George-Levi Gayle

Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

Associate Professor

One Brookings Drive

St. Louis, MO 63130

United States

http://https://artsci.wustl.edu/~ggayle/

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

P.O. Box 442

St. Louis, MO 63166-0442

United States

  • Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

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How Well Does Agency Theory Explain Executive Compensation?

Review, Vol. 100, Issue 3, pp. 201-36, 2018, Baruch College Zicklin School of Business Research Paper No. 2018-07-01
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2020
George-Levi Gayle, Chen Li and Robert A. Miller
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - New York University (NYU), Shanghai and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Was Sarbanes-Oxley Costly? Evidence from Optimal Contracting on CEO Compensation

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Was Sarbanes-Oxley Costly? Evidence from Optimal Contracting on CEO Compensation

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2015-17
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 27 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2019
George-Levi Gayle, Chen Li and Robert A. Miller
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - New York University (NYU), Shanghai and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Was Sarbanes-Oxley Costly? Evidence from Optimal Contracting on CEO Compensation

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 10 Mar 2021
George-Levi Gayle, Chen Li and Robert Miller
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - New York University (NYU), Shanghai and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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What Accounts for the Racial Gap in Time Allocation and Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital?

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2015-18
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 27 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2019
George-Levi Gayle, Limor Golan and Mehmet Soytas
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Economics and Ozyegin University
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Life-cycle dynastic models, Household allocation of resource, Estimation of dynamic game of complete information, Human capital production function, Quantity-quality trade-off.

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Intergenerational Mobility and the Effects of Parental Education, Time Investment, and Income on Children’S Educational Attainment

Review, Vol. 100, Issue 3, pp. 281-95, 2018
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2020
George-Levi Gayle, Limor Golan and Mehmet Soytas
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Economics and Ozyegin University
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What is the Source of the Intergenerational Correlation in Earnings?

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2015-19
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2019
George-Levi Gayle, Limor Golan and Mehmet Soytas
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Economics and Ozyegin University
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Intergenerational Models, Estimation, Discrete Choice, Human Capital, PSID

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Optimal Taxation, Marriage, Home Production, and Family Labor Supply

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2016-10
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 25 May 2016 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2019
George-Levi Gayle and Andrew Shephard
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania
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Interlocked Executives and Insider Board Members: An Empirical Analysis

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2015-40
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2019
George-Levi Gayle, Limor Golan and Robert A. Miller
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Economics and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Estimation of Dynastic Life-Cycle Discrete Choice Models

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2015-20
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 27 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2019
George-Levi Gayle, Limor Golan and Mehmet Soytas
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Economics and Ozyegin University
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Insider Information and Performance Pay

CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 55, Issue 3-4, pp. 515-541, 2009
Posted: 08 Dec 2009
George-Levi Gayle and Robert A. Miller
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Dominican University

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Managerial compensation, moral hazard, private information, performance pay, insider trading, structural estimation