Scientific Director of IDEI
Member of the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Ingénieur général des Ponts et Chaussées
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Toulouse School of Economics

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Research Interests

Industrial Organization
Regulation
Organization Theory
Game Theory
Finance
Macroeconomics
Psychology

Professional experiences

Current positions

Former positions

Education

Grants and awards

Drafts

Book Draft

• Inside and Outside Liquidity, December 2008.

  (with Bengt Holmström)

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Work in progress

Articles in working paper series

• "Bubbly Liquidity", IDEI Working Paper, n. 577, October 2009, revised January 2010.

  (with Emmanuel Farhi)

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• "Illiquidity and All Its Friends", IDEI Working Paper, n. 572, 2009-09-12.

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• "Collective Moral Hazard, Maturity Mismatch and Systemic Bailouts", IDEI Working Paper, n. 571, June 2009.

  (with Emmanuel Farhi)

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• "Leçons d'une crise", TSE Notes/Notes TSE, n. 1, December 2008.

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• "Fear of Rejection? Tiered Certification and Transparency", IDEI Working Paper, n. 534, October 2008.

  (with Emmanuel Farhi and Josh Lerner)

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• "Identity, Dignity and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets", IDEI Working Paper, n. 437, December 2006.

  (with Roland Benabou)

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• "Speculative Attacks and Risk Management", IDEI Working Paper, n. 438, August 2006.

  (with Parag A. Pathak)

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Forthcoming

Articles in refereed journals

• Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility, 2009.

  (with Roland Benabou)

  [Forthcoming]

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• "Must Take Cards: Merchant Discounts and Avoided Costs", Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

  [Forthcoming]

• "From Pigou to Extended Liability: On the Optimal Taxation of Externalities under Imperfect Financial Markets", Review of Economic Studies.

  [Forthcoming]

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Reports

• Politique climatique: une nouvelle architecture internationale, Rapport pour le Conseil d'Analyse Economique, La Documentation Française, 2009.

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Publications

Articles in refereed journals

• "Over My Dead Body: Bargaining and the Price of Dignity", American Economic Review, vol. 99, n. 2, Papers and Proceedings, May 2009, p. 459-465.

  (with Roland Benabou)
• "Leverage and the Central Banker's Put", American Economic Review, vol. 99, n. 2, Papers and Proceedings, May 2009, p. 589-593.

  (with Emmanuel Farhi)

• "Cognition and Incomplete Contracts", American Economic Review, vol. 99, n. 1, March 2009, p. 265-294.

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• "Tying in Two-Sided Markets and the Honor All Cards Rule", International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol. 26, n. 6, November 2008, p. 1333-1347.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

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• "Public-Private Partnerships and Government Spending Limits", International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol. 26, n. 2, March 2008, p. 412-420.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "Consensus Building: How to Persuade a Group", American Economic Review, vol. 97, n. 5, December 2007, p. 1877-1900.

  (with Bernard Caillaud)

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• "Financing and Access in Cooperatives", International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol. 25, n. 5, October 2007, p. 1061-1088.

  (with Patrick Rey)

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• "The Optimal Design of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Protection: A First Pass", Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 6, n. 1, 2007, p. 45-77.

  (with Olivier Jean Blanchard)

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• "The Rules of Standard Setting Organizations: an Empirical Analysis", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 38, n. 4, 2007, p. 905-930.

  (with Benjamin Chiao and Josh Lerner)

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• "Reliability and Competitive Electricity Markets", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 38, n. 1, 2007, p. 60-84.

  (with Paul Joskow)

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• "Public Policy Toward Patent Pools", Innovation Policy and the Economy, n. 8, 2007, p. 157-186.

  (with Josh Lerner)
• "The Design of Patent Pools: The Determinants of Licensing Rules", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 38, n. 3, 2007, p. 610-625.

  (with Josh Lerner and Marcin Strojwas)

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• "Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 121, n. 2, May 2006, p. 699-746.

