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Robert Gibbons

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Terminal Degree:1985 Department of Economics; Stanford University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(50%) Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
http://mitsloan.mit.edu/
RePEc:edi:ssmitus (more details at EDIRC)

(50%) Economics Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
http://econ-www.mit.edu/
RePEc:edi:edmitus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Baker, George & Gibbons, Robert & Murphy, Kevin J, 2022. "From Incentives to Control to Adaptation: Exploring Interactions Between Formal and Relational Governance," CEPR Discussion Papers 17240, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  2. Gibbons, Robert, 2021. "Deals That Start When You Sign Them," CEPR Discussion Papers 16803, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Robert S. Gibbons & Manuel Grieder & Holger Herz & Christian Zehnder, 2019. "Building an Equilibrium: Rules Versus Principles in Relational Contracts," CESifo Working Paper Series 7871, CESifo.
  4. Robert Gibbons & Marco LiCalzi & Massimo Warglien, 2017. "What situation is this? Coarse cognition and behavior over a space of games," Working Papers 09, Venice School of Management - Department of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia.
  5. Anna A. Levine Taub & Anton Kolotilin & Robert S. Gibbons & Ernst R. Berndt, 2011. "The Diversity of Concentrated Prescribing Behavior: An Application to Antipsychotics," NBER Working Papers 16823, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Robert S. Gibbons & Richard T. Holden & Michael L. Powell, 2010. "Integration and Information: Markets and Hierarchies Revisited," NBER Working Papers 15779, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. Robert S. Gibbons & Richard T. Holden & Michael L. Powell, 2010. "Rational-Expectations Equilibrium in Intermediate Good Markets," NBER Working Papers 15783, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. Robert S. Gibbons, 2010. "Inside Organizations: Pricing, Politics, and Path Dependence," Levine's Working Paper Archive 661465000000000249, David K. Levine.
  9. Gibbons, Robert & Waldman, Michael, 2003. "Enriching a Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics Inside Firms," Working papers 4324-03, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  10. Robert Gibbons & Lawrence F. Katz & Thomas Lemieux & Daniel Parent, 2002. "Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination," CIRANO Working Papers 2002s-35, CIRANO.
  11. Robert Gibbons & Leaf Van Boven, 1999. "Contingent Social Utiltiy in the Prisoner's Dilemma," Levine's Working Paper Archive 2105, David K. Levine.
  12. Robert Gibbons, 1998. "Incentives in Organizations," NBER Working Papers 6695, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  13. Robert Gibbons & Michael Waldman, 1998. "A Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics in Internal Labor Markets," NBER Working Papers 6454, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  14. Robert Gibbons, 1997. "An Introduction to Applicable Game Theory," NBER Technical Working Papers 0199, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  15. George Baker & Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 1997. "Implicit Contracts and the Theory of the Firm," NBER Working Papers 6177, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  16. Robert Gibbons, 1996. "Incentives and Careers in Organizations," NBER Working Papers 5705, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  17. Richard B. Freeman & Robert Gibbons, 1993. "Getting Together and Breaking Apart: The Decline of Centralised Collective Bargaining," NBER Working Papers 4464, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  18. George Baker & Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 1993. "Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts," NBER Working Papers 4480, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  19. Kevin J. Murphy & Robert Gibbons, 1992. "Does Executive Compensation Affect Investment?," NBER Working Papers 4135, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  20. Gibbons, Robert & Katz, Lawrence F., 1991. "Layoffs and Lemons," Scholarly Articles 3442782, Harvard University Department of Economics.
  21. Henry S. Farber & Robert Gibbons, 1991. "Learning and Wage Dynamics," NBER Working Papers 3764, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  22. Murphy, K.J. & Gibbons, R., 1990. "Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns : Theory and Evidence," Papers 90-09, Rochester, Business - Managerial Economics Research Center.
  23. Farrell, J. & Gibbons, R., 1989. "Cheap Talk With Two Audiences," Working papers 518, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
  24. Robert Gibbons & Lawrence F. Katz, 1989. "Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?," NBER Working Papers 3182, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  25. Gibbons, R. & Murphy, K.J., 1989. "Relative Performance Evaluation For Chief Executive Officers," Working papers 532, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
  26. Gibbons, R. & Katz, L., 1989. "Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differences," Working papers 543, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
  27. Farrell, Joseph & Gibbons, Robert, 1988. "Cheap Talk with Two Audiences: A Taxonomy," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt0zq918j5, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
  28. Farrell, Joseph & Gibbons, Robert, 1988. "Cheap Talk, Neologisms, and Bargaining," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt7zx4t788, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
  29. Robert Gibbons, 1988. "Learning in Equilibrium Models of Arbitration," Working papers 485, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
  30. Farrell, Joseph & Gibbons, Robert, 1988. "Cheap Talk Can Matter in Bargaining," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt3qz786xq, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
  31. Gertner, Robert H. & Gibbons, Robert. & Scharfstein, David., 1987. "Simultaneous signaling to the capital and product markets," Working papers 1917-87., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  32. Farrell, Joseph & Gibbons, Robert, 1986. "Cheap Talk in Bargaining Games," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt1vq3k8mj, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
  33. Robert Gibbons, 1986. "Piece-Rate Incentive Schemes," Working papers 424, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
  34. Peter Cramton & Robert Gibbons & Paul Klemperer, 1985. "Dissolving a Partnership Efficiently," Working papers 406, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.

