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Optimal replacement of GMC bus engines: An empirical model of Harold Zurcher

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J Rust - Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1987 - JSTOR
This paper formulates a simple regenerative optimal stopping model of bus engine
replacement to describe the behavior of Harold Zurcher, superintendent of maintenance at
the Madison (Wisconsin) Metropolitan Bus Company. The null hypothesis is that Zurcher's ...
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How social security and medicare affect retirement behavior in a world of incomplete markets

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J Rust… - Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1997 - JSTOR
This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the US Social Security and Medicare
insurance system affects the labor supply of older males in the presence of incomplete
markets for loans, annuities, and health insurance. We estimate a dynamic programming ( ...
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[PDF] Structural estimation of Markov decision processes

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J Rust - Handbook of econometrics, 1994 - gemini.econ.umd.edu
Markov decision processes (MDP) provide a broad framework for modelling sequential
decision making under uncertainty. MDP's have two sorts of variables: state variables st and
control variables dr, both of which are indexed by time t= 0, 1, 2, 3...., T, where the horizon ...
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[BOOK] Modern psychometrics: The science of psychological assessment .

J Rust… - 1989 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract 1. The 2nd edition of this book is rewritten to conform to the British Psychological
Society's Certificates of Competence in Occupational Testing. The book is divided into two
parts. The first deals with the theoretical and more general issues of psychometrics. The ...
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Using randomization to break the curse of dimensionality

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J Rust - Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1997 - JSTOR
This paper introduces random versions of successive approximations and multigrid
algorithms for computing approximate solutions to a class of finite and infinite horizon
Markovian decision problems (MDPs). We prove that these algorithms succeed in ...
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Numerical dynamic programming in economics

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J Rust - Handbook of computational economics, 1996 - Elsevier
... Chapter 14 Numerical dynamic programming in economics. John Rust *. University of Wisconsin.
Available online 3 February 2005. Excerpt. Note: This is a one-page preview only. Click here
to download preview. Enable JavaScript for PDF Excerpt to view it inline. LOADING... ...
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[PDF] Behaviour of trading automata in a computerized double auction market

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J Rust, R Palmer, JH Miller… - 1992 - time.dufe.edu.cn
This paper reports the results of a series of computerized double auction tournaments held
at the Santa Fe Institute beginning in March 1990. The tournament consisted of over 30
computer programs (automata traders) playing the roles of buyers and sellers in a ...
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The GRISS: A psychometric instrument for the assessment of sexual dysfunction

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J Rust… - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1986 - Springer
The Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) is a short 28-item
questionnaire for assessing the existence and severity of sexual problems. The design,
construction, and item analysis of the GRISS are described. The two separate male and ...
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How Large is the Bias is Self-Reported Disability?

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H Benitez-Silva, M Buchinsky, HM Chan… - 2000 - nber.org
A pervasive concern with the use of self-reported health and disability measures in
behavioral models is that they are biased and endogenous. A commonly suggested
explanation is that survey respondents exaggerate the severity of health problems and ...
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The Golombok‐Rust inventory of sexual satisfaction (GRISS)

J Rust… - British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
The Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) is a short 28-item
questionnaire for assessing the existence and severity of sexual problems. The design,
construction and item analysis of the GRISS are described. It is shown to have high ...
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[PDF] A dynamic programming model of retirement behavior

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JP Rust - 1989 - nber.org
... Page 2. 12 A Dynamic Programming Model of Retirement Behavior John Rust 12.1 Introduction
This paper derives a model of the retirement behavior of older male workers from the solution
to a stochastic dynamic programming prob- lem. ... 359 Page 3. 360 John Rust ...
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The European study of assisted reproduction families: the transition to adolescence

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S Golombok, A Brewaeys, MT Giavazzi… - Human …, 2002 - ESHRE
BACKGROUND: Findings are presented of the second phase of a European longitudinal
study of families created by assisted reproduction. The present investigation reports on data
obtained during the child's transition to adolescence. METHODS: A total of 102 IVF ...
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Estimation of dynamic structural models, problems and prospects: discrete decision processes