  (with Roland Benabou)

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• "Incentives and Prosocial Behavior", American Economic Review, vol. 96, n. 5, 2006, p. 1652-1678.

  (with Roland Benabou)
• "Retail Electricity Competition", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 37, n. 4, 2006, p. 799-815.

  (with Paul Joskow)
• "A Model of Forum Shopping", American Economic Review, vol. 96, 2006, p. 1091-1113.

  (with Josh Lerner)
• "Two-Sided Markets: A Progress Report", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 35, n. 3, 2006, p. 645-667.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

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• "Externalities and Regulation in Card Payment Systems", The Review of Network Economics, vol. 5, 2006, p. 1-14.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)
• "The Dynamics of Open Source Contributors", American Economic Review, vol. 96, n. 2, 2006, p. 114-118.

• "Modes of Communication", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 113, n. 6, December 2005, p. 1217-1238.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont)

• "Self-Control in Peer Groups", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 123, n. 2, August 2005, p. 105-134.

  (with Marco Battaglini and Roland Benabou)

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• "Merchant Transmission Investment", The Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 53, n. 2, June 2005, p. 233-264.

  (with Paul Joskow)

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• "Certifying New Technologies", Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 3, n. 2-3, April-May 2005, p. 734-744.

  (with Emmanuel Farhi and Josh Lerner)
• "The Scope of Open Source Licensing", The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, vol. 21, April 2005, p. 20-56.

  (with Josh Lerner)

• "The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond", Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 19, n. 2, Spring, 2005, p. 99-120.

  (with Josh Lerner)
• "The Analysis of Tying Cases: A Primer", Competition Policy International, vol. 1, n. 1, Spring 2005.

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• "The Politician and The Judge: Accountability in Government", American Economic Review, vol. 94, n. 4, September 2004, p. 1034-1054.

  (with Eric Maskin)

• "Willpower and Personal Rules", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 112, n. 4, August 2004, p. 848-886.

  (with Roland Benabou)

• "Efficient Patent Pools", American Economic Review, vol. 94, n. 3, June 2004, p. 691-711.

  (with Josh Lerner)

• "Redesigning the Employment Protection System", De Economist, vol. 152, n. 1, Springer Netherlands, March 2004, p. 1-20.

  (with Olivier Jean Blanchard)

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• "Essential Facility Financing and Market Structure", Journal of Public Economics, vol. 88, n. 3-4, March 2004, p. 667-694.

  (with Bernard Caillaud)

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• "Exit Options in Corporate Finance: Liquidity versus Incentives", Review of Finance, vol. 8, n. 3, 2004, p. 327-353.

  (with Philippe Aghion and Patrick Bolton)

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• "On the Receiver Pays Principle", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 35, n. 1, Spring 2004, p. 85-110.

  (with Doh-Shin Jeon and Jean-Jacques Laffont)

• "Inefficient Foreign Borrowing: A Dual-and Common-Agency Perspective", American Economic Review, vol. 93, n. 5, December 2003, p. 1678-1702.

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• "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 70, n. 3, July 2003, p. 489-520.

  (with Roland Benabou)

• "Platform Competition in Two-Sided Markets", Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 1, n. 4, June 2003, p. 990-1029.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

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• "On Non-Exclusive Membership in Competing Joint Ventures", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 34, n. 1, Spring 2003, p. 43-62.

  (with Jerry A. Hausman and Gregory K. Leonard)

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• "Internet Interconnection and the Off-Net-Cost Pricing Principle", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 34, n. 2, 2003, p. 370-390.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont, Scott Marcus and Patrick Rey)

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• "An Economic Analysis of the Determination of Interchange Fees in Payment Card Systems", The Review of Network Economics, vol. 2, n. 2, 2003, p. 69-79.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

• "Parties as Political Intermediaries", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 117, n. 4, November 2002, p. 1453-1489.

  (with Bernard Caillaud)

• "Self Confidence and Personal Motivation", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 117, n. 3, August 2002, p. 871-915.

  (with Roland Benabou)

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• "Some Simple Economics of Open Source", The Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 50, n. 2, June 2002, p. 197-234.

