Stephen W. Salant

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1.

Willpower and the Optimal Control of Visceral Urges

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Willpower and the Optimal Control of Visceral Urges

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Jul 2010
Emre Ozdenoren, Stephen W. Salant and Dan Silverman
London Business School, University of Michigan and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Economics Department
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willpower, self-control, hotelling

Willpower and the Optimal Control of Visceral Urges

NBER Working Paper No. w12278
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022
Emre Ozdenoren, Stephen W. Salant and Dan Silverman
London Business School, University of Michigan and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Economics Department
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Markets with Untraceable Goods of Unknown Quality: A Market Failure Exacerbated by Globalization

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Markets with Untraceable Goods of Unknown Quality: A Market Failure Exacerbated by Globalization

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Apr 2010
Timothy J. McQuade, Stephen W. Salant and Jason A. Winfree
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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Markets with Untraceable Goods of Unknown Quality: A Market Failure Exacerbated by Globalization

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Apr 2010
Timothy J. McQuade, Stephen W. Salant and Jason A. Winfree
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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collective reputation, quality, minimum quality standards, globalization

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Alternative Climate Policies and Intertemporal Emissions Leakage: Quantifying the Green Paradox

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 12-16
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Apr 2012
Carolyn Fischer, Carolyn Fischer and Stephen W. Salant
University of Ottawa - Department of Economics and University of Michigan
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green paradox, climate change, exhaustible resources

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Can Government Gold Be Put to Better Use?: Qualitative and Quantitative Effects of Alternative Government Policies

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System IFPD No. 582
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Jun 1997
Dale W. Henderson, John S. Irons, Stephen W. Salant and Sebastian Thomas
Federal Reserve Board, Amherst College - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and University of Chicago
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Hotelling Under Pressure

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Hotelling Under Pressure

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 14-20
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 15 Dec 2014
Soren Anderson, Ryan Kellogg and Stephen W. Salant
Michigan State University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan
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crude oil prices, oil extraction, decline curve, oil drilling, rig rental rates, exhaustible resource

Hotelling Under Pressure

NBER Working Paper No. w20280
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
Soren Anderson, Ryan Kellogg and Stephen W. Salant
Michigan State University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan
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Spatially and Intertemporally Efficient Waste Management: The Costs of Interstate Flow Control

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Paper 1.98
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Apr 1998
Eduardo Ley, Molly K. Macauley and Stephen W. Salant
World Bank, Resources for the Future and University of Michigan
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The Hotelling Model with Multiple Demands

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 14-21
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Dec 2014
Stephen W. Salant and Gérard Gaudet
University of Michigan and University of Montreal - Department of Economics
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The Dynamics of Pollution Permits

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The Dynamics of Pollution Permits

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 15-20
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Jun 2015
Makoto Hasegawa and Stephen W. Salant
Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University and University of Michigan
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The Dynamics of Pollution Permits

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp. 61-79, 2015
Posted: 12 Oct 2015
Makoto Hasegawa and Stephen W. Salant
Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University and University of Michigan

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Cap-and-Trade Programs Under Continual Compliance

Resources for the Future DP 12-33
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Aug 2012
Makoto Hasegawa and Stephen W. Salant
Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University and University of Michigan
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emissions trading, marketable permits, price collar, safety valve, price ceiling, price floor

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Intertemporal and Spatial Depletion of Landfills

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Paper No. 14.98
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Sep 1998
Gérard Gaudet, Michel Moreaux and Stephen W. Salant
University of Montreal - Department of Economics, University of Toulouse 1 - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Mathématique et Quantitative (GREMAQ) and University of Michigan
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The Strategic Use of Early Bird Discounts for Dealers

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2018
Desmond (Ho-Fu) Lo and Stephen W. Salant
Santa Clara University, Department of Marketing and University of Michigan
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Vertical Relationships; Marketing Channels; Sales Discounts; Slotting Allowances; Two-Part Pricing; Constrained-Capacity Oligopoly Games

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What Ails the European Union's Emissions Trading System? Two Diagnoses Calling for Different Treatments

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 15-30
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Jul 2015
Stephen W. Salant
University of Michigan
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cap and trade, emissions trading, market stability reserve, peso problem, regulatory uncertainty

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Diversify or Focus? Spending to Combat Infectious Diseases When Budgets are Tight

Resources for the Future DP 10-15
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2010
Soren Anderson, Ramanan Laxminarayan and Stephen W. Salant
Michigan State University - Department of Economics, One Health Trust and University of Michigan
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A Free Lunch in the Commons

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A Free Lunch in the Commons

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 09-30
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Sep 2009
Matthew J. Kotchen and Stephen W. Salant
Yale University and University of Michigan
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A Free Lunch in the Commons

NBER Working Paper No. w15086
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen and Stephen W. Salant
Yale University and University of Michigan
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Should Congestion Tolls Be Set by the Government or by the Private Sector?: The Knight–Pigou Debate Revisited

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 17-13
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2018
Stephen W. Salant and Nathan Seegert
University of Michigan and University of Utah - Department of Finance
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Size Matters (in Output-Sharing Groups): Voting to End the Tragedy of the Commons

RFF Discussion Paper No. 10-43
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Josh Cherry, Stephen W. Salant and Neslihan Uler
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and New York University (NYU)
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catch-sharing, common-pool resources, efficient private provision, free-riding, laboratory experiment, partnership solution

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Cap-and-Trade Programs Under Delayed Compliance

Resources for the Future DP 12-32
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Aug 2012
Makoto Hasegawa and Stephen W. Salant
Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University and University of Michigan
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emissions trading, marketable permits, price collar, safety valve, price ceiling, price ‡floor

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Regulating an Experience Good Produced in the Formal Sector of a Developing Country when Consumers Cannot Identify Producers

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 10-52-REV
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2012
Timothy J. McQuade, Stephen W. Salant and Jason A. Winfree
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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Experience Good, Formal Sector, Informal Sector, Quality

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The Equilibrium Price Path of Timber in the Absence of Replanting

Resources for the Future DP 12-38
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Aug 2012
Stephen W. Salant
University of Michigan
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trees, forestry, Hotelling, Herfindahl, Faustmann, U-shaped price path

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Experimental Departures from Self-Interest When Competing Partnerships Share Output

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 13-07
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Josh Cherry, Stephen W. Salant and Neslihan Uler
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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output-sharing, partnership solution, laboratory experiment, altruism, conformity

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The Welfare Costs of Unreliable Water Service

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 92, No. 1, May 2010
Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Lucas W. Davis, Brian Baisa, Stephen W. Salant and William Wilcox
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Yale University - Faculty of Arts & Sciences, University of Michigan and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Water Supply Uncertainty, Water Storage, Distributional Inefficiency

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Putting Free-Riding to Work: A Partnership Solution to the Common-Property Problem

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Forthcoming
Posted: 12 Dec 2008
Martin D. Heintzelman, Stephen W. Salant and Stephan Schott
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Michigan and Carleton University

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Catch-sharing, Cartelization, Cooperatives, Hunter-gatherer, Team Production

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When is the Standard Analysis of Common Property Extraction Under Free Access Correct? A Game-Theoretic Justification for Non-Game-Theoretic Analyses

Posted: 25 Aug 1999
Robin Brooks, Michael P. Murray, Stephen W. Salant and Jill C. Weise
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Financial Studies Division, Bates College, University of Michigan and Ernst & Young LLP

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