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Working Papers

2025

1. Matching in co-operative education programs: An experimental study
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University

2024

2. A Breakdown of Cooperation in Public Goods Games
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University
3. Do higher insurance premiums provoke larger reported losses? An experimental study
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University
   See also Journal Article Do higher insurance premiums provoke larger reported losses? An experimental study, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2025) (2025)

2023

4. Voting for income redistribution in a dynamic-income experiment
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University

2021

5. Heterogeneity in the Support for Mandatory Masks Unveiled
   Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis View citations (1)
   Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University (2021) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, Canadian Centre for Health Economics (2021) View citations (1)

2020

6. Compliance with Social Distancing: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Ontario during COVID-19
   Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis View citations (5)
   Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University (2020) View citations (4)
   Working Papers, Canadian Centre for Health Economics (2020) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Compliance with social distancing: Theory and empirical evidence from Ontario during COVID‐19, Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
7. Good-Looking Prices
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University View citations (3)
   Also in Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (2020) View citations (3)
8. Insurable Losses, Pre-filled Claims Forms and Honesty in Reporting
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University View citations (1)
   Also in Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (2020) View citations (1)

2018

9. Costly Superstitious Beliefs: Experimental Evidence
   LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Costly superstitious beliefs: Experimental evidence, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2018) View citations (6) (2018)
10. Tat will tell: Tattoos and time preferences
    Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis View citations (3)
    Also in LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis (2017)
    See also Journal Article Tat will tell: Tattoos and time preferences, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2019) View citations (3) (2019)
11. The Truth About Tattoos
    LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The truth about tattoos, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2018) View citations (7) (2018)
12. Time preferences of older people with mild cognitive impairment
    LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis

2017

13. Cooperation through Coordination in Two Stages
    LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis
    See also Journal Article Cooperation through coordination in two stages, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2016

14. Clever Enough to Tell the Truth
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis (2015) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Clever enough to tell the truth, Experimental Economics, Springer (2017) View citations (14) (2017)

2015

15. The Role of Critical Mass in Establishing a Successful Network Market: An Experimental Investigation
    LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis View citations (4)
16. Waiting to Cooperate? Cooperation in one-stage and two-stage games
    LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis

2014

17. First-Mover Advantage in Best-Of-Series: An Experiment Comparison of Role-Assignment Rules
    LCERPA Working Papers, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis
    See also Journal Article First-mover advantage in best-of series: an experimental comparison of role-assignment rules, International Journal of Game Theory, Springer (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
18. Screening for Honesty
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2013

19. HONEST ON MONDAYS: HONESTY AND THE TEMPORAL DISTANCE BETWEEN DECISIONS AND PAYOFFS
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (13)
20. The Impact of Tax Exclusive and Inclusive Prices on Demand
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (9)
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2012) View citations (7)
21. WAITING TO COOPERATE?
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2013) View citations (1)

2012

22. FIRST-MOVER ADVANTAGE IN TWO-SIDED COMPETITIONS: AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF ROLE-ASSIGNMENT RULES
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics

2011

23. Which Way to Cooperate
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Haifa, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Which Way to Cooperate, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2012) View citations (26) (2012)

2010

24. ARE GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE MORE EMPLOYABLE?
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Are Good-Looking People More Employable?, Management Science, INFORMS (2015) View citations (61) (2015)
25. Are Income and Consumption Taxes Ever Really Equivalent? Evidence from a Real-Effort Experiment with Real Goods
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics (2008) View citations (17)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007) View citations (14)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2008) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Are income and consumption taxes ever really equivalent? Evidence from a real-effort experiment with real goods, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2012) View citations (63) (2012)
26. Coordination and Critical Mass in a Network Market: An Experimental Investigation
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (6)
27. Do religious contexts elicit more trust and altruism? An experiment on Facebook
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2009

28. When Do Large Buyers Pay Less? Experimental Evidence
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009)
    See also Journal Article When Do Large Buyers Pay Less? Experimental Evidence, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2013) View citations (10) (2013)

