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Working Papers

2011

1. ¿Para qué se estudia la teoría económica?
   Economic Development, University of Santiago de Compostela. Faculty of Economics and Business. Econometrics.

2008

2. The Promise of Prediction Markets
   Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (6)

2002

3. Contidioning Prices on Purchase History
   Microeconomics, EconWPA View citations (34)
   See also Journal Article in Marketing Science (2005)

2001

4. Are there Psychological Barriers in the Dow-Jones Index?
   Finance, EconWPA View citations (1)
5. Promoting Efficient Use of Spectrum Through Elimination of Barriers to the Development of Secondary Markets
   Working paper, Regulation2point0

1999

6. Pre-play contracting in the prisoners' dilemma
   Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems View citations (13)

1996

7. Economic FAQs About the Internet
   Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations (5)
   Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1994) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1994)
8. Service Architecture and Content Provision: The Network Provider as Editor
   Microeconomics, EconWPA
   See also Journal Article in Telecommunications Policy (1996)

1994

9. A Solution to the Problem of Externalities when Agents are Well-Informed}
   Microeconomics, EconWPA View citations (39)
   Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1991) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1994)
10. Coase Competition and Compensation
    Microeconomics, EconWPA View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1993)
    See also Journal Article in Japan and the World Economy (1995)
11. Goodness-of-Fit for Revealed Preference Tests
    Econometrics, EconWPA View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1991) View citations (12)
12. Pricing the Internet
    Computational Economics, EconWPA View citations (29)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (1993) View citations (7)
13. Sequential Provision of Public Goods
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations (13)
    Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1991)
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1989) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1990)
14. Some Economics of User Interfaces
    Computational Economics, EconWPA
15. Some Economics of the Internet
    Computational Economics, EconWPA View citations (13)
    Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1993)
16. What Use is Economic Theory?
    Method and Hist of Econ Thought, EconWPA
    Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1993) View citations (1)

1991

17. The Economics of User Interface
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory

1990

18. A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF EXTERNALITIES AND PUBLIC GOODS WHEN AGENTS ARE WELL-INFORMED
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory

1989

19. GOODNESS-OF-FIT OPTIMIZING MODELS
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory
20. MONITORING AGENTS WITH OTHER AGENTS
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory View citations (27)

1988

21. GOODNESS-OF-FIT IN DEMAND ANALYSIS
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory

1986

22. Taxation of Asset Income in the Presence of a World Securites Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1989)

1985

23. Intergenerational Risk Sharing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1988)

1976

24. A Remark on Boundary Restrictions in the Global Newton Method
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Mathematical Economics (1977)
25. Keynesian Models of Unemployment
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

1975

26. On Non-Walrasian Equilibria
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
27. Two Problems in the Theory of Fairness
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1976)

1973

28. Equity, Envy and Efficiency
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1974)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Predicting the Present with Google Trends
   The Economic Record, 2012, 88, (s1), 2-9
2. Revealed Preference and its Applications
   Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (560), 332-338

2010

3. Computer Mediated Transactions
   American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 1-10 View citations (4)

2009

4. Online Ad Auctions
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 430-34
5. —Discussion of “Website Morphing”
   Marketing Science, 2009, 28, (2), 224-224

2008

6. Letter: How to Drink the Sub-Prime Kool-Aid
   The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (5), 10

2007

7. Economics of Copying and Copyright
   VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, 2007, 2
8. Position auctions
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2007, 25, (6), 1163-1178 View citations (19)
9. The Economics of Internet Search
   'Angelo Costa' Lectures Serie, 2007, (Lect. VIII)
   Also in Rivista di Politica Economica, 2006, 96, (6), 9-23 (2006)

2006

10. Copyright term extension and orphan works
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006, 15, (6), 965-980 View citations (1)

2005

11. Conditioning Prices on Purchase History
    Marketing Science, 2005, 24, (3), 367-381 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
12. Copying and Copyright
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (2), 121-138 View citations (25)

2004

13. How to Make a Scene
    Journal of Economic Education, 2004, 35, (4), 383-390
14. Review of Mokyr's Gifts of Athena
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2004, 42, (3), 805-810

2002

15. What I've learned about writing economics
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2002, 8, (1), 131-134

2001

16. Economics and Artificial Intelligence
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2001, 35, (1-2), 1-5
17. High-technology industries and market structure
    Proceedings, 2001, 65-101 View citations (6)

2000

18. Buying, Sharing and Renting Information Goods
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2000, 48, (4), 473-88 View citations (28)
19. Taxation of electronic commerce: a U.S. view; e-commerce and taxation
    CESifo Forum, 2000, 1, (3), 3-9

1999

20. Commentary on "Economic Preferences or Attitude Expressions?: An Analysis of Dollar Responses to Public Issues" by Kahneman et al
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1999, 19, (1-3), 241-42 View citations (2)

1997

21. The AEA's Electronic Publishing Plans: A Progress Report
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (3), 95-104 View citations (2)

