Used product collection is a business practice widely adopted by firms to pursue the substantial economic value of product remanufacturing and to comply with regulatory policies imposed by governments. This paper considers the optimal design of a manufacturer's collection policy to encourage...

​It is widely accepted that the retailer’s use of strategic inventory can mitigate double marginalization and improve supply chain coordination. However, the recent literature of channel coordination only considers the effects of the retailer’s strategic inventory, leaving the...

We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate the effects of prolonged parental leave on children's...