SSRN Chicago Booth School of Business Economics Research Papers

1.

Agency Problems and Residual Claims

Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998; Journal of Law & Economics, Vol. 26, June 1983

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Nov 1998

Accepted Paper Series

Eugene F. Fama and Michael C. Jensen

University of Chicago - Finance and SSRN

Downloads 13,814

2.

The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 23/2003

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Sep 2003

Working Paper Series

Bengt R. Holmström and Steven N. Kaplan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 8,098

3.

Endogenous Commitment and Nash Equilibria in Competitive Markets with Adverse Selection

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Jun 2010

Working Paper Series

Kostas Koufopoulos

University of Warwick - Finance Group

Downloads 6,169

4.

Quadratic Voting

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2016

Working Paper Series

Steven P. Lalley and E. Glen Weyl

Department of Statistics, University of Chicago and Microsoft Research

Downloads 5,585

5.

Price Theory

Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 02 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2017

Accepted Paper Series

E. Glen Weyl

Microsoft Research

Downloads 4,406

6.

Voting Squared: Quadratic Voting in Democratic Politics

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 2, 2015, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 657

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 15 May 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl

University of Chicago - Law School and Microsoft Research

Downloads 3,806

7.

Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud?

AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper, Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 08-22, CRSP Working Paper No. 618, 1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 156/2007

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2011

Working Paper Series

I. J. Alexander Dyck, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,125

8.

Digital Currencies: Principles, Trends, Opportunities, and Risks

Number of pages: 110 Posted: 12 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2016

Working Paper Series

Paolo Tasca

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Downloads 2,805

9.

Private Benefits of Control: An International Comparison

CRSP Working Paper No. 535; and Harvard PON Working Paper; AFA 2003 Washington, DC Meetings

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Jan 2002

Working Paper Series

I. J. Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,740

10.

Cost of Capital Effects and Changes in Growth Expectations around U.S. Cross-Listings

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 46/2004, Wharton Financial Institutions Center Working Paper Series #06-19

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011

Working Paper Series

Luzi Hail and Christian Leuz

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,331

11.

What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2014

Working Paper Series

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,201

12.

Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Online Intermediaries on HIV Transmission

Chan J., and Ghose A., "Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Online Intermediaries on HIV Transmission", MIS Quarterly, 38(4), p. 955-976.,

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 28 May 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Jason Chan and Anindya Ghose

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,006

13.

An FDA for Financial Innovation: Applying the Insurable Interest Doctrine to 21st Century Financial Markets

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 107, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 589, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 382

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl

University of Chicago - Law School and Microsoft Research

Downloads 1,955

14.

Excess Volatility: Beyond Discount Rates

Fama-Miller Working Paper, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 15-13

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 06 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2017

Working Paper Series

Stefano Giglio and Bryan T. Kelly

Yale School of Management and University of Chicago - Finance

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,864

15.

Theft and Taxes

ECGI - Finance Research Paper No. 63/2005, EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings, Forthcoming, CRSP Working Paper No. 600

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Dec 2005

Working Paper Series

Mihir A. Desai, I. J. Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,864

16.

Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes?

CRSP Working Paper No. 608

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Jan 2006

Working Paper Series

Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales

Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management - Department of Finance and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,803

17.

Taxation and the Allocation of Talent

Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Benjamin B Lockwood, Charles Nathanson and E. Glen Weyl

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Microsoft Research

Downloads 1,754

18.

Improving the Numerical Performance of BLP Static and Dynamic Discrete Choice Random Coefficients Demand Estimation

Chicago Booth School of Business Research Paper No. 11-41

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2016

Working Paper Series

Jean-Pierre Dubé, Jeremy T. Fox and Che-Lin Su

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Michigan and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,593

19.

The Great Disruption: How Machine Intelligence Will Transform the Role of Lawyers in the Delivery of Legal Services

82 Fordham Law Review 3041 (2014), Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 14-17, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 339387

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 May 2014 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2014

Accepted Paper Series

John O. McGinnis and Russell G. Pearce

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Fordham University School of Law

Downloads 1,591

20.

Causes and Effects of Subjectivity in Incentives

U. of Southern California, Leventhal School of Accounting; U. of Chicago, Graduate School of Business

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Feb 2002

Working Paper Series

Michael Gibbs, Kenneth A. Merchant, Wim A. Van der Stede and Mark E. Vargus

University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Texas at Dallas - Department of Accounting & Information Management

Downloads 1,538

21.

Performance Measure Properties and Incentives

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1356

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Mar 2004

Working Paper Series

Michael Gibbs, Kenneth A. Merchant, Wim A. Van der Stede and Mark E. Vargus

University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Texas at Dallas - Department of Accounting & Information Management

Downloads 1,492

22.

The Average-Marginal Relationship and Tractable Equilibrium Forms

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2016

Working Paper Series

Michal Fabinger and E. Glen Weyl

University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Economics and Microsoft Research

Downloads 1,463

23.

The Low-Volatility Anomaly: Market Evidence on Systematic Risk versus Mispricing

Financial Analysts Journal 72 (1), 36-47, January/February 2016

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Xi Li, Rodney N Sullivan and Luis García-Feijóo

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), AQR Capital Management and Florida Atlantic University - Department of Finance

Downloads 1,323

24.

