Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance, and Area Coordinator Economic Analysis and Policy Area, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Managing Editor, Economic Journal. (Here are some haiku abstracts of recent EJ papers.) Please send your excellent work!
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George St., Toronto, ON M5S 3E6, CANADA; email: heski.bar-isaac@rotman.utoronto.ca; Tel: ++1 416 978 3626; Fax: ++1 416 978 5433; BlueSky @profeski.bsky.social
Recent Papers
Acquihiring for Monopsony Power with Justin Johnson and Volker Nocke
Monetizing Steering (with Sandro Shelegia)
Targeted Product Design (with Guillermo Caruana and Vicente Cuñat) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2023, 15(2), 157-86.
Search, Showrooming and Retailer Variety (with Sandro Shelegia) Marketing Science, 2023, Vol 42(2), 251-270. Here is a cartoon video introduction.
Training, Recruitment, and Outplacement as Endogenous Asymmetric Information (with Clare Leaver), Economica, 89, 2022, 849–861. Here is a cartoon video introduction.
Motivating Employees through Career Paths (with Raphaël Lévy) Journal of Labor Economics, Vol 40 (1), 2022, 95-131.
Coming Soon (ish...)
Adverse Selection and Training Distortions for Monopsony Power with Raphaël Lévy
On algorithms and diversion with Sandro Shelegia
Selling checkmarks with Rahul Deb and Matt Michell
Access to Clients and Professional Careers: Theory and Evidence from Law Firms, with Mariagiovanna Baccara, Bernardo Silveira, and Natasha Watkins
Shareholder composition and governance with Joel Shapiro
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Other great journals that I'm involved with: RAND Journal of Economics (Associate Editor) or have been involved with American Economic Review; Journal of Industrial Economics; Canadian Journal of Economics; International Journal of Industrial Organization
Other affiliations: CEPR Research Fellow; CRESSE Associate, Industrial Organization Society