J Rust - Advances in Econometrics: Sixth World Congress, 1994 - books.google.com
This is the first in a two-part survey of recent developments in the rapidly growing literature
on methods for solving and estimating dynamic structural models. Part I focusses on discrete
decision processes (DDP), ie, problems where the decision variable is restricted to a ...
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Middlemen versus market makers: A theory of competitive exchange

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J Rust… - 2002 - nber.org
We present a model in which the microstructure of trade in a commodity or asset is
endogenously determined. Producers and consumers of a commodity (or buyers and sellers
of an asset) who wish to trade can choose between two competing types of intermediaries: ...
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Characterizing effective trading strategies* 1:: Insights from a computerized double auction tournament

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J Rust, JH Miller… - Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1994 - Elsevier
Abstract This paper presents a comparative analysis of 30 computer trading programs that
participated in a double auction tournament held at the Santa Fe Institute in 1990 and 1991.
Our objective is to characterize the form of effective trading strategies in double auction ...
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When is it optimal to kill off the market for used durable goods?

J Rust - Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1986 - JSTOR
It is commonly believed that textbook publishers attempt to" kill off" competition from used
textbooks through yearly edition changes. In the context of Wicksell's model of durable
goods, Peter Swan has shown that such" planned obsolescence" is never optimal: a ...
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An empirical analysis of the social security disability application, appeal, and award process

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H Benitez-Silva, M Buchinsky, HM Chan, J Rust… - Labour Economics, 1999 - Elsevier
We provide an empirical analysis of the Social Security disability application, award, and
appeal process using the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS). We show that the appeal
option increases the award probability from 46% to 73%. However, this comes at the cost ...
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Marital problems and sexual dysfunction: how are they related?

J Rust, S Golombok… - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1988 - RCP
Abstract In a study of 28 attenders of a sexual and marital clinic, the relationship between
marital distress and both general and specific sexual dysfunctions was investigated. It was
found that for men there was a much closer relationship between sexual and marital ...
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A nested logit model of automobile holdings for one vehicle households

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J Berkovec… - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 1985 - Elsevier
Abstract This paper presents a model of automobile choice by single vehicle households.
This effort is distinguished from previous disaggregate automobile holdings models primarily
by the use of the nested logit model rather than the more restrictive multinomial logit ...
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The golombok rust inventory of marital state (GRIMS)

J Rust, I Bennun, M Crowe… - Sexual and Marital …, 1986 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State (GRIMS) is a new short (28 item)
questionnaire for the assessment of the quality of a relationship. The GRIMS is a companion
test to the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) which is in use in sex ...
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Validation of the profile of female sexual function (PFSF) in surgically and naturally menopausal women

L DEROGATIS, J RUST, S GOLOMBOK… - Journal of sex & …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The Profile of Female Sexual Function (PFSF) is a patient-based instrument for the
measuring of loss of sexual function in menopausal women with low libido (hypoactive
female sexual desire disorder). The instrument, which contains 37 items in seven domains ...
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Testosterone during pregnancy and gender role behavior of preschool children: a longitudinal, population study

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M Hines, S Golombok, J Rust… - Child …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Levels of testosterone (T) and sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) were measured in
blood samples from pregnant women and related to gender role behavior in 342 male and
337 female offspring at the age of 3.5 years. Gender role behavior was assessed using ...
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Stationary equilibrium in a market for durable assets

J Rust - Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1985 - JSTOR
This paper presents a dynamic model of consumer trading on the primary, secondary, and
scrap markets for a stochastically deteriorating durable good in a stationary economy with
perfect information and no transaction costs. We explicitly model the trading process by ...
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Profile of Female Sexual Function: a patient-based, international, psychometric instrument for the assessment of hypoactive sexual desire in oophorectomized women

CD Sarti, J Kuznicki, C Rodenberg, L Derogatis… - Menopause, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop a self-administered, patient-based
questionnaire to assess loss of sexual desire and associated symptoms in postmenopausal
women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) experiencing distress. Design: ...
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[PDF] Behavior of male workers at the end of the life cycle: An empirical analysis of states and controls

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JP Rust - 1990 - nber.org
... States and Controls John Rust ... John Rust is professor of economics and director of the Data and
Computation Center and the Social Systems Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin
and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. ...
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Parenting infants conceived by gamete donation.