Who is 'Behavioral'? Cognitive Ability and Anomalous Preferences

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Mar 2005

Working Paper Series

Daniel J. Benjamin, Sebastian A. Brown and Jesse M. Shapiro

USC, Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), Harvard University and University of Chicago

Downloads 1,289

25.

The Limits to Arbitrage and the Low-Volatility Anomaly

Financial Analysts Journal 70 (1), 52-64, January/February 2014.

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Xi Li, Rodney N Sullivan and Luis García-Feijóo

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), AQR Capital Management and Florida Atlantic University - Department of Finance

Downloads 1,261

26.

Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 623-648, July-August 1972

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Feb 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Isaac Ehrlich and Gary S. Becker

State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,214

27.

The Openness-Equality Trade-Off in Global Redistribution

The Economic Journal, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2016

Accepted Paper Series

E. Glen Weyl

Microsoft Research

Downloads 1,195

28.

Product Design in Selection Markets

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Andre Veiga and E. Glen Weyl

University of Oxford - Nuffield College and Microsoft Research

Downloads 1,183

29.

Prezzi di Ramsey (Ramsey Prices)

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2016

Working Paper Series

Maria-Augusta Miceli

University of Rome

Downloads 1,121

30.

Imperfect Competition in Selection Markets

Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 30 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Neale Mahoney and E. Glen Weyl

University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Microsoft Research

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,067

31.

The Effects of Charge-Price Transparency Regulation on Prices in the Healthcare Industry

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 14-33

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2017

Working Paper Series

Hans Bonde Christensen, Eric Floyd and Mark G. Maffett

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of California San Diego and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Downloads 1,018

32.

Depreciating Licenses

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2017

Working Paper Series

E. Glen Weyl and Anthony Lee Zhang

Microsoft Research and Stanford Graduate School of Business

Downloads 934

33.

Field Experiments

UCF Economics Working Paper No. 03-12

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 18 Apr 2005

Working Paper Series

Glenn W. Harrison and John A. List

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

Downloads 896

34.

Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 131

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Mar 2001

Working Paper Series

Barry R. Chiswick

University of Illinois at Chicago

Downloads 885

35.

Smart Cities: Explaining the Relationship between City Growth and Human Capital

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Dec 2003

Working Paper Series

Jesse M. Shapiro

University of Chicago

Downloads 853

36.

Does Local Financial Development Matter?

CRSP Working Paper No. 538

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 May 2003

Working Paper Series

Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales

Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management - Department of Finance and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 835

37.

Fighting Corruption and Organised Crime as a Means of Socio-Economic Development in South-East Europe

South-East Europe Review, Vol. 2, pp. 81-94, 2007

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Jun 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Bruno S. Sergi and Qerim R. Qerimi

University of Messina and University of Prishtina

Downloads 826

38.

What Investors Want! Behavioural Finance Implications in Optimal Portfolio Construction

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 Aug 2007

Working Paper Series

John Livanas

University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Downloads 825

39.

The Origin of Emotions

Number of pages: 193 Posted: 15 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 08 May 2014

Working Paper Series

Mark Devon

Harvard University

Downloads 800

40.

2017 Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study

Number of pages: 112 Posted: 11 May 2017 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2017

Working Paper Series

Garrick Hileman and Michel Rauchs

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Judge Business School and Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

Downloads 757

41.

Are Elite Universities Losing Their Competitive Edge?

CRSP Working Paper No. 609, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1046

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 10 May 2006

Working Paper Series

E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 749

42.

The False Promise of Social Security Privatization

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 May 2001

Working Paper Series

Jeffrey A. Miron and Kevin M. Murphy

Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago

Downloads 734

43.

Media, Education, and Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Dec 2003

Working Paper Series

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago

Downloads 718

44.

The Changing Relationship between Income and Crime Victimization

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 1999

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Sep 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Steven D. Levitt

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business - Economics

Downloads 716

45.

What Factors Give Cryptocurrencies Their Value: An Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 18 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2016

Working Paper Series

Adam Hayes

University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Sociology

Downloads 705

46.

Why Have Americans Become More Obese?

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Paper No. 1994

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 23 Jan 2003

Working Paper Series

David M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser and Jesse M. Shapiro

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Department of Economics and University of Chicago

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 703

47.

Pricing Institutions and the Welfare Cost of Adverse Selection

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 27 May 2016

Accepted Paper Series

E. Glen Weyl and Andre Veiga

Microsoft Research and University of Oxford - Nuffield College

Downloads 690

48.

Indian Mutual Fund Industry: Current State & Future Outlook

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Apr 2012

Working Paper Series

Dr. Sisira Kanti Mishra

Independent

Downloads 687

49.

Brand History, Geography, and the Persistence of Brand Shares

Journal of Political Economy 117, No. 1 (February 2009): 87-115, DOI:10.1086/597301, Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 08-21, Kilts Center for Marketing at Chicago Booth – Nielsen Dataset Paper Series. 2-003,

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Bart J. Bronnenberg, Sanjay K. Dhar and Jean-Pierre Dubé

Tilburg University, CentER, University of Chicago - Marketing Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Downloads 680

50.

Let the Right 'One' Win: Policy Lessons from the New Economics of Platforms

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 709

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2014

Working Paper Series

E. Glen Weyl and Alexander White

Microsoft Research and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management

Downloads 662

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