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Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics

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Phone   213-740-7804
Fax   213-740-6650
Address   HOH 615
Mail code 0804
Bridge Hall - 308
3670 Trousdale Parkway, Ste. 308
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0804 USA

Publications

Centralization versus Decentralization: An Application to Pricing by a Multi-Market Firm” [PDF], with Wouter Dessein and  Niko Matouschek. Journal of the European Economic Association (Papers and Proceedings), forthcoming.

When Does Coordination Require Centralization?” [PDF], with Wouter Dessein and Niko Matouschek). American Economic Review, 2008, 98(1), pp. 145-179.

Optimal Delegation” [PDF], with Niko Matouschek. The Review of Economic Studies (2008) 75(1), 259-293.

Relational Delegation” [PDF], with Niko Matouschek. The RAND Journal of Economics, 38(4), pp. 1070-1089, Winter 2007.

Working Papers

Shared Control and Strategic Communication” [PDF], January 2007.

Work in Progress

Organize to Compete”, with Wouter Dessein and Niko Matouschek.

Voice and Exit in Organizations”, with Niko Matouschek.

Credible Communication”, with Niko Matouschek.

Research Interests

Organizational Economics, Contract Theory, Industrial Organization, Economics of Information, Game Theory.

Teaching

GSBA-511- Fall 2007. Microeconomics for MBA. Marshall School of Business. University of Southern California.

Ricardo Alonso

Curriculum Vitae