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Working Papers

2014

1. Don't demotivate, discriminate
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (1)
2. Task-specific Human Capital and Organizational Inertia
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2013

3. Aggressive Reporting and Probabilistic Auditing in a Principles-Based Environment
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2012

4. Do More Powerful Interest Groups have a Disproportionate Influence on Policy?
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (3)
5. The Role of Performance Appraisals in Motivating Employees
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (5)
6. What to put on and what to keep off the Table? A Politician's Choice of which Issues to address
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2011

7. On the Role of Pre-Determined Rules for HRM Policies
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2010

8. Decision Making and Learning in a Globalizing World
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
   Also in Economics Working Papers, European University Institute (2009) View citations (1)
9. When Galatea cares about her Reputation: How having Faith in your Workers reduces their Motivation to shine
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
   See also Journal Article When Galatea cares about her reputation: How having faith in your workers reduces their motivation to shine, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2009

10. Why Are Residents Reluctant to Consult Attending Physicians?
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2008

11. Is Transparency to No Avail? Committee Decision-Making, Pre-Meetings, and Credible Deals
    Economics Working Papers, European University Institute View citations (3)
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2007)

2007

12. Confidence Management: On Interpersonal Comparisons in Teams
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Confidence Management: On Interpersonal Comparisons in Teams, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell (2013) View citations (18) (2013)

2006

13. A Simple Model of Self-Assessments
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article A Simple Model of Self-Assessment, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2009) View citations (1) (2009)
14. Disciplining and Screening Top Executives
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (2)
15. The Self-Perception Theory vs. a Dynamic Learning Model
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
16. Transparency and Pre-meetings
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (5)

2005

17. On Committees of Experts
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article On Committees of Experts, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2007) View citations (109) (2007)

2004

18. Does Electoral Competition create Incentives for Political Parties to collect Information about the Pros and Cons of Alternative Policies?
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
19. Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2006) (2006)
20. Policy Makers, Advisors, and Reputation
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article Policy makers, advisers, and reputation, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2007) View citations (8) (2007)

2003

21. Do Elections lead to Informed Public Decisions?
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Do elections lead to informed public decisions?, Public Choice, Springer (2006) View citations (4) (2006)
22. Environmental Policy Choice under Uncertainty
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
23. On the Composition of Committees
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (1)
24. Producing and Manipulating Information
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Producing and Manipulating Information, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2005) View citations (33) (2005)
25. Sequential Advocacy
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
26. The Consequences of Endogenizing Information for Herd Behavior
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2002

27. Delegation or Voting
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (1)
28. Deliberation, Information Aggregation and Collective Decision Making
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (4)
29. Vanity in Politics: A Problem?
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2001

30. How Polarization and Political Instability affect Learning through Experimentation
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
31. Producing and Manipulating Information: Private Information Providers versus Public Information Providers
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
32. The Optimal Degree of Polarization
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article The optimal degree of polarization, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2004) View citations (6) (2004)

1999

33. The Effect of Fiscal Rules on Public Investment if Budget Deficits Are Politically Motivated
    Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (1997) View citations (9)

1997

34. A Theory of Policy Reversal
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
35. On the Role of the Governmental Agreement in Breaking Political Deadlocks
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (2)

1993

36. Do Policy Makers, Disrtibutional Desires lead to an Inflationary Bias?
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research
    See also Journal Article Do policymakers' distributional desires lead to an inflationary bias?, Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier (1996) View citations (1) (1996)
37. Economic Policy, Model Uncertainty and Elections
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Economic Policy, Model Uncertainty and Elections, Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell (1998) View citations (6) (1998)
38. Rational Voters, Election and Central Banks
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research

1992

39. Estimation of Preference Weights in a Model of Monetary Policy with Multiplicative Uncertainty
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research
40. Models of Voter Behaviour: An Application to the Netherlands
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research
41. Rational Voters in Partisanship Model
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research View citations (4)
42. The Advantage of Tying One's Economist's Hand: The Value of Information in a Monetary Policy Model
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research

1991

43. In Search of the Motives Behind U.S. Fiscal Macroeconomic Economic Policy
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research
44. Popularity Functions Based on the Partisan Theory
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Popularity Functions Based on the Partisan Theory, Public Choice, Springer (1993) View citations (27) (1993)
45. Why Do Administrations Postpone Policy on Which There is Overall Agreement
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research

1990

46. A VOTER MODEL BASED ON THE PARTISAN THEORY
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research
47. THE ESTIMATION OF PREFERENCES BEHIND US MONETARY POLICY
    Working Papers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research

Undated

48. Sharing Information through Delegation and Collaboration
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

Journal Articles

2015

1. Learning from Others? Decision Rights, Strategic Communication, and Reputational Concerns
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2015, 7, (4), 109-49 View citations (2)

2013

2. Confidence Management: On Interpersonal Comparisons in Teams
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2013, 22, (4), 744-767 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper Confidence Management: On Interpersonal Comparisons in Teams, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (1) (2007)
3. Is Transparency To No Avail?
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2013, 115, (4), 967-994 View citations (18)
4. When Galatea cares about her reputation: How having faith in your workers reduces their motivation to shine
   European Economic Review, 2013, 60, (C), 91-104 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper When Galatea cares about her Reputation: How having Faith in your Workers reduces their Motivation to shine, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2010) (2010)

