In this paper, I discuss the importance of conducting experimental research in managerial
accounting and provide a framework for understanding and assessing the contributions of …

This article reviews the major insights of the economics literature regarding the design of
service quality regulation in public utility industries. The focus is on generic service quality …

The paper takes stock of the advances and directions for research on the incomplete
contracting front. It first illustrates some of the main ideas of the incomplete contract literature …

This paper explores leadership within organizations. Leadership is distinct from authority
because following a leader is a voluntary, rather than coerced, activity of the followers. This …

Why are observed contracts so often incomplete in the sense that they leave contracting
parties' obligations vague or unspecified? Traditional answers to this question invoke …

Contractual arrangements involving revenue/profit sharing are often based on fairly simple,
often linear, rules. In addition, in many contexts these contracts are not finely adjusted to the …

Economic development requires secure contract enforcement and stable property rights.
Normal majority-rule politics, such as bargaining over distributive and monetary policies …

We examine the incentive problem confronting a firm and employee when the employee
privately discovers a significant invention and faces a choice between keeping the invention …

This book is an invitation to study managerial uses of accounting infonnation. Three themes
run throughout. First, the accounting system is profitably thought of as a library of financial …

This paper discusses the incentive problems to which buyer-supplier transactions are
subject and, by surveying the incentives literature, discusses some of the inter-firm design …