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Working Papers

2007

1. Deferred Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory, Practice, and Open Questions
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics
   Also in
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
   See Also Journal Article in International Journal of Game Theory (2008)
2. Making Markets Thick: Designing Rules for Offers and Acceptances
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
3. The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
4. The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
   Also in
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations
5. What Have We Learned From Market Design?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2008)

2006

6. Changing the Boston School Choice Mechanism
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
   Also in
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2006) View citations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations
7. If you are offered the Right of First Refusal, Should you accept? An Investigation of Contract Design
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
8. Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics
   Also in
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
   See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2007)

2005

9. Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in
   Working Papers, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Economics (2005) View citations
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2005) View citations
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2005) View citations
   Microeconomics, EconWPA (2005) View citations
10. Pairwise Kidney Exchange
    Game Theory and Information, EconWPA View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2004) View citations
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2004) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2005)

2004

11. Market Culture: How Norms Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
    Also in
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2004) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations
12. The Dynamics of Law Clerk Matching: An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Proposals for Reform of the Market
    Experimental, EconWPA View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2006)
13. Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matching: Evidence from Post-Season College Football Bowls
    Working Papers, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in
    Microeconomics, EconWPA (2004) View citations

2003

14. An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
    Also in
    Discussion Papers on Strategic Interaction, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group (2002) View citations
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo GmbH (2003) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (2005)
15. Kidney Exchange
    Game Theory and Information, EconWPA
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2004)
16. Late and Multiple Bidding in Second Price Internet Auctions: Theory and Evidence Concerning Different Rules for Ending an Auction
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo GmbH View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2006)
17. The collapse of a medical clearinghouse (and why such failures are rare)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
18. Unraveling reduces the scope of an entry level labor market: Gastroenterology with and without a centralized match
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001)

2001

19. The Timing of Bids in Internet Auctions: Market Design, Bidder Behavior, and Artificial Agents
    Discussion Papers on Strategic Interaction, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group View citations

2000

20. Last Minute Bidding and the Rules for Ending Second-Price Auctions: Theory and Evidence from a Natural Experiment on the Internet
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1999

21. The Redesign of the Matching Market for American Physicians: Some Engineering Aspects of Economic Design
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)

1985

22. Risk Aversion in Bargaining: an Experimental Study
    Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (1988)

Undated

23. Last-Minute Bidding and the Rules for Ending Second-Price Auctions: Evidence from eBay and Amazon Auctions on the Internet
    Discussion Papers on Strategic Interaction, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2002)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Deferred acceptance algorithms: history, theory, practice, and open questions
   International Journal of Game Theory, 2008, 36, (3), 537-569
   See Also Working Paper (2007)
2. What Have We Learned from Market Design?
   Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (527), 285-310 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2007)

2007

3. Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in Markets with Compatibility-Based Preferences
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (3), 828-851 View citations
4. Learning and equilibrium as useful approximations: Accuracy of prediction on randomly selected constant sum games
   Economic Theory, 2007, 33, (1), 29-51
5. Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (3), 37-58 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2006)

2006

6. Late and multiple bidding in second price Internet auctions: Theory and evidence concerning different rules for ending an auction
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2006, 55, (2), 297-320 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2003)
7. The Speed of Learning in Noisy Games: Partial Reinforcement and the Sustainability of Cooperation
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (4), 1029-1042 View citations
8. The dynamics of law clerk matching: An experimental and computational investigation of proposals for reform of the market
   Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2006, 30, (3), 457-486 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2004)

2005

9. A Kidney Exchange Clearinghouse in New England
   American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 376-380 View citations
10. An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2005, 36, (4), 890-907 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)
11. Pairwise kidney exchange
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2005, 125, (2), 151-188 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2005)
12. The Boston Public School Match
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 368-371 View citations
13. The Collapse of a Medical Labor Clearinghouse (and Why Such Failures Are Rare)
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (3), 878-889 View citations
14. The Gastroenterology Fellowship Market: Should There Be a Match?
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 372-375 View citations
15. The New York City High School Match
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 364-367 View citations

2004

16. Kidney Exchange
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004, 119, (2), 457-488 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)

2003

17. Bargaining under a deadline: evidence from the reverse ultimatum game
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2003, 45, (2), 347-368 View citations
18. Relative versus Absolute Speed of Adjustment in Strategic Environments: Responder Behavior in Ultimatum Games
    Experimental Economics, 2003, 6, (2), 181-207 View citations
19. Unraveling Reduces Mobility in a Labor Market: Gastroenterology with and without a Centralized Match
    Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 111, (6), 1342-1352 View citations

2002

20. Last-Minute Bidding and the Rules for Ending Second-Price Auctions: Evidence from eBay and Amazon Auctions on the Internet
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (4), 1093-1103 View citations
    See Also Working Paper
21. Predictive value and the usefulness of game theoretic models
    International Journal of Forecasting, 2002, 18, (3), 359-368 View citations
22. The Economist as Engineer: Game Theory, Experimentation, and Computation as Tools for Design Economics
    Econometrica, 2002, 70, (4), 1341-1378 View citations

2000

23. The Dynamics Of Reorganization In Matching Markets: A Laboratory Experiment Motivated By A Natural Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115, (1), 201-235 View citations

1999

24. The Redesign of the Matching Market for American Physicians: Some Engineering Aspects of Economic Design
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (4), 748-780 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
25. The effect of adding a constant to all payoffs: experimental investigation, and implications for reinforcement learning models
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1999, 39, (1), 111-128 View citations
26. Truncation Strategies in Matching Markets--In Search of Advice for Participants
    Econometrica, 1999, 67, (1), 21-44 View citations

