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Working Papers

2011

1. Advocacy and Dynamic Delegation
   Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics

2010

2. A Theory of Advocates: Trading Advice for In‡fluence
   Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
3. Inventory in Vertical Relationships with Private Information and Interdependent Values
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Inventory in vertical relationships with private information and interdependent values, International Journal of Economic Theory, The International Society for Economic Theory (2011) (2011)

2004

4. Delegating Procurement to Experts
   Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society

2003

5. Managing Switching Costs in Multiperiod Procurements with Strategic Buyers
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article MANAGING SWITCHING COSTS IN MULTIPERIOD PROCUREMENTS WITH STRATEGIC BUYERS *, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2005) View citations (11) (2005)

1996

6. Setting Standards for Credible Compliance and Law Enforcement
   CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Setting standards for credible compliance and law enforcement, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2000) View citations (22) (2000)

1995

7. Disclosure of Information in Regulatory Proceedings
   CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO View citations (3)
   Also in Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques (1994) View citations (1)
   Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ (1994) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Disclosure of Information in Regulatory Proceedings, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (1997) View citations (17) (1997)

1991

8. Trade Adjustment Assistance and Pareto Gains From Trade
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs (1989) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Trade adjustment assistance and Pareto gains from trade, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (1994) View citations (46) (1994)

1990

9. Cpnservation and Incentive Regulation
   Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
10. DISTRIBUTING THE GAINS FROM TRADE WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article DISTRIBUTING THE GAINS FROM TRADE WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION*, Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell (1991) View citations (10) (1991)
11. Designing Policies to Open Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs (1989)
12. SELECTING AND AGENT'S ABILITY
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1989

13. ON THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM: SELF PROVISION VS. SUBCONTRACTING
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations (1)

1988

14. ELIMINATING PRICE SUPPORTS: A POLITICAL ECONOMY PERSPECTIVE
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
    See also Journal Article Eliminating price supports: A political economy perspective, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1989) View citations (21) (1989)
15. LINKING PRICE CAP AND RATE OF RETURN REGULATION
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
16. MONITORING QUALITY PROVISIONS IN REGULATED MARKETS
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
17. OPTIMAL EXCLUSION AND RELOCATION OF WORKERS IN OVERSUBSCRIBED INDUSTRIES
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1988)
18. OVERSIGHT OF LONG-TERM INVESTMENT BY SHORT-LIVED REGULATORS
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Oversight of Long-Term Investment by Short-Lived Regulators, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1991) View citations (8) (1991)
19. REVOLVING REGULATOR COMMISSIONS
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1987

20. Negotiated Trade Restrictions with Private Political Pressure
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Negotiated Trade Restrictions with Private Political Pressure, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1991) View citations (60) (1991)
21. Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand
    Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1988) View citations (27) (1988)
22. Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand and Cost Functions
    Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand and Cost Functions, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1988) View citations (17) (1988)

1983

23. Collusive Behavior in Finite Repeated Games with Bonding
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Collusive behaviour in finite repeated games with bonding, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1986) (1986)

1982

24. Strategic Comment Under Uncertainty with Private Information
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
25. The Great Fish War: A Cooperative Solution
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

1979

26. On oligopolistic markets for nonrenewable natural resources
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article On Oligopolistic Markets for Nonrenewable Natural Resources, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1980) View citations (44) (1980)

1977

27. Democratic Exploitation of a Non-Replenishable Resource
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

1976

28. Attitudes Toward Risk and the Optimal Exploitation of an Exhaustible Resource
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Attitudes towards risk and the optimal exploitation of an exhaustible resource, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (1977) View citations (7) (1977)
29. Energy vs. the Environment
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Energy vs the environment, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (1981) (1981)

1975

30. A Note on Theoretical Issues of Resource Depletion
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
31. Optimal Resource Management Under Conditions of Uncertainty: The Case of an Ocean Fishery
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Undated

