We review and formulate results concerning log-concavity and strong-log-concavity in both
discrete and continuous settings. We show how preservation of log-concavity and strongly …

The idea for this book came from the time the authors spent at the Statistics and Applied
Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina …

In many applications, assumptions about the log-concavity of a probability distribution allow
just enough special structure to yield a workable theory. This paper catalogs a series of …

By downplaying externalities, magnifying the cost of moral behavior, or suggesting not being
pivotal, exculpatory narratives can allow individuals to maintain a positive image when in …

For many years the authors have been interested in developing methods for generating
multivariate distributions, especially for positive data. Part of the motivation was to find …

In the US, Great Britain and in many other countries, the gap between the demand and the
supply of human organs for transplantation is on the rise, despite the efforts of governments …

The paper provides a first analysis of market jump starting and its two-way interaction
between mechanism design and participation constraints. The government optimally …

Comparative advantage, whether driven by technology or factor endowment, is at the core of
neoclassical trade theory. Using tools from the mathematics of complementarity, this paper …

This article develops an analytical framework to study firm and exporter growth and provides
a dynamic foundation for a standard general equilibrium trade model. Firm-level growth is …

Owners of intellectual property or mere sponsors of an idea (eg, authors, security issuers,
sponsors of standards) resort to more or less independent certifiers to persuade potential …