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Joel Watson

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First Name:Joel
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RePEc Short-ID:pwa36
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https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~jwatson/
9500 Gilman Drive, UCSD 0508 La Jolla, CA 92093-0508 U.S.A.
Terminal Degree:1992 Graduate School of Business; Stanford University (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Department of Economics
University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)
http://economics.ucsd.edu/
RePEc:edi:deucsus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Miller, David A & Watson, Joel, 2023. "An Active-Contracting Perspective on Equilibrium Selection in Relational Contracts," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt2dg817mv, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  2. Hua, Xiameng & Watson, Joel, 2022. "Starting small in project choice: A discrete-time setting with a continuum of types," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt1fb0j67c, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  3. Watson, Joel, 2021. "Nash, John Forbes (1928–2015)," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt2zg9j4q1, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  4. Gjertsen, Heidi & Groves, Theodore & Miller, David A & Niesten, Eduard & Squires, Dale & Watson, Joel, 2021. "Conservation Agreements: Relational Contracts with Endogenous Monitoring," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt6zq3g110, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  5. Watson, Joel, 2021. "Theoretical Foundations of Relational Incentive Contracts," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt19f9w2xf, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  6. Watson, Joel & Miller, David A & Olsen, Trond E, 2020. "Relational Contracting, Negotiation, and External Enforcement," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt6ts1j6hf, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  7. Watson, Joel, 2020. "On the outside-option principle with one-sided options," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt6k8699dv, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  8. Bull, Jesse & Watson, Joel, 2019. "Statistical evidence and the problem of robust litigation," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt4110q2cb, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  9. Gjertsen, Heidi & Groves, Theodore & Miller, David A & Niesten, Eduard & Squires, Dale & Watson, Joel, 2014. "A Contract-theoretic Model of Conservation Agreements," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt3sx7q32j, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  10. Buzard, Kristy & Watson, Joel, 2010. "Contract, Renegotiation, and Hold Up: Results on the Technology of Trade and Investment," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt3df3q4vg, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  11. J. Watson, 2010. "A ‘Reputation’ Refinement without Equilibrium," Levine's Working Paper Archive 580, David K. Levine.
  12. James E. Rauch & Joel Watson, 2010. "Client-Based Entrepreneurship," NBER Working Papers 15933, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  13. J. Watson & P. Battigalli, 2010. "On 'Reputation' Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs," Levine's Working Paper Archive 582, David K. Levine.
  14. Watson, Joel & Buzard, Kristy, 2009. "Contract, Renegotiation, and Hold Up: General Results on the Technology of Trade and Investment," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt3923q7kz, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  15. Watson, Joel & Wignall, Chris, 2009. "Hold-Up and Durable Trading Opportunities," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt8p8284wg, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  16. Watson, Joel, 2006. "Contract and Mechanism Design in Settings with Multi-Period Trade," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt63s1s3j6, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  17. Watson, Joel, 2006. "Contract and Game Theory: Basic Concepts for Settings with Finite Horizons," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt0wx67671, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  18. Rauch, James E. & Watson, Joel, 2003. "Are There Too Many Entrepeneurs? A Model of Client-Based Entrepreneurship," Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series qt3gm7v86m, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics.
  19. Watson, Joel, 2002. "Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt18x0r2nn, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  20. Bull, Jesse & Watson, Joel, 2002. "Hard Evidence and Mechanism Design," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt7715f08f, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  21. Bull, Jesse & Watson, Joel, 2002. "Evidence Disclosure and Verfiability," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt19p7z2gm, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  22. Watson, Joel & Brennan, Jim, 2002. "The Renegotiation-Proofness Principle and Costly Renegotiation," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt4242n025, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  23. Rauch, J E & Watson, Joel, 2001. "Entrepreneurship in International Trade," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt1qx2x540, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  24. Klimenko, Mikhail & Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 2001. "Recurrent Trade Agreements and the Value of External Enforcement," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt9xm2x5w7, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  25. Schwartz, Alan & Watson, Joel, 2000. "Economic and Legal Aspects of Costly Recontracting," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt4jr3g3h7, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  26. den Haan, Wouter J. & Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 2000. "Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt2kc182ts, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  27. Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 2000. "Conditioning Institutions and Renegotiation," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt5zd216tw, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  28. Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 1999. "Contractual Intermediaries," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt49p1c23g, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  29. Watson, Joel, 1999. "Starting Small and Commitment," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt37p340fc, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  30. Rauch, J E & Watson, Joel, 1999. "Starting Small in an Unfamiliar Environment," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt4rp145hc, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  31. den Haan, Wouter J. & Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 1999. "Job Destruction and the Experiences of Displaced Workers," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt1rd0w96t, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  32. den Haan, Wouter J. & Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 1999. "Contract-Theoretic Approaches to Wages and Displacement," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt8h0480sk, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
  33. Wouter J. den Haan & Garey Ramey & Joel Watson, 1997. "Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks," NBER Working Papers 6275, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  34. Alan Schwartz & Joel Watson, "undated". "The Law and Economics of Costly Contracting," Yale Law School John M. Olin Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy Working Paper Series yale_lepp-1004, Yale Law School John M. Olin Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy.

