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Working Papers

2008

1. Erratum to 'Folk Theorem with Imperfect Public Information'
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine
2. Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals
   Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science
   Also in Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee (2007)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
3. Nash Equilibrium and Mechanism Design
   Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science

2007

4. Evolution, Cooperation, and Repeated Games (based on work with D. Fudenberg)
   Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science
5. Interview with the 2007 Laureates in Economics Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson
   Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee

2006

6. On the Fundamental Theorems of General Equilibrium
   Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science
   See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2008)
7. On the Rationale for Penalty Default Rules
   Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science View citations
8. Public-Private Partnerships and Government Spending Limits
   IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations
   Also in Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science (2006) View citations
   See also Journal Article in International Journal of Industrial Organization (2008)
9. Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation
   Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science View citations
10. Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Innovation
    NajEcon Working Paper Reviews, www.najecon.org View citations

2004

11. Jean-Jacques Laffont: A Look Back
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2004)
12. The Politician and the Judge: Accountability in Government
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science View citations
    Also in Theory workshop papers, UCLA Department of Economics (2003) View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2004)
13. The Unity of Auction Theory: Paul Milgrom's Masterclass
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science
14. Uncertainty and Hyperbolic Discounting
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)

2003

15. Mechanism Design for the Environment
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science (2002)
    See also Chapter (2003)
16. Uniqueness of Equilibrium in Sealed High-Bid Auctions
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science View citations
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2003)

2002

17. Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2003)

2001

18. Auctions and Efficiency
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science View citations
19. Implementation Theory
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Economics (2001) View citations
    See also Chapter (2002)
20. On Indescribable Contingencies and Incomplete Contracts
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science View citations
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2002)
21. Roy Radner and Incentive Theory
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science
22. Soft Budget Constraint Theories: From Centralization to the Market
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Economics of Transition (2001)

1999

23. Implementation and Renegotiation
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1999)
24. Incentives, Information, and Organizational Form
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1997) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2000)

1998

25. Efficient Auctions
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2000)
26. Implementation and Renegotiation - (Now published in Review of Economic Studies, vol.66 (1), 1999, pp.39-56.)
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
27. Nash Equilibrium and Welfare Optimality
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1999)
28. Repeated Games with Long-run and Short-run Players
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1988)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1990)

1997

29. Incentives, Scale Economies and Organizational Form
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (1997) View citations
30. Incentives, Scale Economies, and Organizational Form - (Now published in Economics of Transition (2201))
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
31. Markov Perfect Equilibrium, I: Observable Actions
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2001)
32. Unforseen Contingencies, Property Rights, and Incomplete Contracts
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations

1996

33. A Walrasian Theory of Money
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
34. Balanced-Budget Mechanisms with Incomplete Information
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations
35. Wage Inequality and Segregation
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
36. Wage Inequality and Segregation by Skill
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations

1995

37. Segregation by Skill and the Rise in Inequality
    Working Papers, Stanford - Hoover Institution View citations

1994

38. The Folk Theorem with Imperfect Public Information
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations
    Also in Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (1994) View citations
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1989)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1994)

1988

39. Nash and Perfect Equilibria of Discounted Repeated Gains
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1987) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1990)

1987

40. On the Dispensability of Public Randomization in Discounted Repeated Games
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1991)
41. Renegotiation in Repeated Games
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (1989)

1986

42. Existence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium in Sealed High Bid Auctions
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations

1985

43. A Theory of Dynamic Oligopoly, II: Price Competition
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
44. Auction Theory with Private Values*
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1985)
45. Correlated Equilibria and Sunspots: A Note
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

1984

46. Input Versus Output Incentive Schemes*
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1985)
47. Optimal Bayesian Mechanisms
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
48. The Folk Theorem and Repeated Games with Discount and with Incomplete Information
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations

1983

49. Auctions with Asymmetric Beliefs
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
50. The Theory of Implementation in Nash Equilibrium: A Survey
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations

1982

51. A Theory of Dynamic Oligopoly, I: Overview and Quantity Competition with Large-Fixed Costs
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1988)
52. The Existence of Equilibrium in Discontinuous Economic Games, 1: Theory (Now published in Review of Economic Studies, LIII (1986), pp.1-26.)
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
53. The Existence of Equilibrium in Discontinuous Economic Games, 2: Applications (Now published in Review of Economic Studies, LIII (1986), pp.27-41.)
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
54. Unemployment with Observable Aggregate Shocks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1983)

1981

55. Multi-unit Auctions, Price Discrimination and Bundling
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
56. Optimal Auctions with Risk Averse Buyers
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1984)
57. The Existence of Equilibrium in Discontinuous Economic Games, 1: Theory (Revised version now published in Review of Economic Studies, LIII (1986), pp.1-26.)
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
58. The Gains to Making Losers Pay in High Bid Auctions
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1980

59. Income v. Leisure
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
60. On the Efficiency of Keynesian Equilibrium
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

