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Working Papers

2004

1. Creative Destruction in the PC Industry
   IIR Working Paper, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2. Network Effects in the Microsoft Case
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine

1999

3. Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2002)

1997

4. Computerization and Wage Dispersion: An Analytical Reinterpretation
   Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1999)
5. Industrial Dynamics and the Evolution of Firms' and Nations' Competitive Capabilities in the World Computer Industry
   Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
6. Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computer Industry
   Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Industrial Economics (1999)
7. The Division of Inventive Labor and The Extent of The Market
   Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations

1996

8. Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents From Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s
   Working Papers, Tel Aviv
   Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1995)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996)

1995

9. General Purpose Technologies "Engines of Growth?"
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Tel Aviv (1992) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (1995)

1994

10. The Competitive Crash in Large-Scale Commercial Computing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1993

11. Localized Competition and the Aggregation of Plant Level Increasing Returns: Blast Furnaces 1929-1935
    Working Papers, Columbia - Graduate School of Business View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1996)
12. Segment Shifts and Capacity Utilization in the U.S. Automobile Industry
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1993)
13. Technological Heterogeneity, Adjustment Costs, and the Dynamics of Plant Shutdown Behavior: The American Motor Vehicule Industry in the Time of the Great Depression
    Working Papers, Columbia - Graduate School of Business View citations

1992

14. Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1994)

1989

15. ENTRY AND COMPETITION IN CONCENTRATED MARKETS
    Working Papers, Stanford - Studies in Industry Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1991)

1988

16. SHORT-RUN SUPPLY WITH CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
    Working Papers, Stanford - Hoover Institution View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law & Economics (1989)

Journal Articles

2002

1. Information Technology, Workplace Organization, And The Demand For Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (1), 339-376 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)

2001

2. 'Old Economy' Inputs for 'New Economy' Outcomes: Cluster Formation in the New Silicon Valleys
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2001, 10, (4), 835-60 View citations
3. special issue: The economic contribution of information technology: Towards comparative and user studies
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2001, 11, (1), 95-118 View citations

1999

4. Computerisation and Wage Dispersion: An Analytical Reinterpretation
   Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (456), F390-415 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1997)
5. Local and Global Competition in Information Technology
   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1999, 13, (4), 336-371
6. Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computer Industry
   Journal of Industrial Economics, 1999, 47, (1), 1-40 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

7. Localized Competition and the Aggregation of Plant-Level Increasing Returns: Blast Furnaces, 1929-1935
   Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (2), 241-66
   See also Working Paper (1993)

1995

8. General purpose technologies 'Engines of growth'?
   Journal of Econometrics, 1995, 65, (1), 83-108 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1995)

1994

9. Measuring the Importance of Sunk Costs
   Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1994, (34), 08 View citations
10. Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, (3), 593-624 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1993

11. Segment Shifts and Capacity Utilization in the U.S. Automobile Industry
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 213-18 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1992

12. Sutton's Sunk Costs and Market Structure: Price Competition, Advertising, and the Evolution of Concentration
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1992, 23, (1), 137-152 View citations

1991

13. Empirical models of discrete games
    Journal of Econometrics, 1991, 48, (1-2), 57-81 View citations
14. Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets
    Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 99, (5), 977-1009 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)
15. Intra-Industry Heterogeneity and the Great Depression: The American Motor Vehicles Industry, 1929?1935
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (02), 317-331 View citations

1990

16. Entry in Monopoly Markets
    Review of Economic Studies, 1990, 57, (4), 531-53 View citations

1989

17. Oligopoly Pricing with Capacity Constraints
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1989, (15-16), 13 View citations
18. Short-run Supply with Capacity Constraints
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1989, 32, (2), S11-42
    See also Working Paper (1988)

1988

19. Estimating the residual demand curve facing a single firm
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1988, 6, (3), 283-300 View citations

1987

20. Competition and Collusion in the American Automobile Industry: The 1955 Price War
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1987, 35, (4), 457-82 View citations
21. Do Entry Conditions Vary across Markets?
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1987, 18, (1987-3), 833-882 View citations
22. The Empirical Renaissance in Industrial Economics: An Overview
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1987, 35, (4), 371-78 View citations

1986

23. Breaking up bell: Essays on industrial organization and regulation: David S. Evans, ed., (North-Holland, New York, 1983) $25.00
    Information Economics and Policy, 1986, 2, (1), 87-89
24. Crandall, Gruenspecht, Keeler, and Lave's Regulating the Automobile
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (4), 641-645 View citations
25. Futures Market Backwardation under Risk Neutrality
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (3), 429-41 View citations
26. Measuring the Spillovers from Technical Advance: Mainframe Computers inFinancial Services
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 742-55 View citations
27. Quantifying the competitive effects of production joint ventures
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1986, 4, (2), 155-175 View citations

1985

28. Dealer and Manufacturer Margins
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1985, 16, (2), 253-268 View citations
29. Inventories as an Asset: The Volatility of Copper Prices
    International Economic Review, 1985, 26, (2), 409-24 View citations
30. Post-entry Competition in the Plain Paper Copier Market
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 15-19 View citations
31. The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1985, 16, (4), 437-455 View citations

1984

32. Comment on "Conjoint Analysis of Price Premiums for Hotel Amenities."
    Journal of Business, 1984, 57, (1), S133-38

1983

33. Duopoly Models with Consistent Conjectures: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (1), 240-41
34. Existence of Consistent Conjectures: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 457-58 View citations

1982

35. The oligopoly solution concept is identified
    Economics Letters, 1982, 10, (1-2), 87-92 View citations

1981

36. Departures from marginal-cost pricing in the American automobile industry: Estimates for 1977-1978
    Journal of Econometrics, 1981, 17, (2), 201-227 View citations
37. Duopoly Models with Consistent Conjectures
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (5), 934-45 View citations
38. Modeling structural change using early Soviet data
    Journal of Development Economics, 1981, 9, (1), 65-87

Books

1996

1. The Economics of New Goods
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Chapters

2002

1. Prospects for an Information-Technology-Led Productivity Surge
   A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 2, 2002, pp 135-162 View citations

1996

2. Introduction to "The Economics of New Goods"
   A chapter in The Economics of New Goods, 1996, pp 1-26

1992

3. The Real Output of the Stock Exchange
   A chapter in Output Measurement in the Service Sectors, 1992, pp 195-216 View citations

1989

4. Empirical studies of industries with market power
   Chapter 17 in Handbook of Industrial Organization, 1989, vol. 2, pp 1011-1057 View citations