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Working Papers

2015

Why organizations fail: models and cases
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Why Organizations Fail: Models and Cases, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (35) (2016)

2014

In brief - New technology: who wins, who loses?
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Knowledge-based Hierarchies: Using Organizations to Understand the Economy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2014) View citations (5)
CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2014) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Knowledge-Based Hierarchies: Using Organizations to Understand the Economy, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2015) View citations (64) (2015)
Optimal Contracting and the Organization of Knowledge
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (6)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2014) View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Optimal Contracting and the Organization of Knowledge, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2013

Political Credit Cycles: The Case of the Euro Zone
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (166)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) View citations (152)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (166)
See also Journal Article Political Credit Cycles: The Case of the Eurozone, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (170) (2013)
Survive another day: does uncertain financing affect the composition of investment?
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (22)
The distinct effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on firm organization
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (11)
Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2009) View citations (75)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (60)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009) View citations (62)
See also Journal Article The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization, Management Science, INFORMS (2014) View citations (208) (2014)

2012

Professional service outsourcing, asymmetric information and wage inequality
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)

2011

Organizational Economics with Cognitive Costs
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)

2010

A Task-Based Approach to Organization: Knowledge, Communication and Structure
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010)
Did Good Cajas Extend Bad Loans? Governance, Human Capital and Loan Portfolios
Working Papers, FEDEA View citations (18)
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (16)
Financial regulation: can we avoid another great recession?
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)
Towards a New Architecture for Financial Stability: Seven Principles
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (4)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Towards a New Architecture for Financial Stability: Seven Principles, Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press (2010) View citations (6) (2010)

2009

Earnings Inequality and Coordination Costs: Evidence From U.S. Law Firms
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2009) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Earnings Inequality and Coordination Costs: Evidence from US Law Firms, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2018) View citations (2) (2018)

2008

Do Computers Help Police Fight Crime?
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Organizing Growth
2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (3)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
See also Journal Article Organizing growth, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2012) View citations (14) (2012)

2007

Information Technology, Organization, and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (12)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Information Technology, Organization, and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2010) View citations (69) (2010)
Organizing for Synergies
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (10)
See also Journal Article Organizing for Synergies, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (59) (2010)

2006

Computing Crime: Information Technology, Police Effectiveness and the Organization of Policing
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)
Language and the Theory of the Firm
Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (10)
See also Journal Article Language and the Theory of the Firm, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2007) View citations (150) (2007)
Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy
Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (281)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (10)
Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2005) View citations (9)
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2005) View citations (7)
2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2005) View citations (9)
See also Journal Article Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006) View citations (291) (2006)
Organizing Offshoring: Middle Managers and Communication Costs
2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (10)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (26)

2005

Codes in Organizations
IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (4)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (6)
Intelligence Failures: An Organizational Economics Perspective
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Intelligence Failures: An Organizational Economics Perspective, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2005) View citations (14) (2005)
Managerial Leverage is Limited By the Extent of the Market: Hierarchies, Specialization and the Utilization of Lawyers' Human C
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (8)
Organization and Inequality in a Knowledge Economy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
See also Journal Article Organization and Inequality in a Knowledge Economy, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006) View citations (389) (2006)
Sabotage in Tournaments: Making the Beautiful Game a Bit Less Beautiful
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (60)

2004

Completing contracts ex post: How car manufacturers manage car dealers
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Completing Contracts Ex Post: How Car Manufacturers Manage Car Dealers, Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter (2005) View citations (13) (2005)
Hierarchies, Specialization, and the Utilization of Knowledge: Theory and Evidence from the Legal Services Industry
Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (2)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (2)
Knowledge Hierarchies in Law Firms
Econometric Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings, Econometric Society

2003

Specialization, Firms and Markets: The division of Labour Between and Within Law Firms
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
Specialization, Firms, and Markets: The Division of Labor Within and Between Law Firms
Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (25)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (18)

2001

Favoritism Under Social Pressure
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
Also in Working Papers, Brown University, Department of Economics (2001) View citations (20)
See also Journal Article Favoritism Under Social Pressure, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2005) View citations (248) (2005)
Referrals
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article Referrals, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (29) (2004)

2000

The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
See also Journal Article The Effects of Business‐to‐Business E‐Commerce on Transaction Costs, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2001) View citations (10) (2001)
Chapter The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (44) (2001)

1999

Contractual allocation of decision rights and incentives: The case of automobile distribution
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Contractual Allocation of Decision Rights and Incentives: The Case of Automobile Distribution, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2001) View citations (75) (2001)

Journal Articles

2018

Earnings Inequality and Coordination Costs: Evidence from US Law Firms
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2018, 34, (2), 196-229 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Earnings Inequality and Coordination Costs: Evidence From U.S. Law Firms, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (7) (2009)

2017

Relational Knowledge Transfers
American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (9), 2695-2730 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper Relational knowledge transfers, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2017) View citations (11) (2017)
Size-based regulations and firm growth: is small beautiful?
Rue de la Banque, 2017, (50) View citations (2)

2016

Firm Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France
American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (11), 3439-79 View citations (229)
See also Working Paper Firm Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France, Post-Print (2016) View citations (42) (2016)
Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (5), 913-924 View citations (63)
See also Working Paper Survive another day: using changes in the composition of investments to measure the cost of credit constraints, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2016) View citations (58) (2016)
The Returns to Knowledge Hierarchies
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2016, 32, (4), 653-684 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper The returns to knowledge hierarchies, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2016) View citations (3) (2016)
The Sovereign-Bank Diabolic Loop and ESBies
American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 508-12 View citations (128)
See also Working Paper The Sovereign-Bank Diabolic Loop and ESBies, CSEF Working Papers (2016) View citations (27) (2016)
Why Organizations Fail: Models and Cases
Journal of Economic Literature, 2016, 54, (1), 137-92 View citations (35)
See also Working Paper Why organizations fail: models and cases, CEPR Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (1) (2015)