Articles

  1. Joel Watson, 2024. "Contractual Chains," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 92(5), pages 1735-1774, September.
  2. David A. Miller & Joel Watson, 2023. "An Active-Contracting Perspective on Equilibrium Selection in Relational Contracts," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 179(3-4), pages 530-561.
  3. Hua, Xiameng & Watson, Joel, 2022. "Starting small in project choice: A discrete-time setting with a continuum of types," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 204(C).
  4. Joel Watson, 2021. "Theoretical Foundations of Relational Incentive Contracts," Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 13(1), pages 631-659, August.
  5. Heidi Gjertsen & Theodore Groves & David A Miller & Eduard Niesten & Dale Squires & Joel Watson, 2021. "Conservation Agreements: Relational Contracts with Endogenous Monitoring," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 37(1), pages 1-40.
  6. Watson, Joel, 2020. "On the outside-option principle with one-sided options," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
  7. Joel Watson & David A. Miller & Trond E. Olsen, 2020. "Relational Contracting, Negotiation, and External Enforcement," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 110(7), pages 2153-2197, July.
  8. Jesse Bull & Joel Watson, 2019. "Statistical evidence and the problem of robust litigation," RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation, vol. 50(4), pages 974-1003, December.
  9. James E. Rauch & Joel Watson, 2015. "Client-Based Entrepreneurship," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 31(1), pages 30-60.
  10. David A. Miller & Joel Watson, 2013. "A Theory of Disagreement in Repeated Games With Bargaining," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 81(6), pages 2303-2350, November.
  11. Alan Schwartz & Joel Watson, 2013. "Conceptualizing Contractual Interpretation," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 42(1), pages 1-34.
  12. James R. Brennan & Joel Watson, 2013. "The Renegotiation-Proofness Principle and Costly Renegotiation," Games, MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-20, July.
  13. Joel Watson, 2013. "Contract and Game Theory: Basic Concepts for Settings with Finite Horizons," Games, MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-40, August.
  14. Buzard, Kristy & ,, 2012. "Contract, renegotiation, and hold up: Results on the technology of trade and investment," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 7(2), May.
  15. Klimenko, Mikhail & Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 2008. "Recurrent trade agreements and the value of external enforcement," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 74(2), pages 475-499, March.
  16. Joel Watson, 2007. "Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 75(1), pages 55-81, January.
  17. Bull, Jesse & Watson, Joel, 2007. "Hard evidence and mechanism design," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 58(1), pages 75-93, January.
  18. Johnathan Boone & Joel Watson, 2007. "Testing and the Composition of the Labor Pool," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 109(4), pages 883-903, December.
  19. Bull, Jesse & Watson, Joel, 2004. "Evidence disclosure and verifiability," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 118(1), pages 1-31, September.
  20. James E. Rauch & Joel Watson, 2004. "Network Intermediaries in International Trade," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(1), pages 69-93, March.
  21. den Haan, Wouter J. & Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 2003. "Liquidity flows and fragility of business enterprises," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(6), pages 1215-1241, September.
  22. Rauch, James E. & Watson, Joel, 2003. "Starting small in an unfamiliar environment," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 21(7), pages 1021-1042, September.
  23. Watson, Joel, 2002. "Starting Small and Commitment," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 176-199, January.
  24. Garey Ramey & Joel Watson, 2002. "Contractual Intermediaries," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 18(2), pages 362-384, October.
  25. Ramey Garey & Watson Joel, 2001. "Bilateral Trade and Opportunism in a Matching Market," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 1(1), pages 1-35, November.
  26. Garey Ramey & Wouter J. den Haan & Joel Watson, 2000. "Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 90(3), pages 482-498, June.
  27. den Haan, Wouter J. & Ramey, Garey & Watson, Joel, 2000. "Job destruction and the experiences of displaced workers," Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(1), pages 87-128, June.
  28. Watson, Joel, 1999. "Starting Small and Renegotiation," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 85(1), pages 52-90, March.
  29. Wouter J. Den Haan & Garey Ramey & Joel Watson, 1999. "Contract-theoretic approaches to wages and displacement," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, issue May, pages 55-68.
  30. Joel Watson, 1998. "Alternating-Offer Bargaining with Two-Sided Incomplete Information," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 65(3), pages 573-594.
  31. Shimoji, Makoto & Watson, Joel, 1998. "Conditional Dominance, Rationalizability, and Game Forms," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 83(2), pages 161-195, December.
  32. Clara Ponsati & Joel Watson, 1998. "Multiple-Issue Bargaining and Axiomatic Solutions," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, vol. 26(4), pages 501-524.
  33. Pierpaolo Battigalli & Joel Watson, 1997. "On "Reputation" Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 65(2), pages 369-374, March.
  34. Garey Ramey & Joel Watson, 1997. "Contractual Fragility, Job Destruction, and Business Cycles," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 112(3), pages 873-911.
  35. Bower, Anthony G. & Garber, Steven & Watson, Joel C., 1997. "Learning about a population of agents and the evolution of trust and cooperation," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 15(2), pages 165-190, April.
  36. Watson, Joel, 1996. "Reputation in Repeated Games with No Discounting," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 82-109, July.
  37. Watson, Joel, 1996. "Information Transmission When the Informed Party Is Confused," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 143-161, January.
  38. Watson Joel, 1994. "Cooperation in the Infinitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma with Perturbations," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 260-285, September.
  39. Watson, Joel, 1993. "A "Reputation" Refinement without Equilibrium," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 61(1), pages 199-205, January.
  40. Watson, Joel, 1991. "Communication and superior cooperation in two-player normal form games," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 267-271, March.

