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Working Papers

2014

1. Market Size and Pharmaceutical Innovation
   IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (2)
   Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2014) View citations (2)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (11)
2. Soviet power plus electrification: what is the long-run legacy of communism?
   Working Papers, Macerata University, Department of Studies on Economic Development (DiSSE)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Soviet power plus electrification: What is the long-run legacy of communism?, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2013) View citations (9) (2013)

2011

3. Professional Network and Career Coevolution
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
   Also in IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2011) View citations (1)
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2011) View citations (1)
4. Smiling is a Costly Signal of Cooperation Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from a Trust Game
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
   Also in IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2011) View citations (3)
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2011) View citations (3)
5. The Old Boy Network: Gender Differences in the Impact of Social Networks on Remuneration in Top Executive Jobs
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (24)
   Also in IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2011) View citations (29)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (26)

2010

6. A Framework for Cross-Country Comparisons of Public Infrastructure Constraints on Firm Growth
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (14)
7. Joint Ventures as a Commitment Device Against Lobbies
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
8. Property Rights, Warfare and the Neolithic Transition
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (16)
   Also in IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2010) View citations (16)
9. Rational Crowd-Pleasing and Democratic Accountability
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2009

10. Cooperation Against Theft - A Test of Incentives for Water Management in Tunisia
    Working Papers, Economic Research Forum View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Cooperation against Theft: A Test of Incentives for Water Management in Tunisia, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2014) View citations (8) (2014)
11. Private Antitrust Enforcement in the Presence of Pre-Trial Bargaining
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (19)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009) View citations (18)
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2009) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article PRIVATE ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF PRE‐TRIAL BARGAINING*, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2009) View citations (7) (2009)

2008

12. Escaping Epidemics Through Migration? Quarantine Measures Under Asymmetric Information About Infection Risk
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2008)
13. Migration and The Equilibrium Prevalence of Infectious Diseases
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
14. Warfare and the Multiple Adoption of Agriculture After the Last Ice Age
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (6)

2007

15. Where Are the Real Bottlenecks? Evidence from 20,000 Firms in 60 Countries about the Shadow Costs of Constraints to Firm Performance
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)

2006

16. "Wasteful" public spending and state aid control
    ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article "Wasteful" Public Spending and State Aid Control, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2006) View citations (27) (2006)
17. Where Are the Real Bottlenecks? Evidence from 20,000 Firms in 60 Countries About the Shadow Costs of Constraints to Firm Perform
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
18. Where are the Real Bottlenecks? A Lagrangian Approach to Identifying Constraints on Growth from Subjective Survey Data
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations (40)

2005

19. Decentralizing Public Services: What can we learn from the Theory of the Firm?
    ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (4)
    Also in ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles (1996) View citations (24)
20. Intermediation by aid agencies
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (1)
    Also in Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004)
    See also Journal Article Intermediation by aid agencies, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (16) (2006)

2004

21. A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (84)
    Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2004) View citations (80)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (80)
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2004) View citations (80)
    See also Journal Article A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2004) View citations (84) (2004)
22. Continuous Preferences Can Cause Discontinuous Choices: An Application to the Impact of Incentives on Altruism
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (21)
    Also in IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2004) View citations (19)

2003

23. Infrastructure, Competition and Innovation: New Survey Evidence from Transition
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (1)
24. The Economics of Passenger Rail Transport: A Survey
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (14)
25. The Economics of Tacit Collusion
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (163)
26. The Economics of Unilateral Effects
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (16)

2002

27. Bank Performance in Transition Economies
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (25)
28. The Activities of a Monopoly Firm in Adjacent Competitive Markets: Economic Consequences and Implications for Competition Policy
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (1)

2001

29. Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies from a Cross-Country Survey
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations (78)
30. Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-country Survey
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (89)
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2001) View citations (89)

2000

31. Barter and Non-Monetary Transactions in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-Country Survey
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations (22)

1995

32. European Industrial Policy: The Airbus Case
    Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie View citations (34)
33. Trade Liberalisation and the Co-ordination of Competition Policy
    Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie View citations (6)

1994

34. Accountability and Decentralization in Government: An Incomplete Contracts Model
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article Accountability and decentralisation in government: An incomplete contracts model, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1996) View citations (331) (1996)
35. The decentralization of public services: lessons from the theory of the firm
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)

1991

36. QUALITY OF LIVESTOCK ASSETS UNDER SELECTIVE CREDIT SCHEMES: AVIDENCE FROM SOUTH INDIAN DATA
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
    See also Journal Article Quality of livestock assets under selective credit schemes: Evidence from South Indian data, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (1991) View citations (1) (1991)

1990

37. A MODEL OF THE ROLE OF BROKERAGE IN FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
    Working Papers, Cambridge - Risk, Information & Quantity Signals
38. Can Small Entry Barriers Have Large Effects on Competition?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Journal Articles