1998

27. Learning in High Stakes Ultimatum Games: An Experiment in the Slovak Republic
    Econometrica, 1998, 66, (3), 569-596 View citations
28. Predicting How People Play Games: Reinforcement Learning in Experimental Games with Unique, Mixed Strategy Equilibria
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (4), 848-81 View citations

1997

29. Turnaround Time and Bottlenecks in Market Clearing: Decentralized Matching in the Market for Clinical Psychologists
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (2), 284-329 View citations
30. Vacancy Chains and Equilibration in Senior-Level Labor Markets
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1997, 76, (2), 362-411 View citations

1994

31. Jumping the Gun: Imperfections and Institutions Related to the Timing of Market Transactions
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (4), 992-1044 View citations
32. Lets Keep the Con out of Experimental Econ.: A Methodological Note
    Empirical Economics, 1994, 19, (2), 279-89 View citations

1992

33. Considerations of Fairness and Strategy: Experimental Data from Sequential Games
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 107, (3), 865-88 View citations
34. Theory and Misbehavior in First-Price Auctions: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1379-91 View citations

1991

35. A Natural Experiment in the Organization of Entry-Level Labor Markets: Regional Markets for New Physicians and Surgeons in the United Kingdom
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (3), 415-40 View citations
36. Bargaining and Market Behavior in Jerusalem, Ljubljana, Pittsburgh, and Tokyo: An Experimental Study
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (5), 1068-95 View citations
37. Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics
    Economic Journal, 1991, 101, (404), 107-14 View citations
38. Incentives in Two-Sided Matching with Random Stable Mechanisms
    Economic Theory, 1991, 1, (1), 31-44 View citations
39. Sorority Rush as a Two-Sided Matching Mechanism
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (3), 441-64 View citations

1990

40. Random Paths to Stability in Two-Sided Matching
    Econometrica, 1990, 58, (6), 1475-80 View citations

1989

41. An Experimental Study of Sequential Bargaining
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (3), 355-84 View citations
42. Risk Aversion and the Relationship between Nash's Solution and Subgame Perfect Equilibrium of Sequential Bargaining
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1989, 2, (4), 353-65 View citations
43. The College Admissions Problem Revisited
    Econometrica, 1989, 57, (3), 559-70 View citations
44. Two-sided matching with incomplete information about others' preferences
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1989, 1, (2), 191-209 View citations

1988

45. Interior points in the core of two-sided matching markets
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 45, (1), 85-101 View citations
46. Laboratory Experimentation in Economics: A Methodological Overview
    Economic Journal, 1988, 98, (393), 974-1031 View citations
47. Risk Aversion in Bargaining: An Experimental Study
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1988, 1, (1), 101-24 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1985)
48. The Deadline Effect in Bargaining: Some Experimental Evidence
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (4), 806-23 View citations

1987

49. Risk aversion and bargaining *: Some preliminary results
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (1-2), 265-271 View citations

1986

50. A note on job matching with budget constraints
    Economics Letters, 1986, 21, (2), 135-138
51. On the Allocation of Residents to Rural Hospitals: A General Property of Two-Sided Matching Markets
    Econometrica, 1986, 54, (2), 425-27 View citations
52. On the Non-transferable Utility Value: A Reply [Values for Games without Sidepayments: Some Difficulties with Current Concepts]
    Econometrica, 1986, 54, (4), 981-84

1985

53. A Note on Risk Aversion in a Perfect Equilibrium Model of Bargaining
    Econometrica, 1985, 53, (1), 207-11 View citations
54. Common and conflicting interests in two-sided matching markets
    European Economic Review, 1985, 27, (1), 75-96
55. The college admissions problem is not equivalent to the marriage problem
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1985, 36, (2), 277-288 View citations

1984

56. Misrepresentation and stability in the marriage problem
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1984, 34, (2), 383-387 View citations
57. Stability and Polarization of Interests in Job Matching
    Econometrica, 1984, 52, (1), 47-57 View citations
58. The Evolution of the Labor Market for Medical Interns and Residents: A Case Study in Game Theory
    Journal of Political Economy, 1984, 92, (6), 991-1016 View citations

1983

59. Expectations and Reputations in Bargaining: An Experimental Study
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 362-72 View citations

1982

60. Incentive compatibility in a market with indivisible goods
    Economics Letters, 1982, 9, (2), 127-132 View citations
61. Risk Aversion and Nash's Solution for Bargaining Games with Risky Outcomes
    Econometrica, 1982, 50, (3), 639-47 View citations
62. Scale changes and shared information in bargaining: An experimental study
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1982, 3, (2), 157-177
63. The Role of Information in Bargaining: An Experimental Study
    Econometrica, 1982, 50, (5), 1123-42 View citations

1981

64. Sociological versus strategic factors in bargaining
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1981, 2, (2), 153-177 View citations
65. Strike Two: Labor-Management Negotiations in Major League Baseball
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1981, 12, (2), 413-425

1980

66. Values for Games without Sidepayments: Some Difficulties with Current Concepts
    Econometrica, 1980, 48, (2), 457-65 View citations

1979

67. Proportional Solutions to the Bargaining Problem
    Econometrica, 1979, 47, (3), 775-77 View citations

1978

68. The Nash Solution and the Utility of Bargaining
    Econometrica, 1978, 46, (3), 587-94 View citations

1977

69. Independence of irrelevant alternatives, and solutions to Nash's bargaining problem
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1977, 16, (2), 247-251 View citations
70. The Shapley Value as a von Neumann-Morgenstern Utility
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (3), 657-64 View citations
71. Utility functions for simple games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1977, 16, (2), 481-489 View citations
72. Weak versus strong domination in a market with indivisible goods
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1977, 4, (2), 131-137 View citations

Chapters

1992

1. Two-sided matching
   Chapter 16 in Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications, 1992, vol. 1, pp 485-541 View citations