Patrick Legros

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)

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Northeastern University, department of economics

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1.

Moral Hazard and Capital Structure Dynamics, Second Version

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Feb 2003
Mathias Dewatripont, Patrick Legros and Steven A. Matthews
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Moral Hazard, Renegotiation, Convertible Debt, Capital Structure

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Industrial Policy and Competition

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Industrial Policy and Competition

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Mar 2012
Philippe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont, Luosha Du, Ann E. Harrison and Patrick Legros
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Berkeley and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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industrial policy, competition, application fees, intellectual property policy, patent system, innovation and productivity, renewal fees

Industrial Policy and Competition

NBER Working Paper No. w18048
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 May 2012 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Philippe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont, Luosha Du, Ann E. Harrison and Patrick Legros
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Berkeley and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Moral Hazard and Capital Structure Dynamics

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Moral Hazard and Capital Structure Dynamics

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Jul 2002
Mathias Dewatripont, Patrick Legros and Steven A. Matthews
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Moral Hazard, Renegotiation, Convertible Debt, Capital Structure

Moral Hazard and Capital Structure Dynamics

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Oct 2002
Mathias Dewatripont, Patrick Legros and Steven A. Matthews
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Moral hazard, renegotiation, convertible debt, capital structure

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The Economics of Copyright Levies on Hardware

Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 2013, 10(1), 20-35
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Aug 2013
Patrick Legros and Victor A. Ginsburgh
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
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How to Win Twice at an Auction. On the Incidence of Commissions in Auction Markets

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How to Win Twice at an Auction. On the Incidence of Commissions in Auction Markets

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Nov 2004
Victor A. Ginsburgh, Patrick Legros and Nicolas Sahuguet
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and HEC Montreal - Institute of Applied Economics
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Auction, Intermediation, Commissions, Welfare

How to Win Twice at an Auction: On the Incidence of Commissions in Auction Markets

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 May 2005
Victor A. Ginsburgh, Patrick Legros and Nicolas Sahuguet
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and HEC Montreal - Institute of Applied Economics
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Auctions, intermediation, commissions, welfare

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Monotone Matching in Perfect and Imperfect Worlds

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 13 Jan 1999
Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Pricing of Scientific Journal and Market Power

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/22
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Aug 2007
Mathias Dewatripont, Victor A. Ginsburgh, Patrick Legros and Alexis Walckiers
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Incomplete Contracts and Industrial Organization: A Survey

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Mar 2012
Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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industrial organization, ownership, incomplete contracting

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Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation

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Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7054
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Jul 2018
Laura Alfaro, Nicholas Bloom, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, Patrick Legros, Andrew F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
Harvard University, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), University of Mannheim, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Boston University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Strategy Unit and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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vertical integration, delegation, real options, supply assurance

Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation

NBER Working Paper No. w24603
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 14 May 2018 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2023
Laura Alfaro, Nicholas Bloom, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, Patrick Legros, Andrew F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
Harvard University, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), University of Mannheim, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Boston University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Strategy Unit and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12923
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 15 May 2018 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2021
Laura Alfaro, Nicholas Bloom, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, Patrick Legros, Andrew F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
Harvard University, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), University of Mannheim, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Boston University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Strategy Unit and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Trade Liberalization and Organizational Change

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Trade Liberalization and Organizational Change

Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano Development Studies Working Paper No. 262
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 May 2009
Paola Conconi, Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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D23, F13, F23

Trade Liberalization and Organizational Change

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7028
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Paola Conconi, Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Contracts, Firms, Globalization

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Beauty is a Beast, Frog is a Prince: Assortative Matching with Nontransferabilities

Econometrica, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 1073-1102, July 2007
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Mar 2012
Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Assortative matching, nontransferable utility, risk sharing, intrahouse-hold allocation, principal-agent

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Co-Ranking Mates: Assortative Matching in Marriage Markets

Economics Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 3, pp. 177-179, 2010
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Mar 2012
Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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nontransferable, utility, assignment, models

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Local Search Markets and External Competition

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Local Search Markets and External Competition

CESifo Working Paper No. 7683
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Patrick Legros and Konrad O. Stahl
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Mannheim - Department of Economics
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global competition, monopoly, oligopoly, search

Local Search Markets and External Competition

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13764
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Jun 2019
Konrad O. Stahl and Patrick Legros
University of Mannheim - Department of Economics and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Global Competition, Monopoly, oligopoly, search

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The Economic Consequences of Legislative Oversight: Theory and Evidencefrom the Medical Profession

NBER Working Paper No. w4281
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2022
Shawn Kantor and Patrick Legros
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Audit Competition in Insurance Oligopolies

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Sep 2002
Nicolas Boccard and Patrick Legros
University of Girona - Department of Economics and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Oligopoly, insurance fraud, audit

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Assortative Matching in a Non-Transferable World

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Sep 2002
Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Assortative matching, principal agent, contract theory

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Global Versus Local Competition

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 May 2002
Patrick Legros and Konrad O. Stahl
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Mannheim - Department of Economics
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Monopoly, oligopoly, information, product quality

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Smithian Growth Through Creative Organization

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5709
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Aug 2006
Patrick Legros, Andrew F. Newman, Eugenio Proto and Eugenio Proto
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Boston University - Department of Economics and University of GlasgowIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Technical change, division of labour, organization theory

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'Essential' Patents, FRAND Royalties and Technological Standards

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6925
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Mathias Dewatripont and Patrick Legros
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Frand, padding, royalty, Standard setting organization, weak patent

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A Price Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7211
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Apr 2009
Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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decision rights, incomplete contracts, integration, ownership, price theory

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A Price Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration (Revised Version)

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9004
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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decision rights, incomplete contracting, industrial organization, integration, ownership

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The Top-Ten Way to Integrate High Schools

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11910
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2018
Fernanda Estevan, Thomas Gall, Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV, University of Southampton - Division of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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affirmative action, college admission, education, general equilibrium, high school integration, Matching, Texas Top Ten Percent

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The Value of Entrepreneurial Failures: Task Allocation and Career Concerns

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11295
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Jun 2016
Andrea Canidio and Patrick Legros
IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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career concerns., entrepreneurial failures, entrepreneurship, learning, organizational choice, task allocation

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Demand-Driven Integration and Divorcement Policy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10914
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Nov 2015
Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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OIO, reverse causality, theory of the firm, vertical integration

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College Diversity and Investment Incentives

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10337
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Thomas Gall, Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman
University of Southampton - Division of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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affirmative action, education, matching, misallocation, multidimensional attributes, nontransferable utility, segregation

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Bankruptcy as a Control Device in Economies in Transition

J. OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS, Vol. 20 No. 3, June 1995
Posted: 05 Jul 1998
Patrick Legros and Janet Mitchell
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and National Bank of Belgium - Department of Financial Stability

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