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Working Papers

2008

1. Career Concerns and Ambiguity Aversion
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
2. Convictions versus Conviction Rates: The Prosecutor’s Choice
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy View citations
3. Executive Compensation in Japan: Estimating Levels and Determinants from Tax Records
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
4. First versus Second-Mover Advantage with Information Asymmetry about the Size of New Markets
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
   Also in Caepr Working Papers, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Economics Department, Indiana University Bloomington (2007)
5. Internalities and Paternalism: Applying the Compensation Criterion to Multiple Selves across Time
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
6. Price Discrimination between Retailers with and without Market Power
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
7. Quality-Ensuring Profits
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
8. Some Common Confusions about Hyperbolic Discounting
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy View citations
9. The Industrial Organization of the Japanese Bar: Levels and Determinants of Attorney Income
   Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2006) View citations

2007

10. A Reputation Model of Quality in North-South Trade
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
11. Getting Carried Away in Auctions as Imperfect Value Discovery
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy View citations
    Also in Industrial Organization, EconWPA (2004)
12. The Parking Lot Problem
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
    Also in CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo (2001)

2006

13. The BLP Method of Demand Curve Estimation in Industrial Organization
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy

2005

14. The Case for Managed Judges: Learning from Japan after the Political Upheaval of 1993
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy

2004

15. Agency Law and Contract Formation
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Law and Economics Review (2004)
16. Buyer-Option Contracts Restored: Renegotiation, Inefficient Threats, and the Hold-Up Problem
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy View citations
17. Norms in Law and Economics
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy View citations
18. Strategic Implications of Uncertainty Over One’s Own Private Value in Auctions
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
    Also in CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo (2001)
    See also Journal Article in Advances in Theoretical Economics (2006)
19. When Does Extra Risk Strictly Increase an Option's Value?
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
    See also Journal Article in Review of Financial Studies (2007)
20. When Does Extra Risk Strictly Increase the Value of Options?
    Finance, EconWPA View citations

2001

21. Bertrand Competition Under Uncertainty
    CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo View citations
    Also in Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000)
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA (1996)
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (1998)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Industrial Economics (2002)
22. Option Contracts and Renegotiation in Complex Environments
    CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo View citations
23. When are Judges and Bureaucrats Left Independent? Theory and History from Imperial Japan, Postwar Japan, and the United States
    CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

2000

24. An Economic Approach to Adultery Law
    Law and Economics, EconWPA

1999

25. Can High Prices Ensure Product Quality When Buyers do not Know the Sellers' Cost?
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2001)
26. Creating and Enforcing Norms, With Special Reference to Sanctions
    Law and Economics, EconWPA View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research (1998) View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Review of Law and Economics (1999)
27. Naked Exclusion: A Reply
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)
28. The Games and Information Reader, Preface
    Game Theory and Information, EconWPA
29. The Games and Information Reader, Table of Contents
    Game Theory and Information, EconWPA
30. The Objectives of Sexual Harassment Law, with Application to 1998's Ellerth, Oncale, and Faragher Decisions
    Labor and Demography, EconWPA
31. The Uneasy Case for the Flat Tax
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations
32. Why Is the Japanese Conviction Rate So High?
    Law and Economics, EconWPA View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Legal Studies (2001)
33. Why the Japanese Taxpayer Always Loses
    Law and Economics, EconWPA View citations
34. ames and Information, Third Edition, Preface
    Microeconomics, EconWPA

1998

35. A Theory of Trustees, and Other Thoughts
    Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research View citations
36. Mezzanatto and the Economics of Self Incrimination
    Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research

1997

37. Lifting the Veil of Ignorance: Personalizing the Marriage Contract
    Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research

1996

38. Choosing Among Signalling Equilibria in Lobbying Games
    Game Theory and Information, EconWPA
39. Judicial Independence in Civil Law Regimes: Econometrics from Japan
    Public Economics, EconWPA
40. Notes on Writing, Talking, and Listening
    General Economics and Teaching, EconWPA
41. The Posner Argument for Transferring Health Spending from Old Women to Old Men
    Public Economics, EconWPA
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1996)

1995

42. A Model of Negotiation, Not Bargaining
    Game Theory and Information, EconWPA
    Also in Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research (1994)
43. Observed Choice, Estimation, and Optimism About Policy Changes
    Econometrics, EconWPA
44. The Learning Curve in a Competitive Industry
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research (1994)
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Econometric Institute (1994)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1997)
45. ``Predictable and Unpredictable Error in Tort Awards: The Effect of Plaintiff Self Selection and Signalling,''
    Law and Economics, EconWPA View citations
46. ``Stigma and Self-Fulfilling Expectations of Criminality''
    Law and Economics, EconWPA
    Also in Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research (1992)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law & Economics (1996)
47. ``The Economics of Agency Law and Contract Formation''
    Law and Economics, EconWPA