32. Markets and Environmental Management with a Storable Pollutant
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Markets and environmental management with a storable pollutant, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (1981) View citations (1) (1981)
33. Monopoly and the Rate of Extraction of Exhaustible Resources: Notes
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Monopoly and the Rate of Extraction of Exhaustible Resources: Note, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1979) View citations (31) (1979)

Journal Articles

2017

1. Uniform Versus Discretionary Regimes in Reporting Information with Unverifiable Precision and a Coordination Role
   Journal of Accounting Research, 2017, 55, (1), 153-196 View citations (4)

2016

2. Evolving influence: Mitigating extreme conflicts of interest in advisory relationships
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2016, 98, (C), 110-134 View citations (4)

2015

3. Pay for Play: A Theory of Hybrid Relationships
   American Law and Economics Review, 2015, 17, (2), 462-494

2012

4. A theory of delegated search for the best alternative
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2012, 43, (3), 391-416 View citations (11)

2011

5. Inventory in vertical relationships with private information and interdependent values
   International Journal of Economic Theory, 2011, 7, (1), 51-63
   See also Working Paper Inventory in Vertical Relationships with Private Information and Interdependent Values, Working Papers (2010) (2010)

2010

6. Do breakup fees lead to efficient takeover?
   Economics Letters, 2010, 108, (1), 52-54

2007

7. The Case for Public Funding and Public Oversight of Clinical Trials
   The Economists' Voice, 2007, 4, (1), 4 View citations (9)
8. The role of lockups in takeover contests
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2007, 38, (3), 648-669 View citations (13)

2006

9. Delegating management to experts
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2006, 37, (3), 503-520 View citations (30)

2005

10. MANAGING SWITCHING COSTS IN MULTIPERIOD PROCUREMENTS WITH STRATEGIC BUYERS *
    International Economic Review, 2005, 46, (4), 1233-1269 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Managing Switching Costs in Multiperiod Procurements with Strategic Buyers, Working Papers (2003) View citations (1) (2003)

2003

11. Bargaining When Exchange Affects the Value of Future Trade
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2003, 12, (4), 557-589 View citations (1)

2002

12. Learning by Doing and Dynamic Regulation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2002, 33, (1), 22-36 View citations (34)
13. Managing Dynamic Competition
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (4), 779-797 View citations (28)

2001

14. 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 (26)
15. Optimal Contracting with Private Knowledge of Wealth and Ability
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2001, 68, (1), 21-44 View citations (26)

2000

16. Contracting with Wealth-Constrained Agents
    International Economic Review, 2000, 41, (3), 743-67 View citations (27)
17. Motivating Wealth-Constrained Actors
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (4), 944-960 View citations (21)
18. Setting standards for credible compliance and law enforcement
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, 33, (2), 319-340 View citations (22)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2000, 33, (2), 319-340 (2000) View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Setting Standards for Credible Compliance and Law Enforcement, CIRANO Working Papers (1996) View citations (2) (1996)

1999

19. Access pricing with unregulated downstream competition
    Information Economics and Policy, 1999, 11, (1), 73-100 View citations (41)
20. 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 (23)
21. Using decoupling and deep pockets to mitigate judgment-proof problems1
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1999, 19, (2), 275-293 View citations (31)

1997

22. Disclosure of Information in Regulatory Proceedings
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1997, 13, (1), 50-73 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Disclosure of Information in Regulatory Proceedings, CIRANO Working Papers (1995) View citations (3) (1995)
23. Information Management in Incentive Problems
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (4), 796-821 View citations (129)
24. Penalizing Success in Dynamic Incentive Contracts: No. Good Deed Goes Unpunished?
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1997, 28, (2), 346-358 View citations (16)

1996

25. Protecting the Environment When Costs and Benefits Are Privately Known
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1996, 27, (4), 819-847 View citations (99)

