-rate data. Similarly, the present study evaluates the performance of boosted regression trees (BRT), the product of...

The paper outlines an original thinking theory and its applications to economics. The author ascribes the flaws and divisiveness of economics mainly to the lack of a proper theory on how a person thinks. Human thoughts shall be entities, and thinking shall be behaviors, both featuring...

This paper introduces a highly original theory. What is human capital or knowledge theoretically? How do innovations happen? How could microeconomics integrate with macroeconomics? Where do institutions & organizations come from? How to define and endogenize money? How to synthesize...

This paper is a complementary explanation of the World Economics Association (WEA) 2019 “Going Online” conference paper “How Could Cognitive Revolution Happen To Economics? An Introduction to the Algorithm Framework Theory”.

Various“irrationalities” have always been deemed distinct from human reason or “rational thinking”. However, another long-standing view is that“irrationalities” are really some kinds of rationality that just need to be somehow proven. It would be most satisfactory if the proof could...

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