Research Statement (October 2012)
G R O U P F O R M A T I O N, M A T C H I N G, A N D S O C I A L N E T W O R K S
Homophily in Peer Groups with Leeat Yariv, forthcoming on American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Revised: August 2012, Appendix, Abstract (previously circulated as "Similarity and Polarization in Groups")
A Field Study of Matching with Network Externalities with Ayse Imrohoroglu, Alistair Wilson and Leeat Yariv, American Economic Review, lead article, August 2012, 102(5), 1773-1804, Abstract, Webappendix
Child-Adoption Matching: Preferences for Gender and Race with Allan Collard-Wexler, Leonardo Felli, and Leeat Yariv, Revised March 2012, revise and resubmit, Data Appendix , Abstract , NY Times , NY Magazine, The Economist (previously circulated as "Gender and Racial Biases: Evidence from Child Adoption")
Foreign Adoption in the U.S. with Allan Collard-Wexler, Leonardo Felli, and Leeat Yariv, September 2012
Homophily and Group Size with Leeat Yariv, September 2012
Dynamic Group Formation with Leeat Yariv, work in progress, 2012
I N F O R M A T I O N L E A K A G E I N O R G A N I Z A T I O N S A N D N E T W O R K S
How to Organize Crime with Heski Bar-Isaac, Review of Economic Studies, October 2008, 75(4), 1039-1067, Awarded 2005 EEA Young Economist Award, Abstract
Interrogation Methods and Terror Networks with Heski Bar-Isaac, in "Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism," edited by N. Memon, J. D. Farley, D. L Hicks, and T. Rosenorn, Springer Ed., February 2008, Abstract
I N N O V A T I O N A N D I N F O R M A T I O N L E A K A G E
Bargaining over New Ideas: Rent Distribution and Stability of Innovative Firms with Ronny Razin, Journal of the European Economics Association, lead article, 5(6), 1095-1129, December 2007, First version: November 2001, Abstract
Innovation and Corporate Conservatism with Ronny Razin, submitted, First Version: 2004, This Version: April 2012, Abstract
From Thought to Practice: Appropriation and Endogenous Market Structure with Imperfect Intellectual Property Rights with Ronny Razin, This version: May 2004, Abstract, earlier version of "Bargaining over New Ideas: Rent Distribution and Stability of Innovative Firms" (see above)
R & D, V E R T I C A L R E L A T I O N S, A N D M A R K E T S T R U C T U R E
Outsourcing,
Information Leakage and Consulting Firms RAND Journal Of Economics,
38(1), 269-289, Spring 2007,
Abstract,
Web Appendix
Subsidies, Entry and the Distribution of R&D Investment with
John Asker,
International Journal of Industrial Organization,
28(3), 254-270, May 2010,
Abstract
Vertical Relationships in Durable Goods Markets with John Asker, work in progress, 2011
O T H E R P A P E R S
Effective Securities in Arbitrage-Free Markets with Bid-Ask Spreads at Liquidation: a Linear Programming Characterization with Anna Battauz and Fulvio Ortu, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 30(1), 55-79, January 2006, Abstract