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Working Papers

2016

1. Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
   See also Chapter Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (8) (2016)
   Journal Article Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today, Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (5) (2017)

2014

2. Mobile Computing: The Next Platform Rivalry
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Mobile Computing: The Next Platform Rivalry, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (17) (2014)

2013

3. Economic Value Creation in Mobile Applications
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Economic Value Creation in Mobile Applications, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (6) (2014)

2012

4. Vertical Integration and Market Structure
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (51)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (54)
   See also Chapter Vertical Integration and Market Structure, Introductory Chapters, Princeton University Press (2012) View citations (50) (2012)

2010

5. Reallocating Innovative Resources Around Growth Bottlenecks
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Reallocating innovative resources around growth bottlenecks, Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC (2010) View citations (17) (2010)

2004

6. Creative Destruction in the PC Industry
   IIR Working Paper, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University View citations (1)
7. Network Effects in the Microsoft Case
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (2)

1999

8. Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (157)
   See also Journal Article Information Technology, Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2002) View citations (1481) (2002)

1997

9. Computerization and Wage Dispersion: An Analytical Reinterpretation
   Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (28)
   See also Journal Article Computerisation and Wage Dispersion: An Analytical Reinterpretation, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (1999) View citations (139) (1999)
10. Industrial Dynamics and the Evolution of Firms' and Nations' Competitive Capabilities in the World Computer Industry
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (12)
11. Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computer Industry
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computer Industry, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (1999) View citations (142) (1999)
12. The Division of Inventive Labor and The Extent of The Market
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

1996

13. Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents From Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s
    Working Papers, Tel Aviv View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations (3)
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1995) View citations (1)

1994

14. The Competitive Crash in Large-Scale Commercial Computing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

1993

15. Localized Competition and the Aggregation of Plant Level Increasing Returns: Blast Furnaces 1929-1935
    Working Papers, Columbia - Graduate School of Business View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Localized Competition and the Aggregation of Plant-Level Increasing Returns: Blast Furnaces, 1929-1935, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1996) View citations (17) (1996)
16. Technological Heterogeneity, Adjustment Costs, and the Dynamics of Plant Shutdown Behavior: The American Motor Vehicule Industry in the Time of the Great Depression
    Working Papers, Columbia - Graduate School of Business View citations (3)

1992

17. General Purpose Technologies "Engines of Growth?"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (285)
    Also in Working Papers, Tel Aviv (1992) View citations (100)
    See also Journal Article General purpose technologies 'Engines of growth'?, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (1995) View citations (773) (1995)
18. Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1994) View citations (101) (1994)

1989

19. ENTRY AND COMPETITION IN CONCENTRATED MARKETS
    Working Papers, Stanford - Studies in Industry Economics
    See also Journal Article Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1991) View citations (757) (1991)

Journal Articles

2024

1. What innovation paths for AI to become a GPT?
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2024, 33, (2), 305-316 View citations (1)

2019

2. Technological change in ICT in light of ideas first learned about the machine tool industry
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2019, 28, (2), 331-349 View citations (9)

2017

3. Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today
   Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2017, 17, (1), 95 - 124 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (8) (2016)
   Chapter Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today, NBER Chapters, 2016, 95-124 (2016) View citations (8) (2016)

2014

4. Mobile Computing: The Next Platform Rivalry
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 475-80 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Mobile Computing: The Next Platform Rivalry, Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (17) (2014)

2012

5. Comment on "Concentration in Internet Access and Entrepreneurial Truncation of Innovation" (by Shane Greenstein)
   Capitalism and Society, 2012, 7, (1), 15

2010

6. Reallocating innovative resources around growth bottlenecks
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2010, 19, (5), 1589-1627 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Reallocating Innovative Resources Around Growth Bottlenecks, Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (17) (2010)

2005

7. Economic and Technical Drivers of Technology Choices: Browsers
   Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2005, (79-80), 629-670 View citations (2)
   See also Chapter Economic and Technical Drivers of Technology Choice: Browsers, NBER Chapters, 2010, 629-670 (2010) (2010)