2007

29. Does it pay to pray? Costly ritual and cooperation
    Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Does It Pay To Pray? Costly Ritual and Cooperation, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2007) View citations (40) (2007)

2006

30. BUYER CONCENTRATION AS A SOURCE OF COUNTERVAILING POWER: EVIDENCE FROM EXPERIMENTAL POSTED-OFFER MARKETS
    Departmental Working Papers, McGill University, Department of Economics View citations (14)
31. Cooperation and the in-group-out-group bias: A field test on israeli kibbutz members and city residents
    Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (109)
    Also in Experimental, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003) View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article Cooperation and the in-group-out-group bias: A field test on Israeli kibbutz members and city residents, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2006) View citations (107) (2006)
32. THE STRATEGIES BEHIND THEIR ACTIONS: A METHOD TO INFER REPEATED-GAME STRATEGIES AND AN APPLICATION TO BUYER BEHAVIOR
    Departmental Working Papers, McGill University, Department of Economics View citations (5)

2005

33. Buyer Countervailing Power: A Survey of Experimental Evidence
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (5)

2004

34. Do Buyer-Size Discounts Depend on the Curvature of the Surplus Function? Experimental Tests of Bargaining Models
    Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics, Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London
    Also in Experimental, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Do buyer-size discounts depend on the curvature of the surplus function? Experimental tests of bargaining models, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2007) View citations (24) (2007)
35. It's My Turn... Please, After You: An Experimental Study of Cooperation and Social Conventions
    Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics
    Also in Experimental, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004)

2003

36. Does It Pay To Pray? Evaluating the Economic Return to Religious Ritual
    Experimental, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)
37. Religious ritual and cooperation: Testing for a relationship on israeli religious and secular kibbutzim
    Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (40)

2002

38. Buyer Countervailing Power versus Monopoly Power: Evidence from Experimental Posted-Offer Markets
    Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford View citations (5)

2001

39. Inferring Buyer Strategies and their Impact on Monopolist Pricing
    Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

2000

40. Here's Something you Never Asked for, didn't Know Existed, and can't Easily Obtain: A Search Model of Gift Giving
    Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2025

1. Do higher insurance premiums provoke larger reported losses? An experimental study
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2025, 92, (1), 203-226
   See also Working Paper Do higher insurance premiums provoke larger reported losses? An experimental study, Department of Economics Working Papers (2024) (2024)

2022

2. Compliance with social distancing: Theory and empirical evidence from Ontario during COVID‐19
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2022, 55, (S1), 705-734 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Compliance with Social Distancing: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Ontario during COVID-19, Working Paper series (2020) View citations (5) (2020)
3. Gender and beauty price discrimination in produce markets
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2022, 97, (C) View citations (10)

2020

4. Do Religious Contexts Elicit More Trust and Altruism? Decision-Making Scenario Experiments
   Journal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR), 2020, 01, (01), 1-25

2019

5. Tat will tell: Tattoos and time preferences
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 166, (C), 566-585 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Tat will tell: Tattoos and time preferences, Working Paper series (2018) View citations (3) (2018)

2018

6. Cooperation through coordination in two stages
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 154, (C), 206-219 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Cooperation through Coordination in Two Stages, LCERPA Working Papers (2017) (2017)
7. Costly superstitious beliefs: Experimental evidence
   Journal of Economic Psychology, 2018, 69, (C), 30-43 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Costly Superstitious Beliefs: Experimental Evidence, LCERPA Working Papers (2018) View citations (9) (2018)
8. The truth about tattoos
   Economics Letters, 2018, 172, (C), 143-147 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper The Truth About Tattoos, LCERPA Working Papers (2018) View citations (7) (2018)

2017

9. Clever enough to tell the truth
   Experimental Economics, 2017, 20, (1), 130-155 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Clever Enough to Tell the Truth, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2016

