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Working Papers

2009

1. Can A Rational Choice Framework Make Sense of Anorexia Nervosa?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2005

2. A Behavioral Model of Cyclical Dieting
   HEW, EconWPA View citations
3. Modeling Alternative Motives for Dieting
   HEW, EconWPA
   See also Journal Article in Eastern Economic Journal (2006)

1992

4. How the macroeconomic environment affects human resource development
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

Journal Articles

2009

1. Exploring different visions of the model-empirics nexus: Solow versus Lipsey
   Journal of Economic Methodology, 2009, 16, (2), 159-174

2008

2. Explanations for Persistent Nursing Shortages
   Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2008, 11, (2)

2007

3. Decreasing the "Bad" for Mixed Public Goods and Bads: The Case of Public Sculpture
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2007, 33, (2), 159-176
4. Vaccination Externalities
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (1)

2006

5. Modeling Alternative Motives for Dieting
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2006, 32, (1), 115-131 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

6. Methodological issues in forecasting: Insights from the egregious business forecast errors of late 1930
   Journal of Economic Methodology, 2005, 12, (4), 517-542

2003

7. Remembering James Tobin: Stories Mostly from His Students
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2003, 29, (4), 499-518

2002

8. Wheat from Chaff: Meta-Analysis as Quantitative Literature Review: Comment
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (3), 225-226

2001

9. Are rival theories of smoking underdetermined?
   Journal of Economic Methodology, 2001, 8, (2), 229-251 View citations
10. Combining the Results of rationality Studies: What Did We know and When Did We know It?
    Indian Economic Review, 2001, 36, (1), 269-300

2000

11. An Onassis Retrospective: What Products Are Auctioned, and Why?
    Journal of Economic Education, 2000, 31, (2), 157-168

1999

12. An economic theory of cigarette addiction
    Journal of Health Economics, 1999, 18, (1), 1-29 View citations

1998

13. Economic Man as a Moral Individual
    Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (4), 645-53 View citations
14. On the Use and Nonuse of Surveys in Economics
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1998, 5, (1), 1-21 View citations

1997

15. Now You See It, Now You Don't: Emerging Contrary Results in Economics
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1997, 4, (2), 221-44 View citations

1996

16. Does Studying Economics Discourage Cooperation? Watch What We Do, Not What We Say or How We Play
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (1), 177-86 View citations
17. Information Problems for Policy Analysis and Forecasting
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1996, 22, (1), 47-56

1995

18. Does salaried status affect human capital accumulation?
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1995, 48, (2), 322-337 View citations
19. The Economist-as-Audience Needs a Methodology of Plausible Inference
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1995, 2, (2), 201-22 View citations

1994

20. Dealing with Arguably Legitimate Exam Gripes: A Possible Pareto Improvement
    Economic Inquiry, 1994, 32, (1), 178-79

1990

21. The Demand for Labor with Heterogenous Hours
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1990, 16, (3), 239-247

1988

22. Choice under Uncertainty: Problems Solved and Unsolved: Correspondence
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988, 2, (2), 179-81

1984

23. Can remittances compensate for manpower outflows: The case of Philippine physicians
    Journal of Development Economics, 1984, 15, (1-3), 1-17 View citations

1983

24. A model of teenage labor supply
    Journal of Economics and Business, 1983, 35, (2), 245-255 View citations

1982

25. An economic evaluation of the Service Contract Act
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1982, 36, (1), 56-72

1981

26. The Davis-Bacon Act: An appraisal of recent studies
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1981, 34, (2), 191-206 View citations

1978

27. An indirect test of efficient city sizes
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1978, 5, (1), 46-65

1976

28. A `missing link' in the social rate of discount literature
    Journal of Public Economics, 1976, 6, (3), 309-312

1974

29. Government investment decisions and institutional constraints on income redistribution
    Journal of Public Economics, 1974, 3, (2), 171-180

1972

30. Job Search, the Duration of Unemployment, and the Phillips Curve: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1972, 62, (4), 714-17

1970

31. Manpower Programs in a Local Labor Market: A Theoretical Note
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (4), 706-09 View citations
32. Pareto Optimal Redistribution: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (5), 994-96 View citations