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2006-108: A Result on Output Feedback Linear Quadratic Control

Jacob Engwerda and Arie Weeren

2006-107: On the Sensitivity Matrix of the Nash Bargaining Solution

Jacob Engwerda

2006-106: A Discrete Multivariate Mean Value Theorem with Applications

Adolphus Talman and Zaifu Yang

2006-104: Extreme Value Theory Approach to Simultaneous Monitoring and Thresholding of Multiple Risk Indicators

John Einmahl, J. Li and R.Y. Liu

2006-103: Agency Theory of Overvalued Equity as an Explanation for the Accrual Anomaly

S.P. Kothari, E. Loutskina and V. Nikolaev

2006-102: The Minimal Spectral Radius of Graphs with a Given Diameter

Edwin van Dam and R.E. Kooij

2006-101: Pension Systems and the Allocation of Macroeconomic Risk

Lans Bovenberg and Harald Uhlig

2006-100: Bank Behavior with Access to Credit Risk Transfer Markets

B.V.G. Goderis, Ian Marsh, Judit Vall Castello and Wolf Wagner

2006-99: The Econometric Analysis of Microscopic Simulation Models

Youwei Li, Bas Donkers and Bertrand Melenberg

2006-98: The Convertible Arbitrage Strategy Analyzed

Igor Loncarski, Jenke ter Horst and Chris Veld

2006-97: A Non-cooperative Approach to the Compensation Rules for Primeval Games

Yuan Ju and Peter Borm

2006-96: Opt In versus Opt Out: A Free-Entry Analysis of Privacy Policies

J.M.C. Bouckaert and Hans Degryse

2006-95: The Non- and Semiparametric Analysis of MS Models: Some Applications

Youwei Li, Bas Donkers and Bertrand Melenberg

2006-94: How Changes in Potential Benefit Duration Affect Equilibrium Unemployment

Rafael Lalive, Jan van Ours and Josef Zweimüller

2006-93: On the Lovasz O-number of Almost Regular Graphs With Application to Erdos-Renyi Graphs

Etienne de Klerk, M.W. Newman, D.V. Pasechnik and Renata Sotirov

2006-92: Assessing the Performance of Business Unit Managers

Jan Bouwens and L.A.G.M. van Lent

2006-91: The Life Cycle of the Firm with Debt and Capital Income Taxes

B. Brys and Lans Bovenberg

2006-90: Assessing the Effects of using Demand Parameters Estimates in Inventory Control

E. Janssen, Leo Strijbosch and Ruud Brekelmans

2006-89: Lexicographic Optimization on Polytopes is Linear Programming

S.H. Tijs

2006-88: Learning about the Term Structure and Optimal Rules for Inflation Targeting

Mewael F. Tesfaselassie, Eric Schaling and Sylvester Eijffinger

2006-87: Health and Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Europe: What do Objective Health Measures Add to the Analysis?

Adriaan Kalwij and Frederic Vermeulen

2006-86: Hierarchical Estimation as Basis for Hierarchical Forecasting

Leo Strijbosch, R.M.J. Heuts and J.J.A. Moors

2006-85: The Complexity of Optimizing over a Simplex, Hypercube or Sphere: A Short Survey

Etienne de Klerk

2006-84: Overdemand and Underdemand in Economies with Indivisible Goods and Unit Demands

Debasis Mishra and Adolphus Talman

2006-83: Records in Athletics through Extreme-Value Theory

John Einmahl and Jan Magnus

2006-82: The Impact of Bank and Non-Bank Financial Institutions on Local Economic Growth in China

X. Cheng and Hans Degryse

2006-81: Analyzing Cost Efficient Production Behavior Under Economies of Scope: A Nonparametric Methodology

Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock and Frederic Vermeulen

2006-80: Tests for Independence in Nonparametric Regression

John Einmahl and Ingrid Van Keilegom

2006-79: Goodness-of-Fit Tests in Nonparametric Regression

John Einmahl and Ingrid Van Keilegom

2006-78: Optimal Portfolio Choice with Annuitization

R.S.J. Koijen, Theo Nijman and Bas Werker

2006-77: Generalized Response Surface Methodology: A New Metaheuristic

Jack Kleijnen

2006-76: Intellectual Property Rights, Globalization and Growth

P.K. Stryszowski

2006-75: Optimization of Simulated Inventory Systems: OptQuest and Alternatives

Jack Kleijnen and J. Wan

2006-74: Selling to Consumers with Endogenous Types

Jan Boone and J. Shapiro

2006-73: How Relevant is Dividend Policy under Low Shareholder Protection?

