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Helmut Bester

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Working papers

  1. Bester, Helmut, 2009. "Investments and the Holdup Problem in a Matching Market," CEPR Discussion Papers 7332, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  2. Bester, Helmut, 2009. "Investments and the holdup problem in a matching market," Discussion Papers 2009/7, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics. [Downloadable!]

  3. Helmut Bester, 2009. "Investment and the Holdup Problem in a Matching Market," Discussion Papers 263, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]

  4. Helmut Bester & Daniel Krähmer, 2008. "Exit Options in Incomplete Contracts with Asymmetric Information," Discussion Papers 251, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]

  5. Bester, Helmut & Krähmer, Daniel, 2008. "Exit options in incomplete contracts with asymmetric information," Discussion Papers 2008/23, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics. [Downloadable!]

  6. Daniel Krähmer & Helmut Bester, 2006. "Delegation and Incentives," Discussion Papers 190, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Bester, Helmut & Krähmer, Daniel, 2006. "Delegation and incentives," Discussion Papers 2007/1, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics. [Downloadable!]

  8. Helmut Bester & Karl Wärneryd, 2006. "Conflict and the Social Contract," Discussion Papers 94, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Bester, Helmut, 2005. "Externalities, communication and the allocation of decision rights," Discussion Papers 2005/21, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics. [Downloadable!]

  10. Helmut Bester & Kai A. Konrad, 2003. "Easy Targets and the Timing of Conflict," cege – Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research Discussion Papers 21, cege – Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research, University of Goettingen (Germany).. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Bester, Helmut & Konrad, Kai A, 2003. "Delay in Contests," CEPR Discussion Papers 3784, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  12. Bester, Helmut, 2002. "Externalities and the Allocation of Decision Rights in the Theory of the Firm," CEPR Discussion Papers 3276, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  13. Bester, H. & Gueth, W., 1994. "Is Altruism Evolutionarily Stable ?," Discussion Paper 103, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  14. Bester, H., 1993. "Price Commitment in Search Markets," Papers 9309, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research.
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  15. Bester, H. & Petrakis, E., 1992. "Price Advertising and Advertising in Oligopoly," Papers 9222, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research.

  16. Bester, H., 1991. "A Model of price Advertising and Sales," Papers 9158, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research.

  17. Bester, H. & de Palma, A. & Leininger, W., 1991. "The Missing Equilibria in Hotelling's Location Game," Papers 9163, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research.
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  18. Bester, H., 1991. "Bargaining V.S. Price Competition in a Market with Quality Uncertainty," Papers 9113, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research.

  19. Bester, H. & Petrakis, E., 1991. "The Incentives for Cost Reduction in a Differentiated Industry," Papers 9136, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research.
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  20. Helmut Bester, 1990. "The Role of Collateral in a Model of Debt Renegotiation," CEPR Financial Markets Paper 0001, European Science Foundation Network in Financial Markets, c/o C.E.P.R, 53--56 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DG.
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  21. Bester,Helmut, 1988. "Sequential competition in Bertrand-Edgeworth oligopoly," Discussion Paper Serie A 165, University of Bonn, Germany.

  22. Bester,Helmut, 1988. "Bertrand equilibrium in a differentiated duopoly," Discussion Paper Serie A 209, University of Bonn, Germany.
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  23. Bester,Helmut Hellwig,Martin, 1987. "Moral hazard and equilibrium credit rationing: An overview of the issues," Discussion Paper Serie A 125, University of Bonn, Germany.

  24. Bester,Helmut, 1987. "Qualitative uncertainity in a market with bilateral trading," Discussion Paper Serie A 96, University of Bonn, Germany.
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  25. Bester,Helmut, 1986. "Die Anreizfunktion von Kreditvertraegen bei unvollstaendiger Information," Discussion Paper Serie A 51, University of Bonn, Germany.

  26. Bester,Helmut, 1986. "Non-cooperative bargaining and non spatial competition," Discussion Paper Serie A 73, University of Bonn, Germany.

  27. Bester,Helmut, 1986. "Open market operations and the nonneutrality of money," Discussion Paper Serie A 55, University of Bonn, Germany.

  28. Bester,Helmut, 1986. "Bargaining,Search costs and equilibrium price distribution," Discussion Paper Serie A 49, University of Bonn, Germany.
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  29. Bester,Helmut, 1986. "Specific skills,imperfect information and job rationing," Discussion Paper Serie A 58, University of Bonn, Germany.

  30. Helmut Bester & Joszef Sakovics, . "Delegated Bargaining and Renegotiation," Papers 007, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]
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  31. Helmut Bester & Roland Strausz, . "Imperfect Commitment and the Revelation Principle," Papers 004, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]

  32. Helmut Bester & Roland Strausz, . "Contracting with Imperfect Commitment and Noisy Communication," Papers 017, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]
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  33. Helmut Bester & Karl Warneryd, . "Conflict Resolution under Asymmetric Information," Papers 006, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]
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  34. Helmut Bester, . "Externalities, Communication and the Allocation of Decision Rights," Papers 027, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]
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  35. Helmut Bester & Emmanuel Petrakis, . "Wages and Productivity Growth in a Dynamic Monopoly," Papers 012, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]
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  36. Helmut Bester & Emmanuel Petrakis, . "Wages and Productivity Growth in a Competitive Industry," Papers 009, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]
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  37. Helmut Bester & Klaus Ritzberger, . "Strategic Pricing, Signalling, and Costly Information Acquisition," Papers 008, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]
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Articles

