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Homepage:https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/person/38?m1=8&m2=0
Phone:+44 1865 279379
Postal address:All Souls College, Oxford OX1 4AL, United Kingdom
Workplace:Department of Economics, Oxford University, (more information at EDIRC)
CESifo, (more information at EDIRC)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

  1. Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment: Thirty Years On
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2023) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment: Thirty Years On, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2023) Downloads (2023)

2021

  1. Grouping agents with persistent types
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Uncertainty, investment and productivity with relational contracts
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Uncertainty, Investment and Productivity with Relational Contracts, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2024) Downloads (2024)

2018

  1. Competition in public service provision: the role of not-for-profit providers
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (14)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Competition in public service provision: The role of not-for-profit providers, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2018) Downloads View citations (15) (2018)

2016

  1. Choice and Competition in Public Service Provision
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2016) View citations (2)
    STICERD - Public Economics Programme Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2016) Downloads View citations (2)

2015

  1. Bargaining and Wage Rigidity in a Matching Model for the US
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads
    See also Journal Article Bargaining and Wage Rigidity in a Matching Model for the US, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2017) Downloads View citations (1) (2017)
  2. Relational Incentive Contracts with Persistent Private Information
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2012) Downloads View citations (13)

    See also Journal Article Relational Incentive Contracts With Persistent Private Information, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2016) Downloads View citations (19) (2016)

2014

  1. Relational Contracts and Specific Training
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads
    See also Journal Article Relational contracts and specific training, Research in Economics, Elsevier (2015) Downloads (2015)

2012

  1. Relational Incentive Contracts with Productivity Shocks
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Relational incentive contracts with productivity shocks, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2015) Downloads View citations (2) (2015)

2011

  1. Nash Bargaining, Credible Bargaining and Efficiency wages in a matching model for the US
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2010) Downloads View citations (6)

2010

  1. Do Managers with Limited Liability Take More Risky Decisions? An Information Acquisition Model
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2009) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article Do Managers with Limited Liability Take More Risky Decisions? An Information Acquisition Model, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell (2011) Downloads View citations (7) (2011)
  2. Relational Incentive Contracts
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Chapter Relational Incentive Contracts, Introductory Chapters, Princeton University Press (2012) View citations (24) (2012)

2005

  1. Supplier Discretion over Provision: Theory and an Application to Medical Care
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (21)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2005) Downloads View citations (21)

    See also Journal Article Supplier Discretion Over Provision: Theory and an Application to Medical Care, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (2005) View citations (21) (2005)

2004

  1. Principal and Expert Agent
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Principal and Expert Agent, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter (2009) Downloads View citations (25) (2009)

2003

  1. Health Service Gatekeepers
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2003) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Health Service Gatekeepers, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (2004) View citations (33) (2004)
  2. The Specification of Diagnosis-Related Groups
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2002

  1. General Training by Firms, Apprentice Contracts, and Public Policy
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (7)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2002) Downloads View citations (12)

    See also Journal Article General training by firms, apprentice contracts, and public policy, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2003) Downloads View citations (37) (2003)

2001

  1. Cost Sharing in Health Service Provision: An Empirical Assessment of Cost Savings
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2001) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Cost sharing in health service provision: an empirical assessment of cost savings, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2002) Downloads View citations (39) (2002)

2000

  1. Performance, Promotion, and the Peter Principle
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) (1995) View citations (2)
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2000) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article Performance, Promotion, and the Peter Principle, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2001) Downloads View citations (83) (2001)

1997

  1. Motivation and Markets
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Motivation and Markets, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1998) Downloads View citations (137) (1998)

1991

  1. Contracts Bargaining for Flows of Goods and Services in Finite Terms
    Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ
    Also in Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques (1991)
  2. INVESTMENTS, HOLD UP AND THE REFORM OF MARKET CONTRACTS
    Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ View citations (17)
    Also in Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques (1991) View citations (8)

    See also Journal Article Investments, Holdup, and the Form of Market Contracts, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1993) Downloads View citations (302) (1993)
  3. Incomplete Contracts and the Theory of Dual Economies
    Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques

1990

  1. WAGE PREMIUMS AND THE PROFIT MAXIMIZATION IN EFFICIENCY WAGE MODELS
    Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ
    Also in UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) (1989) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics (1989) View citations (4)
    Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques (1990)

    See also Journal Article Wage premiums and profit maximization in efficiency wage models, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1993) Downloads View citations (20) (1993)

1989

  1. EFFICIENT SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS, INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS, AND THE ROLE OF MARKET ALTERNATIVES
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1989) Downloads
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (1989) Downloads
  2. LABOUR TURNOVER AND THE NATURAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT: EFFICIENCY WAGE V.S FRICTIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
    UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC)
    Also in Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics (1989)

1988

  1. The multiperiod principal-agent problem
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article The Multiperiod Principal-Agent Problem, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (1988) Downloads View citations (54) (1988)

