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Working Papers

2022

1. Managers and the Management of Organizations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2018

2. Do Management Interventions Last?
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (13)
3. Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018) View citations (16)
   See also Journal Article Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (34) (2020)
4. Variable Pricing and the Cost of Renewable Energy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)

2015

5. ARE Update, Volume 18, Number 3
   Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

2013

6. Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2013) View citations (36)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) View citations (35)
   See also Journal Article Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2015) View citations (487) (2015)

2012

7. Working or shirking?
   CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2011

8. Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (69)
   Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2010) View citations (45)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (17)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2011) View citations (60)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (39)
   See also Journal Article Does Management Matter? Evidence from India, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2013) View citations (623) (2013)

2010

9. Adaptive and Sophisticated Learning in Repeated Normal-Form Games
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (15)
10. Improving management in India
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
11. Rational Cooperation in the Finitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Rational cooperation in the finitely repeated prisoners' dilemma, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1982) View citations (841) (1982)
12. Rationalizability, Learning, and Equilibrium in Games with Strategic Complements
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (1)

2000

13. Shareholder Interests, Human Capital Investment and Corporate Governance
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (25)

1998

14. 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 Limit Pricing and Entry under Incomplete Information: An Equilibrium Analysis, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1982) View citations (413) (1982)

1997

15. Predation, reputation, and entry deterrence
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (32)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (1980) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Predation, reputation, and entry deterrence, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1982) View citations (554) (1982)

1992

16. Organizational Prospects, Influence Costs, and Ownership Changes
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (181)
    See also Journal Article Organizational Prospects, Influence Costs, and Ownership Changes, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell (1992) View citations (188) (1992)

1987

17. 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 (4)

1985

18. Relying on the Information of Interested Parties
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Relying on the Information of Interested Parties, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1986) View citations (538) (1986)

1984

19. Incentives in iterative planning under incomplete information
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
20. Price and Advertising Signals of Product Quality
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Price and Advertising Signals of Product Quality, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1986) View citations (876) (1986)

1979

21. Equilibrium Limit Pricing Doesn't Limit Entry
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (1)
22. Incentives in planning procedures for the provision of public goods
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (15)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (1977) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Incentives in Planning Procedures for the Provision of Public Goods, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (1979) View citations (16) (1979)

1977

23. A Simple Game of Exchange
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (1)
24. On the foundations of the theory of monopolistic competition
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (56)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (1976) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article On the Foundations of the Theory of Monopolistic Competition, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1977) View citations (77) (1977)

1976

25. A Technical Note on Cartel Stability in Large Economies
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
26. A note on the core with increasing numbers of consumers and commodities
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    See also Journal Article A Note on the Core with Increasing Numbers of Consumers and Commodities, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1976) (1976)
27. On the existence of Cournot equilibrium without concave profit functions
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article On the existence of Cournot equilbrium without concave profit functions, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1976) View citations (22) (1976)
28. The incentives for correct revelation of preferences and the number of consumers
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article The incentives for correct revelation of preferences and the number of consumers, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1976) View citations (18) (1976)

1975

29. On cores in economies with public goods
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article On Cores in Economies with Public Goods, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1975) View citations (6) (1975)
30. On the Incentive Problem with Public Goods
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (5)

1974

31. 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 (3)
    See also Journal Article A note on returns to group size and the core with public goods, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1974) View citations (3) (1974)

1973

32. Continuity Results in the Gains from Trade With Similar Consumers
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
33. 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

34. Exclusion, Externalities, and Public Goods
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
    See also Journal Article Exclusion, externalities, and public goods, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1973) View citations (5) (1973)
35. Existence of Lindahl Equilibrium with a Measure Space of Consumers
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Existence of Lindahl equilibrium with a measure space of consumers, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1973) View citations (5) (1973)

