Michael Raith

University of Rochester - Simon Business School

Associate Professor of Economics and Management

Rochester, NY 14627

United States

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1.

An Agency Theory of Conservative Accrual Accounting

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 09-11
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2009
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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incentive contracts, accrual accounting,conservatism, unconditional conservatism

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Specific Knowledge and Performance Measurement

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Specific Knowledge and Performance Measurement

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 04-02
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2008
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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contract theory, specific knowledge, performance measurement, incentives, risk, input- vs. output-based pay

Specific Knowledge and Performance Measurement

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4262
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Mar 2004
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Specific knowledge, performance measurement, incentives, risk, multitask agency model, input- vs output-based pay, distortion

Specific Knowledge and Performance Measurement

RAND Journal of Economics, Forthcoming, Simon School Working Paper No. FR 08-08
Posted: 04 Jul 2008
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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contract theory, specific knowledge, performance measurement, incentives, risk, input- vs. output-based pay

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Optimal Investment Under Financial Constraints: The Roles of Internal Funds and Asymmetric Information

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 May 2001
Paul Povel and Michael Raith
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Financial constraints, capital market imperfections, financial contracts, investment, net worth, investment-cash flow sensitivities

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Competition, Risk and Managerial Incentives

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Competition, Risk and Managerial Incentives

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Mar 2001
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Competition, Incentives, Risk, X-efficiency

Competition, Risk and Managerial Incentives

Posted: 15 Jan 2004
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Competition, Incentives, Risk, X-efficiency

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Resource Allocation and Firm Scope

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Resource Allocation and Firm Scope

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 06-16
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Jun 2006
Guido Friebel and Michael Raith
Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Theory of the firm, coordination, authority, incentives, strategic information transmission, hierarchy

Resource Allocation and Firm Scope

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2249
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 05 Sep 2006
Guido Friebel and Michael Raith
Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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theory of the firm, coordination, authority, incentives, strategic information

Resource Allocation and Firm Scope

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5763
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Guido Friebel and Michael Raith
Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Theory of the firm, coordination, authority, incentives, strategic information transmission

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Abuse of Authority and Hierarchical Communication

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Abuse of Authority and Hierarchical Communication

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Aug 2001
Michael Raith and Guido Friebel
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Goethe University Frankfurt
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Hierarchies, Strategic Recruiting, Internal Labor Markets, Abuse of Authority, Chain of Command

Abuse of Authority and Hierarchical Communication

Posted: 15 Jan 2004
Guido Friebel and Michael Raith
Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Hierarchies, strategic recruiting, internal labor markets, abuse of authority, chain of command

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The U-Shaped Investment Curve: Theory and Evidence

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The U-Shaped Investment Curve: Theory and Evidence

Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 03-32
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 25 Nov 2003
Paul Povel, W. Sean Cleary and Michael Raith
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada - Department of Finance, Information Systems & Management Science and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Financial constraints, capital market imperfections, financial contracts, investment, internal funds, investment-cash flow sensitivity

The U-Shaped Investment Curve: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Feb 2004
Paul Povel, W. Sean Cleary and Michael Raith
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada - Department of Finance, Information Systems & Management Science and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Financial Constraints and Product Market Competition: Ex-Ante vs. Ex-Post Incentives

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Financial Constraints and Product Market Competition: Ex-Ante vs. Ex-Post Incentives

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Jul 2004
Paul Povel and Michael Raith
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Financial constraints, debt, product market competition

Financial Constraints and Product Market Competition: Ex-Ante vs. Ex-Post Incentives

Posted: 25 May 2004
Paul Povel and Michael Raith
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Financial constraints, debt, product market competition

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Optimal Incentives and the Time Dimension of Performance Measurement

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 08-04
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2009
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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optimal incentives, performance measurement, intertemporal consumption, informativeness, timeliness

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Optimal Debt with Unobservable Investments

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Optimal Debt with Unobservable Investments

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 May 2001
Paul Povel and Michael Raith
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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financial contracting, security design, debt, bankruptcy, agency problems, moral hazard, risk-shifting, asset substitution

Optimal Debt with Unobservable Investments

Posted: 23 Jan 2004
Paul Povel and Michael Raith
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Financial contracting, security design, debt, bankruptcy, agency problems, moral hazard, risk-shifting, asset substitution

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Resource Allocation and Organizational Form

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Forthcoming, Simon School Working Paper No. FR 09-13
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Sep 2009
Guido Friebel and Michael Raith
Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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theory of the firm, coordination,authority, incentives, strategic information transmission,hierarchy

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Managers, Training, and Internal Labor Markets

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 13-31
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2014
Guido Friebel and Michael Raith
Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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human capital, internal labor markets, agency problems, multi-divisional firm, intra-firm mobility, careers, training, war for talent

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Talent Management: The Role of Bosses

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Jul 2022
Guido Friebel and Michael Raith
Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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internal labor markets, human capital, training, talent management, talent hoarding, middle managers, multi-divisional firm, intra-firm mobility

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What are We Really Good At? Product Strategy with Uncertain Capabilities

Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 15-27
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2017
Jeanine Miklós-Thal, Michael Raith and Matthew Selove
University of Rochester - Simon Business School, University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Chapman University
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product strategy, capabilities, resource-based view of the firm

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Product Differentiation, Uncertainty and the Stability of Collusion

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EI16
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Career Concerns of Bargainers

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Career Concerns of Bargainers

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Oct 2001
John Fingleton and Michael Raith
Republic of Ireland - Irish Competition Authority and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Delegated bargaining, Strategic bargaining, Reputation, Cheap talk, Career concerns, Expert model

Career Concerns of Bargainers

The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 179-204, 2005
Posted: 17 Jun 2004
John Fingleton and Michael Raith
Republic of Ireland - Irish Competition Authority and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Delegated bargaining, Strategic bargaining, Reputation, Cheap talk, Career concerns, Expert model

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Open Covenants, Privately Arrived at

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Open Covenants, Privately Arrived at

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Dec 2000
Michael Raith and John Fingleton
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Republic of Ireland - Irish Competition Authority
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Strategic bargaining, delegated bargaining, reputation, career concerns

Open Covenants, Privately Arrived at

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 26 Mar 2001
John Fingleton and Michael Raith
Republic of Ireland - Irish Competition Authority and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Career concerns, delegated bargaining, reputation, strategic bargaining

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Employee or Contractor? A Theory of the Labor Boundaries of the Firm

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 26 Jul 2023
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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employment, authority, theory of the firm, transaction-cost economics, bargaining

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Employment as a Relational Obligation to Work

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 02 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2021
Michael Raith
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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employment, authority, theory of the firm, transaction-cost economics, bargaining

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Liquidity Constraints, Production Costs and Output Decisions

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2458
Posted: 27 Jun 2000
Paul Povel and Michael Raith
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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