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The Impact of Capital-Based Regulation on Bank Risk-Taking by Calem, Paul, Rob, Rafael

“…In this paper we model the dynamic portfolio choice problem facing banks, calibrate the model using empirical data from the banking industry for 1984–1993, and…”
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Product Innovation by a Durable-Good Monopoly by Fishman, Arthur, Rob, Rafael

“…We consider a durable-good monopolist that periodically introduces new models, each new model representing an improvement upon its predecessor. We show that if…”
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Evolution of Equilibria in the Long Run: A General Theory and Applications by Kandori, Michihiro, Rob, Rafael

“…We extend the evolutionary process studied in Kandori et al., Econometrica 61 (1933), 29-56 to n × n games. The evolutionary process is driven by two forces:…”
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Piracy on the High C’s: Music Downloading, Sales Displacement, and Social Welfare in a Sample of College Students by Rob, Rafael, Waldfogel, Joel

“…Recording industry revenue has fallen sharply in the last 3 years, and some—but not all—observers attribute this to file sharing. We collect new data on albums…”
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Learning and Capacity Expansion under Demand Uncertainty by Rob, Rafael

“…A competitive, dynamic model of entry into a new industry is set up and both its positive and normative aspects are studied. The main assumptions are that…”
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PIRACY ON THE SILVER SCREEN by ROB, RAFAEL, WALDFOGEL, JOEL

“…Using survey data on movie consumption by about 500 University of Pennsylvania undergraduate students, we ask whether unpaid consumption of movies displaces…”
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Bandwagon Effects and Long Run Technology Choice by Michihiro, Kandori, Rob, Rafael

“…We introduce a class of “bandwagon games” which generalizes the notion of network externalities when there are more than two competing technologies and various…”
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Long-term relationships as safeguards by Rob, Rafael, Yang, Huanxing

“…We analyze a repeated prisoners' dilemma game played in a community setting with heterogeneous types. The setting is such that individuals choose whether to…”
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Is Bigger Better? Customer Base Expansion through Word‐of‐Mouth Reputation by Rob, Rafael, Fishman, Arthur

“…A model of gradual reputation formation through a process of continuous investment in product quality is developed. We assume that the ability to produce…”
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The Durability of Information, Market Efficiency and the Size of Firms by Fishman, Arthur, Rob, Rafael

“…We analyze a search-theoretic framework in which consumers buy the product repeatedly and firms' costs vary over time. We show the cross-sectional correlation…”
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Reputation and turnover by Rob, Rafael, Sekiguchi, Tadashi

“…We consider a repeated duopoly game where each firm privately chooses its investment in quality, and realized quality is a noisy indicator of the firm's…”
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Foreign Direct Investment and Exports with Growing Demand by Rob, Rafael, Vettas, Nikolaos

“…We explore entry into a foreign market with uncertain demand growth. A multinational can serve the foreign demand by two modes, or by a combination thereof: it…”
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Social Capital, Corporate Culture, and Incentive Intensity by Rob, Rafael, Zemsky, Peter

“…We study the design of incentives in a firm in which cooperation among workers is important. Since cooperation is not observed, the firm is unable to reward…”
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Piracy on the silver screen by Rob, Rafael, Waldfogel, Joel

“…Using survey data on movie consumption by about 500 University of Pennsylvania undergraduate students, we ask whether unpaid consumption of movies displaces…”
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The Dynamics of Technological Adoption in Hardware/Software Systems: The Case of Compact Disc Players by Gandal, Neil, Kende, Michael, Rob, Rafael

“…We examine the diffusion of a hardware/software system. For such systems there is interdependence between the hardware-adoption decisions of consumers and the…”
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Reputation and Turnover by Sekiguchi, Tadashi, Rob, Rafael

“…We consider a repeated duopoly game where each firm privately chooses its investment in quality, and realized quality is a noisy indicator of the firm's…”
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A Welfare Analysis of Regulation in Relationship Banking Markets by Carlin, Bruce Ian, Rob, Rafael

“…The increasing dependence of individuals on debt financing raises several welfare considerations that we analyze in this paper. We develop a dynamic,…”
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Piracy on the high C's: music downloading, sales displacement, and social welfare in a sample of college students by Rob, Rafael, Waldfogel, Joel

“…Recording industry revenue has fallen sharply in the last 3 years, and some-but not all-observers attribute this to file sharing. We collect new data on albums…”
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Learning, Mutation, and Long Run Equilibria in Games by Kandori, Michihiro, Mailath, George J., Rob, Rafael

“…We analyze an evolutionary model with a finite number of players and with noise or mutations. The expansion and contraction of strategies is linked--as…”
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Foreign direct investment and exports with growing demand by Rob, Rafael, Vettas, Nikolaos

“…We explore entry into a foreign market with uncertain demand growth. A multinational can serve the foreign demand by two modes, or by a combination thereof: it…”
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