8 articles in this issue
Craig H. Wisen, Kevin C. H. Chiang, Michael P. Pippenger, James C. Collins
Storage unit auctions have recently received widespread attention from reality shows and get rich easy business models. This study examines the pitfalls associated with winning storage unit auctions, commonly observed bidding strategies, participant behav... see more
Anurag Agarwal, Selcuk Colak, Jason Deane, Terry Rakes
This paper addresses the task scheduling problem which involves minimizing the makespan in scheduling n tasks on m machines (resources) where the tasks follow a precedence relation and preemption is not allowed. The machines (resources) are all identical ... see more
Jon Hooks, Sarah Erdman
This paper seeks to further investigate the quandary of closed-end fund discounts known as the four-piece puzzle. While other researchers have taken a behavior approach (investor sentiment, etc.), this study will explore empirical data on several variable... see more
John R. Leavins
The Treasury Department and the IRS have established certain standards for those who are tax practitioners. Certified Public Accountants and other tax practitioners face potential penalties if they violate those standards. Treasury Department Circular No.... see more
Bruce Howard
Profit-maximizing firms should continue to invest in economic capital to the point where the marginal product of capital equals the marginal cost of financial capital. As such, the returns to shareholders on the right-hand side of the balance sheet should... see more
Bichwi Yun, Yoon C. Cho
Understanding the publics interest toward public policy and advertising has become a central issue in marketing and public policy. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the public perceives policy advertising and how their perceptions affect at... see more
Samet Gunay
In this study, we analyzed the multifractality and the source of multifractality of the returns of GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY and USD/CHF currencies. In the examination of multifractality we performed the Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MF-DFA... see more
Mahamood M. Hassan
The ability of the Social Security retirement program to pay the promised benefits to future generations has been debated since the 1960s. Various suggestions have been made, but the one that has attracted the most passionate opinions has been whether som... see more