Joshua Gans: Research
 
Bargaining and the Theory of the Firm
"A Comparison of Ex Ante versus Ex Post Vertical Market Supply: Evidence from the Electricity Supply Industry," (with Frank Wolak) 20th October, 2008
Bilateral Bargaining with Externalities (with Catherine de Fontenay) 30th October, 2007
When Will Efficient Ownership Arise? Trading over Property Rights 31st March, 2005
Intrafirm Bargaining with Heterogeneous Replacement Workers (with Catherine de Fontenay) June, 2005
Bargaining over Labor: Do Patients have any Power? (with Andrew Leigh) 9th June 2006
Operationalizing Value-Based Business Strategy (with Glenn MacDonald and Michael Ryall) 22 April, 2005
The Allocation of Decisions in Organizations (with Susan Athey, Scott Shaefer and Scott Stern) November, 1994
Economics
Textbooks
  • Core Economics for Managers
    • Thomson Learning: Melbourne, 2005.
  • Principles of Economics (with Stephen King, Robin Stonecash and N. Gregory Mankiw)
    • 3rd Pacific Rim Edition, Thomson, 2005 (2nd Pacific Rim Edition, Thomson, 2003, 1st Australasian Edition, Harcourt, Sydney, 2000).
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (with Robin Stonecash, Stephen King and N. Gregory Mankiw)
    • 3rd Pacific Rim Edition, Thomson, 2005 (2nd Pacific Rim Edition, Thomson, 2003, 1st Australasian Edition, Harcourt-Brace, Sydney, 1999).
  • Principles of Microeconomics (with Stephen King and N. Gregory Mankiw)
    • 3rd Pacific Rim Edition, Thomson, 2005 (2nd Pacific Rim Edition, Thomson, 2003, 1st Australasian Edition, Harcourt-Brace, Sydney, 1999)

 

 

Vertical Integration and Outsourcing
The Theory of the Firm

 

Innovation and Intellectual Property
Industrial Organization
Telecommunications Competition and Regulation
Access Regulation and Investment
Payment Systems
Publishing in Economics
  • "First Author Conditions" (with Maxim Engers, Simon Grant, Stephen King), Journal of Political Economy, Vol.107, No.4, August 1999, pp.859-883.
  • "Why Referees Don't Get Paid (Enough)" (with Maxim Engers), American Economic Review, Vol.88, No.5, December 1998, pp.1341-1349. [PS]
  • "How Are The Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic Articles By Leading Economists," (with George Shepherd), Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol.8, No.1, Winter, 1994, pp.165-179.
Economic Growth
  • "Growth in Australian Cities" (with Rebecca Bradley), Economic Record, Vol.74 (No.226) September 1998, pp.266-278.
  • "Industrialisation with a Menu of Technologies: Appropriate Technologies and the Big Push", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Vol.9, No.3, 1998, pp.63-78.    [PS]
  • "Time Lags and Indicative Planning in a Dynamic Model of Industrialisation," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol.12, 1998, pp.103-130.    [PS-Paper]     [PS- Figure 1]    [PS- Figure2]
  • "Industrialization Policy and the Big Push," in K.J. Arrow et.al. (eds.), Increasing Returns and Economic Analysis, Macmillan: London, 1998, Chpt 13.    [PS]
  • "Fixed Cost Assumptions in Industrialisation Theories," Economics Letters, 56, 1997, pp.111-119.    [PS]
  • "Urban Productivity and Factor Growth in the Late Nineteenth Century," (with Raphael Bostic and Scott Stern), Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 41, No.1, January 1997, pp.38-55.    [PS]
  • "Knowledge of Growth and the Growth of Knowledge," Information Economics and Policy, Vol.4, No.3, 1989-90, pp.201-224.
Game Theory
  • "Engendering Change," in W. Barnett et.al. (eds.), Commerce, Complexity and Evolution, Cambridge University Press: New York, 2000, Chapter 19, pp.390-414.
  • "Best Replies and Adaptive Learning," Mathematical Social Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, 1995, pp.221-234.
  • "Evolutionary Selection of Beliefs," Economics Letters, Vol.49, No.1, July, 1995, pp.13-17.
  • "Comparative Statics Made Simple: An Introduction to Recent Advances," Australian Economic Papers, June 1996, pp.81-93.     [PS]
Demography and Birth Timing
Other
  • "Do Voluntary Carbon Offsets Work?" The Economists' Voice, Vol.4, Iss.4, Article 7.
  • "Darth Vader and the Hold Up Problem," Journal of Political Economy, Vol.114, No.2, April, 2006, back page suggestion.
  • "Limited Information, the Possibility of Rational Choice, and the Contingent Valuation Method," International Journal of Social Economics, Vol.26, Nos.1/2/3, 1999, pp.402-414. [PS]
  • "Majority Voting With Single-Crossing Preferences," (with Michael Smart) Journal of Public Economics, 58 (1), February 1996, pp.219-238.
  • "On the Impossibility of Rational Choice Under Incomplete Information," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol.29, No.2, March, 1996, pp.287-309.
  • "Chaos Theory, Nonlinearities and Economics: A Speculative Note," Economic Papers, Vol.10, No.1, March 1991, pp.40-53.
  • "Time and Economics: Reflections on Hawking," Methodus, Vol.2, No.2, December 1990, pp. 80-81.
Innovation Policy
Intellectual Property Protection
Competition Policy
Regulation
Broadband
Health
"Does Australia's Health Insurance System Really Provide Insurance?" Policy, Vol.20, No.3, Spring 2004, pp.10-14.
"Anti-insurance: Analysing the Health Insurance System in Australia," (with Stephen King) Economic Record, Vol.79, No.248, December 2003, pp.473-486.
Housing
Other
Competition & Broadband Policy
Environmental Policy
Other

 

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