We endogenize separation in a search model of the labor market and allow for bargaining over the continuation of employment relationships following productivity shocks to take place under asymmetric information. In such a setting separation may occur even if continuation of the employment...

I develop a property rights theory of the firm in which managers bargain over the sharing of quasirents in the presence of private information. I analyze the interdependence between the ownership structure of firms and the bargaining inefficiency that is due to the presence of private...