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determines how changes in trade frictions affect allocative efficiency in an oligopoly model of international trade, decomposing …
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and exit decisions in a dynamic oligopoly model (a la Bajari et al (2007)) and use it to analyse redesign activity in the …
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general equilibrium model with a hedonic demand system in which firms compete in a network game of oligopoly. Firms are …
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We propose a general equilibrium economy with oligopolistic output markets in which two channels can cause a change in market power: (i) technology, via changes to productivity shocks and the cost of entry, (ii) market structure, via changes to the number of potential competitors. First, we...
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We propose a new business cycle theory. Firms need to randomize over firing or keeping workers who have performed …
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We introduce dynamic incentive contracts into a model of unemployment dynamics and present three results. First, wage cyclicality from incentives does not dampen unemployment dynamics: the response of unemployment to shocks is first-order equivalent in an economy with flexible incentive pay and...
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Using responses obtained through the Nielsen Homescan panel survey, we explore the differences between managers' and … non-managers' expectations and perceptions of inflation and unemployment. By and large, managers and non-managers exhibit … information provided in a randomized control trial. Finally, the inflation expectations of managers deviate systematically from …
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We study the relationship between compensation and risk-taking among finance firms using a neglected insight from principal-agent contracting with hidden action and risk-averse agents. If the sensitivity of pay to stock price or slope does not vary with stock price volatility, then total...
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We propose a model where investors hire fund managers to invest either in risky bonds or in riskless assets. Some … managers have superior information on the default probability. Looking at the past performance, investors update beliefs on … their managers and make firing decisions. This leads to career concerns which affect investment decisions, generating a …
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Does attracting or losing jobs in high paying sectors have important spill-over effects on wages in other sectors? The answer to this question is central to a proper assessment of many trade and industrial policies. In this paper, we explore this question by examining how predictable changes in...
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