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...

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...

The interaction between two demand-streams sharing a common manufacturing capacity is a commonly observed phenomenon in the business-world. This study aims to analyze the business situations where the two demand-streams differ in their variability. A prime motivation for this study comes from...

In this work, we study contingency related issues arising from both the demand side and the supply side. On the demand side, we model demand surges as the primary source of contingency. We analyze demand postponement as a strategy to handle potential demand surges. Under demand postponement, a...

There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested in the outlook for global commodity markets, future patterns of international trade, or the interactions between land use, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of...

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...

The acceptance of the nodal pricing system as a mechanism to organize wholesale power markets has exposed both generators and consumers to unprecedented volatile prices. Most of the volatility follows from the method for valuing congestion on the network. Generators and wholesale consumers pay...

The analysis of consumer demands is limited by data availability. Typically, aggregate consumption and expenditure data are all that is available to draw conclusions based on the theory of individual consumer behavior. Such limitations are problematic as some demand systems possess non-linear...

In this dissertation a non-parametric method for the measurement of firm efficiency and risk aversion is developed, tested, and applied. This method is a modification of data envelopment analysis (DEA) that allows the user to simultaneously determine the firm's efficiency score while taking the...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of market structure and physical network constraints on the performance of deregulated wholesale electricity market under demand uncertainty. The problem was formulated as a Mixed Complementarity Problem, and Stochastic Equilibrium...