John R. Birge

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

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Trade Credit, Risk Sharing, and Inventory Financing Portfolios

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Trade Credit, Risk Sharing, and Inventory Financing Portfolios

Forthcoming, Management Science
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2018
S. Alex Yang and John R. Birge
London Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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operations-finance interface; trade credit; supply chain management; inventory management; supplier financing; cost of financial distress; capital structure; financial constraint

How Inventory Is (Should Be) Financed: Trade Credit in Supply Chains with Demand Uncertainty and Costs of Financial Distress

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2016
S. Alex Yang and John R. Birge
London Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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trade credit, supply chain management, inventory management, newsvendor model, supplier financing, costs of financial distress, debt structure, financial constraint

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Supply Chain Network Structure and Firm Returns

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 27 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2015
Jing Wu and John R. Birge
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Supply Chain, Lead-lag Effect, Network Centrality, Systematic Risk

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Joint Production and Financing Decisions: Modeling and Analysis

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jan 2005
Xiaodong Xu and John R. Birge
Northwestern University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Production decisions, financial constraints, capital structure, debt capacity

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Credit Shock Propagation Along Supply Chains: Evidence from the CDS Market

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3078752
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2020
Senay Agca, Volodymyr Babich, John R. Birge and Jing Wu
George Washington University - School of Business, Department of Finance, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School
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supply chains, credit risk, CDS, propagation, supply networks

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Supply Chain Credit Risk

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2020
Senay Agca, John R. Birge, Zi'ang Wang and Jing Wu
George Washington University - School of Business, Department of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School
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Supply Chains, Credit Risk, COVID-19, Pandemic

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Controlling Epidemic Spread: Reducing Economic Losses with Targeted Closures

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-57
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 May 2020 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2020
John R. Birge, Ozan Candogan and Yiding Feng
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Northwestern University - Dept. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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Firm Profitability, Inventory Volatility, and Capital Structure

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Aug 2011
John R. Birge and Xiaodong Xu
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Northwestern University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
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Production and capacity decisions, Capital structure

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Long-Term Bank Balance Sheet Management: Estimation and Simulation of Risk-Factors

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2012
John R. Birge and Pedro Júdice
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Montepio Bank
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Balance sheet management, asset-liability management, long-term risk, interest rate risk, credit risk

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Comparisons of Alternative Quasi-Monte Carlo Sequences for American Option Pricing

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Jennifer X.F. Jiang and John R. Birge
Northwestern University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Quasi-Monte Carlo methods, numerical integration, option pricing, low discrepancy sequences

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The Supply Chain Effects of Bankruptcy

Forthcoming in Management Science
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2016
S. Alex Yang, John R. Birge and Rodney P. Parker
London Business School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Indiana University Bloomington
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operations-finance interface; supply chain interaction; operational competitiveness; bankruptcy; Chapter 11; reorganization; liquidation; externality

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Trade Credit in Supply Chains: Multiple Creditors and Priority Rules

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 May 2011 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2012
S. Alex Yang and John R. Birge
London Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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supply chain management, newsvendor model, trade credit, priority rules, bankruptcy, financial constraint

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Equity Valuation, Production, and Financial Planning: A Stochastic Programming Approach

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Jan 2005
Xiaodong Xu and John R. Birge
Northwestern University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Production planning, financial planning, stochastic programming, debt pricing, capital

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Operational Decisions, Capital Structure, and Managerial Compensation: A News Vendor Perspective

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Jan 2005
Xiaodong Xu and John R. Birge
Northwestern University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Production decisions, operational risk, financial constraints, managerial

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Dynamic Selling Mechanisms for Product Differentiation and Learning

Operations Research, Vol. 67, No. 4, July-August 2019, pp. 1069-1089
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 25 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 15 May 2020
N. Bora Keskin and John R. Birge
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Dynamic programming, self-selection, Bayesian learning, exploration-exploitation

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Portfolio Optimization Under Generalized Hyperbolic Skewed t Distribution and Exponential Utility

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 May 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
John R. Birge and Luis Chavez-Bedoya
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Esan Graduate School of Business
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Portfolio Optimization, asymmetrical distribution, utility maximization

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Index Tracking and Enhanced Indexation Using a Parametric Approach

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Index Tracking and Enhanced Indexation Using a Parametric Approach

