Note: authors in a paper are listed in alphabetical order unless their contribution is unequal, in which case the order of authors reflects their relative contribution.

Main publications

• “Contracting to (Dis)incentivize? An Integrative Transaction-Cost Approach on How Contracts Govern Specific Investments” with D. Lo and M. Ghosh, 2022, Strategic Management Journal 43: 1528-1555.

• "Transparency in Relational Contracts," with M. Fahn, 2022, Strategic Management Journal 43: 1046-1071.

• “Relationships under Stress: Relational Outsourcing in the US Airline Industry after the 2008 Financial Crisis,” with R. Gil and MJ. Kim, 2022, Management Science 68: 1256-1277.

• “The Role of Relationship Scope in Sustaining Relational Contracts in interfirm networks,” with N. Argyres and J. Bercovitz, 2020, Strategic Management Journal 41: 222-245.

• “Property Rights in Sequential Exchange,” with B. Arruñada and N. Garoupa, 2019, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 35: 127-153.

• “On the Determinants and Consequences of Informal Contracting,” with R. Gil, 2018, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 27: 726-741.

• “Formal and Informal Contracting: Theory and Evidence,” with R. Gil, 2017, Annual Review of Law and Social Science 13: 141-159.

• “Endogenous Enforcement Institutions,” with G. Aldashev, 2017, Journal of Development Economics 128: 49-64.

• “The Double-Edged Effect of Knowledge Acquisition: How Contracts Safeguard Pre-Existing Resources,” with D. Lo and T. Madsen, 2016, Strategic Management Journal 37: 2014-20.

• “New Frontiers in the Empirical Research on Informal Contracting,” with R. Gil, 2016, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 172: 390-407.

• “Contract Adaptation under Legal Constraints,” 2013, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 29: 799-834.

• “Vertical Restraints and the Law: Evidence from Automobile Franchising,” 2009, Journal of Law and Economics 52: 691-700.

• “Institutional Constraints on Organizations: The Case of Spanish Car Dealerships,” with B. Arruñada and L. Vázquez, 2009, Managerial and Decision Economics 30: 15-26

Papers under review and completed working papers

• "Does Supply Concentration Encourage Cooperation? Evidence From Airlines," with N. Argyres and R. Gil, Novcember 2022, Revise & Resubmit at Management Science.

Selected work in progress

• "Sleeping with the Enemy: How Politicians and Interest Groups Adapt their Collaborations in the Face of Reputational Threats," with M. Espinosa and A. Ilango.

• "Interorganizational Governance: Cross-Fertilizing the Management and Economics Literatures," with N. Argyres and F. Lumineau.

• “Governance in the Wild: A Theory of Private vs. State Firms under Weak Institutions,” with G. Aldashev and H. Rantakari.

• “Effort Allocation and Governance in Lobbying-Client Relationships: Evidence from the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act,” with M. Espinosa.

• “Relational Contracts and Firm Boundaries: Evidence from Slot Exchanges in the US Airline Industry,” with R. Gil.

• “Multimarket Contacts and Cooperation: Evidence from Airlines,” with R. Gil.

• “Property Rights in Personal and Impersonal Exchange: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment,” with B. Arruñada, M. Fabbri, and D. Nosenzo.

• “Contracts as Management Practices: Evidence from Supplier Handbooks,” with N. Argyres and L. Bernstein.

• "Blockchain: The Birth of Decentralized Governance," with B. Arruñada, M. Espinosa, and L. Garicano.

• “Relational Contracts and the Value of Commitment,” with M. Fahn.

Book chapters

• “Contracting in Innovative Industries,” with Ricard Gil, 2018, in Ménard, Claude, and Mary Shirley (editors), A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2018.

• “Restricting Franchising: An Empirical Analysis of the Allocation of Control Rights in Car Dealership Contracts,” in CAFAGGI, F., Corporate Governance, Networks and Innovation, CEDAM, Padova, 2005.

Invited papers and other publications

• "Williamson and Relational Contracts," with B. Arruñada, 2020, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics, essays on Oliver Williamson's legacy.

• "Relational Contracting in Developed Economies: Lessons From Slot Exchanges in the US Airline Industry," with R. Gil and MJ. Kim, 2019, Japanese Economic Review 70: 411-421.

• “Informal Contracting within and between Firms,” 2017, with R. Gil, RAUSP Management Journal 5: 492-496.

• “Coase (1937) revisited: Endogenous Fiat in Firms and Markets,” 2012, International Review of Economics 59: 201-221, special issue in honor of Ronald Coase edited by Henry Smith.

• “Contratos Alrededor de la Ley: El Caso de la Distribución de Automóviles,” 2010, Economía Industrial 376: 111-118.