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Working Papers

2007

1. Governance Institutions and Development
   Working Papers, esocialsciences.com
2. Political Polarization
   Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics View citations

2006

3. Evaluating recipes for development success
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
   See also Journal Article in World Bank Research Observer (2007)
4. Predatory States and Failing States: An Agency Perspective
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. View citations

2003

5. Expandability, reversibility, and optimal capacity choice
   Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations
6. Interactions of Commitment and Discretion in Monetary and Fiscal Policies
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2003)

2002

7. On the Role of Good Faith in Insurance Contracting
   THEMA Working Papers, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise View citations
   Also in Princeton Economic Theory Working Papers, David K. Levine (2002) View citations

2001

8. On Modes of Economic Governance
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
   See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2003)

2000

9. Equilibrium Contracts for the Central Bank of a Monetary Union
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations

1999

10. Adverse Selection and Insurance with Uberrima Fides
    Princeton Economic Theory Papers, Economics Department, Princeton University View citations

1998

11. A Theory of Political Compromise
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (1998) View citations

1997

12. A Markup Interpretation of Optimal Rules for Irreversible Investment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management (1997) View citations
13. Does Voluntary Participation Undermine the Coase Theorem?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2000)
14. Ideology, Tactics, and Efficiency in Redistributive Politics
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)

1996

15. Common Agency and Coordination: General Theory and Application to Tax Policy
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations
16. Options, the Value of Capital, and Investment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1996)

1995

17. The new option view of investment
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management View citations

1994

18. Redistributive Politics and Economic Efficiency
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
19. The Determinants of Success of Special Interests in Redistributive Politics
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations

1992

20. Irreversible Investment with Uncertainty and Scale Economies
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (1995)
21. The Art of Smooth Pasting (Now published in Fundamentals of Pure and Applied Economics 55 (Harwood Academic Publishers GbmH, Poststr. 22, 7000 Chur, Switzerland), 1993. ISBN: 3-7186-5384-2, ISSN: 0191-1708.)
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

1990

22. MARKET VALUATION OF ILLIQUID DEBT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONFLICTS AMONG CREDITORS
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
23. THE OPTIMAL MIX OF INFLATIONARY FINANCE AND COMMODITY TAXATION WITH COLLECTION LAGS
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund

1989

24. Risk - adjusted rates of return for project appraisal
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1988

25. ENTRY AND EXIT DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY
    Working Papers, Princeton, Department of Economics - Financial Research Center View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1989)

1987

26. Targeted Export Promotion with Several Oligopolistic Industries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1986)

1982

27. Conduct, Structure and Relative Welfare Losses in Quantity-Setting Duopoly
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
28. Trade and Protection with Multistage Production
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1982)

1980

29. The Gains from Free Trade
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics

1979

30. The Role of Investment in Entry-Deterrence
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1980)

1978

31. A Model of Duopoly Suggesting a Theory of Entry Barriers
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Bell Journal of Economics (1979)
32. On Hartwick’s Rule for Constant Utility and Regular Maximin Paths of Capital Accumulation and Resource Depletion
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics

1977

33. Price Changes and Optimum Taxation in a Many-Consumer Economy
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1979)
34. Quality and Quantity Competition
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1979)
35. The Three Consumer's Surpluses
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Economica (1979)

1975

36. Monopolistic Competition and Optimum Product Diversity
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1977)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Governance Institutions and Economic Activity
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (1), 5-24 View citations

2008

2. Foreword
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), x-x

2007

3. Evaluating Recipes for Development Success
   World Bank Research Observer, 2007, 22, (2), 131-157
   Also in QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, 2006, (4) (2006)
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

4. Thomas Schelling's Contributions to Game Theory
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (2), 213-229

2005

5. Restoring Fun to Game Theory
   Journal of Economic Education, 2005, 36, (3), 205-219
6. The Limits of Free Trade: Comment
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (3), 241-242 View citations

2003

7. Clubs with Entrapment
   American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (5), 1824-1829 View citations
8. Common Agency with Rational Expectations: Theory and Application to a Monetary Union
   Economic Journal, 2003, 113, (489), 539-549 View citations
9. Interactions of Commitment and Discretion in Monetary and Fiscal Policies
   American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (5), 1522-1542 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)
10. On Modes of Economic Governance
    Econometrica, 2003, 71, (2), 449-481 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
11. Some Lessons from Transaction-Cost Politics for Less-Developed Countries
    Economics and Politics, 2003, 15, (2), 107-133 View citations
12. Symbiosis of monetary and fiscal policies in a monetary union
    Journal of International Economics, 2003, 60, (2), 235-247 View citations
13. Trade Expansion and Contract Enforcement
    Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 111, (6), 1293-1317 View citations