Articles

  1. George Baker & Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 2023. "From Incentives to Control to Adaptation: Exploring Interactions between Formal and Relational Governance," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 179(3-4), pages 500-529.
  2. Robert Gibbons & Manuel Grieder & Holger Herz & Christian Zehnder, 2023. "Building an Equilibrium: Rules vs. Principles in Relational Contracts," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 34(6), pages 2231-2249, November.
  3. Robert Gibbons, 2020. "Visible Hands: Governance of Value Creation—Within Firms and Beyond," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 110, pages 172-176, May.
  4. Robert Gibbons, 2020. "March-ing toward organizational economics," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 29(1), pages 89-94.
  5. Robert Gibbons & Laurence Prusak, 2020. "Knowledge, Stories, and Culture in Organizations," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 110, pages 187-192, May.
  6. Daniel Barron & Robert Gibbons & Ricard Gil & Kevin J.Murphy, 2020. "Relational Adaptation Under Reel Authority," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 66(5), pages 1868-1889, May.
  7. Berndt, Ernst R. & Gibbons, Robert S. & Kolotilin, Anton & Taub, Anna Levine, 2015. "The heterogeneity of concentrated prescribing behavior: Theory and evidence from antipsychotics," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 26-39.
  8. Robert Gibbons & Robert S. Kaplan, 2015. "Formal Measures in Informal Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(5), pages 447-451, May.
  9. Elizabeth A. Martinez & Nancy Beaulieu & Robert Gibbons & Peter Pronovost & Thomas Wang, 2015. "Organizational Culture and Performance," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(5), pages 331-335, May.
  10. Robert Gibbons & Richard Holden & Michael Powell, 2012. "Organization and Information: Firms' Governance Choices in Rational-Expectations Equilibrium," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 127(4), pages 1813-1841.
  11. Robert Gibbons & Rebecca Henderson, 2012. "Relational Contracts and Organizational Capabilities," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 23(5), pages 1350-1364, October.
  12. Robert Gibbons, 2010. "Transaction‐Cost Economics: Past, Present, and Future?," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 112(2), pages 263-288, June.
  13. Robert Gibbons, 2010. "Inside Organizations: Pricing, Politics, and Path Dependence," Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 2(1), pages 337-365, September.
  14. Baker, George P. & Gibbons, Robert & Murphy, Kevin J., 2008. "Strategic alliances: Bridges between "islands of conscious power"," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 146-163, June.
  15. Robert Gibbons & Michael Waldman, 2006. "Enriching a Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics inside Firms," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 24(1), pages 59-108, January.
  16. Robert Gibbons, 2006. "What the Folk Theorem doesn't tell us," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 15(2), pages 381-386, April.
  17. Robert Gibbons & Lawrence F. Katz & Thomas Lemieux & Daniel Parent, 2005. "Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 23(4), pages 681-724, October.
  18. Robert Gibbons, 2005. "Incentives Between Firms (and Within)," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 51(1), pages 2-17, January.
  19. Gibbons, Robert, 2005. "Four forma(lizable) theories of the firm?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 58(2), pages 200-245, October.
  20. Robert Gibbons, 2005. "What is Economic Sociology and Should any Economists Care?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 19(1), pages 3-7, Winter.
  21. Robert Gibbons & Michael Waldman, 2004. "Task-Specific Human Capital," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(2), pages 203-207, May.
  22. Robert S. Gibbons, 2003. "How organizations behave: towards implications for economics and economic policy," Conference Series ; [Proceedings], Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, vol. 48(Jun).
  23. Robert Gibbons, 2003. "Team theory, garbage cans and real organizations: some history and prospects of economic research on decision-making in organizations," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 12(4), pages 753-787, August.
  24. Valley, Kathleen & Thompson, Leigh & Gibbons, Robert & Bazerman, Max H., 2002. "How Communication Improves Efficiency in Bargaining Games," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 127-155, January.
  25. George Baker & Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 2002. "Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 117(1), pages 39-84.
  26. Gibbons, Robert & Boven, Leaf Van, 2001. "Contingent social utility in the prisoners' dilemma," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 1-17, May.
  27. George Baker & Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 2001. "Bringing the Market inside the Firm?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 91(2), pages 212-218, May.
  28. Robert Gibbons & Michael Waldman, 1999. "A Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics Inside Firms," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 114(4), pages 1321-1358.
  29. Baker, George & Gibbons, Robert & Murphy, Kevin J, 1999. "Informal Authority in Organizations," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 56-73, April.
  30. Robert Gibbons, 1998. "Incentives in Organizations," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 12(4), pages 115-132, Fall.
  31. Robert Gibbons, 1997. "An Introduction to Applicable Game Theory," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 127-149, Winter.
  32. Henry S. Farber & Robert Gibbons, 1996. "Learning and Wage Dynamics," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 111(4), pages 1007-1047.
  33. Farrell, Joseph & Gibbons, Robert, 1995. "Cheap Talk about Specific Investments," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 11(2), pages 313-334, October.
  34. George Baker & Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 1994. "Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 109(4), pages 1125-1156.
  35. Gibbons, Robert & Murphy, Kevin J, 1992. "Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 100(3), pages 468-505, June.
  36. Robert Gibbons & Lawrence Katz, 1992. "Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 59(3), pages 515-535.
  37. Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 1992. "Does Executive Compensation Affect Investment?," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 5(2), pages 99-109, June.
  38. Gibbons, Robert & Katz, Lawrence F, 1991. "Layoffs and Lemons," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 9(4), pages 351-380, October.
  39. Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 1990. "Relative Performance Evaluation for Chief Executive Officers," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 43(3), pages 30, April.
  40. Farrell, Joseph & Gibbons, Robert, 1989. "Cheap talk can matter in bargaining," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 48(1), pages 221-237, June.
  41. Farrell, Joseph & Gibbons, Robert, 1989. "Cheap Talk with Two Audiences," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 79(5), pages 1214-1223, December.
  42. Robert Gertner & Robert Gibbons & David Scharfstein, 1988. "Simultaneous Signalling to the Capital and Product Markets," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 19(2), pages 173-190, Summer.
  43. Gibbons, Robert, 1988. "Learning in Equilibrium Models of Arbitration," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 78(5), pages 896-912, December.
  44. Gibbons, Robert, 1987. "Piece-Rate Incentive Schemes," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 5(4), pages 413-429, October.
  45. Cramton, Peter & Gibbons, Robert & Klemperer, Paul, 1987. "Dissolving a Partnership Efficiently," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 55(3), pages 615-632, May.

