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Working Papers

2007

1. Factions and Political Competition
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2005

2. Generic Uniqueness of the Solutions to a Continuous Linear Programming Problem
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
3. Information Acquisition and the Excess Refund Puzzle
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (3)
4. Passenger Profiling, Imperfect Screening, and Airport Security
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)
5. Using Hit Rates to Test for Racial Bias in Law Enforcement: Vehicle Searches in Wichita
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (4)

2004

6. Returnable Goods: Refunds and Information Acquisition
   Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society
7. The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (109)
   Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2003) View citations (80)
8. The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height, Third Version
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (44)
9. Using Hit Rate Tests to Test for Racial Bias in Law Enforcement: Vehicle Searches in Wichita
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2002

10. The Incentive Effects of Interim Performance Evaluations
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations (11)

2001

11. Racial Fairness and Effectiveness of Policing
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department

2000

12. Consensus and the Accuracy of Signals: Optimal Committee Design with Information Acquisition
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society
13. Money-Back Warranties
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society
14. The Drawbacks of Electoral Competition
    Princeton Economic Theory Papers, Economics Department, Princeton University View citations (2)
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations (2)
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations (6)

1999

15. Provision of Public Goods Under Alternative Electral Incentives
    Princeton Economic Theory Papers, Economics Department, Princeton University View citations (8)
16. Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations (10)
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2001)

1997

17. Information Acquisition in Auctions
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2000)

1996

18. Information Acquisition in Affiliated Decision Problems
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (2)

1995

19. Existence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium In First Place Auctions and War of Attrition with Affiliated Values
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (1)

Undated

20. Consensus and the Accuracy of Signals: Optimal Committee Design with Endogenous Information
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations (2)
21. The Provision of Public Goods Under Alternative Electoral Incentives
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2001)

Journal Articles

2006

1. Campaign spending regulation in a model of redistributive politics
   Economic Theory, 2006, 28, (1), 95-124 View citations (33)
2. Generalising the Hit Rates Test for Racial Bias in Law Enforcement, With an Application to Vehicle Searches in Wichita
   Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (515), F351-F367 View citations (4)

2005

3. A Drawback Of Electoral Competition
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (6), 1318-1348 View citations (17)
4. Passenger Profiling, Imperfect Screening, and Airport Security
   American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 127-131 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

5. Committee Design with Endogenous Information
   Review of Economic Studies, 2004, 71, (1), 165-191 View citations (68)
6. Why Did the Elites Extend the Suffrage? Democracy and the Scope of Government, With an Application to Britain's "Age of Reform"
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004, 119, (2), 705-763 View citations (85)

2002

7. Racial Profiling, Fairness, and Effectiveness of Policing
   American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (5), 1472-1497 View citations (27)

2001

8. Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence
   Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (1), 203-232 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper (1999)
9. The Provision of Public Goods under Alternative Electoral Incentives
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (1), 225-239 View citations (145)
   See also Working Paper

2000

10. Information Acquisition in Auctions
    Econometrica, 2000, 68, (1), 135-148 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
11. Uniqueness and Existence of Equilibrium in Auctions with a Reserve Price
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2000, 30, (1), 83-114 View citations (27)