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Working Papers

2022

  1. Starting small in project choice: A discrete-time setting with a continuum of types
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2022)

2021

  1. Conservation Agreements: Relational Contracts with Endogenous Monitoring
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2021)
  2. Nash, John Forbes (1928–2015)
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
  3. Theoretical Foundations of Relational Incentive Contracts
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Annual Review of Economics (2021)

2020

  1. On the outside-option principle with one-sided options
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2020)
  2. Relational Contracting, Negotiation, and External Enforcement
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science (2018) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2020)

2019

  1. Statistical evidence and the problem of robust litigation
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, Florida International University, Department of Economics (2018) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (2019)

2014

  1. A Contract-theoretic Model of Conservation Agreements
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    See also Chapter (2014)

2010

  1. A ‘Reputation’ Refinement without Equilibrium
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1993)
  2. Client-Based Entrepreneurship
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2015)
  3. Contract, Renegotiation, and Hold Up: Results on the Technology of Trade and Investment
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Theoretical Economics (2012)
  4. On 'Reputation' Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1997)

2009

  1. Contract, Renegotiation, and Hold Up: General Results on the Technology of Trade and Investment
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Theoretical Economics (2012)
  2. Hold-Up and Durable Trading Opportunities
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (1)

2006

  1. Contract and Game Theory: Basic Concepts for Settings with Finite Horizons
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Games (2013)
  2. Contract and Mechanism Design in Settings with Multi-Period Trade
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2002) Downloads View citations (5)
    Theory workshop papers, UCLA Department of Economics (2002) Downloads View citations (14)

    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2007)
  4. Hard Evidence and Mechanism Design
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Econometric Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings, Econometric Society (2004) Downloads View citations (5)
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2002) Downloads View citations (30)

    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2007)

2003

  1. Are There Too Many Entrepeneurs? A Model of Client-Based Entrepreneurship
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics Downloads

2002

  1. Entrepreneurship in International Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2001) Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Evidence Disclosure and Verfiability
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2000) Downloads View citations (13)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2004)
  3. The Renegotiation-Proofness Principle and Costly Renegotiation
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Games (2013)

2001

  1. Economic and Legal Aspects of Costly Recontracting
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management Downloads
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2000) Downloads View citations (11)
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management (2001) Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Recurrent Trade Agreements and the Value of External Enforcement
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2008)
  3. The Law and Economics of Costly Contracting
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads View citations (9)
    Also in 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 Downloads View citations (54)

2000

  1. Conditioning Institutions and Renegotiation
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1999) Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2000) Downloads
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1999) Downloads View citations (18)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) Downloads View citations (21)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2003)

1999

  1. Contract-Theoretic Approaches to Wages and Displacement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (12)
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1999) Downloads View citations (15)
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (1999) Downloads View citations (9)

    See also Journal Article in Review (1999)
  2. Contractual Intermediaries
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (1999) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2002)
  3. Job Destruction and the Experiences of Displaced Workers
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego Downloads
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (2000)
  4. Starting Small and Commitment
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (1999) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2002)
  5. Starting Small in an Unfamiliar Environment
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) Downloads View citations (11)
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (1999) Downloads View citations (9)

    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Industrial Organization (2003)

1997

  1. Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (36)
    See also Software Item (1997)
    Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)

Journal Articles

2022

  1. Starting small in project choice: A discrete-time setting with a continuum of types
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, 204, (C) Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2022)

2021

  1. Conservation Agreements: Relational Contracts with Endogenous Monitoring
    (“Toward a Theory of Discounted Repeated Games with Imperfect Monitoring)
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2021, 37, (1), 1-40 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2021)
  2. Theoretical Foundations of Relational Incentive Contracts
    Annual Review of Economics, 2021, 13, (1), 631-659 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2021)

2020

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

2019

  1. Statistical evidence and the problem of robust litigation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2019, 50, (4), 974-1003 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2019)

