Should a firm favor insiders (handicap outsiders) when selecting a CEO? One reason to do so is to take advantage of the contest to become CEO as a device for providing current incentives to employees. An important reason not to do so is that this can reduce the ability of future CEOs and, hence,...

This paper presents a model of a socialist economy, incorporating bargaining over wages and employment in the socialized sector, efficiency wages in the non-socialized sector, and shortages which are reflected in the black market. The model is used to analyze the implications of liberalization...