1995

26. Insurance, Adverse Selection, and Cream-Skimming
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1995, 65, (2), 327-358 View citations (4)
27. Optimal Capital Structure in Agency Relationships
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1995, 26, (3), 343-361 View citations (35)
28. Optimal industrial targeting with unknown learning-by-doing
    Journal of International Economics, 1995, 38, (3-4), 275-295 View citations (9)
29. Simple regulatory policies in the presence of demand and cost uncertainty
    Information Economics and Policy, 1995, 7, (1), 57-73 View citations (2)
30. 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 (17)

1994

31. Optimal Retail Contracts with Asymmetric Information and Moral Hazard
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1994, 25, (2), 284-296 View citations (40)
32. Supplying Information to Facilitate Price Discrimination
    International Economic Review, 1994, 35, (2), 309-27 View citations (232)
33. The real debate over purchased power
    The Electricity Journal, 1994, 7, (7), 61-73
34. Trade adjustment assistance and Pareto gains from trade
    Journal of International Economics, 1994, 36, (3-4), 201-222 View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper Trade Adjustment Assistance and Pareto Gains From Trade, NBER Working Papers (1991) (1991)

1993

35. An Incentive Approach to Banking Regulation
    Journal of Finance, 1993, 48, (4), 1523-42 View citations (96)
36. Choosing Workers' Qualifications: No Experience Necessary?
    International Economic Review, 1993, 34, (3), 479-502 View citations (7)
37. Ignorance in Agency Problems
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1993, 61, (1), 169-183 View citations (38)

1992

38. Incentives for Conservation and Quality-Improvement by Public Utilities
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1321-40 View citations (20)

1991

39. All-or-nothing information control
    Economics Letters, 1991, 37, (2), 111-113 View citations (20)
40. DISTRIBUTING THE GAINS FROM TRADE WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION*
    Economics and Politics, 1991, 3, (1), 21-39 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper DISTRIBUTING THE GAINS FROM TRADE WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION, Working Papers (1990) View citations (2) (1990)
41. Incentives for Monitoring Quality
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1991, 22, (3), 370-384 View citations (28)
42. Negotiated Trade Restrictions with Private Political Pressure
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1991, 106, (4), 1287-1307 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Negotiated Trade Restrictions with Private Political Pressure, NBER Working Papers (1987) View citations (9) (1987)
43. Oversight of Long-Term Investment by Short-Lived Regulators
    International Economic Review, 1991, 32, (3), 579-600 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper OVERSIGHT OF LONG-TERM INVESTMENT BY SHORT-LIVED REGULATORS, Working Papers (1988) View citations (2) (1988)
44. Technological Change and the Boundaries of the Firm
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (4), 887-900 View citations (18)

1990

45. DESIGNING POLICY TO OPEN TRADE*
    Economics and Politics, 1990, 2, (3), 223-240
46. Sequential Regulatory Oversight
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1990, 2, (4), 327-48 View citations (6)

1989

47. An Informational Effect When Regulated Firms Enter Unregulated Markets
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1989, 1, (1), 35-45 View citations (9)
48. Countervailing incentives in agency problems
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1989, 49, (2), 294-313 View citations (278)
49. Eliminating price supports: A political economy perspective
    Journal of Public Economics, 1989, 40, (2), 159-185 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper ELIMINATING PRICE SUPPORTS: A POLITICAL ECONOMY PERSPECTIVE, Working Papers (1988) (1988)
50. Inflexible Rules in Incentive Problems
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (1), 69-84 View citations (38)
51. Regulatory Options and Price-Cap Regulation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1989, 20, (3), 405-416 View citations (17)
52. Self-insurance against natural disasters
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1989, 16, (3), 209-223 View citations (61)

1988

53. A Theory of Negotiated Equity Financing
    The Review of Financial Studies, 1988, 1, (3), 265-288 View citations (7)
54. Bankruptcy Costs and the Theory of Oligopoly
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1988, 21, (2), 221-43 View citations (61)
55. Handbook of natural resource and energy economics: Allan V. Kneese and James L. Sweeney, eds., Vol. II (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1985) D.fl. 215.00
    Journal of Development Economics, 1988, 28, (1), 137-139
56. Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (5), 986-98 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand, Working Papers (1987) (1987)
57. Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand and Cost Functions
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1988, 19, (3), 438-457 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand and Cost Functions, Working Papers (1987) (1987)

