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Working Papers

2010

1. Efficiency in Evolutionary Games: Darwin, Nash and the Secret Handshake
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (7)
2. The Evolution of Decision and Experienced Utilities
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (2)

2009

3. The Evolution of Time Preference with Aggregate Uncertainty
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2009)

2007

4. A 'Bioeconomic' View of the Neolithic and Recent Demographic Transitions
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University View citations (6)

2004

5. Reinterpreting Mixed Strategy Equilibria: A Unification of the Classical and Bayesian Views
   Micro Theory Working Papers, Microeconomics.ca Website View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2004)

1999

6. Efficient Equilibrium Selection in Evolutionary Games with Random Matching
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (20)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1996)

1990

7. AN "INFORMATIONALLY ROBUST EQUILIBRIUM" FOR TWO-PERSON NONZERO-SUM GAMES
   Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations (1)
   Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1990)
   See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (1994)
8. EXISTENCE OF NASH EQUILIBRIUM IN MIXED STRATEGIES FOR GAME WHERE PLYOFFS NEED NOT BE CONTINUOUS IN PURE STRATEGIES
   Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research
9. Existence of Nash Equilibrium in Mixed Strategies for Games where Payoffs need not be Continious in Pure Strategies
   Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research
10. STATUS, THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH SOCIAL AND PRIVATE ATTITUDES TO RISK
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1990)

1989

11. EFFICIENCY IN EVOLUTIONARY GAMES: DARWIN, NASH AND SECRET HANDSHAKE
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory View citations (36)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Status, Intertemporal Choice, and Risk‐Taking
   Econometrica, 2012, 80, (4), 1505-1531

2011

2. The evolution of decision and experienced utility
   Theoretical Economics, 2011, 6, (3)

2010

3. A bioeconomic view of the Neolithic transition to agriculture
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2010, 43, (1), 280-300 View citations (3)

2009

4. The Evolution of Time Preference with Aggregate Uncertainty
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (5), 1925-53 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2008

5. Evolution of Time Preference by Natural Selection: Comment
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (3), 1178-88 View citations (6)

2007

6. The Evolution of Intertemporal Preferences
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 496-500 View citations (13)
7. Why do We Die? Economics, Biology and Aging
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 492-495

2006

8. Viewpoint: The economics of hunter-gatherer societies and the evolution of human characteristics
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2006, 39, (2), 375-398 View citations (6)

2005

9. Complex Evolutionary Systems and the Red Queen
   Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (504), F211-F224 View citations (3)

2004

10. Reinterpreting mixed strategy equilibria: a unification of the classical and Bayesian views
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2004, 48, (2), 355-384 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

11. A short proof of Harsanyi's purification theorem
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2003, 45, (2), 369-374 View citations (14)
12. The Evolution of Human Life Expectancy and Intelligence in Hunter-Gatherer Economies
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (1), 150-169 View citations (42)
13. The evolution of rationality and the Red Queen
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2003, 111, (1), 1-22 View citations (5)

2002

14. Evolution and Human Nature
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (2), 89-106 View citations (32)

2001

15. The Biological Basis of Economic Behavior
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2001, 39, (1), 11-33 View citations (53)
16. Why Would Nature Give Individuals Utility Functions?
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (4), 900-929 View citations (15)

1998

17. Forward Induction, Public Randomization, and Admissibility
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1998, 82, (2), 451-457 View citations (1)
18. Naive Adaptive Behavior and the Observability of Gambles
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1998, 24, (1-2), 97-108

1997

19. On the Growth-Maximizing Distribution of Income
    International Economic Review, 1997, 38, (3), 511-26 View citations (2)

1996

20. A Biological Basis for Expected and Non-expected Utility
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 68, (2), 397-424 View citations (58)
21. Efficient Equilibrium Selection in Evolutionary Games with Random Matching
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 70, (1), 65-92 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
22. The Evolution of Attitudes to Risk: Lottery Tickets and Relative Wealth
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 14, (2), 190-207 View citations (32)

1995

23. The Evolution of Strategic Behaviour
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1995, 28, (1), 17-41 View citations (3)
24. The Existence of Subgame-Perfect Equilibrium in Continuous Games with Almost Perfect Information: A Case for Public Randomization
    Econometrica, 1995, 63, (3), 507-44 View citations (24)

1994

25. An Informationally Robust Equilibrium for Two-Person Nonzero-Sum Games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1994, 7, (2), 233-245 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1992

26. Status, the Distribution of Wealth, Private and Social Attitudes to Risk
    Econometrica, 1992, 60, (4), 837-57 View citations (88)

1990

27. Duopoly with Endogenous Strategic Timing: Stackelberg Regained
    International Economic Review, 1990, 31, (2), 263-74 View citations (28)
28. Stackelberg and Marshall
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (1), 69-82 View citations (27)
29. Subgame perfect equilibrium in continuous games of perfect information: An elementary approach to existence and approximation by discrete games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1990, 52, (2), 406-422 View citations (7)

1989

30. On the Uniqueness of Endogenous Strategic Timing
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1989, 22, (4), 917-21

1986

31. The Existence of Nash Equilibria in Reaction Functions for Dynamic Models of Oligopoly
    International Economic Review, 1986, 27, (3), 539-44 View citations (3)

1984

32. Dynamic Duopoly under Demand Uncertainty
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1984, 17, (4), 695-98

1983

33. Existence of Consistent Conjectures: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 454-56 View citations (5)
34. OPEC versus the West: A robust equilibrium
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1983, 10, (1), 18-34 View citations (1)

1982

35. Comparative statics of the market for a consumer durable with an age/quality structure: A reprise of models of urban structure
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1982, 11, (2), 169-179

1981

36. Implicit oligopolistic collusion is destroyed by uncertainty
    Economics Letters, 1981, 7, (1), 75-80 View citations (2)
37. Insurance as a Giffen good
    Economics Letters, 1981, 8, (1), 47-51 View citations (10)
38. Sufficiency of the pontryagin conditions for optimal control when the time horizon is free
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1981, 24, (3), 437-445

1980

39. Costly Innovation and Natural Resources
    International Economic Review, 1980, 21, (1), 17-30 View citations (9)
40. Simple General Equilibrium and Trade with a Monopsonized Sector
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1980, 13, (4), 668-82 View citations (6)

1979

41. Sequential exploitation of uncertain deposits of a depletable natural resource
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1979, 21, (1), 88-110 View citations (4)
42. Urban structure, gas prices, and the demand for transportation
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1979, 6, (2), 148-155

1978

43. The Crunch, the Boom, and the Recreational Land Market
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1978, 11, (1), 38-55

1976

44. Cost-benefit analysis and the use of urban land for transportation
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1976, 3, (2), 180-191 View citations (4)
45. Two models of urban air pollution
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1976, 3, (3), 264-284