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Working Papers

2019

1. Building an Equilibrium: Rules Versus Principles in Relational Contracts
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)

2017

2. What situation is this? Coarse cognition and behavior over a space of games
   Working Papers, Department of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia View citations (4)

2011

3. The Diversity of Concentrated Prescribing Behavior: An Application to Antipsychotics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2010

4. Inside Organizations: Pricing, Politics, and Path Dependence
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (26)
   See also Journal Article in Annual Review of Economics (2010)
5. Integration and Information: Markets and Hierarchies Revisited
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
6. Rational-Expectations Equilibrium in Intermediate Good Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2005

7. Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (143)
   Also in CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO (2002) View citations (23)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (34)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2005)

2003

8. Enriching a Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics Inside Firms
   Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management View citations (7)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2006)

1999

9. Contingent Social Utiltiy in the Prisoner's Dilemma
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2001)

1998

10. A Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics in Internal Labor Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
11. Dissolving a Partnership Efficiently
    Papers of Peter Cramton, University of Maryland, Department of Economics - Peter Cramton View citations (8)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1985)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1987)
12. Incentives in Organizations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (257)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1998)

1997

13. An Introduction to Applicable Game Theory
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1997)
14. Implicit Contracts and the Theory of the Firm
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)

1996

15. Incentives and Careers in Organizations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (56)

1994

16. Learning and Wage Dynamics*
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1996)

1993

17. Getting Together and Breaking Apart: The Decline of Centralised Collective Bargaining
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    See also Chapter (1995)
18. Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1994)

1992

19. Does Executive Compensation Affect Investment?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (1992)

1991

20. Layoffs and Lemons
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (424)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1989) View citations (7)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1989) View citations (29)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1989) View citations (188)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1991)
21. Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (222)
    Also in Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Managerial Economics Research Center (1990) View citations (1)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1990) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1992)

1989

22. CHEAP TALK WITH TWO AUDIENCES
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (144)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1989)
23. DOES UNMEASURED ABILITY EXPLAIN INTER-INDUSTRY WAGE DIFFERENCES
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (21)
24. Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (63)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1992)
25. RELATIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (14)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1989) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1989) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in ILR Review (1990)

1988

26. Cheap Talk Can Matter in Bargaining
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations (1)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1988) View citations (1)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1988) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1989)
27. Cheap Talk with Two Audiences: A Taxonomy
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1988) View citations (1)
28. Cheap Talk, Neologisms, and Bargaining
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1988)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1988)
29. Learning In Equilibrium Models of Arbitration
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1988) View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1988)

1987

30. Simultaneous Signaling to the Capital and Product Markets
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management (1987) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1988)

1986

31. Cheap Talk in Bargaining Games
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations (1)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1986) View citations (1)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1986) View citations (1)
32. Piece-Rate Incentive Schemes
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1987)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Knowledge, Stories, and Culture in Organizations
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 187-92 View citations (2)
2. March-ing toward organizational economics
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2020, 29, (1), 89-94
3. Relational Adaptation Under Reel Authority
   Management Science, 2020, 66, (5), 1868-1889 View citations (6)
4. Visible Hands: Governance of Value Creation—Within Firms and Beyond
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 172-76 View citations (2)

2015

5. Formal Measures in Informal Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture?
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 447-51 View citations (14)
6. Organizational Culture and Performance
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 331-35 View citations (10)
7. The heterogeneity of concentrated prescribing behavior: Theory and evidence from antipsychotics
   Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 40, (C), 26-39 View citations (13)

2012

8. Organization and Information: Firms' Governance Choices in Rational-Expectations Equilibrium
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127, (4), 1813-1841 View citations (12)
9. Relational Contracts and Organizational Capabilities
   Organization Science, 2012, 23, (5), 1350-1364 View citations (64)

2010

10. Inside Organizations: Pricing, Politics, and Path Dependence
    Annual Review of Economics, 2010, 2, (1), 337-365 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
11. Transaction‐Cost Economics: Past, Present, and Future?
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112, (2), 263-288 View citations (17)