  1. Helmut Bester, 2009. "Externalities, communication and the allocation of decision rights," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 41(2), pages 269-296, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  2. Helmut Bester & Daniel Krähmer, 2008. "Delegation and incentives," RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation, vol. 39(3), pages 664-682. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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    • Daniel Krähmer & Helmut Bester, 2006. "Delegation and Incentives," Discussion Papers 190, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]
    • Bester, Helmut & Krahmer, Daniel, 2007. "Delegation and Incentives," CEPR Discussion Papers 6042, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  3. Bester, Helmut & Strausz, Roland, 2007. "Contracting with imperfect commitment and noisy communication," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 136(1), pages 236-259, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Helmut Bester & Karl Wärneryd, 2006. "Conflict and the Social Contract," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 108(2), pages 231-249, 07. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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    • Helmut Bester & Karl Wärneryd, 2006. "Conflict and the Social Contract," Discussion Papers 94, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]

  5. Bester, Helmut & Konrad, Kai A., 2004. "Delay in contests," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 48(5), pages 1169-1178, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Bester, Helmut & Petrakis, Emmanuel, 2004. "Wages and productivity growth in a dynamic monopoly," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 83-100, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Bester, Helmut & Petrakis, Emmanuel, 2003. "Wages and productivity growth in a competitive industry," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 109(1), pages 52-69, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Bester, Helmut & Strausz, Roland, 2001. "Contracting with Imperfect Commitment and the Revelation Principle: The Single Agent Case," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 69(4), pages 1077-98, July.

  9. Bester, Helmut & Ritzberger, Klaus, 2001. "Strategic pricing, signalling, and costly information acquisition," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 19(9), pages 1347-1361, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  10. Bester, Helmut & Sakovics, Jozsef, 2001. "Delegated bargaining and renegotiation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 45(4), pages 459-473, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  11. Bester, Helmut & Strausz, Roland, 2000. "Imperfect commitment and the revelation principle: the multi-agent case," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 69(2), pages 165-171, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  12. Helmut Bester, 1998. "Quality Uncertainty Mitigates Product Differentiation," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 29(4), pages 828-844, Winter. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  13. Bester, Helmut & Guth, Werner, 1998. "Is altruism evolutionarily stable?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 193-209, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  14. Bester, Helmut & Petrakis, Emmanuel, 1996. "Coupons and oligopolistic price discrimination," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 14(2), pages 227-242. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  15. Bester, Helmut & de Palma, Andre & Leininger, Wolfgang & Thomas, Jonathan & von Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig, 1996. "A Noncooperative Analysis of Hotelling's Location Game," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 165-186, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  16. Bester, Helmut & Petrakis, Emmanuel, 1995. "Price competition and advertising in oligopoly," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 39(6), pages 1075-1088, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  17. Bester, Helmut, 1995. "A bargaining model of financial intermediation," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 39(2), pages 211-228, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  18. Bester, Helmut, 1994. "Random Advertising and Monopolistic Price Dispersion," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 3(3), pages 545-59, Fall.

  19. Bester, Helmut, 1994. "Price commitment in search markets," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 109-120, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  20. Bester, Helmut, 1994. "The Role of Collateral in a Model of Debt Renegotiation," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 26(1), pages 72-86, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  21. Bester, Helmut & Petrakis, Emmanuel, 1993. "The incentives for cost reduction in a differentiated industry," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 519-534. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  22. Bester, Helmut, 1993. "Bargaining versus Price Competition in Markets with Quality Uncertainty," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 83(1), pages 278-88, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  23. Bester, Helmut, 1992. "Bertrand Equilibrium in a Differentiated Duopoly," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 33(2), pages 433-48, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  24. Bester, Helmut, 1989. "Noncooperative Bargaining and Spatial Competition," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 57(1), pages 97-113, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  25. Bester, Helmut, 1989. "Incentive-Compatible Long-term Contracts and Job Rationing," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 7(2), pages 238-55, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  26. Bester, Helmut, 1988. "Bargaining, Search Costs and Equilibrium Price Distributions," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 55(2), pages 201-14, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  27. Bester, Helmut, 1988. " Qualitative Uncertainty in a Market with Bilateral Trading," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 90(3), pages 415-34.
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  28. Bester, Helmut, 1987. "The role of collateral in credit markets with imperfect information," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(4), pages 887-899, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  29. Bester, Helmut, 1985. "Screening vs. Rationing in Credit Markets with Imperfect Information," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 75(4), pages 850-55, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  30. Bester, Helmut, 1984. "On increasing risk in incomplete markets," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 16(1-2), pages 27-30. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  31. Bester, Helmut, 1984. "Increasing risk and equilibrium under uncertainty," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 378-386, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  32. Bester, Helmut, 1982. "On shareholder unanimity in the mean-variance model," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 10(3-4), pages 363-367. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

NEP Fields

24 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (5) 2005-10-29 2006-02-12 2007-01-14 2007-01-28 2008-12-01 Author is listed
  2. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2004-04-25
  3. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory & Applications (1) 2008-12-01
  4. NEP-DGE: Dynamic General Equilibrium (2) 2009-07-03 2009-10-03
  5. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2004-06-13
  6. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (3) 2000-07-03 2009-07-03 2009-10-03
  7. NEP-HPE: History & Philosophy of Economics (1) 2003-07-13
  8. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 2000-07-03
  9. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 2000-12-19 2001-02-27
  10. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (7) 2003-03-14 2005-10-29 2005-10-29 2005-12-01 2006-01-24 2007-01-14 2007-01-28 Author is listed
  11. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2006-02-12
  12. NEP-PPM: Project, Program & Portfolio Management (2) 2007-01-14 2007-01-28
  13. NEP-REG: Regulation (3) 2000-07-03 2001-02-21 2004-04-25
  14. NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (1) 2006-02-12
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