  (with Josh Lerner)

• "Domestic and International Supply of Liquidity", American Economic Review, vol. 92, n. 2, May 2002, p. 42-45.

  (with Bengt Holmström)

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• "Rational Irrationality: Some Economics of Self-Management", European Economic Review, vol. 46, n. 4-5, April 2002, p. 633-655.

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• "Cooperation among Competitors: Some Economics of Payment Card Associations", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 33, n. 4, 2002, p. 1-22.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

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• "LAPM: A Liquidity-Based Asset Pricing Model", The Journal of Finance, vol. 56, n. 5, (Smith Breeden Award 2002), October 2001, p. 1837-1867.

  (with Bengt Holmström)

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• "Markov Perfect Equilibrium I: Observable Actions", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 100, n. 2, October 2001, p. 191-219.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "Internet Peering", American Economic Review, vol. 91, n. 2, May 2001, p. 287-291.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont, Scott Marcus and Patrick Rey)

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• "The Open Source Movement: Key Research Questions", European Economic Review, vol. 45, n. 4-6, May 2001, p. 819-826.

  (with Josh Lerner)

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• "Corporate Governance", Econometrica, vol. 69, n. 1, January 2001, p. 1-35.

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• "Le Risque Régulatoire", Risques - Les Cahiers de l'Assurance, vol. 46, 2001, p. 86-89.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

• "Connectivity in the Commercial Internet", The Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 48, n. 4, December 2000, p. 433-472.

  (with Jacques Crémer and Patrick Rey)

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• "Pricing a Network Good to Deter Entry", The Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 48, n. 4, December 2000, p. 373-390.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "Liquidity and Risk Management", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, vol. 32, n. 3, August 2000, p. 295-319.

  (with Bengt Holmström)

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• "L'infrastructure Institutionnelle de la Politique de Concurrence", Revue d'Économie du Développement, n. 1-2, June 2000, p. 123-132.

• "Multitask Agency Problems: Focus and Task Clustering", European Economic Review, vol. 44, n. 4-6, May 2000, p. 869-877.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont and Ian Jewitt)

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• "Global Price Caps and the Regulation of Access", Brazilian Review of Econometrics, vol. 20, n. 1, May 2000, p. 115-146.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

• "Some Reflections on Open Source Software", Communications & Strategies, n. 40, IDATE, Montpellier, Special Issue 4th Quarter 2000, p. 139-159.

  (with Jacques Crémer and Eloic Peyrache)
• "Customer Poaching and Brand Switching", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 31, n. 4, Winter 2000, p. 634-657.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "Transmission Rights and Market Power on Electric Power Networks", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 31, n. 3, Autumn 2000, p. 450-487.

  (with Paul Joskow)

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• "El Gobierno Corporativo", Economia (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru), vol. 22, n. 44, December 1999, p. 9-60.

• "Incomplete Contracts: Where Do We Stand?", Econometrica, vol. 67, n. 4, July 1999, p. 741-781.

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• "Report of the President", Econometrica, vol. 67, n. 3, The Econometric Society Annual Reports: 1998, May 1999, p. 699-704.

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• "Party Governance and Ideological Biais", European Economic Review, vol. 43, n. 4-6, April 1999, p. 779-789.

  (with Bernard Caillaud)

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• "Advocates", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 107, n. 1, February 1999, p. 1-39.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont)

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• "Concessions, Concurrence et Incitations", Revue d'économie financière, n. 51, January 1999, p. 79-92.
• "The Economics of Career Concerns, I: Comparing Information Structure", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 66, n. 1, Special Issue: Contracts, January 1999, p. 183-198.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont and Ian Jewitt)

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• "The Economics of Career Concerns, II: Applications to Missions and Accountability of Government Agencies", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 66, n. 1, Special Issue: Contracts, January 1999, p. 199-217.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont and Ian Jewitt)

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• "Unforeseen Contingencies and Incomplete Contracts", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 66, n. 1, Special Issue: Contracts, January 1999, p. 83-114.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "Two Remarks on the Property-Rights Literature", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 66, n. 1, Special Issue: Contracts, January 1999, p. 139-149.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "Private and Public Supply of Liquidity", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 106, n. 1, February 1998, p. 1-40.

