Details about David E. M. Sappington

Homepage:	http://bear.cba.ufl.edu/sappington
Workplace:	Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2007

1. On the Performance of Linear Contracts
   University of Cincinnati, Economics Working Papers Series, University of Cincinnati, Department of Economics View citations

2005

2. Regulation, Competition and Liberalization
   Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2006)

2004

3. Incentives for Sabotage in Vertically Related Industries
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Regulatory Economics (2007)

1998

4. Setting the X Factor in Price Cap Regulation Plans
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Regulatory Economics (1999)

1995

5. Explaining the Choice Among Regulatory Plans in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry
   Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (1995)

1994

6. Principles of regulatory policy design
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1991

7. Licensing and the Sharing of Knowledge in Research Joint Ventures
   Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1992)

1990

8. An Incentive Approach to Banking Regulation
   Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Finance (1993)
9. Cpnservation and Incentive Regulation
   Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
10. SELECTING AND AGENT'S ABILITY
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1989

11. ON THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM: SELF PROVISION VS. SUBCONTRACTING
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1988

12. LINKING PRICE CAP AND RATE OF RETURN REGULATION
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
13. MONITORING QUALITY PROVISIONS IN REGULATED MARKETS
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
14. OVERSIGHT OF LONG-TERM INVESTMENT BY SHORT-LIVED REGULATORS
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1991)
15. Privatization, Information and Incentives
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
16. REVOLVING REGULATOR COMMISSIONS
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

Journal Articles

2008

1. Outsourcing, vertical integration, and price vs. quantity competition
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2008, 26, (1), 1-16 View citations

2007

2. A note on optimal procurement contracts with limited direct cost inflation
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2007, 137, (1), 745-753
3. Equity and Adverse Selection
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2007, 16, (2), 285-318 View citations
4. Equity and adverse selection with correlated costs
   Economics Letters, 2007, 95, (3), 402-407
5. Incentives for sabotage in vertically related industries
   Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2007, 31, (3), 235-260 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
6. Simple Cost-Sharing Contracts
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (1), 419-428 View citations

2006

7. On the Merits of Vertical Divestiture
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2006, 29, (3), 171-191 View citations
8. On the design of input prices: Can TELRIC prices ever be optimal?
   Information Economics and Policy, 2006, 18, (2), 197-215
9. Regulation in Vertically-Related Industries: Myths, Facts, and Policy
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2006, 28, (1), 3-16 View citations
10. Regulation, Competition and Liberalization
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2006, 44, (2), 325-366 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

11. On the Irrelevance of Input Prices for Make-or-Buy Decisions
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (5), 1631-1638 View citations
12. Privately-Negotiated Input Prices
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2005, 27, (3), 263-280
13. Regulating Service Quality: A Survey
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2005, 27, (2), 123-154 View citations
14. Reviewing the impact of incentive regulation on U.S. telephone service quality
    Utilities Policy, 2005, 13, (3), 201-210
15. Self-Sabotage
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2005, 27, (2), 155-175

2004

16. Efficient Manipulation in a Repeated Setting
    Journal of Accounting Research, 2004, 42, (1), 31-49 View citations
17. Incentive Regulation and Telecommunications Service Quality
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2004, 26, (3), 263-285 View citations
18. Toward a Synthesis of Models of Regulatory Policy Design with Limited Information
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2004, 26, (1), 5-21

2003

19. Regulating horizontal diversification
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2003, 21, (3), 291-315 View citations
20. The Effects of Incentive Regulation on Retail Telephone Service Quality in the United States
    Review of Network Economics, 2003, 2, (4), 355-375 View citations

2002

21. The Impact of State Incentive Regulation on the U.S. Telecommunications Industry
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2002, 22, (2), 133-59 View citations

2001

22. How Liable Should a Lender Be? The Case of Judgment-Proof Firms and Environmental Risk: Comment
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (3), 724-730 View citations
23. Optimal Contracting with Private Knowledge of Wealth and Ability
    Review of Economic Studies, 2001, 68, (1), 21-44 View citations

2000

24. Contracting with Wealth-Constrained Agents
    International Economic Review, 2000, 41, (3), 743-67 View citations
25. Motivating Wealth-Constrained Actors
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (4), 944-960 View citations

1999

26. Access pricing with unregulated downstream competition
    Information Economics and Policy, 1999, 11, (1), 73-100 View citations
27. Setting the X Factor in Price-Cap Regulation Plans
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1999, 16, (1), 5-25 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
28. Using Subjective Risk Adjusting to Prevent Patient Dumping in the Health Care Industry
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1999, 8, (3), 351-382 View citations
29. Using decoupling and deep pockets to mitigate judgment-proof problems1
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1999, 19, (2), 275-293 View citations

1997

30. Choosing among Regulatory Options in the United States Telecommunications Industry
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1997, 12, (3), 227-43 View citations
31. Competition among Health Maintenance Organizations
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1997, 6, (1), 129-150 View citations
32. Information Management in Incentive Problems
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (4), 796-821 View citations
33. Penalizing Success in Dynamic Incentive Contracts: No. Good Deed Goes Unpunished?
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1997, 28, (2), 346-358 View citations

1996

34. Potential pitfalls in empirical investigations of the effects of incentive regulation plans in the telecommunications industry
    Information Economics and Policy, 1996, 8, (2), 125-140 View citations
35. Revenue sharing in incentive regulation plans
    Information Economics and Policy, 1996, 8, (3), 229-248 View citations
36. The Effects of Incentive Regulation in the Telecommunications Industry: A Survey
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1996, 9, (3), 269-306 View citations