2015

1. The Schubert Effect: When Flourishing Businesses Crowd Out Human Capital
   World Development, 2015, 68, (C), 124-135 View citations (1)

2014

2. Cooperation against Theft: A Test of Incentives for Water Management in Tunisia
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014, 96, (1), 124-153 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Cooperation Against Theft - A Test of Incentives for Water Management in Tunisia, Working Papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)
3. How Does Ranking Affect User Choice in Online Search?
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2014, 45, (2), 99-119 View citations (9)

2013

4. Soviet power plus electrification: What is the long-run legacy of communism?
   Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (1), 116-147 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Soviet power plus electrification: what is the long-run legacy of communism?, Working Papers (2014) (2014)

2011

5. Do women have longer conversations? Telephone evidence of gendered communication strategies
   Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32, (3), 348-356 View citations (16)

2009

6. Continuous Preferences and Discontinuous Choices: How Altruists Respond to Incentives
   The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2009, 9, (1), 28 View citations (30)
7. Escaping epidemics through migration? Quarantine measures under incomplete information about infection risk
   Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (7-8), 931-938 View citations (10)
8. PRIVATE ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF PRE‐TRIAL BARGAINING*
   Journal of Industrial Economics, 2009, 57, (3), 372-409 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Private Antitrust Enforcement in the Presence of Pre-Trial Bargaining, IDEI Working Papers (2009) View citations (19) (2009)

2008

9. Apportez-moi un rayon de soleil: quelles parties du climat des affaires les politiques publiques devraient-elles essayer de corriger ?
   Revue d’économie du développement, 2008, 16, (4), 31-87 View citations (3)

2006

10. "Wasteful" Public Spending and State Aid Control
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4, (2-3), 513-522 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper "Wasteful" public spending and state aid control, ULB Institutional Repository (2006) View citations (23) (2006)
11. Intermediation by aid agencies
    Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 79, (2), 469-491 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Intermediation by aid agencies, Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (1) (2005)
12. Market entry, privatization and bank performance in transition1
    The Economics of Transition, 2006, 14, (4), 579-610 View citations (20)
13. The evolution of fairness norms: an essay on Ken Binmore's Natural Justice
    Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2006, 5, (1), 33-50 View citations (5)

2004

14. A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 3, (1), 1-43 View citations (84)
    See also Working Paper A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth, IDEI Working Papers (2004) View citations (84) (2004)

2001

15. Competition, Privatisation and Productive Efficiency: Evidence from the Airline Industry
    Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (473), 591-619 View citations (44)
16. Understanding ‘The Essential Fact about Capitalism’: Markets, Competition and Creative Destruction
    National Institute Economic Review, 2001, 175, (1), 67-84 View citations (20)

2000

17. Skill versus judgement and the architecture of organisations
    European Economic Review, 2000, 44, (4-6), 856-868 View citations (1)

1996

18. Accountability and decentralisation in government: An incomplete contracts model
    European Economic Review, 1996, 40, (1), 61-89 View citations (331)
    See also Working Paper Accountability and Decentralization in Government: An Incomplete Contracts Model, CEPR Discussion Papers (1994) View citations (56) (1994)
19. The starfish effect: Can market entry by one firm encourage further entry by others?
    European Economic Review, 1996, 40, (3-5), 541-550 View citations (3)

1993

20. Managing Local Commons: Theoretical Issues in Incentive Design
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1993, 7, (4), 113-134 View citations (94)

1992

21. Incentives and the Management of Enterprises in Economic Transition: Capital Markets Are Not Enough
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1992, 8, (1), 105-29 View citations (9)

1991

22. Quality of livestock assets under selective credit schemes: Evidence from South Indian data
    Journal of Development Economics, 1991, 37, (1-2), 327-350 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper QUALITY OF LIVESTOCK ASSETS UNDER SELECTIVE CREDIT SCHEMES: AVIDENCE FROM SOUTH INDIAN DATA, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (1991) (1991)

1989

23. Regulation in the European Community
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1989, 5, (2), 37-60 View citations (9)

Books

2002

1. Making Sense of Globalization: A Guide to the Economic Issues
   Monographs in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (19)
2. The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (120)

Edited books

2007

1. The Economic Regulation of Broadcasting Markets
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (52)

2000

2. The Vanishing Rouble
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (27)
3. The Vanishing Rouble
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (27)

Chapters

2006

1. Efficiencies in Merger Control
   Chapter 5 in European Merger Control, 2006 View citations (1)
   Also in Chapter 3 in Governments, Competition and Utility Regulation, 2005 (2005) View citations (4)

2002

2. Ten Years of European Merger Control – Paul Seabright, Chairman's Comments – Derek Morris
   Chapter 9 in Utility Regulation and Competition Policy, 2002

Editor

1. Economic Policy
   CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po