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S Golombok, E Lycett, F MacCallum… - Journal of Family …, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract 1. In recent years, concerns have been raised regarding the potentially negative
consequences of gamete donation for parent-child relationships. Findings are presented of
a study of families with an infant conceived by gamete donation. Fifty donor insemination ...
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How large are the classification errors in the social security disability award process?

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H Benitez-Silva, M Buchinsky… - 2004 - nber.org
This paper presents an audit'of the multistage application and appeal process that the US
Social Security Administration (SSA) uses to determine eligibility for disability benefits from
the Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. We study ...
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The Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions (RISC).

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J Rust - Schizophrenia bulletin, 1988 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract 1. The Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions (RISC) is a new, psychometrically
constructed, short questionnaire for assessing the schizotypal cognitions associated with the
positive symptoms of acute schizophrenia. It differs from previous scales in having been ...
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The Pre-School Activities Inventory: A standardized assessment of gender role in children.

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S Golombok… - Psychological Assessment, 1993 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract 1. The Pre-School Activities Inventory (PSAI) is a new psychometric scale for the
assessment of gender role behavior in young children. Its design and test specification are
reported, and the piloting and item analysis are described. Evidence of reliability is given, ...
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Habituation and the structure of the electrodermal system

I Martin… - Psychophysiology, 1976 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The intercorrelatons among fifteen common SRR variables were investigated
on two samples of male subjects in a standard habituation paradigm. The first group (N=
212) was made up of 149 prisoners and 63 controls (mean age= 28yrs) while the second ...
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[CITATION] the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children Study Team (2002). Testosterone during pregnancy and gender role behavior of preschool children: …

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M Hines, S Golombok, J Rust, KJ Johnston… - Child Development
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Behavioral and cognitive development as well as family functioning of twins conceived by assisted reproduction: findings from a large population study

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F Olivennes, S Golombok, C Ramogida… - Fertility and sterility, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To establish the nature and extent of difficulties in parenting and child
development in families with twins conceived by assisted reproduction. DESIGN:
Comparisons were carried out between a representative sample of 344 families with 2-to ...
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The GRIMS. A psychometric instrument for the assessment of marital discord

J Rust, I Bennun, M Crowe… - Journal of Family …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Research in marital therapy has been disadvantaged by the lack of a good, short and recent
psychometric questionnaire to objectively assess the state of a marriage for research,
demographic and clinical purposes. The Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State (GRIMS ...
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Condom failure among homosexual men

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S Golombok, J Sketchley… - JAIDS Journal of Acquired …, 1989 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Following a postal questionnaire survey of 262 homosexual men carried out to
investigate condom use during sexual activity, a sample of 97 men who used condoms
during anogenital sex was identified. Thirty-one percent of those who had used a condom ...
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On the optimal lifetime of nuclear power plants

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G Rothwell… - Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1997 - JSTOR
We present an empirical model of optimal operation of nuclear power plants. The optimal
lifetime is the solution to an optimal stopping problem: The plant is closed when the
expected discounted losses from continued operation exceed the discounted costs of ...
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sex‐Typed Behavior During the Preschool Years

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AC Iervolino, M Hines, SE Golombok… - Child …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The genetic and environmental etiologies of sex-typed behavior were examined during the
preschool years in a sample of 3,990 three-to four-year-old twin and nontwin sibling pairs.
Results showed moderate genetic and significant shared environmental influence for boys ...
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[BOOK] Do people behave according to Bellman's principle of optimality?