2015

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

2013

  1. A Theory of Disagreement in Repeated Games With Bargaining
    Econometrica, 2013, 81, (6), 2303-2350 Downloads View citations (34)
  2. Conceptualizing Contractual Interpretation
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, 42, (1), 1 - 34 Downloads View citations (6)
  3. Contract and Game Theory: Basic Concepts for Settings with Finite Horizons
    Games, 2013, 4, (3), 1-40 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
  4. The Renegotiation-Proofness Principle and Costly Renegotiation
    Games, 2013, 4, (3), 1-20 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2012

  1. Contract, renegotiation, and hold up: Results on the technology of trade and investment
    Theoretical Economics, 2012, 7, (2) Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
    Working Paper (2009)

2008

  1. Recurrent trade agreements and the value of external enforcement
    Journal of International Economics, 2008, 74, (2), 475-499 Downloads View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2007

  1. Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail
    Econometrica, 2007, 75, (1), 55-81 Downloads View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
  2. Hard evidence and mechanism design
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2007, 58, (1), 75-93 Downloads View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
  3. Testing and the Composition of the Labor Pool
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 109, (4), 883-903 Downloads

2004

  1. Evidence disclosure and verifiability
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2004, 118, (1), 1-31 Downloads View citations (88)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
  2. Network Intermediaries in International Trade
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2004, 13, (1), 69-93 Downloads View citations (109)

2003

  1. Liquidity flows and fragility of business enterprises
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2003, 50, (6), 1215-1241 Downloads View citations (106)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
  2. Starting small in an unfamiliar environment
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2003, 21, (7), 1021-1042 Downloads View citations (283)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

2002

  1. Contractual Intermediaries
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2002, 18, (2), 362-384 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
  2. Starting Small and Commitment
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2002, 38, (1), 176-199 Downloads View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

2001

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

2000

  1. Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (3), 482-498 Downloads View citations (715)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
    Software Item (1997)
  2. Job destruction and the experiences of displaced workers
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 2000, 52, (1), 87-128 Downloads View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

  1. Contract-theoretic approaches to wages and displacement
    Review, 1999, (May), 55-68 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
  2. Starting Small and Renegotiation
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1999, 85, (1), 52-90 Downloads View citations (112)

1998

  1. Alternating-Offer Bargaining with Two-Sided Incomplete Information
    Review of Economic Studies, 1998, 65, (3), 573-594 Downloads View citations (41)
  2. Conditional Dominance, Rationalizability, and Game Forms
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1998, 83, (2), 161-195 Downloads View citations (71)
  3. Multiple-Issue Bargaining and Axiomatic Solutions
    International Journal of Game Theory, 1998, 26, (4), 501-524 View citations (22)

1997

  1. Contractual Fragility, Job Destruction, and Business Cycles
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1997, 112, (3), 873-911 Downloads View citations (111)
  2. Learning about a population of agents and the evolution of trust and cooperation
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1997, 15, (2), 165-190 Downloads View citations (5)
  3. On "Reputation" Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs
    Econometrica, 1997, 65, (2), 369-374 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

1996

  1. Information Transmission When the Informed Party Is Confused
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 12, (1), 143-161 Downloads View citations (31)
  2. Reputation in Repeated Games with No Discounting
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 15, (1), 82-109 Downloads View citations (7)

1994

  1. Cooperation in the Infinitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma with Perturbations
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1994, 7, (2), 260-285 Downloads View citations (9)

1993

  1. A "Reputation" Refinement without Equilibrium
    Econometrica, 1993, 61, (1), 199-205 Downloads View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

1991

  1. Communication and superior cooperation in two-player normal form games
    Economics Letters, 1991, 35, (3), 267-271 Downloads 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 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2014)

Software Items

1999

  1. FORTRAN code for Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises
    QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles Downloads

1997

  1. FORTRAN code for Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks
    QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles Downloads
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)
    Working Paper (1997)
 
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