1979

61. Voting Schemes for Public Alternatives: Some Notes on Majority Rule
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations

1978

62. An Equilibrium Analysis of Search and Breach of Contract
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1978) View citations
63. Implementation and Strong Nash Equilibrium
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
64. Rational Expectations With Market Power: The Paradox of the Disadvantageous Tariff
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
65. Rational Expectations with Market Power - The Paradox of the Disadvantageous Tariff on Oil
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2008

1. Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (3), 567-76
   See also Working Paper (2008)
2. On The Robustness of Majority Rule
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6, (5), 949-973 View citations
3. On the fundamental theorems of general equilibrium
   Economic Theory, 2008, 35, (2), 233-240
   See also Working Paper (2006)
4. Public-private partnerships and government spending limits
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2008, 26, (2), 412-420 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
5. The value of victory: social origins of the winner's curse in common value auctions
   Judgment and Decision Making, 2008, 3, (7), 483-492

2005

6. Uncertainty and Hyperbolic Discounting
   American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (4), 1290-1299 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
7. WHY HAS INEQUALITY INCREASED IN CHINA? TOWARD A THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL MATCHING
   Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2005, 01, (01), 67-71

2004

8. Jean-Jacques Laffont: A Look Back
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2, (5), 913-923
   See also Working Paper (2004)
9. The Politician and the Judge: Accountability in Government
   American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (4), 1034-1054 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
10. The Unity of Auction Theory: Milgrom's Masterclass
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2004, 42, (4), 1102-1115

2003

11. Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2003, 41, (4), 1095-1136 View citations
    Also in VOPROSY ECONOMIKI View citations
    VOPROSY ECONOMIKI View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)
12. Uniqueness of equilibrium in sealed high-bid auctions
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2003, 45, (2), 395-409 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

13. On indescribable contingencies and incomplete contracts
    European Economic Review, 2002, 46, (4-5), 725-733 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2001

14. Markov Perfect Equilibrium: I. Observable Actions
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2001, 100, (2), 191-219 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
15. Soft budget constraint theories: From centralization to the market
    The Economics of Transition, 2001, 9, (1), 1-27 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2000

16. Asymmetric Auctions
    Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (3), 413-38 View citations
17. Auctions, development, and privatization: Efficient auctions with liquidity-constrained buyers
    European Economic Review, 2000, 44, (4-6), 667-681 View citations
18. Efficient Auctions
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115, (2), 341-388 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
19. Equilibrium in Sealed High Bid Auctions
    Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (3), 439-54 View citations
20. Incentives, Information, and Organizational Form
    Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (2), 359-78 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

21. Bargaining, Production, and Monotonicity in Economic Environments
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1999, 89, (1), 140-147 View citations
22. Implementation and Renegotiation
    Review of Economic Studies, 1999, 66, (1), 39-56 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)
23. Nash Equilibrium and Welfare Optimality
    Review of Economic Studies, 1999, 66, (1), 23-38 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
24. Recent Theoretical Work on the Soft Budget Constraint
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 421-425 View citations
25. Two Remarks on the Property-Rights Literature
    Review of Economic Studies, 1999, 66, (1), 139-49 View citations
26. Unforeseen Contingencies and Incomplete Contracts
    Review of Economic Studies, 1999, 66, (1), 83-114 View citations
27. research articles: Uncertainty and entry deterrence
    Economic Theory, 1999, 14, (2), 429-437

1996

28. A Walrasian Theory of Money and Barter
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (4), 955-1005 View citations
29. Theories of the soft budget-constraint
    Japan and the World Economy, 1996, 8, (2), 125-133 View citations

1995

30. Contractual Contingencies and Renegotiation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1995, 26, (4), 704-719 View citations
31. Credit and Efficiency in Centralized and Decentralized Economies
    Review of Economic Studies, 1995, 62, (4), 541-55 View citations
32. Long-term investment by Japanese and American firms
    Japan and the World Economy, 1995, 7, (2), 249-254

1994

33. The Folk Theorem with Imperfect Public Information
    Econometrica, 1994, 62, (5), 997-1039 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
34. The Invisible Hand and Externalities
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 333-37 View citations

1992

35. The Principal-Agent Relationship with an Informed Principal, II: Common Values
    Econometrica, 1992, 60, (1), 1-42 View citations

1991

36. On the dispensability of public randomization in discounted repeated games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1991, 53, (2), 428-438 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1990

37. Contract renegotiation in models of asymmetric information
    European Economic Review, 1990, 34, (2-3), 311-321 View citations
38. Disadvantageous Oil Tariffs and Dynamic Consistency
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (1), 143-56 View citations
39. Evolution and Cooperation in Noisy Repeated Games
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 274-79 View citations
40. Nash and perfect equilibria of discounted repeated games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1990, 51, (1), 194-206 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)
41. Repeated Games with Long-run and Short-run Players
    Review of Economic Studies, 1990, 57, (4), 555-73 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
42. The Efficient Market Hypothesis and Insider Trading on the Stock Market
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (1), 70-93 View citations
43. The Principal-Agent Relationship with an Informed Principal: The Case of Private Values
    Econometrica, 1990, 58, (2), 379-409 View citations