1987

  1. Labour Turnover and the Natural Rate of Unemployment: An Incomplete Contracts Approach
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1986

  1. Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1989) Downloads View citations (409) (1989)
  2. Involuntary Unemployment in Dynamic Contract Equilibria
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article Involuntary unemployment in dynamic contract equilibria *, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1987) Downloads View citations (3) (1987)

1985

  1. Reputation and Hierarchy in Dynamic Models of Employment
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Reputation and Hierarchy in Dynamic Models of Employment, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1988) Downloads View citations (92) (1988)

1984

  1. Capital Utilization and Empirical Analysis
    Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) Downloads

Journal Articles

2024

  1. Uncertainty, Investment and Productivity with Relational Contracts
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22, (3), 1139-1176 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Uncertainty, investment and productivity with relational contracts, Economics Series Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (2) (2021)

2023

  1. Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment: Thirty Years On
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2023, 179, (3-4), 470-499 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment: Thirty Years On, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) Downloads View citations (4) (2023)

2018

  1. Competition in public service provision: The role of not-for-profit providers
    Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 162, (C), 158-172 Downloads View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Competition in public service provision: the role of not-for-profit providers, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) Downloads View citations (14) (2018)

2017

  1. Bargaining and Wage Rigidity in a Matching Model for the US
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, (6), 997-1017 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Bargaining and Wage Rigidity in a Matching Model for the US, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) Downloads (2015)

2016

  1. Relational Incentive Contracts With Persistent Private Information
    Econometrica, 2016, 84, 317-346 Downloads View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Relational Incentive Contracts with Persistent Private Information, CESifo Working Paper Series (2015) Downloads View citations (4) (2015)

2015

  1. Relational contracts and specific training
    Research in Economics, 2015, 69, (1), 51-62 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Relational Contracts and Specific Training, Economics Series Working Papers (2014) Downloads (2014)
  2. Relational incentive contracts with productivity shocks
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2015, 92, (C), 122-137 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Relational Incentive Contracts with Productivity Shocks, Economics Series Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (11) (2012)

2011

  1. Do Managers with Limited Liability Take More Risky Decisions? An Information Acquisition Model
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2011, 20, (1), 83-120 Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Do Managers with Limited Liability Take More Risky Decisions? An Information Acquisition Model, CESifo Working Paper Series (2010) Downloads (2010)

2009

  1. Principal and Expert Agent
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2009, 9, (1), 36 Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Principal and Expert Agent, Economics Series Working Papers (2004) Downloads View citations (5) (2004)

2007

  1. Hospital cost differences and payment by results
    Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2007, 2, (4), 429-433 Downloads View citations (3)

2005

  1. Supplier Discretion Over Provision: Theory and an Application to Medical Care
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2005, 36, (2), 412-429 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Supplier Discretion over Provision: Theory and an Application to Medical Care, Economics Series Working Papers (2005) Downloads View citations (21) (2005)

2004

  1. Health Service Gatekeepers
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2004, 35, (2), 401-421 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Health Service Gatekeepers, Economics Series Working Papers (2003) Downloads (2003)

2003

  1. General training by firms, apprentice contracts, and public policy
    European Economic Review, 2003, 47, (2), 197-227 Downloads View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper General Training by Firms, Apprentice Contracts, and Public Policy, Economics Series Working Papers (2002) Downloads View citations (7) (2002)

2002

  1. Cost sharing in health service provision: an empirical assessment of cost savings
    Journal of Public Economics, 2002, 84, (2), 219-249 Downloads View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Cost Sharing in Health Service Provision: An Empirical Assessment of Cost Savings, Economics Series Working Papers (2001) View citations (2) (2001)

2001

  1. Performance, Promotion, and the Peter Principle
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2001, 68, (1), 45-66 Downloads View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper Performance, Promotion, and the Peter Principle, Economics Series Working Papers (2000) View citations (2) (2000)

1998

  1. Contracting for Health Services with Unmonitored Quality
    Economic Journal, 1998, 108, (449), 1093-1110 View citations (133)
  2. Contracting for health services when patient demand does not reflect quality
    Journal of Health Economics, 1998, 17, (1), 1-19 Downloads View citations (229)
  3. Motivation and Markets
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (3), 388-411 Downloads View citations (137)
    See also Working Paper Motivation and Markets, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1997) Downloads View citations (7) (1997)

1997

  1. Contracts, Hold-Up, and Labor Markets
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1997, 35, (4), 1916-1957 Downloads View citations (118)

1996

  1. Competition in NHS Quasi-markets
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1996, 12, (4), 89-99 View citations (2)
  2. Contracts for the National Health Service
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (439), 1691-1701 Downloads View citations (13)

1995

  1. Contract Bargaining with Symmetric Information
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1995, 28, (2), 336-67 Downloads View citations (18)
  2. Turnover Costs, Efficiency Wages and Cycles
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 1995, (37-38), 55-74 Downloads View citations (2)

