Simon Faculty: Leading the Way in Research.

Working Papers

The Faculty at Simon have been published in a variety of academic journals. For an extensive listing of the published articles and papers, visit  the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Banks and Short-Term Borrowing

Simon School professors Joanna Shuang Wu, associate professor of accounting, and Edward L. Owens, assistant professor of accounting, set out to investigate for themselves whether a large sample of bank-holding companies were indeed window-dressing leverage numbers to mask fluctuations during the quarter. They also wanted to see if the market knew—and if it cared. Read more on "Banks and Short-Term Borrowing."

Just How Big is Wal-Mart’s Impact

Paul Ellickson,Simon School assistant professor of economics and of marketing, who studies the economics of retail competition, researched the question with Paul Grieco of Pennsylvania State University, in “Density versus Differentiation: The Impact of Wal-Mart on the Grocery Industry". Read more on "Density versus Differentiation: The Impact of Wal-Mart on the Grocery Industry."

Outsourcing, Competition, and Costs

In his paper, “Strategic Outsourcing, Pricing, and Consumer Welfare,” Alexei Alexandrov, Simon Schoolassistant professor of economics and management, built a model to study how joint outsourcing affects not only a company’s pricing decisions, but also consumer welfare. Read more on "Strategic Outsourcing, Pricing, and Consumer Welfare."

Publications