2001

14. Games of monetary and fiscal interactions in the EMU
    European Economic Review, 2001, 45, (4-6), 589-613 View citations
15. Monetary-fiscal policy interactions and commitment versus discretion in a monetary union
    European Economic Review, 2001, 45, (4-6), 977-987 View citations

2000

16. A Repeated Game Model of Monetary Union
    Economic Journal, 2000, 110, (466), 759-80 View citations
17. Does voluntary participation undermine the Coase Theorem?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 76, (3), 309-335 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
18. Political Power and the Credibility of Government Debt
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2000, 94, (1), 80-105 View citations
19. The Dynamics of Political Compromise
    Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (3), 531-568 View citations

1999

20. A Markup Interpretation of Optimal Investment Rules
    Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (455), 179-89 View citations
21. Mancur Olson--Social Scientist
    Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (456), F443-52
22. Strategic Behavior in Contests: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (3), 694-694 View citations

1998

23. Fiscal federalism and redistributive politics
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 68, (2), 153-180 View citations
24. Ideology, Tactics, And Efficiency In Redistributive Politics
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (2), 497-529 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1997

25. Common Agency and Coordination: General Theory and Application to Government Policy Making
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (4), 752-69 View citations
26. Economists as Advisers to Politicians and to Society
    Economics and Politics, 1997, 9, (3), 225-230
27. Investment and Employment Dynamics in the Short Run and the Long Run
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1997, 49, (1), 1-20 View citations
28. James Mirrlees' Contributions to the Theory of Information and Incentives
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1997, 99, (2), 207-35 View citations
29. Power of Incentives in Private versus Public Organizations
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 378-82 View citations

1996

30. Options, the Value of Capital, and Investment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (3), 753-77 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
31. Special-Interest Lobbying and Endogenous Commodity Taxation
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1996, 22, (4), 375-388 View citations

1995

32. Irreversible investment with uncertainty and scale economies
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1995, 19, (1-2), 327-350 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1994

33. Hysteresis and the duration of the J-curve
    Japan and the World Economy, 1994, 6, (2), 105-115 View citations
34. Risk-sharing, adjustment, and trade
    Journal of International Economics, 1994, 36, (3-4), 263-287 View citations
35. Switching Costs and Sectoral Adjustments in General Equilibrium with Uninsured Risk
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1994, 62, (1), 48-69 View citations

1993

36. Choosing among alternative discrete investment projects under uncertainty
    Economics Letters, 1993, 41, (3), 265-268 View citations
37. In Honor of Paul Krugman: Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1993, 7, (2), 173-88 View citations
38. Monopolistic Competition and Optimum Product Diversity: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (1), 302-04 View citations
    Also in American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (5), 961-63 (1979) View citations

1992

39. Investment and Hysteresis
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (1), 107-32 View citations

1991

40. A simplified treatment of the theory of optimal regulation of Brownian motion
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1991, 15, (4), 657-673 View citations
41. Analytical Approximations in Models of Hysteresis
    Review of Economic Studies, 1991, 58, (1), 141-51 View citations
42. Irreversible Investment with Price Ceilings
    Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 99, (3), 541-57 View citations

1989

43. Entry and Exit Decisions under Uncertainty
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (3), 620-38 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)
44. Hysteresis, Import Penetration, and Exchange Rate Pass-Through
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1989, 104, (2), 205-28 View citations
45. Intersectoral capital reallocation under price uncertainty
    Journal of International Economics, 1989, 26, (3-4), 309-325 View citations
46. Trade and Insurance with Adverse Selection
    Review of Economic Studies, 1989, 56, (2), 235-47 View citations
47. Trade and Insurance with Imperfectly Observed Outcomes
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1989, 104, (1), 195-203 View citations

1988

48. A General Model of R&D Competition and Policy
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1988, 19, (3), 317-326 View citations
49. Anti-dumping and countervailing duties under oligopoly
    European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (1), 55-68 View citations

1987

50. Issues of Strategic Trade Policy for Small Countries
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1987, 89, (3), 349-67 View citations
51. On Pareto-improving redistributions of aggregate economic gains
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1987, 41, (1), 133-153 View citations
52. Strategic Behavior in Contests
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (5), 891-98 View citations
53. Trade and insurance with moral hazard
    Journal of International Economics, 1987, 23, (3-4), 201-220 View citations

1986

54. Comparative Statics for Oligopoly
    International Economic Review, 1986, 27, (1), 107-22 View citations
55. Gains from trade without lump-sum compensation
    Journal of International Economics, 1986, 21, (1-2), 111-122 View citations
56. Targeted export promotion with several oligopolistic industries
    Journal of International Economics, 1986, 21, (3-4), 233-249 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1985