2015

Knowledge-Based Hierarchies: Using Organizations to Understand the Economy
Annual Review of Economics, 2015, 7, (1), 1-30 View citations (64)
See also Working Paper Knowledge-based Hierarchies: Using Organizations to Understand the Economy, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
Optimal Contracting and the Organization of Knowledge
The Review of Economic Studies, 2015, 82, (2), 632-658 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Optimal Contracting and the Organization of Knowledge, CEP Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)

2014

The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
Management Science, 2014, 60, (12), 2859-2885 View citations (208)
See also Working Paper The distinct effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on firm organization, CEPR Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (11) (2013)

2013

Political Credit Cycles: The Case of the Eurozone
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013, 27, (3), 145-66 View citations (170)
See also Working Paper Political Credit Cycles: The Case of the Euro Zone, CEPR Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (166) (2013)

2012

Knowledge, Communication, and Organizational Capabilities
Organization Science, 2012, 23, (5), 1382-1397 View citations (27)
Learning about the nature of production from equilibrium assignment patterns
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 84, (1), 136-153 View citations (10)
Organizing growth
Journal of Economic Theory, 2012, 147, (2), 623-656 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Organizing Growth, 2008 Meeting Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2010

Information Technology, Organization, and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments
Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28, (1), 167-201 View citations (69)
See also Working Paper Information Technology, Organization, and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments, CEP Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (12) (2007)
Matching Problems with Expertise in Firms and Markets
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (2-3), 354-364 View citations (7)
Offshoring and Wage Inequality: Using Occupational Licensing as a Shifter of Offshoring Costs
American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 439-43 View citations (45)
Organizing for Synergies
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2010, 2, (4), 77-114 View citations (59)
See also Working Paper Organizing for Synergies, CEPR Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (10) (2007)
Policemen, managers, lawyers: New results on complementarities between organization and information and communication technology
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2010, 28, (4), 355-358 View citations (21)
Towards a New Architecture for Financial Stability: Seven Principles
Journal of International Economic Law, 2010, 13, (3), 597-621 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Towards a New Architecture for Financial Stability: Seven Principles, CEP Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (4) (2010)

2007

Language and the Theory of the Firm
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (1), 373-407 View citations (150)
See also Working Paper Language and the Theory of the Firm, Levine's Bibliography (2006) View citations (10) (2006)
Managerial Leverage Is Limited by the Extent of the Market: Hierarchies, Specialization, and the Utilization of Lawyers' Human Capital
Journal of Law and Economics, 2007, 50, (1), 1-43 View citations (68)

2006

Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (1), 31-77 View citations (291)
See also Working Paper Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy, Scholarly Articles (2006) View citations (281) (2006)
Organization and Inequality in a Knowledge Economy
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (4), 1383-1435 View citations (389)
See also Working Paper Organization and Inequality in a Knowledge Economy, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (11) (2005)
The Knowledge Economy at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: The Emergence of Hierarchies
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4, (2-3), 396-403 View citations (15)

2005

Completing Contracts Ex Post: How Car Manufacturers Manage Car Dealers
Review of Law & Economics, 2005, 1, (1), 149-173 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper Completing contracts ex post: How car manufacturers manage car dealers, Economics Working Papers (2004) View citations (1) (2004)
Favoritism Under Social Pressure
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87, (2), 208-216 View citations (248)
See also Working Paper Favoritism Under Social Pressure, NBER Working Papers (2001) View citations (14) (2001)
Hierarchical sorting and learning costs: Theory and evidence from the law
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, 58, (2), 349-369 View citations (32)
Intelligence Failures: An Organizational Economics Perspective
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (4), 151-170 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Intelligence Failures: An Organizational Economics Perspective, CEPR Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (13) (2005)

2004

Inequality and the Organization of Knowledge
American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 197-202 View citations (88)
Referrals
American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (3), 499-525 View citations (29)
See also Working Paper Referrals, NBER Working Papers (2001) (2001)

2003

Firms' Boundaries and the Division of Labor: Empirical Strategies
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (2-3), 495-502 View citations (6)

2001

Contractual Allocation of Decision Rights and Incentives: The Case of Automobile Distribution
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2001, 17, (1), 257-84 View citations (75)
See also Working Paper Contractual allocation of decision rights and incentives: The case of automobile distribution, Economics Working Papers (1999) View citations (3) (1999)
The Effects of Business‐to‐Business E‐Commerce on Transaction Costs
Journal of Industrial Economics, 2001, 49, (4), 463-485 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (14) (2000)
Chapter The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs, NBER Chapters, 2001, 463-485 (2001) View citations (44) (2001)

2000

Hierarchies and the Organization of Knowledge in Production
Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (5), 874-904 View citations (680)

Chapters

2020

Towards a European Reconstruction Fund
Chapter 1 in Europe in the Time of Covid-19, 2020, vol. 1, pp 207-215 View citations (2)

2012

Hierarchies and the Division of Labor
A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (7)

2001

The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs
A chapter in E-commerce, 2001, pp 463-485 View citations (44)
See also Working Paper The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (14) (2000)
Journal Article The Effects of Business‐to‐Business E‐Commerce on Transaction Costs, Wiley Blackwell (2001) View citations (10) (2001)