Costas Cavounidis
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View article: BLACKWELL EQUILIBRIA IN REPEATED GAMES
BLACKWELL EQUILIBRIA IN REPEATED GAMES Open
We apply Blackwell optimality to repeated games. An equilibrium whose strategy prole is sequentially rational for all high enough discount factors simultaneously is a Blackwell (subgame-perfect, perfect public, etc.) equilibrium. The bite…
View article: Blackwell Equilibrium in Repeated Games
Blackwell Equilibrium in Repeated Games Open
We apply Blackwell optimality to repeated games. An equilibrium whose strategy profile is sequentially rational for all high enough discount factors simultaneously is a Blackwell (subgame-perfect, perfect public, etc.) equilibrium. The bit…
View article: The Nature of Technological Change 1960-2016
The Nature of Technological Change 1960-2016 Open
We present a unified technological explanation of both the movement of workers across jobs using different skills and the changes in skill use within jobs. An envelope-theorem approach allows us to estimate relative skill-productivity grow…
View article: The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers
The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers Open
African Americans face shorter employment durations than similar Whites. We hypothesise that employers discriminate in acquiring or acting on ability-relevant information. In our model, monitoring Black, but not White, workers is self-sust…
View article: Replication Package for: "The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers"
Replication Package for: "The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers" Open
Cavounidis, Costas, Kevin Lang, and Russell Weinstein (2023): "The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers"
View article: Replication Package for: "The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers"
Replication Package for: "The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers" Open
Cavounidis, Costas, Kevin Lang, and Russell Weinstein (2023): "The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers"
View article: Obsolescence Rents: Teamsters, Truckers, and Impending Innovations
Obsolescence Rents: Teamsters, Truckers, and Impending Innovations Open
We consider large, permanent shocks to individual occupations whose arrival date is uncertain.We are motivated by the advent of self-driving trucks, which will dramatically reduce demand for truck drivers.Using a bare-bones overlapping gen…
View article: The Evolution of Skill Use Within and Between Jobs
The Evolution of Skill Use Within and Between Jobs Open
We develop a tractable general equilibrium model for understanding within-and betweenoccupation changes in skill use over time.We apply the model to skill-use measures from the third, fourth, and revised fourth editions of the Dictionary o…
View article: The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers
The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers Open
African Americans face shorter employment durations than apparently similar whites.We hypothesize that employers discriminate in either acquiring or acting on ability-relevant information.We construct a model in which firms may "monitor" w…
View article: Ben-Porath Meets Lazear: Lifetime Skill Investment and Occupation Choice with Multiple Skills
Ben-Porath Meets Lazear: Lifetime Skill Investment and Occupation Choice with Multiple Skills Open
We develop a fairly general and tractable model of investment when workers can invest in multiple skills and different jobs put different weights on those skills. In addition to expected findings such as that younger workers are more likel…
View article: Ben-Porath meets Lazear: Lifetime Skill Investment and Occupation Choice with Multiple Skills
Ben-Porath meets Lazear: Lifetime Skill Investment and Occupation Choice with Multiple Skills Open
We develop a fairly general and tractable model of investment when workers can invest in multiple skills and different jobs put different weights on those skills.In addition to expected findings such as that younger workers are more likely…