Undated

36. Strongly Coalition-Proof Equilibria in Games with Strategic Complementarities
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
37. The LeChatelier Principle
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article The LeChatelier Principle, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1996) View citations (46) (1996)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (2), 198-219 View citations (34)
   See also Working Paper Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (18) (2018)

2018

2. Needed: More Economic Analyses of Management
   International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2018, 25, (1), 3-10 View citations (5)

2015

3. Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130, (1), 165-218 View citations (487)
   See also Working Paper Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (35) (2013)

2013

4. Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128, (1), 1-51 View citations (623)
   See also Working Paper Does Management Matter? Evidence from India, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (69) (2011)

2010

5. Designing incentives in organizations
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2010, 6, (1), 125-132 View citations (10)
6. Why Do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity?
   American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 619-23 View citations (191)

2008

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

2001

8. Organizational Design: Decision Rights and Incentive Contracts
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 200-205 View citations (74)

1998

9. The Boundaries of the Firm Revisited
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (4), 73-94 View citations (300)

1996

10. Coalition-Proofness and Correlation with Arbitrary Communication Possibilities
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 17, (1), 113-128 View citations (47)
11. The LeChatelier Principle
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (1), 173-79 View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper The LeChatelier Principle, Working Papers

1995

12. Complementarities and fit strategy, structure, and organizational change in manufacturing
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1995, 19, (2-3), 179-208 View citations (664)
13. The Economics of Modern Manufacturing: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (4), 997-99 View citations (24)

1994

14. Comparing Equilibria
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (3), 441-59 View citations (191)
15. Complementarities and systems: Understanding japanese economic organization
    Estudios Económicos, 1994, 9, (1), 3-42 View citations (54)

1992

16. Organizational Prospects, Influence Costs, and Ownership Changes
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1992, 1, (1), 9-35 View citations (188)
    See also Working Paper Organizational Prospects, Influence Costs, and Ownership Changes, CEPR Discussion Papers (1992) View citations (181) (1992)

1991

17. Adaptive and sophisticated learning in normal form games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1991, 3, (1), 82-100 View citations (185)
18. Complementarities, Momentum, and the Evolution of Modern Manufacturing
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 84-88 View citations (62)

1990

19. Rationalizability, Learning, and Equilibrium in Games with Strategic Complementarities
    Econometrica, 1990, 58, (6), 1255-77 View citations (873)
20. The Economics of Modern Manufacturing: Technology, Strategy, and Organization
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (3), 511-28 View citations (868)
21. The Efficiency of Equity in Organizational Decision Processes
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 154-59 View citations (49)

1989

22. The Simple Economics of Optimal Auctions
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (5), 1060-90 View citations (215)

1988

23. Economic Theories of the Firm: Past, Present, and Future
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1988, 21, (3), 444-58 View citations (18)

1987

24. An Equilibrium Model with Involuntary Unemployment at Flexible, Competitive Prices and Wages
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (5), 856-74 View citations (52)
25. Informational Asymmetries, Strategic Behavior, and Industrial Organization
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 184-93 View citations (18)

1986

26. A Signaling Model of Predatory Pricing
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1986, 38, 75-93 View citations (9)
27. Price and Advertising Signals of Product Quality
    Journal of Political Economy, 1986, 94, (4), 796-821 View citations (876)
    See also Working Paper Price and Advertising Signals of Product Quality, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers (1984) View citations (14) (1984)
28. Relying on the Information of Interested Parties
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (1), 18-32 View citations (538)
    See also Working Paper Relying on the Information of Interested Parties, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers (1985) View citations (14) (1985)

1984

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

1982

30. Limit Pricing and Entry under Incomplete Information: An Equilibrium Analysis
    Econometrica, 1982, 50, (2), 443-59 View citations (413)
    See also Working Paper Limit Pricing and Entry Under Incomplete Information: An Equilibrium Analysis, Levine's Working Paper Archive (1998) View citations (13) (1998)
31. Predation, reputation, and entry deterrence
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1982, 27, (2), 280-312 View citations (554)
    See also Working Paper Predation, reputation, and entry deterrence, Levine's Working Paper Archive (1997) View citations (32) (1997)
32. Rational cooperation in the finitely repeated prisoners' dilemma
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1982, 27, (2), 245-252 View citations (841)
    See also Working Paper Rational Cooperation in the Finitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2010) View citations (24) (2010)

