David E. M. Sappington

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#3300

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David E. M. Sappington's Published Works

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Incentives in Principal-Agent Relationships (1991) (806)
Privatization, Information and Incentives (1987) (660)
Limited liability contracts between principal and agent (1983) (536)
Recent developments in the theory of regulation (2007) (495)
Countervailing incentives in agency problems (1989) (437)
The Bright Side of Supplier Encroachment (2007) (412)
Supplying Information to Facilitate Price Discrimination (1994) (366)
Optimal incentive contracts with multiple agents (1984) (345)
Awarding Monopoly Franchises (1987) (262)
Information Management in Incentive Problems (1997) (219)
The Impact of State Incentive Regulation on the U.S. Telecommunications Industry (2002) (209)
Regulating Service Quality: A Survey (2005) (200)
An Incentive Approach to Banking Regulation (1993) (184)
The effects of incentive regulation in the telecommunications industry: A survey (1996) (180)
Setting the X Factor in Price-Cap Regulation Plans (1998) (175)
Resolving double moral hazard problems with buyout agreements (1991) (170)
Outsourcing, vertical integration, and price vs. quantity competition☆ (2008) (163)
Efficient Awards and Standards of Proof in Judicial Proceedings (1987) (159)
Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand (1988) (158)
Regulating without Cost Information: The Incremental Surplus Subsidy Scheme (1988) (138)
The Make-or-Buy Decision in the Presence of a Rival: Strategic Outsourcing to a Common Supplier (2008) (137)
Managing Supplier Switching (1987) (134)
Optimal contracts with public ex post information (1988) (132)
Information, Incentives, and Organizational Mode (1987) (114)
Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand and Cost Functions (1988) (104)
Inflexible Rules in Incentive Problems (1989) (101)
Licensing and the sharing of knowledge in research joint ventures (1992) (100)
Incentives for sabotage in vertically related industries (2007) (99)
Incentives for Anticompetitive Behavior by Public Enterprises (2003) (94)
Strategic Nonlinear Pricing under Price-Cap Regulation (1992) (92)
Simple Cost-Sharing Contracts (2007) (90)
Optimal Regulation of a Multiproduct Monopoly with Unknown Technological Capabilities (1983) (90)
On the Irrelevance of Input Prices for Make-or-Buy Decisions (2005) (89)
Optimal Regulation of Research and Development under Imperfect Information (1982) (86)
Hierarchical Regulatory Control (1987) (85)
Ignorance in Agency Problems (1993) (73)
Technological Change and the Boundaries of the Firm (1991) (70)
To Brand or Not to Brand? A Theoretical and Empirical Question (1985) (69)
Price cap regulation: what have we learned from 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry? (2010) (69)
Incentive schemes with multiple agents and bankruptcy constraints (1988) (68)
Incentives for Monitoring Quality (1991) (67)
Access pricing with unregulated downstream competition (1999) (66)
Sourcing With Unverifiable Performance Information (1993) (65)
Efficient Manipulation in a Repeated Setting (2004) (62)
The Effects of Incentive Regulation on Retail Telephone Service Quality in the United States (2003) (59)
Optimal Capital Structure in Agency Relationships (1995) (59)
Designing incentive regulation (1994) (57)
Competition Law for State-Owned Enterprises (2002) (55)
On the Performance of Linear Contracts (2011) (54)
Regulatory options and price-cap regulation (1989) (53)
Incentive Regulation and Telecommunications Service Quality (2004) (53)
Choosing Among Regulatory Options in the United States Telecommunications Industry (1997) (51)
Optimal Contracting with Private Knowledge of Wealth and Ability (2001) (51)
Incentives for Conservation and Quality-Improvement by Public Utilities (1992) (49)
Designing Compensation for Distributed Solar Generation:Is Net Metering Ever Optimal? (2017) (48)