2002

8. Comments on “Reforming European Meyer Review: Targeting Problem Areas in Policy Outcomes”
   Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2002, 2, (4), 379-390
9. Information Technology, Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (1), 339-376 View citations (1481)
   See also Working Paper Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (157) (1999)

2001

10. 'Old Economy' Inputs for 'New Economy' Outcomes: Cluster Formation in the New Silicon Valleys
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2001, 10, (4), 835-60 View citations (120)
11. special issue: The economic contribution of information technology: Towards comparative and user studies
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2001, 11, (1), 95-118 View citations (19)

1999

12. Computerisation and Wage Dispersion: An Analytical Reinterpretation
    Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (456), F390-415 View citations (139)
    See also Working Paper Computerization and Wage Dispersion: An Analytical Reinterpretation, Working Papers (1997) View citations (28) (1997)
13. Local and Global Competition in Information Technology
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1999, 13, (4), 336-371 View citations (3)
14. Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computer Industry
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1999, 47, (1), 1-40 View citations (142)
    See also Working Paper Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computer Industry, Working Papers (1997) View citations (8) (1997)

1996

15. Localized Competition and the Aggregation of Plant-Level Increasing Returns: Blast Furnaces, 1929-1935
    Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (2), 241-66 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Localized Competition and the Aggregation of Plant Level Increasing Returns: Blast Furnaces 1929-1935, Working Papers (1993) View citations (1) (1993)
16. Technical Progress and Co-invention in Computing and in the Uses of Computers
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1996, 27, (1996 Microeconomics), 1-83 View citations (63)

1995

17. General purpose technologies 'Engines of growth'?
    Journal of Econometrics, 1995, 65, (1), 83-108 View citations (773)
    See also Working Paper General Purpose Technologies "Engines of Growth?", NBER Working Papers (1992) View citations (285) (1992)

1994

18. Measuring the Importance of Sunk Costs
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 1994, (34), 159-180 View citations (34)
19. Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, (3), 593-624 View citations (101)
    See also Working Paper Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level, NBER Working Papers (1992) View citations (8) (1992)

1993

20. Segment Shifts and Capacity Utilization in the U.S. Automobile Industry
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 213-18 View citations (81)

1992

21. Sutton's Sunk Costs and Market Structure: Price Competition, Advertising, and the Evolution of Concentration
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1992, 23, (1), 137-152 View citations (5)

1991

22. Empirical models of discrete games
    Journal of Econometrics, 1991, 48, (1-2), 57-81 View citations (203)
23. Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets
    Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 99, (5), 977-1009 View citations (757)
    See also Working Paper ENTRY AND COMPETITION IN CONCENTRATED MARKETS, Working Papers (1989) (1989)
24. Intra-Industry Heterogeneity and the Great Depression: The American Motor Vehicles Industry, 1929–1935
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (2), 317-331 View citations (54)

1990

25. Entry in Monopoly Market
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1990, 57, (4), 531-553 View citations (228)
26. The Measurement of Durable Goods Prices. ByRobert J. Gordon · Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1990. xviii + 723 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, references, and index. $85.00
    Business History Review, 1990, 64, (2), 355-357 View citations (2)

1989

27. Oligopoly Pricing with Capacity Constraints
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 1989, (15-16), 267-289 View citations (9)
28. Short-run Supply with Capacity Constraints
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1989, 32, (2), S11-42 View citations (6)

1988

29. Estimating the residual demand curve facing a single firm
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1988, 6, (3), 283-300 View citations (116)

1987

30. Competition and Collusion in the American Automobile Industry: The 1955 Price War
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1987, 35, (4), 457-82 View citations (221)
31. Do Entry Conditions Vary across Markets?
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1987, 18, (3, Special Issue on Microeconomics), 833-882 View citations (92)
32. The Empirical Renaissance in Industrial Economics: An Overview
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1987, 35, (4), 371-78 View citations (25)

