There has been increased scrutiny in understanding the anthropogenic sources for methane emissions due to methane’s potency as a greenhouse gas [2]. There are two approaches for studying of methane emissions, emissions inventories (or ‘bottom up’ studies), and remote measurements of methane fluxes (or ‘top down’ studies). Emissions inventories calculate the leakage rates for fugitive methane ov...

It is widely believed in the literature that inventory ‡uctuations are destabilizing to the economy. This paper re-assesses this view by developing an analyticallytractable general-equilibrium model of inventory dynamics based on a precautionary stockout-avoidance motive. The model’s predictions are broadly consistent with the U.S. business cycle and key features of inventory behavior, includin...

Omnichannel retail refers to a seamless integration of an e-commerce channel and a network of brick-andmortar stores. An example is cross-channel fulfillment which allows a store to fulfill online orders in any location. Another is price transparency, which allows customers to compare the online price with store prices. This paper studies a new and widespread problem due to omnichannel retail: ...

We find that raw materials inventories in the manufacturing sector in the 1970s and 1980s and 1990s were two to five times higher in developing countries than in the United States, despite the fact than in most developing countries real interest rates are at least twice as high. Given the high costs of capital in most developing countries, the impact of those high inventory levels on the cost o...

We develop a general-equilibrium model of inventories with explicit micro-foundations by embedding the production-cost-smoothing motive (e.g., Eichenbaum, AER 1989) into an otherwise standard DSGE model. We show that …rms facing idiosyncratic cost shocks have incentives to bunch production and smooth sales by carrying inventories. The optimal inventory target of a …rm is derived explicitly. The...

Personality inventories are commonly used instruments for the assessment of personality domains at various levels, whether it is the higher order factors or the facets underlying them. There are numerous inventories available for researchers to choose from, but a common disadvantage is the length of the inventory and consequently the completion time. The Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) ai...

BACKGROUND The Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are required to develop and report a national inventory of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. In the Asia region, "Workshops on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA)" have been organised annually since 2003 under the support of the government of Japan. WGIAs promote informatio...

Study habit, skill, and attitude inventories and constructs were found to rival standardized tests and previous grades as predictors of academic performance, yielding substantial incremental validity in predicting academic performance. This meta-analysis (N = 72,431, k = 344) examines the construct validity and predictive validity of 10 study skill constructs for college students. We found that...