This paper analyzes the specification and identification of causal multivariate duration models. We focus on the case in which one duration concerns the point in time a treatment is initiated and we are interested in the effect of this treatment on some outcome duration. We define "no...

This paper extends the static analysis of oligopoly structure into an infinite-horizon setting with sunk costs and demand uncertainty. The observation that exit rates decline with firm age motivates the assumption of last-in first-out dynamics: An entrant expects to produce no longer than any...

The authors investigate whether an equilibrium search model, in which the wage offer distribution is endogenous, is able to describe observed labor market histories. They find that the distributions of job and unemployment spells are consistent with the data, and qualitative predictions of the...