  (with Bengt Holmström)

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• "Upgrades, Tradeins, and Buybacks", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 29, n. 2, Summer 1998, p. 235-258.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "Network Competition: I. Overview and Nondiscriminatory Pricing", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 29, n. 1, Spring 1998, p. 1-37.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont and Patrick Rey)

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• "Network Competition: II. Price Discrimination", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 29, n. 1, Spring 1998, p. 38-56.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont and Patrick Rey)

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• "Financial Intermediation, Loanable Funds and the Real Sector", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 112, n. 3, August 1997, p. 663-691.

  (with Bengt Holmström)

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• "Formal and Real Authority in Organizations", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 105, n. 1, February 1997, p. 1-29.

  (with Philippe Aghion)

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• "Competition Between Telecommunications Operators", European Economic Review, vol. 41, n. 3-5, 1997, p. 701-711.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont and Patrick Rey)

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• "Analyse Économique de la Notion de Prix de Prédation", Revue Française d'Économie, vol. 12, 1997, p. 3-32.

  (with Patrick Rey)

• "Creating Competition through Interconnection: Theory and Practice", Journal of Regulatory Economics, vol. 10, n. 3, November 1996, p. 227-256.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Interbank Lending and Systemic Risk", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, vol. 28, n. 4, November 1996, p. 733-762.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

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• "Controlling Risk in Payment Systems", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, vol. 28, n. 4, November 1996, p. 832-862.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

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• "Pollution Permits and Compliance Strategies", Journal of Public Economics, vol. 62, n. 1, October 1996, p. 85-125.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Pollution Permits and Environmental Innovation", Journal of Public Economics, vol. 62, n. 1-2, October 1996, p. 127-140.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Biaised Principals as a Discipline Device", Japan and the World Economy, vol. 8, n. 2, June 1996, p. 195-206.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont)

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• "Modeling Aggregate Liquidity", American Economic Review, vol. 86, n. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Hundredth and Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, San Francisco, January 5-7, 1996, May 1996, p. 187-191.

  (with Bengt Holmström)

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• "A Theory of Collective Reputations (with Applications to the Persistence of Corruption and to Firm Quality)", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 63, n. 1, January 1996, p. 1-22.

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• "Some Implications of Growth for Organizational Form and Ownership Structure", European Economic Review, vol. 39, n. 3, April 1995, p. 440-456.

  (with Philippe Aghion)

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• "A Theory of Income and Dividend Smoothing Based on Incumbency Rents", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 103, n. 1, February 1995, p. 75-93.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "Collusion et Théorie des Organisations", Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 1995, p. 247-286.
• "Libéralisation et Charges d'Accès", Annales des Télécommunications, vol. 50, n. 2, Springer, Paris, 1995, p. 306-314.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)
• "Les Idées Nouvelles sur l'Intégration Verticale : Un Guide Informel de l'Utilisateur", Annales des Télécommunications, vol. 50, Springer, Paris, 1995, p. 256-264.
• "Structures d'Entreprise, R&D et Incitations", Annales des Télécommunications, vol. 50, Springer, Paris, 1995, p. 165-184.

• "Access Pricing and Competition", European Economic Review, vol. 38, n. 9, December 1994, p. 1673-1710.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "The Management of Innovation", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 109, n. 4, November 1994, p. 1185-1209.

  (with Philippe Aghion)

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• "A Theory of Debt and Equity: Diversity of Securities and Manager-Shareholder Congruence", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 109, n. 4, November 1994, p. 1027-1054.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont)

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• "Western Prudential Regulation: Assessment, and Reflections on its Application to Central and Eastern Europe", The Economics of Transition, vol. 2, n. 2, June 1994, p. 129-150.