1980

33. Oligopoly and Competition in Large Markets
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (1), 22-31 View citations (34)

1979

34. A group incentive compatible mechanism yielding core allocations
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1979, 20, (1), 13-22 View citations (28)
35. Incentives in Planning Procedures for the Provision of Public Goods
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (2), 283-292 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Incentives in planning procedures for the provision of public goods, LIDAM Reprints CORE (1979) View citations (15) (1979)

1978

36. Barriers to trade and disadvantageous middlemen: Nonmonotonicity of the core
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1978, 19, (1), 200-209 View citations (41)

1977

37. A Note on the Stability of Large Cartels
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (8), 1877-78 View citations (3)
38. On the Foundations of the Theory of Monopolistic Competition
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (1), 101-13 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper On the foundations of the theory of monopolistic competition, LIDAM Reprints CORE (1977) View citations (56) (1977)

1976

39. A Note on the Core with Increasing Numbers of Consumers and Commodities
    International Economic Review, 1976, 17, (2), 503-05
    See also Working Paper A note on the core with increasing numbers of consumers and commodities, LIDAM Reprints CORE (1976) (1976)
40. On the existence of Cournot equilbrium without concave profit functions
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1976, 13, (1), 112-117 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper On the existence of Cournot equilibrium without concave profit functions, LIDAM Reprints CORE (1976) View citations (39) (1976)
41. The Incentives for Price-Taking Behavior in Large Exchange Economies
    Econometrica, 1976, 44, (1), 115-27 View citations (103)
42. The incentives for correct revelation of preferences and the number of consumers
    Journal of Public Economics, 1976, 6, (4), 359-374 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper The incentives for correct revelation of preferences and the number of consumers, LIDAM Reprints CORE (1976) View citations (16) (1976)

1975

43. On Cores in Economies with Public Goods
    International Economic Review, 1975, 16, (3), 751-64 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper On cores in economies with public goods, LIDAM Reprints CORE (1975) View citations (3) (1975)

1974

44. A note on returns to group size and the core with public goods
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1974, 9, (3), 350-356 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper A Note on Returns to Group Size and the Core with Public Goods, Discussion Papers (1974) View citations (3) (1974)
45. Continuity in the gains from trade with similar consumers
    Journal of International Economics, 1974, 4, (1), 25-36
46. The Lindahl solution for economies with public goods
    Journal of Public Economics, 1974, 3, (1), 23-42 View citations (22)

1973

47. Exclusion, externalities, and public goods
    Journal of Public Economics, 1973, 2, (3), 217-230 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Exclusion, Externalities, and Public Goods, Discussion Papers (1972) (1972)
48. Existence of Lindahl equilibrium with a measure space of consumers
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1973, 6, (4), 355-381 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Existence of Lindahl Equilibrium with a Measure Space of Consumers, Discussion Papers (1972) View citations (1) (1972)

1970

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

Books

2012

1. The Handbook of Organizational Economics
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (223)

Chapters

2012

1. Complementarity in Organizations
   A chapter in : The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (7)
2. Decisions in Organizations
   A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (6)
3. Economic Theories of Incentives in Organizations
   A chapter in : The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (1)
4. Introduction
   A chapter in : The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012
5. Strategy and Organization
   A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (1)

2008

6. John Roberts on Hugo F. Sonnenschein
   Springer

1989

7. Involuntary Unemployment and Imperfect Competition: A Game-theoretic Macromodel
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (3)

1987

8. General Equilibrium Analysis of Imperfect Competition: An Illustrative Example
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)