1986

58. Collusive behaviour in finite repeated games with bonding
    Economics Letters, 1986, 20, (3), 213-216
    See also Working Paper Collusive Behavior in Finite Repeated Games with Bonding, Working Papers (1983) (1983)
59. Long-Term Bilateral Monopoly: The Case of an Exhaustible Resource
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (1), 89-104 View citations (15)
60. Oligopoly and Financial Structure: The Limited Liability Effect
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (5), 956-70 View citations (452)
61. On the Profitability of Interruptible Supply
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 827-32
62. Reputation and Contractual Performance in Long-Term Projects
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (2), 141-157 View citations (15)

1985

63. A Note on Mining with Investment in Capital [The Effect of Capital Intensity on the Optimal Rate of Extraction of a Mineral Deposit]
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1985, 18, (3), 665-67 View citations (4)
64. Exhaustible Resources and Alternative Equilibrium Concepts
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1985, 18, (3), 459-73 View citations (23)

1984

65. Ultimate recovery of an exhaustible resource under different market structures
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1984, 11, (1), 55-69 View citations (7)

1983

66. On the Nonexistence of Market Equilibria in Exhaustible Resource Markets with Decreasing Costs
    Journal of Political Economy, 1983, 91, (1), 154-67 View citations (26)
67. Preemption, Divestiture, and Forward Contracting in a Market Dominated by a Single Firm
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (5), 1092-1101 View citations (15)
68. Strategic Timing and Pricing of a Substitute in a Cartelized Resource Market
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1983, 16, (3), 429-46 View citations (16)
69. The length of optimal extraction programs when depletion affects extraction costs
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 31, (2), 364-374 View citations (26)

1982

70. Cartel Deception in Nonrenewable Resource Markets
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13, (1), 263-271 View citations (4)
71. Sufficient Conditions for Extracting Least Cost Resource First
    Econometrica, 1982, 50, (4), 1081-83 View citations (41)

1981

72. Energy vs the environment
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1981, 8, (1), 59-71
    See also Working Paper Energy vs. the Environment, Working Papers (1976) (1976)
73. Exploitation of a Renewable Resource under Uncertainty
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1981, 14, (3), 422-39 View citations (7)
74. Markets and environmental management with a storable pollutant
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1981, 8, (1), 11-18 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Markets and Environmental Management with a Storable Pollutant, Working Papers

1980

75. A note on market structure and the search for exhaustible resources
    Economics Letters, 1980, 6, (1), 75-80
76. Bonus and Penalties in Incentive Contracting
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (1), 292-301 View citations (7)
77. On Oligopolistic Markets for Nonrenewable Natural Resources
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1980, 95, (3), 475-491 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper On oligopolistic markets for nonrenewable natural resources, Working papers (1979) View citations (2) (1979)

1979

78. Monopoly and the Rate of Extraction of Exhaustible Resources: Note
    American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (1), 227-30 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Monopoly and the Rate of Extraction of Exhaustible Resources: Notes, Working Papers
79. Non-convexity and Optimal Harvesting Strategies for Renewable Resources
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1979, 12, (4), 677-91 View citations (12)
80. The Exhaustion and Depletion of Natural Resources
    Econometrica, 1979, 47, (6), 1569-71 View citations (3)

1977

81. Attitudes towards risk and the optimal exploitation of an exhaustible resource
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1977, 4, (2), 111-119 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Attitudes Toward Risk and the Optimal Exploitation of an Exhaustible Resource, Working Papers (1976) (1976)
82. Nonconvexity and Optimal Exhaustion of Renewable Resources
    International Economic Review, 1977, 18, (3), 535-52 View citations (23)

1976

83. Monopoly exploitation of an exhaustible resource
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1976, 3, (3), 198-204 View citations (11)