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Working Papers

2005

1. Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment? Micro Evidence from Developing Countries
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (10)
   Also in Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department (2002) View citations (19)
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2003) View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2007)
2. Making Statements and Approval Voting
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (1)

2002

3. ¿Mejora la apertura financiera la asignación de la inversión? Elementos de juicio a nivel micro de países en desarrollo
   Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

2001

4. Effects of Ownership Composition on Performance: Evidence from the Czech Republic
   Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)

1998

5. A Tax Proposal to Smooth Business Cycles, Encourage Investment and Remove Biases Against Small Firms
   Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme
6. Performance of Czech Companies by Ownership Structure
   Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development View citations (19)
   Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (1998) View citations (17)
7. The Fair Tax: A Tax Proposal to Smooth Business Cycles, Encourage Investment and Remove Biases Against Small Firms
   Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme

1994

8. Financial Liberalization and the Efficiency of Investment Allocation
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)

1993

9. Capital Market Imperfections Before And After Financial Liberization: An Euler Equation Approach To Panel Data For Ecuadorian Firms
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1993)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (1996)
10. Credit Where Credit is Due? How Much, For Whom, and What Difference Does it Make? A Review of the Macro and Micro Evidence on the Real Effects of Financial Reform
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)
11. The effect of financial liberalization on allocation of credit: panel data evidence for Ecuador
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)

1992

12. Conflecting Preferences and Voluntary restrictions on Choices
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
13. Productivity Changes without Training
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics

1991

14. A Signaling Theory of Unemployment
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (57)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1993)

1990

15. A Sorting Model of Labor Contracts: Implications for Layoffs and Wage-Tenure Profiles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
16. Sorting Out the Differences Between Signaling and Screening Models
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

1988

17. Banks as Social Accountants and Screening Devices for the Allocation of Credit
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)

1987

18. Factors Affecting the Output and Quit Propensities of Production Workers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
19. Incentives and Worker Behavior: Some Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
20. Macro-Economic Equilibrium and Credit Rationing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
21. The War of Attrition in Continuous Time with Complete Information
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1988)
22. Validating Hiring Criteria
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1985

23. High School Graduation, Performance and Earnings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
24. On the Negative Correlation Between Performance and Experience and Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
25. The Effect of Job Complexity on Job Satisfaction: Evidence From Turnover and Absenteeism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1984

26. Informational Imperfections in the Capital Market and Macro-Economic Fluctuations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1984)
27. Testing the Sorting Model of Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2007

1. A Model of Dysfunctional Urges and Addiction with an Application to Cigarette Smoking
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (1), 1-22 View citations (1)
2. Does financial liberalization improve the allocation of investment?: Micro-evidence from developing countries
   Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 83, (2), 562-587 View citations (69)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

3. Foreign Portfolio Investment Improves Performance: Evidence from the Czech Republic
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 4, (1), 1-49 View citations (3)

1998

4. Probation, layoffs, and wage-tenure profiles: A sorting explanation
   Labour Economics, 1998, 5, (3), 359-383 View citations (31)

1996

5. Capital market imperfections before and after financial liberalization: An Euler equation approach to panel data for Ecuadorian firms
   Journal of Development Economics, 1996, 51, (2), 367-386 View citations (99)
   See also Working Paper (1993)

1995

6. Human Capital vs. Signalling Explanations of Wages
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1995, 9, (4), 133-154 View citations (156)

1993

7. A signaling theory of unemployment
   European Economic Review, 1993, 37, (1), 135-157 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper (1991)

1992

8. Asymmetric Information in Credit Markets and Its Implications for Macro-economics
   Oxford Economic Papers, 1992, 44, (4), 694-724 View citations (70)

1990

9. Pricing and coordination: Strategically stable equilibria
   Games and Economic Behavior, 1990, 2, (2), 118-128 View citations (3)

1989

10. Macroeconomic models with equity and credit rationing
    Proceedings, 1989 View citations (20)

1988

11. High School Graduation, Performance, and Wages
    Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 96, (4), 785-820 View citations (18)
12. The War of Attrition in Continuous Time with Complete Information
    International Economic Review, 1988, 29, (4), 663-80 View citations (84)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1987

13. Credit Rationing: Reply [Credit Rationing in Markets with Imperfect Information] [Incentives Effects of Terminations: Applications to the Credit and Labor Markets]
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (1), 228-31
14. Existence of an optimal random monitor: the labor market case
    Investigaciones Economicas, 1987, 11, (1), 95-99

1985

15. Absenteeism and wages
    Economics Letters, 1985, 19, (3), 277-279 View citations (28)
16. Education as a test: an elementary exposition
    Economics of Education Review, 1985, 4, (2), 123-128

1984

17. Determinants of Quit Behavior
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1984, 2, (3), 371-87 View citations (26)
18. Informational Imperfections in the Capital Market and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (2), 194-99 View citations (192)
    See also Working Paper (1984)
19. Mobility and wages
    Economics Letters, 1984, 15, (1-2), 97-102 View citations (2)
20. Wages, Hiring Standards, and Firm Size
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1984, 2, (4), 477-99 View citations (16)

1983

21. A Sorting-cum-Learning Model of Education
    Journal of Political Economy, 1983, 91, (3), 420-42 View citations (48)
22. Alternative Approaches to Analyzing Markets with Asymmetric Information: Reply [The Theory of 'Screening,' Education, and the Distribution of Income]
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (1), 246-49 View citations (2)
23. Incentive Effects of Terminations: Applications to the Credit and Labor Markets
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (5), 912-27 View citations (165)

1981

24. Credit Rationing in Markets with Imperfect Information
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (3), 393-410 View citations (3640)
25. Information and the Law: Evaluating Legal Restrictions on Competitive Contracts
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (2), 399-404 View citations (8)
26. Self-Selection in the Labor Market
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (3), 275-84 View citations (25)

1980

27. Job Queues and Layoffs in Labor Markets with Flexible Wages
    Journal of Political Economy, 1980, 88, (3), 526-38 View citations (185)

Chapters

1994

1. Productivity Changes without Formal Training
   A chapter in Training and the Private Sector: International Comparisons, 1994, pp 149-160 View citations (1)