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JP Rust… - 1992 - aguirregabiria.org
... OPTIMALITY? John Rust Working Papers in Economics E-92-10 The Hoover Institution
Stanford University May 1992 This is a preliminary draft, written in March 1992, while
the author was a fellow at the Hoover Institution. Parts ...
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The Measurement of Gender Role Behaviour in Pre‐School Children: a Research Note

S Golombok… - Journal of Child Psychology and …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The development and construction of a new psychometric scale, the Pre-School
Activities Inventory (PSAI) for the assessment of gender role behaviour in young children, is
reported. The test specification, piloting and item analysis are described. Data are also ...
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An empirical model of inventory investment by durable commodity intermediaries

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G Hall… - Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public …, 2000 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a new detailed dataset of high-frequency observations on inventory
investment by a US steel wholesaler. Our analysis of these data leads to six main
conclusions: orders and sales are made infrequently; orders are more volatile than sales; ...
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[PDF] Dynamic programming

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J Rust - Department of Economics, University of Maryland, 2006 - gemini.econ.umd.edu
Dynamic Programming is a recursive method for solving sequential decision problems
(hereafter abbreviated as SDP). Also known as backward induction, it is used to find optimal
decision rules in “games against nature” and subgame perfect equilibria of dynamic multi- ...
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Optimal response to a shift in regulatory regime: the case of the US nuclear power industry

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J Rust… - Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This paper studies the impact of the March 1979 Three Mile Island (TMI) accident
on the regulation of nuclear power plants (NPPs) and its consequences for the operating
behaviour and profitability of the US nuclear power industry. We treat the TMI accident as ...
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The Rust Inventory of Schizoid Cognitions (RISC): A psychometric measure of psychoticism in the normal population

J Rust - British journal of clinical psychology, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
The Rust Inventory of Schizoid Cognitions (RISC) is a new, psychometrically constructed,
cognitively based, short questionnaire of psychoticism. It differs from previous scales in
having been developed and standardized with special attention to normal distribution in ...
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Developmental Trajectories of Sex‐Typed Behavior in Boys and Girls: A Longitudinal General Population Study of Children Aged 2.5–8 Years

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S Golombok, J Rust, K Zervoulis… - Child …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
1. We are extremely grateful to all the families who took part in this study, the midwives for
their help in recruiting them, and the whole Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
(ALSPAC) team, which includes interviewers, computer and laboratory technicians, ...
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Prenatal stress and gender role behavior in girls and boys: a longitudinal, population study

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M Hines, KJ Johnston, S Golombok, J Rust… - Hormones and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Prenatal stress influences neural and behavioral sexual differentiation in rodents. Male
offspring of stressed pregnancies show reduced masculine-typical characteristics and
increased feminine-typical characteristics, whereas female offspring show the opposite ...
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Cortical evoked potential, personality, and intelligence.

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J Rust - Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1975 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract 1. The averaged cortical evoked potential (CEP) was measured from 296 males (84
twins, 149 prisoners, and 63 miscellaneous Ss; mean ages 24.2, 29, and 27 yrs,
respectively) in 2 studies and was then correlated with scores on intelligence and ...
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[PDF] Dynamic structural models of retirement and disability

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J Rust, M Buchinsky… - University of Maryland, 2003 - ms.cc.sunysb.edu
Summary We propose to use all available waves of the Health and Retirement Survey
(HRS) and AHEAD Survey to estimate a comprehensive dynamic programming (DP) model
of behavior at the end of the life cycle that provides a detailed treatment of the Social ...
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Econometric Methods for Endogenously Sampled Time Series: The Case of Commodity Price Speculation in the Steel Market

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G Hall… - 2002 - nber.org
This paper studies the econometric problems associated with estimation of a stochastic
process that is endogenously sampled. Our interest is to infer the law of motion of a discrete-
time stochastic process {pt} that is observed only at a subset of times {t1,..., tn} that depend ...
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[PDF] Simulated minimum distance estimation of a model of optimal commodity price speculation with endogenously sampled prices

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G Hall… - manuscript, Yale University, 2003 - Citeseer
Abstract: This paper provides structural parameter estimates of a model of optimal price
speculation by a middleman in the steel market. The middleman profits by purchasing large
quantities of steel from producers and other middlemen in the wholesale market and ...
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The effects of diazepam on anxiety-related cognition