Software components

  1. Wouter Denhaan & Garey Ramey & Joel Watson, 1999. "FORTRAN code for Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises," QM&RBC Codes 58, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles.
  2. Wouter Denhaan & Garey Ramey & Joel Watson, 1997. "FORTRAN code for Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks," QM&RBC Codes 61, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles.

Chapters

  1. Heidi Gjertsen & Theodore Groves & David A. Miller & Eduard Niesten & Dale Squires & Joel Watson, 2014. "A Contract-theoretic Model of Conservation Agreements," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Kaddour Hadri & William Mikhail (ed.), Econometric Methods and Their Applications in Finance, Macro and Related Fields, chapter 15, pages 425-455, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 21 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (12) 1999-03-01 1999-04-27 1999-06-08 1999-06-08 1999-06-08 1999-06-08 2002-01-22 2018-05-28 2020-02-10 2022-05-16 2023-04-03 2024-05-27. Author is listed
  2. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (4) 2002-11-04 2018-05-28 2022-05-16 2024-05-27
  3. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (4) 1999-03-08 1999-04-27 1999-06-08 1999-07-28
  4. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (2) 2018-05-28 2021-07-12
  5. NEP-DGE: Dynamic General Equilibrium (2) 1999-03-01 1999-04-27
  6. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 1999-06-08 1999-07-28
  7. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (2) 2004-07-26 2018-02-19
  8. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (2) 1999-03-30 1999-09-01
  9. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 1999-11-01
  10. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2024-05-27
  11. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (1) 2023-04-03
  12. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (1) 2002-01-05
  13. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2022-08-15
  14. NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (1) 2024-05-27
  15. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2021-07-12
  16. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 1999-04-27
  17. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (1) 2023-04-03

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