1994

  1. Labor Turnover and the Natural Rate of Unemployment: Efficiency Wage versus Frictional Unemployment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1994, 12, (2), 276-315 Downloads View citations (25)
  2. Rewarding performance by promotion to a different job
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (3-4), 683-690 Downloads View citations (19)
  3. Trade unions and seniority employment rules
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (8), 1595-1611 Downloads View citations (8)

1993

  1. Investments, Holdup, and the Form of Market Contracts
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (4), 811-37 Downloads View citations (302)
    See also Working Paper INVESTMENTS, HOLD UP AND THE REFORM OF MARKET CONTRACTS, Cahiers de recherche (1991) View citations (17) (1991)
  2. Specific investment and wage profiles in labour markets
    European Economic Review, 1993, 37, (2-3), 343-354 Downloads View citations (22)
  3. Wage premiums and profit maximization in efficiency wage models
    European Economic Review, 1993, 37, (6), 1223-1249 Downloads View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper WAGE PREMIUMS AND THE PROFIT MAXIMIZATION IN EFFICIENCY WAGE MODELS, Cahiers de recherche (1990) (1990)

1989

  1. Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment
    Econometrica, 1989, 57, (2), 447-80 Downloads View citations (409)
    See also Working Paper Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment, Working Paper (1986) View citations (2) (1986)

1988

  1. Reputation and Hierarchy in Dynamic Models of Employment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 96, (4), 832-54 Downloads View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper Reputation and Hierarchy in Dynamic Models of Employment, Working Paper (1985) View citations (3) (1985)
  2. Some analytics of the Laffer curve: Reply
    Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 35, (1), 131-132 Downloads View citations (2)
  3. The Multiperiod Principal-Agent Problem
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1988, 55, (3), 391-407 Downloads View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper The multiperiod principal-agent problem, LIDAM Reprints CORE (1988) View citations (39) (1988)

1987

  1. Involuntary unemployment in dynamic contract equilibria *
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (1-2), 427-435 Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Involuntary Unemployment in Dynamic Contract Equilibria, Working Paper (1986) (1986)
  2. Trade union labour contracts: An introduction
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (1-2), 139-148 Downloads View citations (8)

1986

  1. Rank-Order Contracts for a Principal with Many Agents
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1986, 53, (5), 807-817 Downloads View citations (49)
  2. Some analytics of the laffer curve
    Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 29, (3), 263-279 Downloads View citations (34)

1985

  1. Incomplete Contracts and Involuntary Unemployment
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1985, 37, (2), 196-209 Downloads

1984

  1. Dynamic Inconsistency, Rational Expectations, and Optimal Government Policy
    Econometrica, 1984, 52, (6), 1437-51 Downloads View citations (11)
  2. Work Incentives, Hierarchy, and Internal Labor Markets
    Journal of Political Economy, 1984, 92, (3), 486-507 Downloads View citations (203)

1983

  1. Trade Unions and Economic Efficiency
    Economic Journal, 1983, 93, (369a), 51-65 Downloads View citations (61)

1982

  1. Tax policy and investment demand: A vintage approach
    Journal of Public Economics, 1982, 19, (2), 225-241 Downloads

1981

  1. Corporate Tax Policy and the Service Life of Capital Equipment
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1981, 48, (2), 311-316 Downloads
  2. Unemployment and the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis
    Economic Journal, 1981, 91, (364), 848-66 Downloads View citations (43)

1980

  1. The Measurement of Labour Cost in Empirical Models of Production and Employment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1980, 62, (4), 521-28 Downloads

1979

  1. The Estimation of a Vintage Model of Production for UK Manufacturing
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (4), 719-736 Downloads View citations (9)

1978

  1. Prices vs. Quantities: A Critical Note on the Use of Approximations
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1978, 45, (1), 203-207 Downloads View citations (31)

1977

  1. Capital Utilization and the Measurement of the Elasticity of Substitution
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1977, 45, (2), 103-11 View citations (1)

1975

  1. Capacity Utilization, the User Cost of Capital and the Cost of Adjustment
    International Economic Review, 1975, 16, (2), 352-61 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Replacement and the rental value of capital equipment subject to obsolescence
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1975, 10, (1), 24-41 Downloads View citations (76)

Chapters

2012

  1. Relational Incentive Contracts
    A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Relational Incentive Contracts, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2010) Downloads View citations (6) (2010)

2000

  1. Government purchasing of health services
    Chapter 15 in Handbook of Health Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 847-890 Downloads View citations (118)

1999

  1. Individual employment contracts
    Chapter 35 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part B, pp 2291-2372 Downloads View citations (130)

1995

  1. Contract Inefficiency, Wages and Employment: An Assessment
    Palgrave Macmillan

1984

  1. Efficient Labour Organization: Incentives, Power and the Transactions Cost Approach
    Palgrave Macmillan
 
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