This paper studies how communication allows for the specialized acquisition of knowledge.
It shows that a knowledge‐based hierarchy is a natural way to organize the acquisition of …

We present an equilibrium theory of the organization of work in an economy where knowledge
is an essential input in production and agents are heterogeneous in skill. Agents organize …

We show how size-contingent laws can be used to identify the equilibrium and welfare
effects of labor regulation. Our framework incorporates such regulations into the Lucas (1978) …

We study the mechanisms through which the entry into the euro delayed, rather than advanced,
key economic reforms in the eurozone periphery and led to the deterioration of important …

Incorporating the decision of how to organize the acquisition, use, and communication of
knowledge into economic models is essential to understand a wide variety of economic …

Guided by theories of “management by exception,” we study the impact of information and
communication technology on worker and plant manager autonomy and span of control. The …

How does the formation of cross-country teams affect the organization of work and the
structure of wages? To study this question, we propose a theory of the assignment of …

This paper attempts to bridge a gap between organizational economics and strategy research
through an analysis of knowledge and communication in organizations. We argue that …

This paper is concerned with the effect of nonmonetary incentives on behavior, in particular
with the study of social pressure as a determinant of corruption. We offer empirical evidence …

Since the seminal work of Lawrence F. Katz and Kevin M. Murphy (1992), the study of wage
inequality has taken as its starting point a neoclassical constant-elasticity-of-substitution …