57. Setting the Price of Oil in a Distorted Economy
    Economic Journal, 1985, 95, (380a), 71-82 View citations
58. The Use of Protection and Subsidies for Entry Promotion and Deterrence
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (1), 139-52 View citations

1984

59. Directly Unproductive Prophet-seeking Activities
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1087-88
60. International Trade Policy for Oligopolistic Industries
    Economic Journal, 1984, 94, (376a), 1-16 View citations

1983

61. The multi-country transfer problem
    Economics Letters, 1983, 13, (1), 49-53 View citations
62. Vertical integration in a monopolistically competitive industry
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1983, 1, (1), 63-78 View citations

1982

63. Comparative Effects of Devaluation and Import Controls on Domestic Prices
    Economica, 1982, 49, (193), 1-10
64. Oligopoly and welfare: A unified presentation with applications to trade and development
    European Economic Review, 1982, 19, (1), 123-143 View citations
65. Recent Developments in Oligopoly Theory
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 12-17 View citations
66. The relationship between factor endowments and commodity trade
    Journal of International Economics, 1982, 13, (3-4), 201-214 View citations
67. Trade and Protection with Multistage Production
    Review of Economic Studies, 1982, 49, (4), 583-94 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1982)

1981

68. Consumer Search and Market Equilibria: A Note
    Review of Economic Studies, 1981, 48, (4), 657-58
69. The export of capital theory
    Journal of International Economics, 1981, 11, (2), 279-294

1980

70. Advertising and Welfare: Another Reply
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (2), 753-754 View citations
71. On Hartwick's Rule for Regular Maximin Paths of Capital Accumulation and Resource Depletion
    Review of Economic Studies, 1980, 47, (3), 551-56 View citations
72. The Role of Investment in Entry-Deterrence
    Economic Journal, 1980, 90, (357), 95-106 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1979)

1979

73. A Model of Duopoly Suggesting a Theory of Entry Barriers
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1979, 10, (1), 20-32 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1978)
74. Advertising and Welfare: Reply
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1979, 10, (2), 728-729 View citations
75. Price changes and optimum taxation in a many-consumer economy
    Journal of Public Economics, 1979, 11, (2), 143-157 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1977)
76. Quality and Quantity Competition
    Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (4), 587-99 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1977)
77. The Three Consumer's Surpluses
    Economica, 1979, 46, (182), 125-35
    See also Working Paper (1977)
78. Utilitarian versus egalitarian redistributions
    Economics Letters, 1979, 4, (2), 121-124 View citations

1978

79. Advertising and Welfare
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1978, 9, (1), 1-17 View citations
80. On Rybczynski's theorem in a setting of growth
    Journal of International Economics, 1978, 8, (1), 127-129
81. The Balance of Trade in a Model of Temporary Equilibrium with Rationing
    Review of Economic Studies, 1978, 45, (3), 393-404 View citations

1977

82. Monopolistic Competition and Optimum Product Diversity
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (3), 297-308 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1975)
83. Some Simplified Formulae for Optimal Income Taxation
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1977, 79, (4), 417-23 View citations
84. The Accumulation of Capital Theory
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1977, 29, (1), 1-29 View citations
85. Welfare effects of tax and price changes: A correction
    Journal of Public Economics, 1977, 8, (1), 103-107 View citations

1976

86. Public finance in a Keynesian temporary equilibrium
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1976, 12, (2), 242-258 View citations

1975

87. Optimum Saving with Economies of Scale
    Review of Economic Studies, 1975, 42, (3), 303-25 View citations
88. Welfare effects of tax and price changes
    Journal of Public Economics, 1975, 4, (2), 103-123 View citations

1974

89. Determinants of Shadow Prices in Open Dual Economies
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1974, 26, (1), 42-53 View citations

1973

90. The Optimum Factory Town
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1973, 4, (2), 637-654 View citations

1971

91. Short-run Equilibrium and Shadow Prices in the Dual Economy
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1971, 23, (3), 384-400 View citations

1970

92. Growth Patterns in a Dual Economy
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1970, 22, (2), 229-34 View citations
93. On the Optimum Structure of Commodity Taxes
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (3), 295-301 View citations
94. Uncertainty and the demand for liquid assets
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1970, 2, (4), 368-382

1969

95. Marketable surplus and dual development
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1969, 1, (2), 203-219 View citations

Books

1998

1. The Making of Economic Policy: A Transaction Cost Politics Perspective, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

Chapters

2007

1. Economics With and Without the Law, from Lawlessness and Economics: Alternative Modes of Governance
   A chapter in Lawlessness and Economics: Alternative Modes of Governance, 2007

1985

2. Tax policy in open economies
   Chapter 06 in Handbook of Public Economics, 1985, vol. 1, pp 313-374 View citations