Charles R. Knoeber

Professor

Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 1976

Graduate Faculty

Office Location: 4166 Nelson (Economics Wing)
Telephone Number: 919.513.2874
Fax Number: 919.515.5613
Email

Research Specialties

Industrial Organization

Selected Recent Publications

Tsoulouhas, T. C., Knoeber, C. R., Agrawal, A. (2007). Contests to Become CEO: Incentives, Selection and Handicaps. Economic Theory, 30(2), 195-221.

Agrawal, A., Knoeber, C. R., Tsoulouhas, T. C. (2006). Are Outsiders Handicapped in CEO Successions. Journal of Corporate Finance, 12, 619-644.

"Do Some Outside Directors Play a Political Role?," Journal of Law & Economics, 44(April 2001):179-198. (with Anup Agrawal)

"Land and Livestock Contracting in Agriculture: A Principal-Agent Perspective," Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Boudewijn Bouckaert and Gerrit De Geest eds., (Cheltenham, U.K.), June 2000.

"Managerial Compensation and the Threat of Takeover," Journal of Financial Economics, 47(February 1998):219-239. (with Anup Agrawal)

"Explaining State Bans on Corporate Farming," Economic Inquiry, 35(January 1997):151-166.

"Firm Performance and Mechanisms to Control Agency Problems between Managers and Shareholders," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 31(September 1996):377-97. (with Anup Agrawal)

"Testing the Theory of Tournaments: An Empirical Analysis of Broiler Production," Journal of Labor Economics, 12(April 1994):155-79. (with Walter N. Thurman)