Chapters

  1. Robert Gibbons & John Roberts, 2012. "Economic Theories of Incentives in Organizations [The Handbook of Organizational Economics]," Introductory Chapters,, Princeton University Press.
  2. Robert Gibbons & Niko Matouschek & John Roberts, 2012. "Decisions in Organizations [The Handbook of Organizational Economics]," Introductory Chapters,, Princeton University Press.
  3. Robert Gibbons & John Roberts, 2012. "Introduction [The Handbook of Organizational Economics]," Introductory Chapters,, Princeton University Press.
  4. Robert Gibbons & Rebecca Henderson, 2012. "What Do Managers Do? [The Handbook of Organizational Economics]," Introductory Chapters,, Princeton University Press.
  5. George P. Baker & Robert Gibbons & Kevin J. Murphy, 2008. "Strategic Alliances: Bridges between "Islands of Conscious Power"," NBER Chapters, in: Organizational Innovation and Firm Performance, pages 146-163, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Gibbons, Robert & Waldman, Michael, 1999. "Careers in organizations: Theory and evidence," Handbook of Labor Economics, in: O. Ashenfelter & D. Card (ed.), Handbook of Labor Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 36, pages 2373-2437, Elsevier.
  7. Richard B. Freeman & Robert S. Gibbons, 1995. "Getting Together and Breaking Apart: The Decline of Centralized Collective Bargaining," NBER Chapters, in: Differences and Changes in Wage Structures, pages 345-370, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Books

  1. Robert Gibbons & John Roberts, 2012. "The Handbook of Organizational Economics," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 9889.

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  1. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (3) 2010-03-13 2010-03-13 2019-10-21
  2. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (2) 2002-04-03 2003-07-21
  3. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2010-10-23
  4. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2019-10-21
  5. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (1) 2017-09-17
  6. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2017-09-17
  7. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2019-10-21
  8. NEP-KNM: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (1) 2019-10-21
  9. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2002-04-25
  10. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2017-09-17
  11. NEP-NEU: Neuroeconomics (1) 2017-09-17
  12. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (1) 2019-10-21

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