10. First-mover advantage in best-of series: an experimental comparison of role-assignment rules
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2016, 45, (4), 933-970 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper First-Mover Advantage in Best-Of-Series: An Experiment Comparison of Role-Assignment Rules, LCERPA Working Papers (2014) (2014)

2015

11. Are Good-Looking People More Employable?
    Management Science, 2015, 61, (8), 1760-1776 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper ARE GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE MORE EMPLOYABLE?, Working Papers (2010) View citations (22) (2010)
12. The Impact of Including, Adding, and Subtracting a Tax on Demand
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7, (1), 95-118 View citations (40)

2014

13. Honest on Mondays: Honesty and the temporal separation between decisions and payoffs
    European Economic Review, 2014, 65, (C), 126-135 View citations (30)

2013

14. When Do Large Buyers Pay Less? Experimental Evidence
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2013, 61, (1), 108-137 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper When Do Large Buyers Pay Less? Experimental Evidence, Working Papers (2009) View citations (2) (2009)

2012

15. Are income and consumption taxes ever really equivalent? Evidence from a real-effort experiment with real goods
    European Economic Review, 2012, 56, (6), 1200-1219 View citations (63)
    See also Working Paper Are Income and Consumption Taxes Ever Really Equivalent? Evidence from a Real-Effort Experiment with Real Goods, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
16. Which Way to Cooperate
    Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (563), 1042-1068 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Which Way to Cooperate, Working Papers (2011) View citations (4) (2011)

2011

17. Introduction to the special issue on experiments in industrial organization
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2011, 29, (1), 1-3 View citations (10)

2009

18. In search of welfare-improving gifts
    European Economic Review, 2009, 53, (4), 445-460 View citations (11)

2007

19. Do buyer-size discounts depend on the curvature of the surplus function? Experimental tests of bargaining models
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2007, 38, (3), 747-767 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Do Buyer-Size Discounts Depend on the Curvature of the Surplus Function? Experimental Tests of Bargaining Models, Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics (2004) (2004)
20. Does It Pay To Pray? Costly Ritual and Cooperation
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (1), 37 View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper Does it pay to pray? Costly ritual and cooperation, Artefactual Field Experiments (2007) View citations (38) (2007)

2006

21. 99: are retailers best responding to rational consumers? Experimental evidence
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2006, 27, (6), 459-475 View citations (22)
22. Cooperation and the in-group-out-group bias: A field test on Israeli kibbutz members and city residents
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2006, 60, (2), 147-163 View citations (107)
    See also Working Paper Cooperation and the in-group-out-group bias: A field test on israeli kibbutz members and city residents, Artefactual Field Experiments (2006) View citations (109) (2006)

2005

23. Tax and subsidy incidence equivalence theories: experimental evidence from competitive markets
    Journal of Public Economics, 2005, 89, (8), 1519-1542 View citations (44)

2004

24. The Self-serving Bias and Beliefs about Rationality
    Economic Inquiry, 2004, 42, (2), 237-246 View citations (13)

2003

25. Competitive Equilibrium and Classroom Pit Markets
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2003, 34, (2), 123-137 View citations (10)

2000

26. Some factors affecting demand withholding in posted-offer markets
    Economic Theory, 2000, 16, (3), 529-544 View citations (31)
27. The Deadweight Loss of Christmas: Comment
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (1), 319-324 View citations (11)

1999

28. Gift giving with emotions
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1999, 39, (4), 399-420 View citations (52)

1998

29. Book Reviews
    The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 1998, 7, (4), 451-453
30. More Is Better, But Fair Is Fair: Tipping in Dictator and Ultimatum Games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1998, 23, (2), 247-265 View citations (186)

Chapters

2004

1. IDEOLOGY, RELIGION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION: FIELD EXPERIMENTS ON ISRAELI KIBBUTZIM
   A chapter in Socioeconomic Aspects of Human Behavioral Ecology, 2004, pp 89-117 View citations (1)