Policy & the Economy
March 1, 2009
Uncertainty Principles
Uncovering flaws in old price cap notions
Robert Earle, Karl Schmedders and Tymon Tatur
February 1, 2009
To Sell but Not to Missell
Sales agents’ conflicts between prospecting and advising
Roman Inderst and Marco Ottaviani
February 1, 2009
Predicting Politics
Prediction markets out-predict political pollsters
Saikat Ray Majumdera, Daniel Diermeier, Thomas A Rietz and Luis A. Nunes Amaral
February 1, 2009
Measuring Trust
Introducing the Financial Trust Index
Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales
December 1, 2008
Seeing Profit Despite Misunderstood Pricing Strategy
Implications in real-world market situations
Nabil Al-Najjar, Sandeep Baliga and David A. Besanko
November 1, 2008
Does Function Follow Organizational Form?
Lending practices of large and small banks
Allen N. Berger, Nathan H. Miller, Mitchell A. Petersen, Raghuram G. Rajan and Jeremy C. Stein
October 1, 2008
When Does Coordination Require Centralization?
Contrary to expectations, decentralization might be the best strategy when the need for coordination among divisions is paramount
Ricardo Alonso, Wouter Dessein and Niko Matouschek
August 1, 2008
Own-Brand and Cross-Brand Retail Pass-Through
How much of a manufacturer’s promotional pricing gets passed through to the end customers?
David A. Besanko, Jean-Pierre Dubé and Sachin Gupta
July 1, 2008
Professional Forecasters
Innocent until proven strategic
Marco Ottaviani and Peter Norman Sørensen
July 1, 2008
The Price of Advice
Why do consultants charge fees depending on their clients’ decisions?
Péter Eső and Balázs Szentes
June 1, 2008
Meeting Strangers and Friends of Friends
How random are social networks?
Matthew O. Jackson and Brian W. Rogers
February 1, 2008
Playing Well Together
The ability to share information about economic opportunities motivates firms to expand their boundaries
Luis Garicano and Thomas N. Hubbard
February 1, 2008
When Should a Firm Decentralize?
Corporate features can determine your organization’s design
Milton Harris and Artur Raviv
January 1, 2008
Big Fish, Little Fish—Choose Your Pond
Company size, organizational design, and market structure correlate with executive salaries
Bård Harstad
December 1, 2007
Are Reservations Recommended?
Offering reservations is costly to restaurants, but they can be beneficial in some cases
Alexei Alexandrov and Martin Lariviere
October 5, 2007
The Value of a Cabinet Position
In a world where not all ministries are equal, the composition of Japanese cabinets reflects the relative bargaining power of political actors
Takanori Adachi and Yasutora Watanabe
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