2008

12. Strategic alliances: Bridges between "islands of conscious power"
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2008, 22, (2), 146-163 View citations (55)
    See also Chapter (2008)

2006

13. Enriching a Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics inside Firms
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (1), 59-108 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
14. What the Folk Theorem doesn't tell us
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006, 15, (2), 381-386 View citations (6)

2005

15. Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23, (4), 681-724 View citations (140)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
16. Four forma(lizable) theories of the firm?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, 58, (2), 200-245 View citations (218)
17. Incentives Between Firms (and Within)
    Management Science, 2005, 51, (1), 2-17 View citations (85)
18. What is Economic Sociology and Should any Economists Care?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (1), 3-7 View citations (6)

2004

19. Task-Specific Human Capital
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 203-207 View citations (114)

2003

20. How organizations behave: towards implications for economics and economic policy
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2003, 48, (Jun)
21. Team theory, garbage cans and real organizations: some history and prospects of economic research on decision-making in organizations
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003, 12, (4), 753-787 View citations (20)

2002

22. How Communication Improves Efficiency in Bargaining Games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2002, 38, (1), 127-155 View citations (69)
23. Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (1), 39-84 View citations (513)

2001

24. Bringing the Market inside the Firm?
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 212-218 View citations (50)
25. Contingent social utility in the prisoners' dilemma
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 45, (1), 1-17 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

26. A Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics Inside Firms
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999, 114, (4), 1321-1358 View citations (225)
27. Informal Authority in Organizations
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1999, 15, (1), 56-73 View citations (189)

1998

28. Incentives in Organizations
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (4), 115-132 View citations (256)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1997

29. An Introduction to Applicable Game Theory
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (1), 127-149 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

30. Learning and Wage Dynamics
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (4), 1007-1047 View citations (378)
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1995

31. Cheap Talk about Specific Investments
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1995, 11, (2), 313-34 View citations (22)

1994

32. Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, (4), 1125-1156 View citations (618)
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1992

33. DOES EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AFFECT INVESTMENT?
    Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 1992, 5, (2), 99-109 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (1992)
34. Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?
    Review of Economic Studies, 1992, 59, (3), 515-535 View citations (317)
    See also Working Paper (1989)
35. Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (3), 468-505 View citations (607)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1991

36. Layoffs and Lemons
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1991, 9, (4), 351-80 View citations (418)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1990

37. Relative Performance Evaluation for Chief Executive Officers
    ILR Review, 1990, 43, (3), 30-S-51-S View citations (311)
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1989

38. Cheap Talk with Two Audiences
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (5), 1214-23 View citations (141)
    See also Working Paper (1989)
39. Cheap talk can matter in bargaining
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1989, 48, (1), 221-237 View citations (98)
    See also Working Paper (1988)

1988

40. Learning in Equilibrium Models of Arbitration
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (5), 896-912 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (1988)
41. Simultaneous Signalling to the Capital and Product Markets
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1988, 19, (2), 173-190 View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1987

42. Dissolving a Partnership Efficiently
    Econometrica, 1987, 55, (3), 615-32 View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
43. Piece-Rate Incentive Schemes
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1987, 5, (4), 413-29 View citations (104)
    See also Working Paper (1986)

Books

2012

1. The Handbook of Organizational Economics
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (207)

Chapters

2012

1. Decisions in Organizations
   A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (6)
2. Economic Theories of Incentives in Organizations
   A chapter in : The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (1)
3. Introduction
   A chapter in : The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012
4. What Do Managers Do?
   A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (28)

2008

5. Strategic Alliances: Bridges between "Islands of Conscious Power"
   A chapter in Organizational Innovation and Firm Performance, 2008, pp 146-163 View citations (52)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (2008)

1999

6. Careers in organizations: Theory and evidence
   Chapter 36 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part B, pp 2373-2437 View citations (183)

1995

7. Getting Together and Breaking Apart: The Decline of Centralized Collective Bargaining
   A chapter in Differences and Changes in Wage Structures, 1995, pp 345-370 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper (1993)