The George Washington University
School of Business

Working Papers

Department of Decision Sciences

Supply Chain Integration in Europe: A Status Report
Prabir K. Bagchi, senior associate dean and professor of operations and supply chain management
Co-authors: Byoung-Chun Ha, doctoral candidate at The George Washington University, and Tage Skjoett-Larsen (Copenhagen Business School)

Bayesian Analysis of Pulse Trains With Hidden Missingness
Refik Soyer, professor of decision sciences and of statistics
Co-author: Melinda Hock ( Naval Research Laboratory)
November 2006

Bayes Estimate and Inference for Entropy and Information Index of Fit
Refik Soyer, professor of decision sciences and of statistics
Co-authors: Thomas A. Mazzuchi (George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science), and Ehsan S. Soofi (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
June 2006

Department of Finance

The Housing Finance Revolution
Richard K. Green, Oliver T. Carr Jr. Chair in Real Estate and Finance
Susan M. Wachter, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
August 2007

Mortgage Securitization in Asia: Gains and Barriers
Richard K. Green, Oliver T. Carr Jr. Chair in Real Estate and Finance
June 2007

The Performance of Default Risk Structural Models on Commercial Mortgages: An Empirical Investigation
Richard K. Green, Oliver T. Carr Jr. Chair in Real Estate and Finance
George M. Jabbour, professor of finance
Co-author: Yi-Kang Liu (Pentagon Federal Credit Union)
December 2006

Overcoming the Barriers to Mexican-American Homeownership
Richard K. Green, Oliver T. Carr Jr. Chair in Real Estate and Finance
Co-authors: Donald Bradley and Brian Surette (Freddie Mac)
November 2006

Airports and Economic Development
Richard K. Green, Oliver T. Carr Jr. Chair in Real Estate and Finance

Mortgage Contracts and Household Risk Management
Richard K. Green, Oliver T. Carr Jr. Chair in Real Estate and Finance
Co-authors: Amy Crews Cutts (Freddie Mac) and Buchi Ramagopal (Citigroup)

Did Changing Rents Explain Changing House Prices During the 1990s?
Richard K. Green, Oliver T. Carr Jr. Chair in Real Estate and Finance
Co-authors: Amy Crews Cutts (Freddie Mac) and Yan Chang (Freddie Mac)

Department of International Business

Do Foreign Firms Crowd Out Domestic Firms? Evidence from the Czech Republic
Renata Kosova, assistant professor of international business

Firm Survival and Growth in Retail and Service Industries: Evidence from Franchised Chains
Renata Kosova, assistant professor of international business
Co-author: Francine Lafontaine (University of Michigan)

Does FDI facilitate Domestic Entrepreneurship? Evidence from the Czech Republic
Meghana Ayyagari, assistant professor of international business
Renata Kosova, assistant professor of international business

Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy

Governance choice for strategic corporate social responsibility: Evidence from Central America.
Jorge Rivera, assistant professor of strategic management and public policy
Co-authors: Bryan W. Husted,Tecnológico de Monterrey and Instituto de Empresa, David B. Allen, Instituto de Empresa

The policy process and business political environmental management strategies in developing nations.
Jorge Rivera, assistant professor of strategic management and public policy
Mark Starik, professor of strategic management and public policy
Co-authors: Jennifer Oetzel, American University, Peter de Leon, University of Colorado-Denver

Do voluntary environmental programs promote the public interest? A policy sciences approach.
Jorge Rivera, assistant professor of strategic management and public policy
Co-author: Steelman, T.