John Asker

UCLA

8283 Bunche Hall

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1477

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Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle?

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Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle?

Review of Financial Studies 28, no. 2 (February 2015): 342-390
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 May 2010 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2015
John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Corporate investment; Q theory; Short-termism; Managerial myopia; Managerial incentives; Agency costs; Private companies; IPOs

Does the Stock Market Harm Investment Incentives?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7857
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Jul 2010
John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Agency problems, Corporate investment, Empire building, IPOs, Managerial incentives, Managerial myopia, Private companies, Short-termism

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What do Private Firms Look Like?

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What do Private Firms Look Like?

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2011
John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Private firms

What Do Private Firms Look Like?

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31351
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Dec 2011
John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Competition and the Structure of Vertical Relationships in Capital Markets

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Competition and the Structure of Vertical Relationships in Capital Markets

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 18 May 2010
John Asker, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Investment banking, Securities underwriting, Competition, Bank deregulation, Bank entry, Glass-Steagall Act, Commercial banks

Competition and the Structure of Vertical Relationships in Capital Markets

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-08-024
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Mar 2009
John Asker, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Competition and the Structure of Vertical Relationships in Capital Markets

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-06-003
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Nov 2008
John Asker, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Investment banking, Securities underwriting, Competition, Bank deregulation, Bank entry, Glass-Steagall Act, Commercial banks

Competition and the Structure of Vertical Relationships in Capital Markets

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-07-030
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Nov 2008
John Asker, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Investment banking, Securities underwriting, Competition, Bank deregulation, Glass-Steagall Act;, Commercial banks

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Diagnosing Foreclosure Due to Exclusive Dealing

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Diagnosing Foreclosure Due to Exclusive Dealing

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Oct 2004
John Asker
UCLA
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Exclusive dealing, foreclosure, vertical restraints

Diagnosing Foreclosure Due to Exclusive Dealing

NYU Working Paper No. EC-04-36
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 31 Oct 2008
John Asker
UCLA
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Exclusive dealing, foreclosure, vertical restraints

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Comparing the Investment Behavior of Public and Private Firms

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Comparing the Investment Behavior of Public and Private Firms

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31349
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Jun 2013
John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Comparing the Investment Behavior of Public and Private Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w17394
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023
John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle?

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-11-016
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2013
John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Corporate investment, Q theory, Private companies, Managerial incentives, Agency costs, Short-termism, Managerial myopia, IPOs

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Properties of Scoring Auctions

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Properties of Scoring Auctions

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Dec 2004
John Asker and Estelle Cantillon
UCLA and Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - ECARES
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Scoring, Auction, Differentiated Product

Properties of Scoring Auctions

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26084
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
John Asker and Estelle Cantillon
UCLA and Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - ECARES
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Properties of Scoring Auctions

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
John Asker and Estelle Cantillon
UCLA and Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - ECARES
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Procurement, multi-attribute, multidimensional private information, auction

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Procurement When Price and Quality Matter

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Procurement When Price and Quality Matter

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Sep 2005
John Asker and Estelle Cantillon
UCLA and Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - ECARES
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optimal auction, scoring auction, negotiation, multidimensional signal

Procurement When Price and Quality Matter

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26086
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
John Asker and Estelle Cantillon
UCLA and Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - ECARES
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optimal auction, multi-attribute auction, differentiated product, multidimensional screening, scoring auction, negotiation, bargaining, procurement

Procurement When Price and Quality Matter

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6082
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Aug 2007
John Asker and Estelle Cantillon
UCLA and Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - ECARES
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Bargaining, multidimensional signal, optimal auction, procurement, quality, scoring auction

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Equilibrium in Scoring Auctions

FEEM Working Paper No. 148.04
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Nov 2004
John Asker and Estelle Cantillon
UCLA and Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - ECARES
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Auctions, Procurement

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Vertical Practices Facilitating Exclusion

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Vertical Practices Facilitating Exclusion

NYU Working Paper , Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2255878
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Apr 2013
John Asker and Heski Bar-Isaac
UCLA and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Vertical Practices Facilitating Exclusion

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2181852, NYU Working Paper
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Nov 2012
John Asker and Heski Bar-Isaac
UCLA and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Vertical Practices Facilitating Exclusion

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31653
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Sep 2013
John Asker and Heski Bar-Isaac
UCLA and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Market Power, Production (Mis)Allocation, and OPEC

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Market Power, Production (Mis)Allocation, and OPEC

Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 256
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 24 Oct 2017
John Asker, Allan Collard-Wexler and Jan De Loecker
UCLA, Duke University and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Market Power, Productive Inefficiency, Misallocation, Cartels, Oil, OPEC

Market Power, Production (Mis)Allocation and OPEC

NBER Working Paper No. w23801
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
John Asker, Allan Collard-Wexler and Jan De Loecker
UCLA, Duke University and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance

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Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31609
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Aug 2011
John Asker and Heski Bar-Isaac
UCLA and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance

NBER Working Paper No. w16564
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023
John Asker and Heski Bar-Isaac
UCLA and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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A Study of Exclusionary Coalitions: The Canadian Sugar Combination, 1887–1889

