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Working Papers

2013

1. Consumers' Complaints, the Nature of Corruption, and Social Welfare
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (1)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2013) View citations (1)
2. Sabotage in Contests: An Overview
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (1)

2012

3. A Nested Contest: Tullock Meets the All-Pay Auction
   Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (1)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2012) View citations (1)

2009

4. Incomplete Property Rights and Overinvestment
   Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2009) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2011)

2008

5. The Paradoxes of Revenge in Conflicts
   Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution (2012)

2007

6. American Idol: Should it be a Singing Contest or a Popularity Contest?
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance (2007) View citations (3)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Cultural Economics (2009)
7. INCOMPLETE PROPERTY RIGHTS, REDISTRIBUTION, AND EFFICIENCY
   Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance
8. Moral Hazard and the Composition of Transfers: Theory with an Application to Foreign Aid
   Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (8)

2006

9. Economics, Gratitude, and Warm Glow
   Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (3)
10. INCOMPLETE PROPERTY RIGHTS, REDISTRIBUTION, AND WELFARE
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2008)

2005

11. Competitive Burnout: Theory and Experimental Evidence
    Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2007)
12. Sabotaging Potential Rivals
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2007)

2003

13. Optimal Terror Alerts Under Asymmetric Information
    Working Papers, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance

Journal Articles

2016

1. The Welfare Effects of Consumers' Reports of Bribery
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2016, 25, (2), 516-534

2014

2. Asymmetric information and third-party intervention in civil wars
   Defence and Peace Economics, 2014, 25, (4), 381-400

2013

3. Moral hazard and the composition of transfers: theory and evidence from cross-border transfers
   Economics of Governance, 2013, 14, (3), 279-301 View citations (3)

2012

4. Productive versus destructive efforts in contests
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28, (4), 461-468 View citations (11)
5. The Paradox of Revenge in Conflicts
   Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2012, 56, (2), 313-330 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2011

6. Incomplete property rights and overinvestment
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, 37, (1), 81-95 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
7. On Third-Party Intervention in Conflicts: An Economist's View
   Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2011, 16, (2), 1-10

2009

8. American Idol: should it be a singing contest or a popularity contest?
   Journal of Cultural Economics, 2009, 33, (4), 265-277 View citations (7)
   Also in Economics Bulletin, 2007, 28, (16), A0 (2007) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
9. Self-Selection, Optimal Income Taxation, and Redistribution
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2009, 40, (1), 55-67

2008

10. Incomplete property rights, redistribution, and welfare
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, 30, (4), 685-699 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

11. (Non)intervention in intra-state conflicts
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23, (3), 754-767 View citations (24)
12. Competitive burnout: Theory and experimental evidence
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2007, 59, (2), 213-239 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
13. Sabotaging Potential Rivals
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2007, 28, (1), 143-162 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

14. A contest success function with a tractable noise parameter
    Public Choice, 2006, 126, (1), 135-144 View citations (40)
15. The 2002 Winter Olympics scandal: rent-seeking and committees
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2006, 26, (1), 183-189
16. The Design of Rent-Seeking Competitions: Committees, Preliminary, and Final Contests: Corrigendum
    Public Choice, 2006, 129, (3), 321-322

2004

17. A political economy model of immigration quotas
    Economics of Governance, 2004, 5, (3), 255-267 View citations (17)

2003

18. Trade Liberalization and Labor Unions
    Open Economies Review, 2003, 14, (1), 5-9 View citations (1)

2002

19. Committees and Rent-Seeking Effort under Probabilistic Voting
    Public Choice, 2002, 112, (3-4), 345-50 View citations (7)

2001

20. An all-pay auction with a pure-strategy equilibrium
    Economics Letters, 2001, 70, (1), 79-82 View citations (7)

2000

21. How Unpleasant a Result?: A Reply to Derek J. Clark
    Public Choice, 2000, 102, (3-4), 369-72 View citations (1)
22. Some Results on Rent-Seeking Contests with Shortlisting
    Public Choice, 2000, 105, (3-4), 245-53 View citations (39)

1999

23. The Design of Rent-Seeking Competitions: Committees, Preliminary and Final Contests
    Public Choice, 1999, 99, (1-2), 63-76 View citations (40)
24. The Number of Rent-Seekers and Aggregate Rent-Seeking Expenditures: An Unpleasant Result
    Public Choice, 1999, 99, (1-2), 57-62 View citations (18)