Select Publications

Journal articles

Akerlof R; Ashraf A; Macchiavello R; Rabbani A, 2026, 'Unrest, Layoffs, and Productivity at a Bangladeshi Sweater Factory', Journal of the European Economic Association, pp. jvag017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvag017

Akerlof R; Li H; Yeo J, 2026, 'Ruling the roost: the vicious circle and the emergence of pecking order', The Economic Journal, pp. ueag042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueag042

Akerlof R; Holden R; Thornton DJ, 2026, 'Bad networks', Journal of Public Economics, 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105574

Akerlof R; Holden R; Rayo L, 2024, 'Network Externalities and Market Dominance', Management Science, 70, pp. 4037 - 4050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.02894

Akerlof R; Holden R, 2019, 'Capital Assembly', Journal of Law Economics and Organization, 35, pp. 489 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewz012

Akerlof R, 2017, 'The importance of legitimacy', World Bank Economic Review, 30, pp. S157 - S165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhw009

Akerlof R, 2017, 'Value Formation: The Role of Esteem', Games and Economic Behavior, 102, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2016.10.011

Akerlof R; Holden R, 2016, 'Movers and Shakers*', The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131, pp. 1849 - 1874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjw021

Akerlof R, 2016, 'Anger and enforcement', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 126, pp. 110 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.10.022

Akerlof RJ; Holden RT, 2012, 'The nature of tournaments', Economic Theory, 51, pp. 289 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00199-010-0523-4

Conference Papers

Akerlof R, 2016, '"we thinking" and its consequences', in American Economic Review, pp. 415 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20161040

Curatorial Outputs

Bernabei R; Freeman KL, 2012, Stories in Form, exhibited at: Object: Australian Centre of Design; Surry Hills, Sydney. Australia, 27 January 2012 - 25 March 2012, Stories in Form

Preprints

Akerlof R; Ashraf A; Macchiavello R; Rabbani A, 2020, Layoffs and Productivity at a Bangladeshi Sweater Factory, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3676098

Akerlof R; Rayo L, 2020, Narratives and the Economics of the Family, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3671894

Akerlof R; Holden R, 2019, Capital Assembly, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3395052

Akerlof R; Holden R, 2015, Movers and Shakers, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2649720

Akerlof R, 2014, Value Formation: The Role of Esteem, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2441707

Akerlof R, 2013, Anger and Enforcement, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2201803

Akerlof R, 2012, A Theory of Authority, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2140472

Akerlof R; Holden R, 2007, The Nature of Tournaments, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1093297

Akerlof R; Holden R; Li H, Getting the Picture, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4821349

Akerlof R; Li H; Yeo J, Ruling the Roost: The Vicious Circle and the Emergence of Pecking Order, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4371562


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