• "Opening the Black Box of Innovation", European Economic Review, vol. 38, n. 3-4, April 1994, p. 701-710.

  (with Philippe Aghion)

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• "Environmental Policy, Compliance and Innovation", European Economic Review, vol. 38, n. 3-4, April 1994, p. 555-562.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "On Banking and Intermediation", European Economic Review, vol. 38, n. 3, April 1994, p. 469-487.

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• "The International Organization of Government", Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 46, n. 1, January 1994, p. 1-29.

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• "Market Liquidity and Performance Monitoring", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 101, n. 4, August 1993, p. 678-709.

  (with Bengt Holmström)

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• "Cartelization by Regulation", Journal of Regulatory Economics, vol. 5, n. 2, June 1993, p. 111-130.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Should Governments Commit?", European Economic Review, vol. 36, n. 2-3, April 1992, p. 345-353.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Cost Padding, Auditing and Collusion", Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, n. 25-26, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Paris, January-June 1992, p. 205-226.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "The Principal-Agent Relationship with an Informed Principal, II: Common Values", Econometrica, vol. 60, n. 1, January 1992, p. 1-42.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "The Politics of Government Decision Making: A Theory of Regulatory Capture", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 106, November 1991, p. 1089-1127.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium and Sequential Equilibrium", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 53, n. 2, April 1991, p. 236-260.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "Transfer Pricing and Organizational Form", The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, vol. 7, n. 2, Fall 1991, p. 201-228.

  (with Bengt Holmström)
• "Auction Design anf Favoritism", International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol. 9, 1991, p. 9-42.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Privatization and Incentives", The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, vol. 7, special, 1991, p. 84-105.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

• "Optimal Bypass and Cream Skimming", American Economic Review, vol. 80, n. 5, December 1990, p. 1042-1061.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Moral Hazard and Renegotiation in Agency Contracts", Econometrica, vol. 58, n. 6, November 1990, p. 1279-1319.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "The Regulation of Multiproduct Firms: Part I: Theory", Journal of Public Economics, vol. 43, n. 1, October 1990, p. 1-36.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "The Regulation of Multiproduct Firms: Part II: Applications to Competitive Environments and Policy Analysis", Journal of Public Economics, vol. 43, n. 1, October 1990, p. 37-67.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Adverse Selection and Renegotiation in Procurement", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 57, n. 4, October 1990, p. 597-625.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "L'Economie Politique de la Réglementation", L'Actualité Économique, vol. 66, n. 3, September 1990, p. 305-318.

• "The Principal-Agent Relationship with an Informed Principal. I: The Case of Private Values", Econometrica, vol. 58, n. 2, March 1990, p. 379-409.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "Vertical Integration and Market Foreclosure", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, vol. 1990: "Microeconomics", Brookings Institution, Washington, 1990, p. 205-286.

  (with Olivier Hart)

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• "In Honor of David Kreps, Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal", Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 4, n. 3, Summer 1990, p. 149-170.

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• "The Politics of Government Decision Making: Regulatory Institutions", The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, vol. 6, n. 1, Spring 1990, p. 1-32.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

• "Contract Renegotiation and Coasian Dynamics", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 55, n. 4, October 1988, p. 509-540.

  (with Olivier Hart)

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• "The Dynamics of Incentive Contracts", Econometrica, vol. 56, n. 5, September 1988, p. 1153-1175.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "The Multicontract Organization", Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 21, n. 3, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, August 1988, p. 459-466.

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• "A Theory of Dynamic Oligopoly, I: Overview and Quantity Competition with Large Fixed Costs", Econometrica, vol. 56, n. 3, May 1988, p. 549-569.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "A Theory of Dynamic Oligopoly, II: Price Competition, Kinked Demand Curves, and Edgeworth Cycles", Econometrica, vol. 56, n. 3, May 1988, p. 571-599.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "Government Intervention in Production and Incentives Theory: A Review of Recent Contributions", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 29, n. 1, Spring 1988, p. 1-26.