1993

48. Judicial Legitimacy as a Repeated Game
    Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (1994)
49. Perfectly Contestable Monopoly and Adverse Selection
    Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research View citations

1992

50. Mutual and Unilateral Mistake in Contract Law
    Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Legal Studies (1993)
51. Signal Jamming and Limit Pricing: A Unified Approach
    Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research View citations

1990

52. Are Equilibrium Strategies Unaffected by Incentives
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations

Journal Articles

2007

1. Political uncertainty's effect on judicial recruitment and retention: Japan in the 1990s
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2007, 35, (2), 329-345
2. When Does Extra Risk Strictly Increase an Option's Value?
   Review of Financial Studies, 2007, 20, (5), 1647-1667
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

3. Strategic Implications of Uncertainty over One's Own Private Value in Auctions
   Advances in Theoretical Economics, 2006, 6, (1), 1261-1261 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2004

4. Agency Law and Contract Formation
   American Law and Economics Review, 2004, 6, (2), 369-409 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2002

5. Bertrand Competition under Uncertainty
   Journal of Industrial Economics, 2002, 50, (1), 11-21 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)

2001

6. Can High Prices Ensure Product Quality when Buyers Do Not Know the Sellers' Cost?
   Economic Inquiry, 2001, 39, (4), 561-67 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)
7. Explaining Incomplete Contracts as the Result of Contract-Reading Costs
   Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy, 2001, 1, (advances/1/1), 1000-1000 View citations
8. Why Is the Japanese Conviction Rate So High?
   Journal of Legal Studies, 2001, 30, (1), 53-88 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)

2000

9. Naked Exclusion: Reply
   American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (1), 310-311 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

10. Creating and enforcing norms, with special reference to sanctions1
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1999, 19, (3), 369-382 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

11. Observed Choice and Optimism in Estimating the Effects of Government Policies
    Public Choice, 1998, 97, (1-2), 65-91
12. Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification: Timur Kuran, (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995)
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 33, (2), 309-311
13. The Economics of Desecration: Flag Burning and Related Activities
    Journal of Legal Studies, 1998, 27, (2), 245-69 View citations
14. The observed choice problem in estimating the cost of policies
    Economics Letters, 1998, 61, (1), 13-15

1997

15. Choosing among Signalling Equilibria in Lobbying Games: A Reply to Sloof
    Public Choice, 1997, 91, (2), 209-14
16. Judicial Independence in a Civil Law Regime: The Evidence from Japan
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1997, 13, (2), 259-86 View citations
17. The Learning Curve in a Competitive Industry
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1997, 28, (2), 248-268 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1996

18. Stigma and Self-Fulfilling Expectations of Criminality
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1996, 39, (2), 519-43 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)
19. The Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to olden men
    Economics Letters, 1996, 53, (3), 337-339
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

20. How optimal penalties change with the amount of harm
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1995, 15, (1), 101-108 View citations
21. Predictable and unpredictable error in tort awards: The effect of plaintiff self-selection and signaling
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1995, 15, (3), 323-345 View citations

1994

22. Cheap Bribes and the Corruption Ban: A Coordination Game among Rational Legislators
    Public Choice, 1994, 78, (3-4), 305-27 View citations
23. Judicial Legitimacy as a Repeated Game
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1994, 10, (1), 63-83 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1993

24. Lobbying When the Decisionmaker Can Acquire Independent Information
    Public Choice, 1993, 77, (4), 899-913 View citations
25. Mutual and Unilateral Mistake in Contract Law
    Journal of Legal Studies, 1993, 22, (2), 309-43 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1992

26. An Income-Satiation Model of Efficiency Wages
    Economic Inquiry, 1992, 30, (3), 467-78 View citations
27. Managerial Conservatism and Rational Information Acquisition
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1992, 1, (1), 175-201 View citations

1991

28. Extending the Economic Theory of Regulation to the Form of Policy
    Public Choice, 1991, 72, (2-3), 167-91 View citations
29. Naked Exclusion
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (5), 1137-45 View citations

1990

30. Diseconomies of Scale in Employment Contracts
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1990, 6, (1), 65-92 View citations

1989

31. A simple model of product quality with elastic demand
    Economics Letters, 1989, 29, (4), 281-283 View citations

1988

32. Entry for Buyout
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1988, 36, (3), 281-99 View citations
33. Mutual Banks and Stock Banks
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1988, 31, (2), 395-421 View citations

1987

34. Moral Hazard in Risk-Averse Teams
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (3), 428-435 View citations

Chapters

2007

1. Norms and the Law
   Elsevier View citations