Contents: Part I -- Introduction -- 1. Behavioral industrial organization: a synthesis of behavioral economics and industrial organization / Elizabeth Schroeder, Carol Horton Tremblay, and Victor J. Tremblay -- Part II -- Behavioral issues and industrial organization -- 2. Relative thinking and...

An owner of a firm may choose to hire an unbiased CEO or one with confidence bias. We develop a model that demonstrates that the owner's optimal choice depends on whether the firm and rival choice variables are strategic substitutes or strategic complements. When choice variables are strategic...

We design a commitment contract for college students, "Study More Tomorrow," and conduct a randomized control trial testing a model of its demand. The contract commits students to attend peer tutoring if their midterm grade falls below a prespecified threshold. The contract carries a financial...

I estimate a dynamic fixed-effects hours equation for prime-age men with bias correction. Studies using household data typically find a weak response in hours of work to changes in the wage. This paper finds that, rather than indicating a small elasticity of intertemporal substitution, the weak...

We design a commitment contract for college students, "Study More Tomorrow," and conduct a randomized control trial testing a model of its demand. The contract commits students to attend peer tutoring if their midterm grade falls below a prespecified threshold. The contract carries a financial...