Equity and Adverse Selection (2007) (46)
Motivating Wealth-Constrained Actors (2000) (45)
Sharing Productive Knowledge in Internally Financed R&D Contests (1990) (44)
Contracting With Wealth-Constrained Agents (2000) (42)
On the Merits of Vertical Divestiture (2006) (41)
Revenue sharing in incentive regulation plans (1996) (41)
Innovation in Vertically Related Markets (2010) (40)
All-or-nothing information control (1991) (40)
Hierarchical Structure And Responsibility Accounting (1989) (40)
Explaining the Choice among Regulatory Plans in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry (1995) (39)
How to determine the X in RPI-X regulation: a user's guide (2000) (38)
CHOOSING WORKERS' QUALIFICATIONS: NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY?* (1993) (37)
Using decoupling and deep pockets to mitigate judgment-proof problems1 (1999) (35)
Summarization with Errors: A Perspective on Empirical Investigations of Agency Relationships (1999) (35)
Equal Pay for Unequal Work: Limiting Sabotage in Teams (2010) (35)
Competitive Procurement of Auditing Services with Limited Information (2013) (34)
Incentive contracting with asymmetric and imperfect precontractual knowledge (1984) (34)
Toward a Synthesis of Models of Regulatory Policy Design with Limited Information (2004) (33)
Using markets to allocate pollution permits and other scarce resource rights under limited information (1995) (31)
On the Role of Maximum Demand Charges in the Presence of Distributed Generation Resources (2016) (31)
Motivating energy suppliers to promote energy conservation (2013) (30)
Multi-agent control in perfectly correlated environments☆ (1983) (29)
Using Subjective Risk Adjusting to Prevent Patient Dumping in the Health Care Industry (1999) (28)
On the timing of information release (1986) (27)
Regulation in Vertically-Related Industries: Myths, Facts, and Policy (2006) (26)
Oversight of Long-Term Investment by Short-Lived Regulators (1991) (25)
Penalizing Success in Dynamic Incentive Contracts: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished? (1997) (25)
Potential pitfalls in empirical investigations of the effects of incentive regulation plans in the telecommunications industry (1996) (23)
Implementing high-powered contracts to motivate intertemporal effort supply (2009) (22)
Using decoupling and deep pockets to mitigate judgment-proof problems 1 1 We are grateful to many co (1999) (20)
Regulating horizontal diversification (2003) (20)
Exclusive Contracts, Innovation, and Welfare (2011) (20)
Does the quality of care in Medicaid MCOs vary with the form of physician compensation? (2008) (19)
Procurement contracts: Theory vs. practice (2009) (19)
Competition among Health Maintenance Organizations (1997) (19)
Optimal policies to promote efficient distributed generation of electricity (2016) (18)
Asset Revaluation Regulation with Multiple Information Sources (2008) (18)
Persistence of High Health Care Expenditures among Children in Medicaid (2007) (18)
Line-Item Reporting, Factor Acquisition, And Subcontracting (1986) (17)
Sequential regulatory oversight (1990) (17)
Price Cap Regulation : What Have We Learned from Twenty-Five Years of Experience in the Telecommunications Industry ? (2010) (17)
An informational effect when regulated firms enter unregulated markets (1989) (17)
Designing optimal gain sharing plans to promote energy conservation (2012) (17)
When do auctions ensure the welfare‐maximizing allocation of scarce inputs? (2016) (16)
Asset Revaluation Regulations (2009) (15)
Privately-Negotiated Input Prices (2005) (15)
The Impact of Public Ownership in the Lending Sector (2014) (14)
Insurance, Adverse Selection, and Cream-Skimming (1995) (13)
Are Public Enterprises the Only Credible Predators (2000) (13)
On the design of performance measurement plans in the telecommunications industry (2004) (13)
Optimal industrial targeting with unknown learning-by-doing (1995) (13)
Regulating regulators in transitionally competitive markets (2012) (13)