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S Golombok, A Stavrou, J Bonn, K Mogg… - Cognitive therapy and …, 1991 - Springer
It has generally been assumed that the therapeutic action of benzodiazepines results from
the effect of these drugs on mood. We suggest, however, that in reducing anxiety,
benzodiazepines may have a direct effect on anxiety-related cognitions. The investigation ...
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Effects of dance on anxiety

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A Lesté… - American Journal of Dance Therapy, 1990 - Springer
The study investigated the effects of modern dance on anxiety. State anxiety was assessed
before and after a 3-mo. education programme, using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety
Inventory. The target group followed a class in modern dance. Control group were (1) a ...
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The role of brothers and sisters in the gender development of preschool children

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J Rust, S Golombok, M Hines, K Johnston… - Journal of experimental …, 2000 - Elsevier
The study examined whether the sex of older siblings influences the gender role
development of younger brothers and sisters of age 3 years. Data on the Pre-School
Activities Inventory, a measure of gender role behavior that discriminates within as well as ...
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Development and validation of a new screening tool for hypoactive sexual desire disorder: The Brief Profile of Female Sexual Function©(B-PFSF©)

J Rust, L Derogatis, C Rodenberg… - Gynecological …, 2007 - informahealthcare.com
Aim. To develop a screening tool to allow a postmenopausal woman to determine whether
to seek evaluation for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). Methods. The Brief Profile
of Female Sexual Function©(B-PFSF©) was developed using items from the Profile of ...
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Is there a curse of dimensionality for contraction fixed points in the worst case?

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J Rust, JF Traub… - Econometrica, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyzes the complexity of the contraction fixed point problem: compute an ε-
approximation to the fixed point V* Γ (V*) of a contraction mapping Γ that maps a Banach
space B d of continuous functions of d variables into itself. We focus on quasi linear ...
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Parenting and the psychological development of a representative sample of triplets conceived by assisted reproduction

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S Golombok, F Olivennes, C Ramogida, J Rust… - Human …, 2007 - ESHRE
BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to examine the quality of parenting and the
psychological development of three-year-old children in IVF/ICSI families with triplets.
METHODS Comparisons were carried out between a representative sample of 10 families ...
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[CITATION] Humor in marital adjustment

J Rust… - Humor-International Journal of Humor …, 2009 - degruyter.com
Abstract It has often beenpostulated that humorplays apart in emotional well-being. The
converse of this should therefore follow: states of emotional distress should be associated
with impairment of humor. This study examines the importance of humor appreciation in ...
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[PDF] A dynamic programming model of US nuclear power plant operations

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G Rothwell… - Manuscript, Department of Economics, University of …, 1995 - Citeseer
Abstract: This paper presents a dynamic programming (DP) model of an electric utility's
optimal policy for operating a nuclear power plant (NPP). The utility chooses the level of
capacity utilization of the NPP as a function of signals about the NPP's current operating ...
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The Warnock Report and single women: what about the children?

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S Golombok… - Journal of medical ethics, 1986 - jme.bmj.com
Abstract The Warnock Committee decided not to sanction artificial insemination by donor
(AID) and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) for single heterosexual women or for lesbian women on
the grounds that it is better for children to be born into a two-parent heterosexual family. ...
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Gauss and Matlab: A comparison

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J Rust - Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract I compare two high-level matrix programming languages with built-in function
libraries and graphics routines. Their interactive nature and convenient syntax makes them
ideal for use in econometric applications. The languages are remarkably similar in terms ...
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[CITATION] Heating system and appliance choice

J Berkovec, J Hausman… - Studies in Energy and the American Economy, …, 1983
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[CITATION] Dynamic Structural Models of Retirement and Disability

H Benıtez-Silva, M Buchinsky… - manuscript, SUNY-Stony Brook, UCLA, and …, 2003
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[CITATION] The Double Auction Market: Institutions, Theories, and Evidence

J Rust, D Friedman… - Workshop on Double Auction Markets, Santa Fe, …, 1991
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Chronic effects of dietary exposure to amosite and chrysotile asbestos in Syrian golden hamsters.