1986

33. Breaking up bell: Essays on industrial organization and regulation: David S. Evans, ed., (North-Holland, New York, 1983) $25.00
    Information Economics and Policy, 1986, 2, (1), 87-89
34. Crandall, Gruenspecht, Keeler, and Lave's Regulating the Automobile
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (4), 641-645 View citations (2)
35. Futures Market Backwardation under Risk Neutrality
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (3), 429-41 View citations (7)
36. Measuring the Spillovers from Technical Advance: Mainframe Computers inFinancial Services
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 742-55 View citations (91)
37. Quantifying the competitive effects of production joint ventures
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1986, 4, (2), 155-175 View citations (113)

1985

38. Dealer and Manufacturer Margins
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1985, 16, (2), 253-268 View citations (63)
39. Inventories as an Asset: The Volatility of Copper Prices
    International Economic Review, 1985, 26, (2), 409-24 View citations (14)
40. Post-entry Competition in the Plain Paper Copier Market
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 15-19 View citations (19)
41. The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1985, 16, (4), 437-455 View citations (9)

1984

42. Comment on "Conjoint Analysis of Price Premiums for Hotel Amenities."
    The Journal of Business, 1984, 57, (1), S133-38

1983

43. Duopoly Models with Consistent Conjectures: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (1), 240-41 View citations (1)
44. Existence of Consistent Conjectures: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 457-58 View citations (8)

1982

45. The oligopoly solution concept is identified
    Economics Letters, 1982, 10, (1-2), 87-92 View citations (476)

1981

46. Departures from marginal-cost pricing in the American automobile industry: Estimates for 1977-1978
    Journal of Econometrics, 1981, 17, (2), 201-227 View citations (114)
47. Duopoly Models with Consistent Conjectures
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (5), 934-45 View citations (144)
48. Modeling structural change using early Soviet data
    Journal of Development Economics, 1981, 9, (1), 65-87

Books

1996

1. The Economics of New Goods
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (318)

Edited books

2010

1. Building High-Tech Clusters
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

2008

2. The Economics of New Goods
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (10)

2004

3. Building High-Tech Clusters
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (113)

Chapters

2016

1. Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today
   A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 17, 2016, pp 95-124 View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
   Working Paper Adoption of New Information and Communications Technologies in the Workplace Today, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (8) (2016)

2015

2. Comment on "Modularity and the Evolution of the Internet"
   A chapter in Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy, 2015, pp 47-53

2014

3. Economic Value Creation in Mobile Applications
   A chapter in The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, 2014, pp 233-286 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Economic Value Creation in Mobile Applications, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2012

4. Vertical Integration and Market Structure
   A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (50)
   See also Working Paper Vertical Integration and Market Structure, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2012) View citations (51) (2012)

2011

5. Generality, Recombination, and Reuse
   A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, 2011, pp 611-656
6. Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM
   A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, 2011, pp 203-271 View citations (14)

2010

7. Economic and Technical Drivers of Technology Choice: Browsers
   A chapter in Contributions in Memory of Zvi Griliches, 2010, pp 629-670
   See also Journal Article Economic and Technical Drivers of Technology Choices: Browsers, GENES (2005) View citations (2) (2005)
8. General Purpose Technologies
   Elsevier View citations (70)
9. Monopolization and the Fading Dominant Firm
   Chapter 17 in Competition Law and Economics, 2010

2003

10. The mechanisms of information technology's contribution to economic growth
    Chapter 5 in Institutions, Innovation and Growth, 2003 View citations (2)

2002

11. Prospects for an Information-Technology-Led Productivity Surge
    A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 2, 2002, pp 135-162 View citations (11)

1996

12. Introduction to "The Economics of New Goods"
    A chapter in The Economics of New Goods, 1996, pp 1-26 View citations (14)

1992

13. The Real Output of the Stock Exchange
    A chapter in Output Measurement in the Service Sectors, 1992, pp 195-216 View citations (17)

1989

14. Empirical studies of industries with market power
    Chapter 17 in Handbook of Industrial Organization, 1989, vol. 2, pp 1011-1057 View citations (747)