  (with Bernard Caillaud, Roger Guesnerie and Patrick Rey)

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• "Correlated Equilibria and Sunspots", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 43, n. 2, December 1987, p. 364-373.

  (with Eric Maskin)

• "Comparative Statics of the Optimal Dynamic Incentive Contract", European Economic Review, vol. 31, n. 4, June 1987, p. 901-926.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "A Theory of Dynamic Oligopoly, III: Cournot Competition", European Economic Review, vol. 31, n. 4, June 1987, p. 947-968.

  (with Eric Maskin)

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• "Understanding Rent Dissipation: On the Use of Game Theory in Industrial Organization", American Economic Review, vol. 77, n. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Ninety-Ninth Meeting of the American Economic Association, May 1987, p. 176-183.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

  [ Jstor© ]

• "Incomplete Information Bargaining with Outside Opportunities", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 102, n. 1, February 1987, p. 37-50.

  (with Drew Fudenberg and David K. Levine)

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• "The Logic of Vertical Restraints", American Economic Review, vol. 76, n. 5, December 1986, p. 921-939.

  (with Patrick Rey)

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• "A Theory of Exit in Duopoly", Econometrica, vol. 54, n. 4, July 1986, p. 943-960.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "Using Cost Observation to Regulate Firms", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 94, n. 3, June 1986, p. 614-641.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Procurement and Renegotiation", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 94, n. 2, April 1986, p. 235-259.

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• "Une Théorie Normative des Contrats État-Entreprises", Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, n. 1, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Paris, January-March 1986, p. 107-132.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

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• "Contraintes Verticales : l'Approche Principal-Agent", Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, n. 1, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Paris, January-March 1986, p. 175-201.

  (with Patrick Rey)

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• "A "Signal-Jamming" Theory of Predation", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 17, n. 3, Autumn 1986, p. 366-376.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

  [ Jstor© ]
• "Hierarchies and Bureaucracies", The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1986.

• "Asset Bubbles and Overlapping Generations", Econometrica, vol. 53, n. 6, November 1985, p. 1499-1528.

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• "L'Economie de la Recherche Developement : Introduction à  Certains Travaux Théoriques", Revue Économique, vol. 36, n. 5, September 1985, p. 843-871.

  (with Roger Guesnerie)

• "Preemption and Rent Equalization in the Adoption of New Technology", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 52, n. 3, July 1985, p. 383-401.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "Planning under Incomplete Information and the Ratchet Effect", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 52, n. 2, April 1985, p. 173-191.

  (with Xavier Freixas and Roger Guesnerie)

  [ Jstor© ]

• "The Fat-Cat Effect, the Puppy-Dog Ploy, and the Lean and Hungry Look", American Economic Review, vol. 74, n. 2, May 1984, p. 361-366.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "On the Efficiency of Fixed Price Equilibrium", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 32, n. 2, April 1984, p. 317-327.

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• "Capital as a Commitment: Strategic Investment to Deter Mobility", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 31, n. 2, December 1983, p. 227-250.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "Jeux Dynamiques : Un Guide de l'Utilisateur", Revue d'Économie Politique, vol. 93, n. 4, July-August 1983, p. 551-575.

• "Preemption, Leapfrogging and Competition in Patent Races", European Economic Review, vol. 22, n. 1, June 1983, p. 3-31.

  (with Drew Fudenberg, Richard J. Gilbert and Joseph Stiglitz)

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• "Sequential Bargaining under Incomplete Information", Review of Economic Studies, vol. 50, n. 2, April 1983, p. 221-247.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

  [ Jstor© ]

• "Learning-by-Doing and Market Performance", The Bell Journal of Economics, vol. 14, n. 2, Autumn 1983, p. 522-530.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

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• "On the Possibility of Speculation under Rational Expectations", Econometrica, vol. 50, n. 5, September 1982, p. 1163-1182.

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• "Taux d'Actualisation et Optimum Second", Revue Économique, vol. 32, n. 5, September 1981, p. 829-869.

• "Tax Reform from the Gradient Projection Viewpoint", Journal of Public Economics, n. 15, June 1981, p. 275-293.