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EE McConnell, AM Shefner, JH Rust… - Environmental health …, 1983 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Page 1. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 53, pp. 11-25, 1983 Chronic Effects of Dietary
Exposure to Amosite and Chrysotile Asbestos in Syrian Golden Hamsters by Ernest E.
McConnell,* Alan M. Shefner,t John H. Rustt and John A. Moore* ...
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Effect of 200 roentgens fractional whole body irradiation in the burro

JH Rust, BF Trum, J Heglin… - Proceedings of the …, 1954 - ebm.rsmjournals.com
Page 1. 258 FRACTIONAL 200 R IN BURROS components separated electrophoretically
by the preparative method still showed a marked absorption band at 2600 A, but none
at 3600 A. Ninety percent methanol leached, lyophilized ...
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[CITATION] WISC-III UK Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: UK Manual

D Wechsler, J Golombok… - United Kingdom: Psychological Corporation, …, 1992
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Genetic and family origins of humor preferences: A twin study

DW GLENN, J Rust… - Psychological Reports, 1977 - amsciepub.com
Summary.--47 pairs of MZ twins and 52 pairs of DZ twins raced a series of 48 cartoons
classified as nonsense, satire, aggression, and sex. Analysis of variance and comparison of
intra-dass correlations yielded some indication of a genetic effect on reactions to ...
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The (S, s) policy is an optimal trading strategy in a class of commodity price speculation problems

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G Hall… - Economic Theory, 2007 - Springer
Abstract This paper introduces a model of commodity price speculation and proves that the
optimal trading strategy is of the (S, s) form when a no expected loss condition holds. A
strong form of this condition is that the retail price charged to consumers at time t exceeds ...
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Is econometrics useful for< i> private</i> policy making? A case study of replacement policy at an auto rental company

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S Cho… - Journal of econometrics, 2008 - Elsevier
The goal of this paper is to illustrate the potential usefulness of econometrics as a tool to
assist private policy makers. We provide a case study and detailed econometric analysis of
the automobile replacement policy adopted by a large car rental company. Unlike public ...
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Religiosity, schizotypal thinking and schizophrenia

J Feldman… - Psychological Reports, 1989 - amsciepub.com
Summary.-The relationship between religiosity and the incidence of schizorypal thinking
was investigated in a normal sample and in acute and chronic schzophrenic samples. The
Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions was administered to measure schizotypal ...
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[PDF] Price discrimination in the steel market

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H Chan, G Hall… - manuscript, University of Maryland, 2005 - Citeseer
Abstract This paper estimates a dynamic model of price discrimination and inventory
investment under incomplete information. The model is motivated from an empirical analysis
of operations of daily observations on inventories, sales, and purchases of over 2,300 ...
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The (S, s) rule is an optimal trading strategy in a class of commodity price speculation problems

G Hall… - 2000 - Citeseer
Abstract: This paper introduces a model of commodity price speculation and proves that the
optimal trading strategy is of the (S; s) form. We consider a speculator who can purchase
inventories of a durable commodity in a wholesale market at price pt for subsequent ...
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Discriminant Validity of the Big Five Personality Traits in Employment Settings

J Rust - Social Behavior and Personality: an international …, 1999 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: The ability of thebig five'personality traits to predict supervisors' ratings of
performance is investigated using the Orpheus personality questionnaire. Orpheus is a
broad spectrum work-based personality questionnaire containing 190 items. It generates ...
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Comments on:“Structural vs. atheoretic approaches to econometrics” by Michael Keane

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J Rust - Journal of Econometrics, 2010 - Elsevier
I have only a minor quibble. Structural econometrics is not on the decline everywhere in
economics. For example, the field of industrial organization still values empirical work that focuses
on formulating, estimating, and testing models of firm and industry behavior. As a result, ...
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Statistical models of discrete choice processes

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J Rust - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 1988 - Elsevier
Abstract A number of problems studied in the transportation literature, such as automobile
choice, motorist route choice, and transportation mode choice, involve an agent who makes
a series of discrete choices over time. This paper presents statistical models and ...
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The effects of marital therapy on sexual satisfaction

