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Working Papers

2011

1. Resource Allocation, Affluence and Deadweight Loss When Relative Consumption Matters
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Calgary

2009

2. Coordination and Equilibrium Selection in Games with Positive Network Effects
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Calgary

2008

3. Existence Advertising, Price Competition, and Asymmetric Market Structure
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance
   See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (2010)
4. Spam - solutions and their problems
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance

2000

5. Socializing, Shared Experience and Popular Culture
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University View citations (3)

1996

6. On Evolution, Subgame Perfection and Retaliation
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
7. The Evolution of Communication in a Sender/Receiver Game of Common Interest with Cheap Talk
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

1995

8. Endogenous Cartel Formation
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Australian Economic Papers (1998)
9. Know-How Sharing as a Stochastic Prisoners Dilemma
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
   Also in Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University (1995)

1994

10. Coordination via Genetic Learning
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Computational Economics (1995)
11. Technology-Trading Coalitions in Supergames
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1997)

1992

12. Endogenous Pricing Modes in Markets for Inputs
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University View citations (1)
13. Image Building
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University View citations (1)

1991

14. Flexible Manufacturing and Market Structure
    Working Papers, Tasmania - Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1994)
15. Supporting Collusion by Choice of Inferior Technologies
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Tasmania - Department of Economics (1991)

1990

16. EVOLUTIONARY EQUILIBRIUM IN MARKET SUPERGAMES
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

1982

17. Address Models of Value Theory
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics View citations (8)

1980

18. Capital, Commitment, and Entry Equilibrium
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Bell Journal of Economics (1981)

1979

19. Microeconomic Foundations of Central Place Theory
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

1977

20. A Comment on Location and Industrial Efficiency with Free Entry
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1979)
21. Spatial Monopoly, Natural Monopoly, Pure Profits, and Land Rents
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics

1976

22. Comparison Shopping and Clusters of Homogeneous Firms
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics View citations (6)
23. Freedom of Entry and the Rate of Profit
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics
24. The Introduction of Space into the Neo-classical Model of Value Theory
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
25. The Theory of Spatial Pre-emption: Location as a Barrier To Entry
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics

1972

26. The Principle of Minimum Differentiation Reconsidered: Some New Developments in the Theory of Spatial Competition
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1975)
27. Unsuspected Perversities in the Theory of Location
    Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2012

1. A Hotelling style model of spatial competition for a convenience good
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2012, 49, (2), 447-469

2011

2. Us and `Them': the origin of identity, and its economic implications
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2011, 44, (3), 719-748 View citations (7)

2010

3. Existence Advertising, Price Competition and Asymmetric Market Structure
   The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2010, 10, (1), 39 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2009

4. Well-being and Affluence in the Presence of a Veblen Good
   Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (539), 1088-1104 View citations (2)

2008

5. Differential Grading Standards and Student Incentives
   Canadian Public Policy, 2008, 34, (2), 215-236
6. Myopic deterrence policies and the instability of equilibria
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 65, (3-4), 609-624 View citations (1)

2005

7. Incomplete Information and Migration: the Grass is Greener Across the Higher Fence
   Journal of Regional Science, 2005, 45, (1), 1-19 View citations (2)

2004

8. The elementary economics of social dilemmas
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, 37, (4), 805-829 View citations (5)

2003

9. The evolution of preferences and competition: a rationalization of Veblen's theory of invidious comparisons
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2003, 36, (4), 832-859 View citations (16)

2001

10. Know-how sharing with stochastic innovations
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (2), 525-548 View citations (3)

1998

11. Endogenous Cartel Formation
    Australian Economic Papers, 1998, 37, (1), 1-13 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
12. The evolution of type communication in a sender/receiver game of common interest with cheap talk
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1998, 22, (8-9), 1187-1207 View citations (1)

1997

13. Co-specific investments, hold-up and self-enforcing contracts
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1997, 32, (3), 457-470 View citations (4)
14. Technology-Traditing Coalitions in Supergames
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1997, 28, (1), 135-149
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1995

15. Coordination via Genetic Learning
    Computational Economics, 1995, 8, (3), 181-203 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1994

16. Flexible Manufacturing and Market Structure
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (4), 875-88 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1991

17. The Distribution of Wealth and the Efficiency of Institutions
    Economic Inquiry, 1991, 29, (2), 336-50 View citations (7)
18. The Geometry of Supply, Demand, and Competitive Market Structure with Economies of Scope
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (4), 901-11 View citations (6)

1987

19. A Theory of Market Structure with Sequential Entry
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (1), 1-16 View citations (15)

1985

20. Sophisticated Entry in a Model of Spatial Competition
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1985, 16, (2), 282-297 View citations (23)

1984

21. Person-Specific Costs of Production: Hours of Work, Rates of Pay, Labour Contracts
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1984, 17, (3), 441-49

1983

22. The Economy of High Wages: An Agency Problem
    Economica, 1983, 50, (198), 175-81 View citations (18)

1982

23. Agent Compensation and the Limits of Bonding
    Economic Inquiry, 1982, 20, (3), 330-43 View citations (10)
24. An Economic Theory of Central Places
    Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (365), 56-72 View citations (29)

1981

25. Capital, Commitment, and Entry Equilibrium
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1981, 12, (2), 593-604 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (1980)
26. Patience, More Than Its Own Reward: A Note on Price Discrimination
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1981, 14, (1), 93-105

1980

27. Exit Barriers are Entry Barriers: The Durability of Capital as a Barrier to Entry
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (2), 721-729 View citations (40)
28. The block metric and the law of markets
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1980, 7, (3), 337-347 View citations (2)

1979

29. A Comment on Location and Industrial Efficiency with Free Entry
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (3), 447-50 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1977)
30. The Theory of Market Pre-emption: The Persistence of Excess Capacity and Monopoly in Growing Spatial Markets
    Economica, 1979, 46, (182), 149-58 View citations (21)

1978

31. Freedom of Entry and the Existence of Pure Profit
    Economic Journal, 1978, 88, (351), 455-69 View citations (15)

1977

32. Specific Human Capital and Shared Investments Again
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1977, 10, (3), 474-75
33. Wage Dispersion, Job Vacancies and Job Search in Equilibrium
    Economica, 1977, 44, (173), 23-35 View citations (1)

1976

34. Firm-Specific Human Capital: A Shared Investment or Optimal Entrapment?
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1976, 9, (3), 462-72 View citations (1)
35. The Non-Uniqueness of Equilibrium in the Loschian Location Model
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (1), 71-93 View citations (7)

1975

36. The Principle of Minimum Differentiation Reconsidered: Some New Developments in the Theory of Spatial Competition
    Review of Economic Studies, 1975, 42, (1), 27-49 View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper (1972)
37. Unemployment, Underemployment, and Optimal Job Search
    Journal of Political Economy, 1975, 83, (2), 355-75 View citations (2)

1973

38. Comment on "Duopoly and Space."
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1973, 6, (1), 124-27

1972

39. Spatial Competition Revisited
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1972, 5, (2), 268-78 View citations (8)
40. The worker and the profitability of the strike
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1972, 26, (1), 670-679 View citations (3)

Chapters

1989

1. Product differentiation
   Chapter 12 in Handbook of Industrial Organization, 1989, vol. 1, pp 723-768 View citations (44)