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Working Papers

2013

1. Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2013)

2012

2. Working or shirking?
   CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2011

3. Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
   Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2010) View citations (32)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2011) View citations (10)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (10)

2010

4. Adaptive and Sophisticated Learning in Repeated Normal-Form Games
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (15)
5. Rational Cooperation in the Finitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1982)
6. Rationalizability, Learning, and Equilibrium in Games with Strategic Complements
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (1)

2000

7. Shareholder Interests, Human Capital Investment and Corporate Governance
   Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (8)

1998

8. Limit Pricing and Entry Under Incomplete Information: An Equilibrium Analysis
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (13)
   See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1982)

1997

9. Predation, reputation, and entry deterrence
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (34)
   Also in Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (1980) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1982)

1992

10. Organizational Prospects, Influence Costs, and Ownership Changes
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (57)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (1992)

1987

11. Bargaining and Influence Costs and the Organization of Economic Activity
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (1)

1985

12. Relying on the Information of Interested Parties
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1986)

1984

13. Incentives in iterative planning under incomplete information
    CORE Discussion Papers, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
14. Price and Advertising Signals of Product Quality
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1986)

1979

15. Equilibrium Limit Pricing Doesn't Limit Entry
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science

1977

16. A Simple Game of Exchange
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (1)
17. Incentives in Planning Procedures for the Provision of Public Goods
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1979)

1976

18. A Technical Note on Cartel Stability in Large Economies
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
19. On the Foundations of the Theory of Monopolistic Competition
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1977)

1975

20. On the Incentive Problem with Public Goods
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (5)

1974

21. A Note on Returns to Group Size and the Core with Public Goods
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1974)

1973

22. Continuity Results in the Gains from Trade With Similar Consumers
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
23. The Incentives for Price-Taking Behavior In Large Economies
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (3)

1972

24. Exclusion, Externalities, and Public Goods
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1973)
25. Existence of Lindahl Equilibrium with a Measure Space of Consumers
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1973)

Undated

26. Strongly Coalition-Proof Equilibria in Games with Strategic Complementarities
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
27. The LeChatelier Principle
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1996)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 128, (1), 1-51

2010

2. Designing incentives in organizations
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2010, 6, (01), 125-132
3. Why Do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity?
   American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 619-23 View citations (11)

2008

4. Susan C. Athey: John Bates Clark Award Winner 2007
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (4), 181-98

2001

5. Organizational Design: Decision Rights and Incentive Contracts
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 200-205 View citations (21)

1998

6. The Boundaries of the Firm Revisited
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (4), 73-94 View citations (145)

1996

7. Coalition-Proofness and Correlation with Arbitrary Communication Possibilities
   Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 17, (1), 113-128 View citations (25)
8. The LeChatelier Principle
   American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (1), 173-79 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper

1995

9. Complementarities and fit strategy, structure, and organizational change in manufacturing
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1995, 19, (2-3), 179-208 View citations (164)
10. The Economics of Modern Manufacturing: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (4), 997-99 View citations (24)

1994

11. Comparing Equilibria
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (3), 441-59 View citations (87)
12. Complementarities and systems: Understanding japanese economic organization
    Estudios Económicos, 1994, 9, (1), 3-42 View citations (18)

1992

13. Organizational Prospects, Influence Costs, and Ownership Changes
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1992, 1, (1), 9-35 View citations (75)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1991

14. Adaptive and sophisticated learning in normal form games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1991, 3, (1), 82-100 View citations (87)
15. Complementarities, Momentum, and the Evolution of Modern Manufacturing
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 84-88 View citations (21)

1990

16. Rationalizability, Learning, and Equilibrium in Games with Strategic Complementarities
    Econometrica, 1990, 58, (6), 1255-77 View citations (267)
17. The Economics of Modern Manufacturing: Technology, Strategy, and Organization
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (3), 511-28 View citations (293)
18. The Efficiency of Equity in Organizational Decision Processes
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 154-59 View citations (19)

1989

19. The Simple Economics of Optimal Auctions
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (5), 1060-90 View citations (92)

1988

20. Communication and Inventory as Substitutes in Organizing Production
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1988, 90, (3), 275-89 View citations (11)
21. Economic Theories of the Firm: Past, Present, and Future
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1988, 21, (3), 444-58 View citations (8)

1987

22. An Equilibrium Model with Involuntary Unemployment at Flexible, Competitive Prices and Wages
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (5), 856-74 View citations (22)
23. Informational Asymmetries, Strategic Behavior, and Industrial Organization
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 184-93 View citations (6)

1986

24. A Signaling Model of Predatory Pricing
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1986, 38, 75-93 View citations (1)
25. Price and Advertising Signals of Product Quality
    Journal of Political Economy, 1986, 94, (4), 796-821 View citations (258)
    See also Working Paper (1984)
26. Relying on the Information of Interested Parties
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (1), 18-32
    See also Working Paper (1985)

1984

27. Problems with average cost pricing in the presence of set-up costs
    Economics Letters, 1984, 14, (2-3), 107-109

1982

28. Limit Pricing and Entry under Incomplete Information: An Equilibrium Analysis
    Econometrica, 1982, 50, (2), 443-59 View citations (128)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
29. Predation, reputation, and entry deterrence
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1982, 27, (2), 280-312 View citations (206)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
30. Rational cooperation in the finitely repeated prisoners' dilemma
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1982, 27, (2), 245-252 View citations (314)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

1980

31. Oligopoly and Competition in Large Markets
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (1), 22-31 View citations (7)

1979

32. A group incentive compatible mechanism yielding core allocations
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1979, 20, (1), 13-22 View citations (23)
33. Incentives in Planning Procedures for the Provision of Public Goods
    Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (2), 283-92 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (1977)

1978

34. Barriers to trade and disadvantageous middlemen: Nonmonotonicity of the core
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1978, 19, (1), 200-209 View citations (20)

1977

35. A Note on the Stability of Large Cartels
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (8), 1877-78 View citations (1)
36. On the Foundations of the Theory of Monopolistic Competition
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (1), 101-13 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper (1976)

1976

37. A Note on the Core with Increasing Numbers of Consumers and Commodities
    International Economic Review, 1976, 17, (2), 503-05
38. On the existence of Cournot equilbrium without concave profit functions
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1976, 13, (1), 112-117 View citations (10)
39. The Incentives for Price-Taking Behavior in Large Exchange Economies
    Econometrica, 1976, 44, (1), 115-27 View citations (42)
40. The incentives for correct revelation of preferences and the number of consumers
    Journal of Public Economics, 1976, 6, (4), 359-374 View citations (12)

1975

41. On Cores in Economies with Public Goods
    International Economic Review, 1975, 16, (3), 751-64

1974

42. A note on returns to group size and the core with public goods
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1974, 9, (3), 350-356 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1974)
43. Continuity in the gains from trade with similar consumers
    Journal of International Economics, 1974, 4, (1), 25-36
44. The Lindahl solution for economies with public goods
    Journal of Public Economics, 1974, 3, (1), 23-42 View citations (9)

1973

45. Exclusion, externalities, and public goods
    Journal of Public Economics, 1973, 2, (3), 217-230 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1972)
46. Existence of Lindahl equilibrium with a measure space of consumers
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1973, 6, (4), 355-381 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1972)

1970

47. Pareto, Public Goods, and Politics: A Comment
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1970, 3, (4), 615-16

Chapters

2012

1. Introduction Book Title: The Handbook of Organizational Economics
   Princeton University Press