I Bennun, J Rust… - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 1985 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Twenty couples with marital distress and for whom sexual functioning was not the
primary referral problem received ten weekly sessions of marital therapy. Both partners
completed the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction, a measure of sexual ...
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[PDF] An empirical model of social insurance at the end of the life cycle

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J Rust, M Buchinsky… - manuscript University of …, 2001 - gemini.econ.umd.edu
The life-cycle model has been a cornerstone of economics for over 50 years, yet surprisingly
only within the last few years have economists begun to consider how to estimate and test it.
Although economists such as Bernheim (1997) have claimed that observed behavior is ...
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[PDF] Strategies for incorporating risk, uncertainty, and private insurance mechanisms in models of social insurance

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J Rust - manuscript, University of Maryland, 1999 - gemini.econ.umd.edu
This essay contrasts two basic approaches for incorporating various forms of risk and
uncertainty into policy models used by the Social Security Administration (SSA): 1) a “short
cut” approach involving stochastic simulation of reduced-form econometric models and ...
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[CITATION] US Social Security Policy: A Dynamic Analysis of Incentives and Self-Selection

C Phelan… - manuscript, University of Wisconsin, 1991
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The flat rental puzzle

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S Cho… - Review of Economic Studies, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Why is the price of renting an automobile “flat” as a function of its age or odometer value?
Specifically, why is it that car rental companies do not offer customers the option of renting
older cars at a discount, instead of offering only relatively new cars at full price? We also ...
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Time inconsistency in the credit card market

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LM Ausubel, J Rust - 2004 - drum.lib.umd.edu
Does consumer behavior exhibit time inconsistency? This is an essential, yet difficult
question to answer. This dissertation attempts to answer this question based on a large-
scale randomized experiment in the credit card market. Specifically, we apply both time ...
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A (S, s) Model of Commodity Price Speculation

G Hall… - 2000 - Citeseer
Abstract This paper presents a generic theory of speculative inventory investments by
durable commodity intermediaries. Our model is motivated from an empirical analysis of
operations of daily observations on inventories, sales, and purchases of over 2,300 ...
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Creativity and schizotypal thinking

J Rust, S Golombok… - The Journal of genetic …, 1989 - Taylor & Francis
A LINK BETWEEN CREATIVITY and a predisposition to schizophrenia has often been
postulated, but Mine and Cooper (1 985) reported no relationship between psychometric
scales of creativity and the personality dimension of psychoticism. Their measure of ...
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[CITATION] Handbook of Computational Economics

J Rust - 1996 - Elsevier
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Personality dimensions through the schizophrenia borderline

J Rust, A Moncada… - British journal of medical …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
While the schizoid dimension of personality has often been thought to be unitary, it has
recently been suggested that several dimensions may be involved. In this study two
separately derived normal population personality scales from within the psychoticism ...
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[PDF] The home selling problem: Theory and evidence

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A Merlo, F Ortalo-Magné… - Cowles Foundation Summer …, 2008 - frbatlanta.org
Abstract This paper formulates and solves the problem of a homeowner who wants to sell
their house for the maximum possible price net of transactions costs (including real estate
commissions). The optimal selling strategy consists of an initial list price with subsequent ...
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Schizotypal thinking among members of occult sects

J Rust - Social Behavior and Personality: an international …, 1992 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: Schizotypal thinking among members of occult groups was investigated using the
Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions (RISC). It was found that the members of almost all
sects have atypical scores. However, a discriminant functions analysis of the RISC items ...
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Delusions, irrationality and cognitive science

J Rust - Philosophical Psychology, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Studies of irrationality in cognitive psychology have usually looked at areas where
humans might be expected to be rational, yet appear not to be. In this paper the other
extreme of human irrationality is examined: the delusion as it occurs in psychiatric illness. ...
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[CITATION] Extension to man of experimental wholebody irradiation studies; some military and civil defense considerations.

