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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (6): 72-79.

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Study on the Decision Behavior of Capital-Constrained Newsvendor under Risks

SUN Yan-hong1, CHEN Ming-yan2, CHEN Xiao-ling1, BIAN Yi-wen3   

  1. 1. School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    2. Accounting Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;
    3. Sydney Institute of Language & Commerce, Shanghai Umivorsity, Shaihai 200444, China
  • Received:2012-02-27 Revised:2012-06-27 Online:2013-12-29 Published:2013-12-23

Abstract: Many firms (especially small businesses) in reality usually obtain capital through external financing to maintain their operations. However, external financing also brings financial risks as well as capital. By introducing firm's financial status into the classical newsvendor model, the joint optimal operational decision and financial decision are analyzed. The impacts of the newsvendor's attitudes towards risks (e.g., risk neutral, loss averse) on its decision behavior are also investigated. Theoretical results show that, compared with the risk neutral newsvendor, under some conditions, the loss-averse newsvendor can reduce the financial risk without decreasing its profit.

Key words: capital-constrained newsvendor, loss aversion, financial distress cost, decision behavior

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