1995

37. Explaining the Choice among Regulatory Plans in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1995, 4, (2), 237-65 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)
38. Insurance, Adverse Selection, and Cream-Skimming
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1995, 65, (2), 327-358 View citations
39. Optimal Capital Structure in Agency Relationships
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1995, 26, (3), 343-361 View citations
40. Optimal industrial targeting with unknown learning-by-doing
    Journal of International Economics, 1995, 38, (3-4), 275-295 View citations
41. Simple regulatory policies in the presence of demand and cost uncertainty
    Information Economics and Policy, 1995, 7, (1), 57-73 View citations
42. Toward a Benchmark for Optimal Prudency Policy
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1995, 7, (2), 111-30
43. Using markets to allocate pollution permits and other scarce resource rights under limited information
    Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 57, (3), 431-455 View citations

1994

44. Designing Optional No-Fault Insurance Policies for Health Care Systems
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1994, 3, (1), 113-42
45. Supplying Information to Facilitate Price Discrimination
    International Economic Review, 1994, 35, (2), 309-27 View citations

1993

46. An Incentive Approach to Banking Regulation
    Journal of Finance, 1993, 48, (4), 1523-42 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)
47. Choosing Workers' Qualifications: No Experience Necessary?
    International Economic Review, 1993, 34, (3), 479-502 View citations
48. Ignorance in Agency Problems
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1993, 61, (1), 169-183 View citations
49. Regulatory Incentive Policies and Abuse
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1993, 5, (2), 131-41

1992

50. Incentives for Conservation and Quality-Improvement by Public Utilities
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1321-40 View citations
51. Licensing and the sharing of knowledge in research joint ventures
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1992, 56, (1), 43-69 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
52. Strategic Nonlinear Pricing under Price-Cap Regulation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1992, 23, (1), 1-19 View citations

1991

53. All-or-nothing information control
    Economics Letters, 1991, 37, (2), 111-113 View citations
54. Incentives for Monitoring Quality
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1991, 22, (3), 370-384 View citations
55. Incentives in Principal-Agent Relationships
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (2), 45-66 View citations
56. Oversight of Long-Term Investment by Short-Lived Regulators
    International Economic Review, 1991, 32, (3), 579-600 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)
57. Resolving Double Moral Hazard Problems with Buyout Agreements
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1991, 22, (2), 232-240 View citations
58. Technological Change and the Boundaries of the Firm
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (4), 887-900 View citations

1990

59. Regulating without Cost Information: Further Observations
    International Economic Review, 1990, 31, (4), 1027-29 View citations
60. Sequential Regulatory Oversight
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1990, 2, (4), 327-48 View citations
61. Sharing Productive Knowledge in Internally Financed R&D Contests
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1990, 39, (2), 187-208 View citations

1989

62. An Informational Effect When Regulated Firms Enter Unregulated Markets
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1989, 1, (1), 35-45 View citations
63. Countervailing incentives in agency problems
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1989, 49, (2), 294-313 View citations
64. Inflexible Rules in Incentive Problems
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (1), 69-84 View citations
65. Regulatory Options and Price-Cap Regulation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1989, 20, (3), 405-416 View citations
66. Second Sourcing
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1989, 20, (1), 41-58 View citations

1988

67. Commitment in Procurement Contracting
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1988, 90, (3), 357-72 View citations
68. Incentive schemes with multiple agents and bankruptcy constraints
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 44, (1), 156-167 View citations
69. Optimal contracts with public ex post information
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 45, (1), 189-199 View citations
70. Profiting from 'countervailing' power: An effect of government control
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1988, 6, (3), 323-333
71. Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (5), 986-98
72. Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand and Cost Functions
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1988, 19, (3), 438-457
73. Regulating without Cost Information: The Incremental Surplus Subsidy Scheme
    International Economic Review, 1988, 29, (2), 297-306 View citations

1987

74. Awarding Monopoly Franchises
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (3), 375-87 View citations
75. Efficient Awards and Standards of Proof in Judicial Proceedings
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (2), 308-315 View citations
76. Hierarchical Regulatory Control
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (3), 369-383 View citations
77. Information, Incentives, and Organizational Mode
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1987, 102, (2), 243-63 View citations
78. Managing Supplier Switching
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (1), 77-97 View citations

1986

79. Commitment to regulatory bureaucracy
    Information Economics and Policy, 1986, 2, (4), 243-258 View citations
80. On the timing of information release
    Information Economics and Policy, 1986, 2, (4), 307-316 View citations

1985

81. To Brand or Not to Brand? A Theoretical and Empirical Question
    Journal of Business, 1985, 58, (3), 279-93 View citations

1984

82. Incentive contracting with asymmetric and imperfect precontractual knowledge
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1984, 34, (1), 52-70 View citations
83. Optimal incentive contracts with multiple agents
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1984, 33, (1), 152-171 View citations

1983

84. Limited liability contracts between principal and agent
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 29, (1), 1-21 View citations
85. Multi-agent control in perfectly correlated environments
    Economics Letters, 1983, 13, (4), 325-330 View citations
86. Optimal Regulation of a Multiproduct Monopoly with Unknown Technological Capabilities
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, 14, (2), 453-463 View citations

1982

87. Optimal Regulation of Research and Development under Imperfect Information
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13, (2), 354-368 View citations

1980

88. Precontractual information asymmetry between principal and agent: The Continuous Case
    Economics Letters, 1980, 5, (4), 371-375
89. Strategic Firm Behavior under a Dynamic Regulatory Adjustment Process
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (1), 360-372 View citations

Chapters

2007

1. Recent Developments in the Theory of Regulation
   Elsevier View citations