2010

5. Why are junior doctors reluctant to consult attending physicians?
   Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29, (2), 317-324 View citations (2)

2009

6. A Simple Model of Self-Assessment
   Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (539), 1225-1241 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper A Simple Model of Self-Assessments, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2006) (2006)

2008

7. Adoption Subsidy Versus Technology Standards Under Asymmetric Information
   De Economist, 2008, 156, (3), 241-267 View citations (1)
8. How Committees of Experts Interact with the Outside World: Some Theory, and Evidence from the FOMC
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6, (2-3), 478-486 View citations (52)
9. In Defense of Boards
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2008, 17, (3), 667-682 View citations (11)
10. The consequences of endogenizing information for the performance of a sequential decision procedure
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 65, (3-4), 667-681 View citations (10)

2007

11. On Committees of Experts
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (1), 337-372 View citations (109)
    See also Working Paper On Committees of Experts, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (2) (2005)
12. Policy makers, advisers, and reputation
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2007, 62, (4), 579-590 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Policy Makers, Advisors, and Reputation, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2004) (2004)

2006

13. Do elections lead to informed public decisions?
    Public Choice, 2006, 129, (3), 435-460 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Do Elections lead to Informed Public Decisions?, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (3) (2003)
14. Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2006, 26, (3), 527-545
    See also Working Paper Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2004) (2004)

2005

15. Producing and Manipulating Information
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (500), 185-199 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Producing and Manipulating Information, CESifo Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (3) (2003)

2004

16. On the bad reputation of reputational concerns
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (12), 2817-2838 View citations (46)
17. The optimal degree of polarization
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 20, (1), 255-262 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper The Optimal Degree of Polarization, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2001) (2001)

2003

18. Polarization, Political Instability and Active Learning*
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2003, 105, (1), 1-14

2002

19. Budgetary Devices for Curbing Spending Prone Ministers and Bureaucrats
    Public Choice, 2002, 111, (3-4), 237-57 View citations (10)

2001

20. A comment on sequential elections and overlapping terms: voting for US Senate
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 46, (4), 437-440 View citations (3)
21. Why Do Policy Makers Give (Permanent) Power to Policy Advisers?
    Economics and Politics, 2001, 13, (1), 73-94 View citations (10)

2000

22. Policy advice, secrecy, and reputational concerns
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 16, (2), 257-271 View citations (3)
23. When policy advisors cannot reach a consensus
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2000, 17, (3), 439-461 View citations (1)
24. Why do Workers Spend so Much Time on Inferior Tasks?
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2000, 156, (3), 501-
25. Why political culture should be in the lexicon of economics
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 16, (1), 1-4 View citations (24)

1999

26. A Theory of Policy Advice
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1999, 15, (3), 602-14 View citations (6)
27. Economic Outcomes and Voting Behaviour in a Multi-party System: An Application to the Netherlands
    Public Choice, 1999, 101, (3-4), 195-213 View citations (9)
28. Rational Voters, Elections, and Central Banks: Do Representative Democracies Need Nonrepresentative Institutions?
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1999, 21, (4), 515-525 View citations (4)
29. Voting on the Budget Deficit: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (5), 1377-1381 View citations (35)

1998

30. Economic Policy, Model Uncertainty and Elections
    Economics and Politics, 1998, 10, (1), 85-103 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Economic Policy, Model Uncertainty and Elections, Working Papers (1993) View citations (2) (1993)
31. Partisan Policies, Macroeconomic Performance and Political Support
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1998, 20, (2), 367-386 View citations (8)
32. The role of governmental agreements in breaking political deadlock
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1998, 14, (3), 561-572
33. Towards an economic theory of party ideology
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1998, 14, (2), 223-240 View citations (3)

1997

34. Electoral and partisan cycles between US economic performance and presidential popularity: a comment on Stephen E. Haynes
    Applied Economics, 1997, 29, (12), 1585-1592 View citations (3)
35. Learning and Signalling by Advisor Selection
    Public Choice, 1997, 92, (3-4), 353-67 View citations (6)
36. Some evidence on policy makers' motives, macroeconomic performance and output-inflation trade-offs
    Applied Economics, 1997, 29, (2), 251-258 View citations (1)

1996

37. Do policymakers' distributional desires lead to an inflationary bias?
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1996, 18, (1), 109-116 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Do Policy Makers, Disrtibutional Desires lead to an Inflationary Bias?, Working Papers (1993) (1993)
38. Government Spending Cycles: Ideological or Opportunistic?
    Public Choice, 1996, 89, (1-2), 183-200 View citations (33)
    Also in Public Choice, 1996, 89, (1), 183-200 (1996) View citations (28)

1994

39. Partisan Views on the Economy
    Public Choice, 1994, 81, (1-2), 137-50 View citations (4)
40. Partisan profiles in presidential policies: An extension of "presidential preferences for inflation versus unemployment"
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1994, 16, (3), 553-558 View citations (1)

1993

41. Popularity Functions Based on the Partisan Theory
    Public Choice, 1993, 75, (4), 339-56 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Popularity Functions Based on the Partisan Theory, Working Papers (1991) View citations (2) (1991)

1992

42. The political economy of American monetary policy: T. Mayer, ed., (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990), ISBN 0-521-36316-0, [UK pound]30.00
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 8, (1), 141-145