The disparate adoption of price cap regulation in the U.S. telecommunications and electricity sectors (2016) (11)
Reviewing the impact of incentive regulation on U.S. telephone service quality (2005) (11)
On the Design of Distributed Generation Policies: Are Common Net Metering Policies Optimal? (2016) (10)
Optimal Procurement of Distributed Energy Resources (2017) (10)
Regulation in a ‘Deregulated’ Industry: Railroads in the Post-Staggers Era (2016) (10)
Regulatory incentive policies and abuse (1993) (10)
A note on optimal procurement contracts with limited direct cost inflation (2007) (10)
Pricing in Network Industries (2010) (10)
Contracting with private knowledge of signal quality (2010) (10)
Designing input prices to motivate process innovation (2009) (9)
Commitment in Procurement Contracting (1988) (9)
Asymmetric Treatment of Identical Agents in Teams (2010) (9)
Equity and adverse selection with correlated costs (2007) (9)
Welfare-enhancing fraudulent behavior (2015) (8)
Regulating without Cost Information: Further Observations (1990) (8)
On the optimal design of demand response policies (2016) (7)
Extreme screening policies (2012) (7)
Sabotaging cost containment (2012) (6)
An optimal rule for patent damages under sequential innovation (2018) (6)
The price cap regulation paradox in the electricity sector (2016) (6)
Anticompetitive Behavior by State-Owned Enterprises: Incentives and Capabilities (2004) (6)
Seven Myths About Incentive Regulation (1996) (5)
Motivating the optimal procurement and deployment of electric storage as a transmission asset (2020) (5)
Pareto-improving inefficiency (2011) (5)
Targeting efforts to raise rivals' costs: Moving from “Whether” to “Whom” (2016) (5)
Contracting with Private Knowledge of Production Capacity (2015) (5)
Employing cost sharing to motivate the efficient implementation of distributed energy resources (2019) (5)
On the design of input prices: Can TELRIC prices ever be optimal? (2006) (5)
Managing Planning and Production Moral Hazard (2011) (4)
Self-Sabotage (2019) (4)
PRECONTRACTUAL INFORMATION ASYMMETRY BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND AGENT The Continuous Case (1980) (4)
Designing performance-based regulation to enhance industry performance and consumer welfare (2021) (4)
Toward a benchmark for optimal prudency policy (1995) (4)
Simple regulatory policies in the presence of demand and cost uncertainty (1995) (4)
Renegotiation and Specific Performance (1989) (3)
Designing superior incentive regulation (1994) (3)
On The Boundaries Of The Firm: Self Provision Vs. Subcontracting (1989) (3)
Vertical Merger Policy: Special Considerations in Regulated Industries (2021) (3)
Technical Appendix to Accompany “Optimal Policies to Promote Efficient Distributed Generation of Electricity” by David P. Brown and David E. M. Sappington Part A of this Appendix reviews the analysis that underlies the numerical solutions (2016) (2)
Corrigendum to “How to Determine the X in RPI-X Regulation: A User's Guide” Telecommunications Policy, 24 (2000) 63–68 ☆ (2001) (2)
Pareto-Improving Ine¢ ciency (2009) (2)
Adjusted Community Rate Reforms to Promote HMO Participation in Medicare+Choice (1999) (2)
LINKING PRICE CAP AND RATE OF RETURN REGULATION (1988) (2)
Self-Sabotage in the Procurement of Distributed Energy Resources (2017) (2)
Asset Impairment Regulations (2005) (2)
Regulation of State-Owned and Privatized Utilities: (2005) (2)
REVISITING THE CONDITIONS FOR FULLY REVEALING DISCLOSURE (1996) (2)
Competition policy, parity regulation and self‐sabotage (2004) (2)
The Effects of Reinsurance in Financing Children's Health Care (2006) (2)
Horizontal vicarious liability (2001) (2)
Vertical integration and capacity investment in the electricity sector (2021) (1)
On the optimal design of demand response policies (2016) (1)
Telecommunications Competition: The Last Ten Miles. Ingo Vogelsang and Bridger Mitchell. (1997) (1)
MONITORING QUALITY PROVISIONS IN REGULATED MARKETS (1988) (1)
