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Working Papers

2018

1. Relational Contracting, Negotiation, and External Enforcement
   Discussion Papers, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Relational Contracting, Negotiation, and External Enforcement, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (6) (2020)
2. Statistical Evidence and the Problem of Robust Litigation
   Working Papers, Florida International University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Statistical evidence and the problem of robust litigation, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2019) View citations (7) (2019)

2010

3. A ‘Reputation’ Refinement without Equilibrium
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine
   See also Journal Article A "Reputation" Refinement without Equilibrium, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1993) View citations (15) (1993)
4. Client-Based Entrepreneurship
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Client-Based Entrepreneurship, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2015) View citations (4) (2015)
5. On 'Reputation' Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article On "Reputation" Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1997) View citations (9) (1997)

2004

6. Hard Evidence and Mechanism Design
   Econometric Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Hard evidence and mechanism design, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2007) View citations (73) (2007)

2002

7. Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail
   Theory workshop papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2007) View citations (35) (2007)
8. Entrepreneurship in International Trade
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2001

9. Economic and Legal Aspects of Costly Recontracting
   Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management View citations (8)
   Also in Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management (2001)

1999

10. Conditioning Institutions and Renegotiation
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (3)
11. Contract-Theoretic Approaches to Wages and Displacement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1999) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Contract-theoretic approaches to wages and displacement, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (1999) View citations (8) (1999)
12. Contractual Intermediaries
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Contractual Intermediaries, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2002) View citations (8) (2002)
13. Job Destruction and the Experiences of Displaced Workers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Job destruction and the experiences of displaced workers, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier (2000) View citations (60) (2000)
14. Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (18)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Liquidity flows and fragility of business enterprises, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (110) (2003)
    Software Item FORTRAN code for Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises, QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles (1999) (1999)
15. Starting Small and Commitment
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Starting Small and Commitment, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2002) View citations (58) (2002)
16. Starting Small in an Unfamiliar Environment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1999) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Starting small in an unfamiliar environment, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2003) View citations (305) (2003)

1997

17. Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000) View citations (754) (2000)
    Software Item FORTRAN code for Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks, QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles (1997) (1997)

Undated

18. The Law and Economics of Costly Contracting
    Yale Law School John M. Olin Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy Working Paper Series, Yale Law School John M. Olin Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy View citations (54)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Contractual Chains
   Econometrica, 2024, 92, (5), 1735-1774

2023

2. An Active-Contracting Perspective on Equilibrium Selection in Relational Contracts
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2023, 179, (3-4), 530-561 View citations (1)

2022

3. Starting small in project choice: A discrete-time setting with a continuum of types
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, 204, (C)

2021

4. Conservation Agreements: Relational Contracts with Endogenous Monitoring
   The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2021, 37, (1), 1-40 View citations (1)
5. Theoretical Foundations of Relational Incentive Contracts
   Annual Review of Economics, 2021, 13, (1), 631-659 View citations (5)

2020

6. On the outside-option principle with one-sided options
   Economics Letters, 2020, 191, (C) View citations (1)
7. Relational Contracting, Negotiation, and External Enforcement
   American Economic Review, 2020, 110, (7), 2153-97 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Relational Contracting, Negotiation, and External Enforcement, Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (3) (2018)

2019

8. Statistical evidence and the problem of robust litigation
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2019, 50, (4), 974-1003 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Statistical Evidence and the Problem of Robust Litigation, Working Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2015

9. Client-Based Entrepreneurship
   The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2015, 31, (1), 30-60 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Client-Based Entrepreneurship, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

2013

10. A Theory of Disagreement in Repeated Games With Bargaining
    Econometrica, 2013, 81, (6), 2303-2350 View citations (38)
11. Conceptualizing Contractual Interpretation
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, 42, (1), 1 - 34 View citations (6)
12. Contract and Game Theory: Basic Concepts for Settings with Finite Horizons
    Games, 2013, 4, (3), 1-40 View citations (7)
13. The Renegotiation-Proofness Principle and Costly Renegotiation
    Games, 2013, 4, (3), 1-20 View citations (4)