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2009
Luis Chavez-Bedoya and John R. Birge
Esan Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Index Tracking, Enhanced Indexation

Index Tracking and Enhanced Indexation Using a Parametric Approach

Journal of Economics, Finance & Administrative Science, Vol. 19, No. 36, 2014
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Jun 2014
Luis Chavez-Bedoya and John R. Birge
Esan Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Index tracking, Enhanced indexation, Parametric

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The Structural Impact of Renewable Portfolio Standards and Feed-in-Tariffs on Electricity Markets

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Apr 2014
Ingmar Ritzenhofen, John R. Birge and Stefan Spinler
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Renewable portfolio standards, Feed-in-tariffs, Renewable energy, Power generation, Renewable energy support schemes, Capacity expansion

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Dynamic Learning and Market Making in Spread Betting Markets With Informed Bettors

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 07 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2020
John R. Birge, Yifan Feng, N. Bora Keskin and Adam Schultz
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Wealthfront, Inc.
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sequential learning, dynamic pricing, strategic agent, market manipulation, spread betting market, prediction market, market making, sports analytics

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Optimal Commissions and Subscriptions in Networked Markets

Forthcoming in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Number of pages: 118 Posted: 26 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2019
John R. Birge, Ozan Candogan, Hongfan Chen and Daniela Saban
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Pricing and Revenue Management; Two-sided Market; Buyer-seller Networks; Sharing Economy

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When Customers Anticipate Liquidation Sales: Managing Operations under Financial Distress

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2017
John R. Birge, Rodney P. Parker, Michelle Xiao Wu and S. Alex Yang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and London Business School
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financial distress; liquidation sale; strategic customers; inventory; pricing; deferred discount; rebate; deferred discount

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Risk Factors That Explain Stock Returns: A Non-Linear Factor Pricing Model

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 31 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2018
John R. Birge and Yi Zhang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Illinois Institute of Technology
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Non-Linear Asset Pricing Model, Fama and Frech, Default Risk, Option, Daily stock returns

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Optimal Investment and Production Across Markets with Stochastic Exchange Rates

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2015
Umut Aytekin and John R. Birge
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 278 (131,236)
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Production investment, capacity, foreign exchange, impulse control

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Risk Sensitive Asset Management and Cascading Defaults

Forthcoming, Mathematics of Operations Research
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2017
John R. Birge, Lijun Bo and Agostino Capponi
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Columbia University
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risk-sensitive control, cascading defaults, contagion, asset management

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Strategic Commitment to a Production Schedule with Uncertain Supply and Demand: Renewable Energy in Day-Ahead Electricity Markets

Forthcoming, Management Science
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 20 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2017
Nur Sunar and John R. Birge
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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supply function equilibrium, renewable energy, supply uncertainty, day-ahead electricity market, reliability, demand uncertainty, production schedule, production quantity, penalty, subsidy

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Error Bounds for Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Option Pricing

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Jennifer X.F. Jiang and John R. Birge
Northwestern University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Error bounds, numerical integration, Quasi-Monte Carlo methods, option pricing

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Enhancing Regulatory Decision-Making for Postmarket Drug Safety

Management Science (forthcoming), SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 20-05
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2021
Vishal Ahuja, Carlos Alvarez, John R. Birge and Chad Syverson
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Information Technology and Operations Management Department (ITOM), Texas Tech University - Health Science Center, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Pharmaceutical regulation; Decision-making; Healthcare; Diabetes.

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Robustness of Renewable Energy Support Schemes Facing Uncertainty and Regulatory Ambiguity

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Sep 2014
Ingmar Ritzenhofen, John R. Birge and Stefan Spinler
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
Downloads 235 (155,291)
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Renewable portfolio standards, Feed-in-tariffs, Power generation, Scenario reduction

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Inverse Optimization for the Recovery of Market Structure from Market Outcomes: An Application to the MISO Electricity Market

Operations Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 May 2015 Last Revised: 18 May 2017
John R. Birge, Ali Hortacsu and Michael Pavlin
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Wilfrid Laurier University - School of Business & Economics
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Inverse optimization, deregulated electricity markets

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A Model for Tax Advantages of Portfolios with Many Assets

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 31, No. 11, 2007
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Sep 2005 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2015
John R. Birge and S. Alex Yang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and London Business School
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Taxes, portfolio optimization