  (with Roger Guesnerie)

Books

• The Theory of Corporate Finance, Princeton University Press, January 2006.

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• Financial Crises, Liquidity and the International Monetary System, Princeton University Press, 2002.

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• Competition in Telecommunications, series Munich Lectures in Economics, MIT Press, 1999.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

• The Prudential Regulation of Banks, MIT Press, 1994.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont)

• A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation, MIT Press, 1993.

  (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)

• Game Theory, MIT Press, 1991.

  (with Drew Fudenberg)

• The Theory of Industrial Organization, MIT Press, 1988.

Contributions to books

• "Competition Policy in Two-Sided Markets", in Handbook of Antitrust Economics, Paolo Buccirossi (eds.), The MIT Press, April 2008, p. 543-582.

  (with Jean-Charles Rochet)

• "Laffont, Jean-Jacques (1947-2004)", in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Steven Durlauf et Lawrence E. Blume (eds.) (2nd), Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

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• "The Economics of Tacit Collusion: Implications for Merger Control", in The Political Economy of Antitrust, Vivek Ghosal and Johan Stennek (eds.), 2007, p. 217-240.

  (with Marc Ivaldi, Patrick Rey and Paul Seabright)
• "A Primer on Foreclosure", in Handbook of Industrial Organization, Mark Armstrong and Rob Porter (eds.), vol. III, North Holland, 2007, p. 2145-2220.

  (with Patrick Rey)

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• "Intellectual Property and Health in Developing Countries", in Understanding Poverty, A. Banerjee, R. Benabou and D. Mookherjee (eds.), December 2005.

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• Chapter 14, "Telecommunications and Competition", in The Economics of Antitrust and Regulation in Telecommunications, Pierre A. BUIGUES and Patrick REY (eds.), Edgard Elgar, 2004, p. 206-265.

• "Self Knowledge and Self Regulation: An Economic Approach", in Collected Essays in Psychology and Economics, I. Brocas and J. Carillo (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2003.

  (with Richard Zeckhauser)

• "Collusion and the Theory of Organizations", in Advances in Economic Theory: Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress of the Econometric Society, Jean-Jacques Laffont (eds.), series Econometric Society Monographs, vol. 1 & 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992.
• "Efficient Governance Structure : Implications for Banking Regulation", in Financial Intermediation in the Construction of Europe, C. Mayer and X. Vives (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 1992.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont)

Articles in the Press

• "Taxe carbone: de Charybde en Scylla?", Les Echos, January 6, 2010.

  (with Christian Gollier)

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• "Négociations climatiques: Copenhague ou l'heure de vérité", Le Monde, November 3, 2009.

• "Comment répondre à l'impératif écologique de façon rationnelle?", Le Monde, September 8, 2009.

  (with Christian Gollier)

• "Cinq réformes clés pour la finance mondiale", La Tribune, November 3, 2008.

• "En finir avec les tabous", Le Monde, December 11, 2007.

• "La finance d'entreprise revisitée", Les Echos, June 11, 2007.

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• "Quatre recettes pour un Etat efficace", L' Expansion, n. 720, June 2007.

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• "Nos autorités de régulation doivent rester indépendantes", Le Monde, January 23, 2007.

• "Vendeur ou acheteur: qui doit payer ?", Les Echos, November 13, 2006.

• "L'Etat a mieux à  faire que de combattre les OPA", L' Expansion, n. 707, April 2006.

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Reports

• La protection de l'emploi, Rapport pour le Conseil d'Analyse Economique, 2003.

  (with Olivier Jean Blanchard)
• Protection de la propriété intellectuelle: une introduction et quelques pistes de réflexion, Rapport pour le Conseil d'Analyse Economique, 2003.

Supplementary Material and Missing Proofs

• Addendum to "Speculative Attacks and Risk Management", August 2006.

  (with Parag A. Pathak)

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• Appendix of "Modes of Communication", December 2004.

  (with Mathias Dewatripont)

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