FC McLEAN, JH RUST… - Military surgeon, 1953 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1. Mil Surg. 1953 Mar;112(3):174-82. Extension to man of experimental wholebody
irradiation studies; some military and civil defense considerations. MCLEAN FC, RUST
JH, BUDY AM. PMID: 13024849 [PubMed - OLDMEDLINE].
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Marital problems in general practice

J Rust, S Golombok… - Sexual and marital therapy, 1987 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The prevalence of marital problems among general practice attenders was
investigated by interviewing a random selection of 78 men and women who were waiting to
see their doctor, and asking them to complete the Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital ...
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Sexual problems in epileptic women

D Ndegwa, J Rust, S Golombok… - Sexual and Marital …, 1986 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Using the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS), the sexual
activity of 14 epileptic women was compared with that of 30 normal controls. The epileptic
women were found to have sexual intercourse less frequently, and to be less sexually ...
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Dynamic Structural Models of Retirement and Disability

M Buchinsky, J Rust… - 2000 - Citeseer
Abstract or do they capture the important dynamic elements of the decision processes. The
DP model we will develop will circumvent these shortcomings, providing a tractable
framework for analyzing individual behavior and well-being, and forecasting their ...
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Generalization and dishabituation of the orienting response to a stimulus of lower intensity.

J Rust - Physiological Psychology; Physiological Psychology, 1976 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract 1. Investigated generalization and dishabituation of the GSR orienting response by
a tonal stimulus of lower intensity than the habituating stimulus, using 84 young adult male
twins (mean age, 24 yrs). Ss divided into 2 groups, 1 twin being assigned to each. One ...
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Comment on Poirier: The Subjective Perspective of a" Spiritual Bayesian"

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J Rust - The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988 - JSTOR
John Rust rofessor Dale Poirier has preached a rousing sermon for the Bayesian cause, and
in doing so has concisely exposed some of the cracks in the foundations of statistics. One of
these cracks is the very interpretation of the concept of probability, a philosophical ...
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The validity of the Giotto integrity test

J Rust - Personality and individual differences, 1999 - Elsevier
Giotto is a work-based personality questionnaire designed to assess integrity. It contains
101 items and generates scores on seven scales based on the Prudentius model of
personality. Because these traits are evaluative in nature, Giotto makes use of an ipsative ...
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The microeconometrics of dynamic decision making

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A Kapteyn, N Kieffer… - Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The study of individual economic behaviour in a dynamic setting has opened up new,
exciting avenues of research. Economic theories of rational behaviour under uncertainty and
in a dynamic setting often impose tight restrictions on structural empirical models of ...
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[CITATION] The Origin and Development of the Cotton Picker

J Rust - West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, 1953
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[PDF] A double auction market for computerized traders

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J Rust, RG Palmer, JH Miller… - 1989 - santafe.edu
The double auction (DA) is a type of trading institution used by the Chicago Board of Trade,
the New York Stock Exchange, and many other securities and commodities exchanges
throughout the world. In the DA, buyers and sellers are simultaneously able to call out bids ...
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Unconditioned response diminution in the skin resistance response

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J Rust - The Journal of General Psychology, 1976 - Taylor & Francis
Summary An experiment was carried out to investigate unconditioned response diminution
in the skin resistance response. By using an alternating series of paired and unpaired stimuli
the differential predictions of the hypotheses of response interference, conditioned ...
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Strategies for Incorporating Risk, Uncertainty and Private Insurance Mechanisms

J Rust - Yale University, 1999 - Citeseer
Abstract This chapter surveys strategies for incorporating various forms of risk and
uncertainty into policy models used by the Social Security Administration (SSA). These
strategies range from relatively simple modifications to existing microsimulation models ...
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[CITATION] Modem Psychometrics

J Rust… - The science of psychological assessment, 2002
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Diagnosis of sexual dysfunction: Relationships between DSM-III (R) and the GRISS

SG PhD… - Sexual and marital therapy, 1988 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The diagnostic categories for sexual dysfunction provided by the revised third
edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-IIIR) are compared with those of the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual ...
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