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Optimal Dynamic Product Development and Launch for a Network of Customers

Forthcoming in Operations Research
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 16 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2018
Nur Sunar, John R. Birge and Sinit Vitavasiri
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Ericsson Inc.
Downloads 211 (172,016)
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optimal control, optimal stopping, dynamic product development, launch, product diffusion, graph

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Disruption and Rerouting in Supply Chain Networks

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 12 Sep 2020
John R. Birge, Agostino Capponi and Peng-Chu Chen
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Columbia University and The University of Hong Kong
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supply chain networks, disruption risk, rerouting supply, supplier diversification, resilience and fragility

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Markdown Policies for Demand Learning with Forward-looking Customers

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 15 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2019
John R. Birge, Hongfan Chen and N. Bora Keskin
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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markdown pricing, model uncertainty, Bayesian learning, exploration-exploitation, forward-looking customer behavior

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Discrete-Time Optimization of Consumption and Investment Decisions Given Intolerance for a Decline in Standard of Living

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Feb 2008
Amit V. Bhandari and John R. Birge
IEMS, Northwestern University and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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consumption-portfolio choice, habit formation, alternative investments, hedge funds, stochastic dynamic programming

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Dynamic Pricing of Fashionable Products with C2C Marketplaces and Strategic Consumers

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2020
Mike Mingcheng Wei, Michelle Xiao Wu and John R. Birge
University at Buffalo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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secondary market; online C2C marketplaces; fashionable products; strategic consumer behavior; revenue management; game theory

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An Approximation Approach for Response Adaptive Clinical Trial Design

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 18-26, Forthcoming, INFORMS Journal on Computing
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2020
Vishal Ahuja and John R. Birge
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Information Technology and Operations Management Department (ITOM) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Adaptive Clinical Trials, Markov Decision Process, Grid-Based Approximation, Adaptive Sampling, Approximate Dynamic Programming

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Trade Credit Late Payment and Industry Structure

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Oct 2020
Jing Wu, Hsiao-Hui Lee and John R. Birge
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School, National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Management Information Systems and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 94 (325,684)

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Trade Credit; Late Payment; Market Power; Downstream Cost Shifting

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Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Portfolio Optimization with Transaction Costs

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Oct 2015
John R. Birge and Zhen Liu
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Numerix
Downloads 79 (362,013)

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Portfolio optimization, transaction cost, local discontinuous Galerkin, finite element method, partial differential equation.

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Foundations and Trends at the Interface of Finance, Operations, and Risk Management

Number of pages: 150 Posted: 04 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2021
Volodymyr Babich and John R. Birge
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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operations and finance interface, tutorial

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Spatial Price Integration in Commodity Markets with Capacitated Transportation Networks

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Mar 2020
John R. Birge, Timothy Chan, Michael Pavlin and Ian Yihang Zhu
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Toronto, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Wilfrid Laurier University - School of Business & Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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Commodity and Energy Operations, Price Integration, Spatial Price Equilibrium, Supply Chain Management, Network Disruptions, Congestion, Time Series Analysis, Mixed Integer Programming

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Dynamic Learning in Strategic Pricing Games

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 May 2020
Matt Stern and John R. Birge
Columbia University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Revenue Management, Sequential Estimation, Dynamic Pricing, Learning, Competition

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Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Bank Policies

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 May 2014
John R. Birge and Pedro Júdice
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Montepio Bank
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Online Appendix to 'When Customers Anticipate Liquidation Sales: Managing Operations Under Financial Distress'

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
John R. Birge, Rodney P. Parker, Michelle Xiao Wu and S. Alex Yang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and London Business School
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Interface of Operations and Finance: A Tutorial

Babich V, Birge J (2021) Interface of Operations and Finance: A Tutorial. In: Babich V, Birge J, Hilary G (eds) Innovative Technology at the interface of Finance and Operations. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, forthcoming, Springer Nature
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Volodymyr Babich and John R. Birge
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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interface of operations and finance, iFORM

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Response-Adaptive Designs for Clinical Trials: Simultaneous Learning from Multiple Patients

European Journal of Operational Research 248 (2016) 619–633.
Posted: 10 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2016
Vishal Ahuja and John R. Birge
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Information Technology and Operations Management Department (ITOM) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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OR in health services; Adaptive clinical trials; Markov decision process; Bayesian learning; Stents.