Professor, Economic Analysis and Policy Area,
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
NEWS: As of April 2020, I am a managing editor of the Economic Journal. Please submit your excellent papers!
CARTOONS
A video introduction to Outplacement as Endogenous Adverse Selection.
Another one for Search, Showrooming and Retailer Variety
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(RELATIVELY) RECENT WORK
Search, Showrooming and Retailer Variety with Sandro Shelegia
Outplacement as Endogenous Adverse Selection (with Ian Jewitt and Clare Leaver) working paper.
Motivating Employees through Career Paths (with Raphaël Lévy) Journal of Labor Economics, accepted.
Adverse Selection, Efficiency and the Structure of Information (with Ian Jewitt and Clare Leaver) Economic Theory, accepted.
Reputation with Opportunities for Coasting (with Joyee Deb) Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming
Blockholder voting (with Joel Shapiro) Journal of Financial Economics, June 2020, Vol 136 (3), 695-717. Final version here.
Vertical Information Restraints: Pro- and Anti-Competitive Impacts of Minimum Advertised Price Restrictions (with John Asker) Journal of Law and Economics, February 2020, 63 (1), 111-148.
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Other great journals that I'm involved with:
American Economic Review (Board of Editors)
RAND Journal of Economics (Associate Editor)
or have been involved with
Journal of Industrial Economics
Canadian Journal of Economics
International Journal of Industrial Organization
Other affiliations:
CEPR Research Fellow
CRESSE Associate