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A Study of Exclusionary Coalitions: The Canadian Sugar Combination, 1887–1889

Antitrust Law Journal, Forthcoming, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 19-18
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2020
John Asker and C. Scott Hemphill
UCLA and New York University School of Law
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antitrust, exclusive dealing, parallel exclusion, sugar, vertical contracting

A Study of Exclusionary Coalitions: The Canadian Sugar Combination, 1887–1889

Asker, John and C. Scott Hemphill (2020), A Study of Exclusionary Coalitions: The Canadian Sugar Coalition, 1887–1889, Antitrust Law Journal, 83(1), 99-126.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Jun 2020
John Asker
UCLA
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Antitrust, Cartel, Sugar, RPM, Vertical Restraint

A Study of Exclusionary Coalitions: The Canadian Sugar Coalition, 1888–1889

NBER Working Paper No. w25856
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 May 2019 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2023
John Asker and C. Scott Hemphill
UCLA and New York University School of Law
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Sharing Underwriters with Rivals: Implications for Competition in Investment Banking

NYU Working Paper No. S-FI-05-03
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
John Asker, Alexander Ljungqvist and Alexander Ljungqvist
UCLA and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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Investment banking, Securities underwriting, Competition; Entry, Glass-Steagall Act;, Commercial banks.

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Subsidies, Entry and the Distribution of R&D Investment

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Subsidies, Entry and the Distribution of R&D Investment

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2009
John Asker and Mariagiovanna Baccara
UCLA and Washington University in St. Louis
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Entry, Subsidy, Research and Development, Product Differentiation

Subsidies, Entry and the Distribution of R&D Investment

Posted: 15 Jul 2009
John Asker and Mariagiovanna Baccara
UCLA and Washington University in St. Louis

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Entry, Subsidy, Research and Development, Product Differentiation

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Sharing Investment Bankers

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26085
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
John Asker
UCLA
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Investment banking, Securities underwriting, Competition, Bank deregulation, Bank entry, Glass-Steagall Actt, Commercial banks

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Industry Size and the Distribution of R&D Investment

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26013
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
John Asker and Mariagiovanna Baccara
UCLA and Washington University in St. Louis
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Entry, Research and Development, Product Differentiation

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Productivity Volatility and the Misallocation of Resources in Developing Economies

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Productivity Volatility and the Misallocation of Resources in Developing Economies

NBER Working Paper No. w17175
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023
Allan Collard-Wexler, John Asker and Jan De Loecker
Duke University, UCLA and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Productivity Volatility and the Misallocation of Resources in Developing Economies

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8469
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Jul 2011
John Asker, Allan Collard-Wexler and Jan De Loecker
UCLA, Duke University and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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misallocation, productivity

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Vertical Information Restraints: Pro- and Anti-Competitive Impacts of Minimum Advertised Price Restrictions

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Vertical Information Restraints: Pro- and Anti-Competitive Impacts of Minimum Advertised Price Restrictions

NBER Working Paper No. w22771
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2023
John Asker and Heski Bar-Isaac
UCLA and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Vertical Information Restraints: Pro- and Anti-Competitive Impacts of Minimum Advertised Price Restrictions

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11579
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Oct 2016
John Asker and Heski Bar-Isaac
UCLA and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Patent Auctions and Bidding Coalitions: Structuring the Sale of Club Goods

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Patent Auctions and Bidding Coalitions: Structuring the Sale of Club Goods

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Jan 2021
John Asker, Mariagiovanna Baccara and SangMok Lee
UCLA, Washington University in St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis
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Intellectual Property, Asymmetric Auctions, Club Goods, Patents

Patent Auctions and Bidding Coalitions: Structuring the Sale of Club Goods

NBER Working Paper No. w28602
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2023
John Asker, Mariagiovanna Baccara and SangMok Lee
UCLA, Washington University in St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis
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Collusion, Mergers, and Related Antitrust Issues

NBER Working Paper No. w29175
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 23 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
John Asker and Volker Nocke
UCLA and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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The Competitive Effects of Information Sharing

NBER Working Paper No. w22836
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
John Asker, Chaim Fershtman, Jihye Jeon and Ariel Pakes
UCLA, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Artificial Intelligence and Pricing: The Impact of Algorithm Design

NBER Working Paper No. w28535
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023
John Asker, Chaim Fershtman and Ariel Pakes
UCLA, Tel Aviv University and Harvard University
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Optimal Procurement When Both Price and Quality Matter

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5276
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Nov 2005
John Asker and Estelle Cantillon
UCLA and Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - ECARES
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Optimal auction, multi-attribute auction, differentiated product, multidimensional screening, scoring auction, negotiation, bargaining, procurement

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Bidding Up, Buying Out and Cooling-Off: An Examination of Auctions with Withdrawal Rights

Economic Theory, Vol. 16, Issue 3
Posted: 08 Oct 2000
John Asker
UCLA

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Auctions, Withdrawal rights, Auction experiments, Cooling-off rights