EFFICIENCY IN THE BRAZILIAN SANITATION SECTOR Forthcoming in Utilities Policy (2007) (1)
Regulation, Economic Theory of (2015) (1)
Asset Revaluation Regulation (2006) (1)
Motivating regulated suppliers to assess alternative technologies, protocols, and capital structures (2014) (1)
Incentive Regulation and Optimal Capital Structure by (2007) (1)
Creating Deeper Pockets to Resolve Judgement-Proof Problems (1996) (1)
Regulation: Empirical Analysis (1)
SELECTING AND AGENT'S ABILITY (1990) (1)
On the design of piece-rate contracts (2010) (1)
Equal Treatment as a Means of Evaluating Public School Assignment Mechanisms (2013) (1)
On the Optimal Design of Distributed Generation Policies: Is Net Metering Ever Optimal? (2014) (1)
On the performance of endogenous access pricing (2013) (1)
THE INCREMENTAL SURPLUS SUBSIDY SCHEME (2016) (1)
The Evolution of Judicial Standards: Evidence from Litigated Merger Trials (2021) (1)
Motivating energy suppliers to promote energy conservation (2013) (1)
Procuring electric storage as a transmission asset (2020) (1)
On the Merits of Antitrust Liability in Regulated Industries (2016) (1)
Designing Optional No‐Fault Insurance Policies for Health Care Systems (1994) (1)
Load-Following Forward Contracts (1)
The political economy of voluntary public service (2019) (1)
Information Sharing and Collusion: General Principles and the Agri Stats Experience (2023) (1)
Pricing to preclude sabotage in regulated industries (2017) (1)
Optimal policies to promote efficient distributed generation of electricity (2017) (1)
Revisiting the line-of-business restrictions (1995) (1)
The impact of vertical integration on losses from collusion (2021) (0)
Revolving Regulator Commissions (1988) (0)
The political economy of voluntary public service (2019) (0)
On the performance of endogenous access pricing (2013) (0)
Designing optimal gain sharing plans to promote energy conservation (2012) (0)
Regulating regulators in transitionally competitive markets (2012) (0)
Incentive Contracting with Asymmetry of Precontractual Beliefs (1981) (0)
Privatization , infarmation and (2005) (0)
A Note on Optimal Dynamic Incentive Schemes by (2007) (0)
Employing gain-sharing regulation to promote forward contracting in the electricity sector (2023) (0)
Cpnservation and Incentive Regulation (1990) (0)
On the profitability of self‐sabotage (2021) (0)
Sabotaging cost containment (2012) (0)
Welfare effects of limiting bank loans (2021) (0)
The disparate adoption of price cap regulation in the U.S. telecommunications and electricity sectors (2016) (0)
Appendix to Accompany " Procurement Contracts : Theory vs . Practice " by (2006) (0)
PHP32: A COMPARISON OF HEALTH CARE REIMBURSEMENT STRATEGIES: HOW ARE CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS ENROLLED IN STATE PROGRAMS AFFECTED? (2003) (0)
Regulation in a “Deregulated” Industry (2019) (0)
In memoriam to Michael A. Crew (1942–2016) (2017) (0)
Vertical Merger Policy: Special Considerations in Regulated Industries (2021) (0)
The Impacts of Load-Following Forward Contracts (2020) (0)
Access pricing in network industries with mixed oligopoly (2021) (0)
In memoriam to Michael A. Crew (1942–2016) (2017) (0)
Employing endogenous access pricing to enhance incentives for efficient upstream operation (2013) (0)
Does the Form of Physician Compensation Affect the Quality of Care in Medicaid HMOS (2006) (0)
Regulation in a ‘Deregulated’ Industry: Railroads in the Post-Staggers Era (2016) (0)
All entrepreneurial productivity increases are not created equal (2016) (0)
Are Public Enterprises the Only Credible Predators? (reviewing Are Predatory Commitments Credible?: Who Should the Courts Believe? by John R. Lott, Jr.) (2000) (0)
Natural monopoly regulation: Principles and practice, by Sanford V. Berg and John Tschirhart (1990) (0)
Profiting from 'countervailing' power: An effect of government control (1988) (0)
Welfare-enhancing fraudulent behavior (2014) (0)

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