Luc Renneboog and Peter Szilagyi

2006-72: The Broadening of Activities in the Financial System: Implications for Financial Stability and Regulation

Wolf Wagner

2006-71: Diversification at Financial Institutions and Systemic Crises

Wolf Wagner

2006-70: Leveraged Buyouts in the U.K. and Continental Europe: Retrospect and Prospect

Mike Wright, Luc Renneboog, T. Simons and L. Scholes

2006-69: Investment in Oligopoly under Uncertainty: The Accordion Effect

Romain Bouis, Kuno Huisman and Peter Kort

2006-68: The Impact of Competition on Bank Orientation

Hans Degryse and Steven Ongena

2006-67: The Impact of Organizational Structure and Lending Technology on Banking Competition

Hans Degryse, Luc Laeven and Steven Ongena

2006-66: The Effect of Transformations on the Approximation of Univariate (Convex) Functions with Applications to Pareto Curves

A.Y.D. Siem, Dick Den Hertog and Alex Hoffmann

2006-65: Why do Companies issue Convertible Bond Loans? An Empirical Analysis for the Canadian Market

Igor Loncarski, Jenke ter Horst and Chris Veld

2006-64: Brain Drain and Distance to Frontier

Corrado Di Maria and P.K. Stryszowski

2006-63: Proportionate Flow Shop Games

Arantza Estévez Fernández, M.A. Mosquera, Peter Borm and H.J.M. Hamers

2006-62: Statistics of Extremes under Random Censoring

John Einmahl, A. Fils-Villetard and A. Guillou

2006-61: Does Antidumping Use Contribute to Trade Liberalization? An Empirical Analysis

M.O. Moore and Maurizio Zanardi

2006-60: Firms Merge in Response to Constraints

Jan Boone

2006-59: Realities of Supply Chain Collaboration

R.P. Kampstra, J. Ashayeri and J. Gattorna

2006-58: Convex Games versus Clan Games

R. Brânzei, Dinko Dimitrov and S.H. Tijs

2006-57: Why do Worker-Firm Matches Dissolve?

Anne Gielen and Jan van Ours

2006-56: Shortening the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits does not affect the Quality of Post-Unemployed Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Jan van Ours and Milan Vodopivec

2006-55: How do Mergers and Acquisitions Affect Bondholders in Europe? Evidence on the Impact and Spillover of Governance and Legal Standards

Luc Renneboog and Peter Szilagyi

2006-54: Alternative Measures of Total Factor Productivity Growth

Thijs ten Raa and V. Shestalova

2006-53: The Theory of Benchmarking and the Measurement of Industrial Organization

Thijs ten Raa

2006-52: Are Economic Agents Successful Optimizers? An Analysis Through Strategy in Tennis

Franc Klaassen and Jan Magnus

2006-51: Competitive Equilibria in Economies with Multiple Divisible and Indivisible Commodities and No Money

G.A. Koshevoy and Adolphus Talman

2006-50: White Noise Assumptions Revisited: Regression Models and Statistical Designs for Simulation Practice

Jack Kleijnen

2006-49: Joint Route Planning under Varying Market Conditions

F. Cruijssen, O. Braysy, W. Dullaert, Hein Fleuren and M. Salomon

2006-48: Cooperation in Experimental Games of Strategic Complements and Substitutes

Jan Potters and Sigrid Suetens

2006-47: Beggar Thy Thrifty Neighbour: The International Spillover Effects of Pensions Under Population Ageing

Yvonne Adema, Lex Meijdam and H.A.A. Verbon

2006-46: Business Groups, Taxes and Accruals Management

C.A.C. Beuselinck and M. Deloof

2006-45: Local Asymptotic Normality and Efficient Estimation for inar (P) Models

Feike C. Drost, R. van den Akker and Bas Werker

2006-44: An Asymptotic Analysis of Nearly Unstable inar (1) Models

Feike C. Drost, R. van den Akker and Bas Werker

2006-43: On the Core of Routing Games with Revenues

Arantza Estévez Fernández, Peter Borm, M. Meertens and Hans Reijnierse

2006-42: Implementing Cooperative Solution Concepts: A Generalized Bidding Approach

