James B. Rebitzer

Boston University School of Management

Professor

595 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA MA 02215

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

28

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2,809

TOTAL CITATIONS

107

Scholarly Papers (28)

When Knowledge is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2353
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Jun 1998
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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When Knowledge is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms

Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 477
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Nov 2006
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Law firms, property rights, human capital

When Knowledge is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w12583
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2022
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundations of a High Technology Cluster

FEDS Working Paper No. 2005-11, IZA Discussion Paper No. 1799
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Apr 2005
Bruce Fallick, Charles A. Fleischman and James B. Rebitzer
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Boston University School of Management
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Silicon Valley, industrial cluster, mobility, non-compete, modularity, innovation

Job Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundations of a High Technology Cluster

NBER Working Paper No. w11710
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2023
Bruce Fallick, Charles A. Fleischman and James B. Rebitzer
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Boston University School of Management
Downloads 94 (587,558)
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Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches to Agency and Labor Markets

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5058
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 26 Jul 2010
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 178 (352,917)
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agency, motivation, employment relationships, behavioral economics

Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches to Agency and Labor Markets

Bard College Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 607
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 16 Aug 2010
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 148 (414,410)
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Agency, Motivation, Employment Relationships, Behavioral Economics

The Sociology of Groups and the Economics of Incentives: Theory and Evidence on Compensation Systems

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1851
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Dec 2005
William E. Encinosa, Martin Gaynor and James B. Rebitzer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Carnegie Mellon University and Boston University School of Management
Downloads 204 (312,346)
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incentives, social norms, physicians

The Sociology of Groups and the Economics of Incentives: Theory and Evidence on Compensation Systems

NBER Working Paper No. w5953
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2022
William E. Encinosa, Martin Gaynor and James B. Rebitzer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Carnegie Mellon University and Boston University School of Management
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Incentives in Hmos

Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 340
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Nov 2001
Martin Gaynor, James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Incentives in Hmos

NBER Working Paper No. w8522
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Oct 2001 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2022
Martin Gaynor, James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Monitoring, Motivation and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w8811
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Feb 2002 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2022
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Boston University School of Management, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 144 (423,064)
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Information Technology and Medical Missteps: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

NBER Working Paper No. w13493
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2022
Jonathan Javitt, James B. Rebitzer and Lonny Reisman
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies - National Security Health Policy Center, Boston University School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Organizational Economics and Physician Practices

NBER Working Paper No. w17535
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
James B. Rebitzer and Mark Votruba
Boston University School of Management and Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management
Downloads 86 (614,190)
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Work Incentives and the Demand for Primary and Contingent Labor

NBER Working Paper No. w3647
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Jan 2002 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2022
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 77 (654,352)
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The Consequences of Minimum Wage Laws: Some New Theoretical Ideas

NBER Working Paper No. w3877
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2022
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Health Care System

NBER Working Paper No. w14212
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2022
Randall Cebul, James B. Rebitzer, Lowell J. Taylor and Mark Votruba
Case Western Reserve University - Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Boston University School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management
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Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance

NBER Working Paper No. w14455
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 03 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2023
Randall Cebul, James B. Rebitzer, Lowell J. Taylor and Mark Votruba
Case Western Reserve University - Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Boston University School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management
Downloads 62 (733,320)
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Fragmented Division of Labor and Healthcare Costs: Evidence from Moves Across Regions

NBER Working Paper No. w23078
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023
Leila Agha, Brigham R. Frandsen and James B. Rebitzer
Boston University, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Boston University School of Management
Downloads 56 (770,415)
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Influence, Information Overload, and Information Technology in Health Care

NBER Working Paper No. w14159
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2022
James B. Rebitzer, Mari Rege and Christopher Shepard
Boston University School of Management, University of Stavanger and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Structuring Incentives within Organizations: The Case of Accountable Care Organizations

NBER Working Paper No. w20034
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2023
Brigham R. Frandsen and James B. Rebitzer
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Boston University School of Management
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Employer Size and Dual Labor Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w3587
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
James B. Rebitzer and Michael D. Robinson
Boston University School of Management and Mount Holyoke College - Department of Economics
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Common Agent or Double Agent? Pharmacy Benefit Managers in the Prescription Drug Market

NBER Working Paper No. w28866
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 03 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 17 May 2023
University of Chicago, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Boston University School of Management
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Team Formation and Performance: Evidence from Healthcare Referral Networks

NBER Working Paper No. w24338
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Boston University, Boston University - Markets, Public Policy, and Law, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Boston University School of Management
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Sticking Points: Common-Agency Problems and Contracting in the U.S. Healthcare System

NBER Working Paper No. w23177
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 01 May 2022
Brigham R. Frandsen, James B. Rebitzer and Michael Powell
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Boston University School of Management and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Do Labor Markets Provide Enough Short Hour Jobs? An Analysis of Work Hours and Work Incentives

NBER Working Paper No. w3883
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2022
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Unemployment, Labor Relations, and Unit Labor Costs

American Economic Review, Vol. 78, No. 2, 1988
Posted: 29 Jan 2014
James B. Rebitzer
Boston University School of Management

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Establishment Size and Job Tenure

Industrial Relations. Fall 86, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p 292-302. 11p.
Posted: 29 Jan 2014
James B. Rebitzer
Boston University School of Management

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Unemployment, Long-Term Employment Relations, and Productivity Growth

Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 69, No. 4, 1987
Posted: 29 Jan 2014
James B. Rebitzer
Boston University School of Management

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A Model of Dual Labor Markets When Product Demand is Uncertain

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 106, No. 4, 1991
Posted: 29 Jan 2014
James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management

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Job Safety and Contract Workers in the Petrochemical Industry

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society Volume 34, Issue 1, pages 40–57, January 1995
Posted: 18 Jan 2014
James B. Rebitzer
Boston University School of Management

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Rat Race Redux: Adverse Selection in the Determination of Work Hours in Law Firms

American Economic Review, Vol. 86, No. 3, 1996
Posted: 14 Dec 2013
Renee M. Landers, James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Suffolk University Law School, Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management

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Managed Care and Physician Incentives: The Effects of Competition on the Cost and Quality of Care

Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006
Posted: 14 Dec 2013
David J. Cooper and James B. Rebitzer
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Boston University School of Management

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managed care, physician incentives, product differentiation, norms

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Physician Incentives in Health Maintenance Organizations

Posted: 08 Jul 2004
Martin Gaynor, James B. Rebitzer and Lowell J. Taylor
Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management

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