1989

44. Efficient renegotiation--proof equilibria in repeated games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1989, 1, (4), 361-369 View citations
45. Rational expectations with imperfect competition: A Bertrand-Edgeworth Example
    Economics Letters, 1989, 30, (4), 269-274 View citations
46. Renegotiation in repeated games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1989, 1, (4), 327-360 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1987)
47. Renegotiation-proof equilibrium: Reply
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1989, 49, (2), 376-378 View citations

1988

48. A Theory of Dynamic Oligopoly, I: Overview and Quantity Competition with Large Fixed Costs
    Econometrica, 1988, 56, (3), 549-69 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1982)
49. A Theory of Dynamic Oligopoly, II: Price Competition, Kinked Demand Curves, and Edgeworth Cycles
    Econometrica, 1988, 56, (3), 571-99 View citations
50. Corrigendum to 'A Theory of Dynamic Oligopoly, III, Cournot Competition' (vol. 31, no. 4)
    European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (7), 1567-1568

1987

51. A theory of dynamic oligopoly, III: Cournot competition
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (4), 947-968 View citations
52. Correlated equilibria and sunspots
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1987, 43, (2), 364-373 View citations
53. Monopoly with asymmetric information about quality: Behavior and regulation
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (1-2), 483-489 View citations
54. The Simple Economics of Research Portfolios
    Economic Journal, 1987, 97, (387), 581-95 View citations

1986

55. An Example of a Repeated Partnership Game with Discounting and with Uniformly Inefficient Equilibria
    Review of Economic Studies, 1986, 53, (1), 59-69 View citations
56. The Existence of Equilibrium in Discontinuous Economic Games, I: Theory
    Review of Economic Studies, 1986, 53, (1), 1-26 View citations
57. The Existence of Equilibrium in Discontinuous Economic Games, II: Applications
    Review of Economic Studies, 1986, 53, (1), 27-41 View citations
58. The Existence of Equilibrium with Price-Setting Firms
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (2), 382-86 View citations
59. The Folk Theorem in Repeated Games with Discounting or with Incomplete Information
    Econometrica, 1986, 54, (3), 533-54 View citations

1985

60. Auction Theory with Private Values
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 150-55 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1985)
61. Input versus output incentive schemes
    Journal of Public Economics, 1985, 28, (1), 1-23 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1984)

1984

62. Monopoly with Incomplete Information
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1984, 15, (2), 171-196 View citations
63. On the efficiency of fixed price equilibrium
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1984, 32, (2), 317-327 View citations
64. Optimal Auctions with Risk Averse Buyers
    Econometrica, 1984, 52, (6), 1473-1518 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1981)

1983

65. A Characterization of Strongly Locally Incentive Compatible Planning Procedures with Public Goods
    Review of Economic Studies, 1983, 50, (1), 171-86
66. Unemployment with Observable Aggregate Shocks
    Journal of Political Economy, 1983, 91, (6), 907-28 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1982)

1982

67. Nash and dominant strategy implementation in economic environments
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1982, 10, (1), 17-47 View citations

1981

68. An equilibrium analysis of search and breach of contract II. A non-steady state example
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1981, 25, (2), 165-195 View citations

1980

69. A Differential Approach to Dominant Strategy Mechanisms
    Econometrica, 1980, 48, (6), 1507-20 View citations
70. On Imperfect Information and Optimal Pollution Control
    Review of Economic Studies, 1980, 47, (5), 857-60 View citations
71. Optimal reservation price in the Vickery auction
    Economics Letters, 1980, 6, (4), 309-313 View citations

1979

72. A progress report on Kelly's majority conjectures
    Economics Letters, 1979, 2, (4), 313-314 View citations
73. An Equilibrium Analysis of Search and Breach of Contract, I: Steady States
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1979, 10, (1), 282-316 View citations
74. On the Difficulty of Attaining Distributional Goals with Imperfect Information about Consumers
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1979, 81, (2), 227-37 View citations
75. The Implementation of Social Choice Rules: Some General Results on Incentive Compatibility
    Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (2), 185-216 View citations

1978

76. A Theorem on Utilitarianism
    Review of Economic Studies, 1978, 45, (1), 93-96 View citations

Edited books

2000

1. Planning, Shortage, and Transformation: Essays in Honor of János Kornai, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

1992

2. Economic Analysis of Markets and Games: Essays in Honor of Frank Hahn, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

Chapters

2003

1. Mechanism design for the environment
   Chapter 07 in Handbook of Environmental Economics, 2003, vol. 1, pp 305-324 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

2. Implementation theory
   Chapter 05 in Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, 2002, vol. 1, pp 237-288 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)

Editor

1. Economics Letters
   Elsevier