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Working Papers

2018

1. Dinner Table Human Capital and Entrepreneurship
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2. The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from over a Million Rideshare Drivers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2015

3. Exploration for Human Capital: Evidence from the MBA Labor Market
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2014)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2016)

2012

4. Exploration for human capital: Theory and evidence from the MBA labor market
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
5. Firm/Employee Matching: An Industry Study of American Lawyers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2010

6. Personnel Economics: Hiring and Incentives
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   See also Chapter (2011)

2008

7. Managerial Incentives and Value Creation: Evidence from Private Equity
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
8. Who Benefits from Tax-Advantaged Employee Benefits?: Evidence from University Parking
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2007

9. Ability and Employer Learning: Evidence from the Economist Labor Market
   Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (1)
   See also Chapter (2008)
   Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (2008)
10. Personnel Economics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (48)
    See also Chapter (2012)

2006

11. The Macro-Foundations of Microeconomics: Initial Labor Market Conditions and Long-Term Outcomes for Economists
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
12. The Making of an Investment Banker: Macroeconomic Shocks, Career Choice, and Lifetime Income
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2005

13. Accounting, Governance, and Broad-Based Stock Option Grants
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (1)
14. Co-worker Complementarity and the Stability of Top Management Teams
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2006)
15. Mandated Disclosure, Stock Returns, and the 1964 Securities Acts Amendments
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (2)
    American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings, American Law & Economics Association
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2006)
16. Salary or Benefits?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    Also in Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2004) View citations (4)

2004

17. Compensating Employees Below the Executive Ranks: A Comparison of Options, Restricted Stock, and Cash
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
18. Why Do Some Firms Give Stock Options To All Employees?: An Empirical Examination of Alternative Theories
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Economics (2005)

2003

19. Internal and External Labor Markets: A Personnel Economics Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2004)

2001

20. Why Do Firms Use Incentives That Have No Incentive Effects?
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (3)
    Also in Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000) View citations (11)

Undated

21. Layoffs and Litigation
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (2000)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Exploration for Human Capital: Evidence from the MBA Labor Market
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34, (S2), S255 - S286 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
2. Firm/Employee Matching
   ILR Review, 2016, 69, (2), 378-404 View citations (1)

2008

3. Ability and employer learning: Evidence from the economist labor market
   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2008, 22, (2), 268-289 View citations (6)
   See also Chapter (2008)
   Working Paper (2007)
4. The Making of an Investment Banker: Stock Market Shocks, Career Choice, and Lifetime Income
   Journal of Finance, 2008, 63, (6), 2601-2628 View citations (43)

2007

5. Is There An Insider Advantage in Getting Tenure?
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 501-505 View citations (9)

2006

6. Costs of broad-based stock option plans
   Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2006, 15, (4), 511-534 View citations (7)
7. Coworker Complementarity and the Stability of Top-Management Teams
   Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2006, 22, (1), 184-212 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper (2005)
8. Initial Labor Market Conditions and Long-Term Outcomes for Economists
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, 20, (3), 143-160 View citations (126)
9. Mandated Disclosure, Stock Returns, and the 1964 Securities Acts Amendments
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (2), 399-460 View citations (65)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

10. Why do some firms give stock options to all employees?: An empirical examination of alternative theories
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2005, 76, (1), 99-133 View citations (146)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2004

11. Internal and external labor markets: a personnel economics approach
    Labour Economics, 2004, 11, (5), 527-554 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
12. Recall bias among displaced workers
    Economics Letters, 2004, 82, (3), 397-402 View citations (14)
13. The Structure of Wages and Internal Mobility
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 212-216 View citations (11)

2002

14. Litigation Costs and Returns to Experience
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (3), 683-705 View citations (18)
15. Sorting, Quotas, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991: Who Hires When It's Hard to Fire?
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2002, 45, (1), 41-68 View citations (4)

2000

16. A Theory of Sales Quotas with Limited Liability and Rent Sharing
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2000, 18, (3), 405-26 View citations (36)
17. Are There Sectoral Anomalies Too? The Pitfalls of Unreported Multiple Hypothesis Testing and a Simple Solution
    Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2000, 15, (1), 37-55 View citations (2)
18. Layoffs and Litigation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2000, 31, (2), 345-358 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper

1999

19. The timeliness of performance information in determining executive compensation
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 1999, 5, (4), 303-321 View citations (3)

1998

20. Fiscal Year Ends and Nonlinear Incentive Contracts: The Effect on Business Seasonality
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (1), 149-185 View citations (108)

Books

Chapters

2012

1. Personnel Economics
   A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2011

2. Personnel Economics: Hiring and Incentives
   Elsevier View citations (28)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

3. Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in Sweden, 1970-90
   A chapter in The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison, 2009, pp 419-447

2008

4. Ability and Employer Learning: Evidence from the Economist Labor Market
   A chapter in Organizational Innovation and Firm Performance, 2008, pp 268-289 View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (2008)
   Working Paper (2007)