Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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The Career Costs of Children
Published 2011-11-01This paper analyzes the life-cycle career costs associated with child rearing and decomposes their effects into unearned wages (as women drop out of the labor market), loss of human capital, and selection into more ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Marriage penalties, marriage, and cohabitation
Published 2011-09-01I examine the effect of marriage penalties in the US income tax system on marital status. I construct a simulated instrument that exploits variation in the tax code over time and between US states to deal with potential ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A Swarm of Innovators: Information, Leadership and Innovation
Published 2011-11-01We study the interplay between innovation, communication in an organization and leadership. Although a firm requires both strong leadership and sufficient communication in order to innovate, we posit that frequent communication ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Treasure game
Published 2011-10-01A prize is located at an unknown point on an island. In each period, each of n players searches a subset of the as yet unsearched portion of the island. If one player alone finds the prize he wins it and the game ends. ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Ownership, access and sequential investment
Published 2011-10-01We extend the property-rights framework to allow for: a separation of the ownership rights of access and veto; and sequential investment. Parties investing first (ex ante) do so before contracting is possible. Parties that ...Open AccessWorking Paper