Yuan Ju and David Wettstein

2006-41: Organization, Evolution, Cognition and Dynamic Capabilities

Bart Nooteboom

2006-40: Forms, Sources and Processes of Trust

Bart Nooteboom

2006-39: Learning and Innovation in Inter-Organizational Relationships and Networks

Bart Nooteboom

2006-38: Embodied Cognition, Organization and Innovation

Bart Nooteboom

2006-37: Human Nature in the Adaptation of Trust

Bart Nooteboom

2006-36: Transaction Costs, Innovation and Learning

Bart Nooteboom

2006-35: Social Capital, Institutions and Trust

Bart Nooteboom

2006-34: Beyond Penrose: A Cognitive Theory of the Firm

Bart Nooteboom

2006-33: Optimal Cognitive Distance and Absorptive Capacity

Bart Nooteboom, Wim Vanhaverbeke, G.M. Duijsters, V.A. Gilsing and A. Oord

2006-32: Network Embeddedness and the Exploration of Novel Technologies: Technological Distance, Betweenness Centrality and Density

Bart Nooteboom, V.A. Gilsing, Wim Vanhaverbeke, G.M. Duijsters and A. Oord

2006-31: Cospectral Graphs and the Generalized Adjacency Matrix

Edwin van Dam, W.H. Haemers and J.H. Koolen

2006-30: Design of Web Questionnaires: The Effect of Layout in Rating Scales

V. Toepoel, Marcel Das and Arthur van Soest

2006-29: Lower Tail Dependence for Archimedean Copulas: Characterizations and Pitfalls

Arthur Charpentier and J.J.J. Segers

2006-28: Convergence of Archimedean Copulas

Arthur Charpentier and J.J.J. Segers

2006-26: Optimization of Univariate Functions on Bounded Intervals by Interpolation and Semidefinite Programming

Etienne de Klerk, G.E.E. Elfadul and Dick Den Hertog

2006-25: Two Classes of Cooperative Games Related to One-Object Auction Situations

R. Brânzei, Vito Fragnelli, A. Meca and S.H. Tijs

2006-24: Why are the French so Different from the Germans? Underpricing of IPOs on the Euro New Markets

Marc Goergen, A. Khurshed and Luc Renneboog

2006-23: Corporate Restructuring and Bondholder Wealth

Luc Renneboog and Peter Szilagyi

2006-22: Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain

Arie Kapteyn, J.P. Smith and Arthur van Soest

2006-21: Accounting for Heterogeneous Returns in Sequential Schooling Decisions

Gema Zamarro

2006-20: Smoothed L-estimation of Regression Function

Pavel Cizek, J. Tamine and W.K. Härdle

2006-19: Design of Web Questionnaires: An Information Processing Perspective for the Effect of Response Categories

V. Toepoel, C.M. Vis, Marcel Das and Arthur van Soest

2006-17: Stability, Specialization and Social Recognition

R.P. Gilles, Emiliya Lazarova and Pieter Ruys

2006-16: A Bargaining Set Based on External and Internal Stability and Endogenous Coalition Formation

Emiliya Lazarova, Peter Borm, Maria Montero and Hans Reijnierse

2006-15: Meta-Modeling by Symbolic Regression and Pareto Simulated Annealing

E. Stinstra, G. Rennen and G.J.A. Teeuwen

2006-14: Logistic Efficiency Through Horizontal Cooperation: The Case of Flemish Road Transportation Companies

F. Cruijssen, W. Dullaert and T. Joro

2006-13: Nonparametric Analysis of Household Labor Supply: Goodness-of-Fit and Power of the Unitary and the Collective Model

Laurens Cherchye and Frederic Vermeulen

2006-12: The Global Chilling Effects of Antidumping Proliferation

Hylke Vandenbussche and Maurizio Zanardi

2006-11: Does Central Bank Transparancy Reduce Interest Rates?

Petra Geraats, Sylvester Eijffinger and Carin Cruijsen

2006-10: Regression Models and Experimental Designs: A Tutorial for Simulation Analaysts

Jack Kleijnen

2006-9: Is Ethical Money Financially Smart?

Luc Renneboog, Jenke ter Horst and C. Zhang

2006-7: Rare Events, Temporal Dependence and the Extremal Index

J.J.J. Segers

2006-6: Mergers and Acquisitions in Europe

M. Martynova and Luc Renneboog

2006-5: The Impact of Explicit Deposit Insurance on Market Discipline

Vasso Ioannidou and Jan de Dreu