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Working Papers

2006

1. Managerial Capital And The Market For Ceos
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (50)

2000

2. Optimal Exercise Prices for Executive Stock Options
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (135)
   See also Journal Article Optimal Exercise Prices for Executive Stock Options, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000) View citations (134) (2000)
3. Stock Options for Undiversified Executives
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article Stock options for undiversified executives, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (379) (2002)

1997

4. Implicit Contracts and the Theory of the Firm
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)

1993

5. Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

1990

6. OPTIMAL INCENTIVE CONTRACTS IN THE PRESENCE OF CAREER CONCERNS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
   Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (13)
   Also in Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Managerial Economics Research Center (1990) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1992) View citations (713) (1992)
7. Preformance Measurement and Appraisal: Motivating Managers to Identify and Reward Punishment
   Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Managerial Economics Research Center

1989

8. RELATIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
   Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (14)

1988

9. COMPENSATION AND INCENTIVES: PRACTICE VS. THEORY
   Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Managerial Economics Research Center View citations (471)
10. PERFORMANCE PAY AND TOP MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES
    Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Managerial Economics Research Center View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Performance Pay and Top-Management Incentives, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1990) View citations (1781) (1990)

Journal Articles

2007

1. Executive stock options and IPO underpricing
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2007, 85, (1), 39-65 View citations (31)

2003

2. Stock-based pay in new economy firms
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2003, 34, (1-3), 129-147 View citations (90)

2002

3. Stock options for undiversified executives
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2002, 33, (1), 3-42 View citations (379)
   See also Working Paper Stock Options for Undiversified Executives, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (24) (2000)

2001

4. Bringing the Market inside the Firm?
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 212-218 View citations (55)

2000

5. Optimal Exercise Prices for Executive Stock Options
   American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 209-214 View citations (134)
   See also Working Paper Optimal Exercise Prices for Executive Stock Options, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (135) (2000)
6. Performance standards in incentive contracts
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2000, 30, (3), 245-278 View citations (78)
7. The Prince and the Pauper? CEO Pay in the United States and United Kingdom
   Economic Journal, 2000, 110, (467), F640-71 View citations (207)

1999

8. Informal Authority in Organizations
   The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1999, 15, (1), 56-73 View citations (198)

1997

9. Executive compensation and the Modern Industrial Revolution1
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1997, 15, (4), 417-425 View citations (11)

1995

10. Incentives, downsizing, and value creation at General Dynamics
    Journal of Financial Economics, 1995, 37, (3), 261-314 View citations (55)

1993

11. Financial performance surrounding CEO turnover
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1993, 16, (1-3), 273-315 View citations (276)

1992

12. Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (3), 468-505 View citations (713)
    See also Working Paper OPTIMAL INCENTIVE CONTRACTS IN THE PRESENCE OF CAREER CONCERNS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE, Working papers (1990) View citations (13) (1990)

1990

13. Performance Pay and Top-Management Incentives
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (2), 225-64 View citations (1781)
    See also Working Paper PERFORMANCE PAY AND TOP MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES, Working Papers (1988) View citations (9) (1988)

1986

14. Incentives, Learning, and Compensation: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Managerial Labor Contracts
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (1), 59-76 View citations (134)

1985

15. Corporate performance and managerial remuneration: An empirical analysis
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1985, 7, (1-3), 11-42 View citations (455)

Chapters

2008

1. Strategic Alliances: Bridges between "Islands of Conscious Power"
   A chapter in Organizational Innovation and Firm Performance, 2008, pp 146-163 View citations (55)

1999

2. Executive compensation
   Chapter 38 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part B, pp 2485-2563 View citations (670)