2012

14. Contract, renegotiation, and hold up: Results on the technology of trade and investment
    Theoretical Economics, 2012, 7, (2) View citations (10)

2008

15. Recurrent trade agreements and the value of external enforcement
    Journal of International Economics, 2008, 74, (2), 475-499 View citations (40)

2007

16. Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail
    Econometrica, 2007, 75, (1), 55-81 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail, Theory workshop papers (2002) View citations (14) (2002)
17. Hard evidence and mechanism design
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2007, 58, (1), 75-93 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper Hard Evidence and Mechanism Design, Econometric Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings (2004) View citations (5) (2004)
18. Testing and the Composition of the Labor Pool
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 109, (4), 883-903

2004

19. Evidence disclosure and verifiability
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2004, 118, (1), 1-31 View citations (91)
20. Network Intermediaries in International Trade
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2004, 13, (1), 69-93 View citations (113)

2003

21. Liquidity flows and fragility of business enterprises
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2003, 50, (6), 1215-1241 View citations (110)
    See also Working Paper Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (18) (1999)
22. Starting small in an unfamiliar environment
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2003, 21, (7), 1021-1042 View citations (305)
    See also Working Paper Starting Small in an Unfamiliar Environment, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (11) (1999)

2002

23. Contractual Intermediaries
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2002, 18, (2), 362-384 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Contractual Intermediaries, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (5) (1999)
24. Starting Small and Commitment
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2002, 38, (1), 176-199 View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper Starting Small and Commitment, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (1) (1999)

2001

25. Bilateral Trade and Opportunism in a Matching Market
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2001, 1, (1), 35 View citations (36)

2000

26. Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (3), 482-498 View citations (754)
    See also Working Paper Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (36) (1997)
    Software Item FORTRAN code for Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks, QM&RBC Codes (1997) (1997)
27. Job destruction and the experiences of displaced workers
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 2000, 52, (1), 87-128 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Job Destruction and the Experiences of Displaced Workers, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (2) (1999)

1999

28. Contract-theoretic approaches to wages and displacement
    Review, 1999, (May), 55-68 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Contract-Theoretic Approaches to Wages and Displacement, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (13) (1999)
29. Starting Small and Renegotiation
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1999, 85, (1), 52-90 View citations (113)

1998

30. Alternating-Offer Bargaining with Two-Sided Incomplete Information
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1998, 65, (3), 573-594 View citations (42)
31. Conditional Dominance, Rationalizability, and Game Forms
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1998, 83, (2), 161-195 View citations (77)
32. Multiple-Issue Bargaining and Axiomatic Solutions
    International Journal of Game Theory, 1998, 26, (4), 501-524 View citations (22)

1997

33. Contractual Fragility, Job Destruction, and Business Cycles
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1997, 112, (3), 873-911 View citations (114)
34. Learning about a population of agents and the evolution of trust and cooperation
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1997, 15, (2), 165-190 View citations (5)
35. On "Reputation" Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs
    Econometrica, 1997, 65, (2), 369-374 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper On 'Reputation' Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

1996

36. Information Transmission When the Informed Party Is Confused
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 12, (1), 143-161 View citations (35)
37. Reputation in Repeated Games with No Discounting
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 15, (1), 82-109 View citations (7)

1994

38. Cooperation in the Infinitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma with Perturbations
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1994, 7, (2), 260-285 View citations (10)

1993

39. A "Reputation" Refinement without Equilibrium
    Econometrica, 1993, 61, (1), 199-205 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper A ‘Reputation’ Refinement without Equilibrium, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2010) (2010)

1991

40. Communication and superior cooperation in two-player normal form games
    Economics Letters, 1991, 35, (3), 267-271 View citations (5)

Chapters

2014

1. A Contract-theoretic Model of Conservation Agreements
   Chapter 15 in Econometric Methods and Their Applications in Finance, Macro and Related Fields, 2014, pp 425-455

Software Items

1999

1. FORTRAN code for Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises
   QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles
   See also Working Paper Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1999) View citations (18) (1999)

1997

2. FORTRAN code for Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks
   QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles
   See also Working Paper Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks, NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (36) (1997)
   Journal Article Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000) View citations (754) (2000)