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Asset ownership and Asset Values Over Project Lifecycles
This paper develops a theory of outside ownership where such an ownership arrangement mitigates an external finance problem. Part of the gains from outside ownership accrue to asset owners which determines the asset value. The theory provides a context to analyze asset ownership and asset values over project lifecycles. When there are adjustment costs in realizing the full gains from outside ownership, (i) assets take time to peak in value, and (ii) the outsiders's share of asset ownership increases gradualAsset ownership; Asset value; Project lifecycles; Entry and exit
Chang, Ji-Mei
University of Southern California, Department of Curriculum, Teaching, & Special Education, 1989, Ph.D.
University of Southern California, School of Education, 1978, M.S.
National Chengchi University, Department of Education, 1970, B.A.https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/erfa_bios/1002/thumbnail.jp
Pegmatites of Southern California
For many years the southern California region has attracted the attention of geologists interested in pegmatites and pegmatite deposits, largely because of the well-known gem and lithium occurrences in San Diego and Riverside Counties. These world-famous pegmatites have been so often noted or described in the literature that they commonly are regarded as typical of the pegmatites in the region, even though this actually is far from the case. More than 90 percent of all published contributions on California pegmatites deal with the gem-bearing dikes of San Diego County alone! It is the main purpose of this brief paper to summarize the distribution, occurrence, composition, and structure of all the known pegmatites in southern California, and to discuss several aspects of their geologic and economic significance. Much of the information has been obtained from the published record, a sampling of which is included in the list of references at the end of the paper. In larger part, however, the writer has found it necessary to draw from the results of his own observations, many of which were made in reconnaissance and hence are not wholly satisfactory as a background for generalizations. This qualification with respect to basic data plainly underlies the summary and discussions that follow
Hybrid Advertising Auctions
Several major websites offer hybrid auctions that allow advertisers to
bid on a per-impression or a per-click basis. We present the first
analysis of this hybrid advertising auction setting. The conventional
wisdom is that brand advertisers (e.g. Coca-Cola) will bid per
impression, while direct response advertisers (e.g. Amazon.com) will
bid per click. We analyze a theoretical model of advertiser bidding to
ask whether this conventional wisdom will hold up in practice. We find
the opposite in a static game: brand advertisers bid per click, while
direct response advertisers bid per impression. In a more realistic
repeated game, we find that direct response advertisers bid per click,
but brand advertisers may profitably alternate between bidding for
clicks and bidding for impressions. The analysis implies that sellers
of online advertising (a) may sometimes prefer not to offer advertisers
multiple bidding options, (b) should try to ascertain advertisers' types
when they do use hybrid auctions, and (c) should consider advertisers'
strategic incentives when forming click-through rate expectations in
hybrid auction formats
September 25, 1937 Football Program, UOP vs. USC
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/ua-football/1186/thumbnail.jp
October 5, 1935 Football Program, UOP vs. USC Trojans
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The anchovy reduction fishery for the 1976-77 season
The 1976-77 anchovy season ended with landings of 92,515
mt (101,433 tons) in southern California and 4,571 mt (5,041
tons) in central California. Southern California catches
were dominated by age groups III (27%) and 0 (28%) while 77%
of central California's landings were age groups III through
VI. Numerical sex ratios were calculated to be 1.1:l and
2:l female to male for southern and central California
respectively. (23pp.
Platform Competition: The Role of Multi-homing and Complementors
In this paper we present a model of platform competition in which two
firms offer horizontally differentiated platforms and a group of
complementors offers products that are complementary to each platform.
Consumers can buy either or both platforms (single- or multihoming) and
complementors can produce for either or both platforms (single- or
multi-production). We first characterize the pricing structure and find
that, in equilibrium, consumers are more likely to multihome as the
differentiation of platforms decreases or as the number of complementors
for either platform increases. We show that the platform and its
complementors always benefit from an increase in the number of
complementors in their own platform. When single-homing arises in
equilibrium, the platform and its complementors suffer from an increase
in the number of complementors in the rival platform. We also study the
incentives of the platform to integrate with its complementors, to
charge them a royalty or give a subsidy, and to sell its own
complementary products to the rival platform
Foehn Winds of Southern California
One of the characteristic weather phenomena of southern California
is a wind of the foehn type known locally as the Santa Ana. Unseasonably high temperatures and very low humidities are associated with its occurence. The maximum effects of this wind are felt in the region south of Cajon Pass at the eastern extremity of the Los Angeles Basin. The latter area, extending eastward from the sea to the San Bernardino Mountains, is ordinarily protected from continental influences by the rather high San Gabriel Mountains to the north. Cajon Pass, trending roughly north and south between the San Gabriel Mountains to the west and the San Bernardino Mountains to the east, opens to the north upon the Mohave Desert and to the south upon the alluvial plain of the Los Angeles Basin
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