belief has led several countries to reform their labor markets and liberalize the use of fixed-term contracts. Despite how …. To fill this gap, we build a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents and firing costs in the tradition of …

adverse selection, switching costs, and regulation. I first document novel evidence of adverse selection and switching costs … the importance of switching costs for risk-sorting, and for policies that may affect risk sorting. I first find that in … Part D, switching costs help sustain an adversely-selected equilibrium and are likely to mute the ability of ACA policies …

and concentration and recovers shocks to entry costs. We validate our approach by showing that the model-implied entry … shocks correlate with independently constructed measures of entry regulation and M&A activities. We conclude that entry costs …

evaluate using a unique reform. In 2005, Hungary switched from a single-step UI system to a two-step system, with unchanged …

their innovations. Upon the reform, Norway moved toward the typical U.S. model, where the university holds majority rights … patenting rates by university researchers after the reform. Quality measures for university start-ups and patents also decline …

prediction of tort reform - that it should induce individuals to take more care - and show that industry-specific tort reforms …