1996

22. Service architecture and content provision. The network provider as editor
    Telecommunications Policy, 1996, 20, (3), 203-217
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

23. Coase, competition, and compensation
    Japan and the World Economy, 1995, 7, (1), 13-27 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1994)
24. Entry and cost reduction
    Japan and the World Economy, 1995, 7, (4), 399-410 View citations (4)

1994

25. A Solution to the Problem of Externalities When Agents Are Well-Informed
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (5), 1278-93 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (1994)
26. Economic FAQs About the Internet
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (3), 75-96 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (1996)
27. Sequential contributions to public goods
    Journal of Public Economics, 1994, 53, (2), 165-186 View citations (66)

1993

28. A Portfolio of Nobel Laureates: Markowitz, Miller and Sharpe
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1993, 7, (1), 159-169 View citations (5)
29. Economic Incentives in Software Design
    Computational Economics, 1993, 6, (3-4), 201-17 View citations (1)

1992

30. Uniqueness of Nash equilibrium in private provision of public goods: An improved proof
    Journal of Public Economics, 1992, 49, (3), 391-392 View citations (28)

1990

31. Goodness-of-fit in optimizing models
    Journal of Econometrics, 1990, 46, (1-2), 125-140 View citations (86)

1989

32. MEASURING THE DEADWEIGHT COSTS OF DUP AND RENT SEEKING ACTIVITIES
    Economics and Politics, 1989, 1, (1), 81-95 View citations (4)
33. Taxation of asset income in the presence of a world securities market
    Journal of International Economics, 1989, 26, (3-4), 205-226 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper (1986)

1988

34. Estimating Risk Aversion from Arrow-Debreu Portfolio Choice
    Econometrica, 1988, 56, (4), 973-79
35. Intergenerational risk sharing
    Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 37, (2), 185-202 View citations (75)
    See also Working Paper (1985)
36. Le principe d'arbitrage en économie financiere
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1988, (10), 1-22
37. Optimal tariffs and financial assets
    Japan and the World Economy, 1988, 1, (1), 89-99
38. Revealed preference with a subset of goods
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 46, (1), 179-185 View citations (12)
39. Symposium on Takeovers
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988, 2, (1), 3-5 View citations (1)

1987

40. The Arbitrage Principle in Financial Economics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1987, 1, (2), 55-72 View citations (19)

1986

41. Differences of opinion in financial markets
    Proceedings, 1986, 3-40 View citations (6)
42. On the private provision of public goods
    Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 29, (1), 25-49 View citations (498)

1985

43. Divergence of Opinion in Complete Markets: A Note
    Journal of Finance, 1985, 40, (1), 309-17 View citations (50)
44. Dworkin on Equality of Resources
    Economics and Philosophy, 1985, 1, (01), 110-125 View citations (1)
45. Non-parametric analysis of optimizing behavior with measurement error
    Journal of Econometrics, 1985, 30, (1-2), 445-458 View citations (67)
46. Price Discrimination and Social Welfare
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (4), 870-75 View citations (71)
47. Two remarks on Cournot equilibria
    Economics Letters, 1985, 19, (1), 5-8 View citations (33)
48. When Are Nash Equilibria Independent of the Distribution of Agents' Characteristics?
    Review of Economic Studies, 1985, 52, (4), 715-18 View citations (48)
49. When do market games have transferable utility?
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1985, 35, (2), 222-233 View citations (9)

1984

50. Estimating the distributional impact of time-of-day pricing of electricity
    Journal of Econometrics, 1984, 26, (1-2), 65-82 View citations (2)
51. Gerard Debreu's Contributions to Economics
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1984, 86, (1), 4-16
52. Social Indifference Curves and Aggregate Demand
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1984, 99, (3), 403-14 View citations (1)
53. The Nonparametric Approach to Production Analysis
    Econometrica, 1984, 52, (3), 579-97 View citations (97)

1983

54. Non-Parametric Tests of Consumer Behaviour
    Review of Economic Studies, 1983, 50, (1), 99-110 View citations (41)
55. Nonparametric Tests of Models of Investor Behavior
    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1983, 18, (03), 269-278 View citations (8)

1982

56. Non-parametric methods in demand analysis
    Economics Letters, 1982, 9, (1), 23-29
57. The Nonparametric Approach to Demand Analysis
    Econometrica, 1982, 50, (4), 945-73 View citations (199)

1981

58. A Model of Sales: Errata
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (3), 517 View citations (1)

1980

59. A Model of Sales
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (4), 651-59 View citations (274)
60. Redistributive taxation as social insurance
    Journal of Public Economics, 1980, 14, (1), 49-68 View citations (138)

1979

61. Catastrophe Theory and the Business Cycle
    Economic Inquiry, 1979, 17, (1), 14-28 View citations (13)
62. Distortion of preferences and the Nash theory of bargaining
    Economics Letters, 1979, 3, (3), 203-206 View citations (12)

1978

63. A note on locally constant income elasticities
    Economics Letters, 1978, 1, (1), 5-9
    Also in Economics Letters, 1978, 1, (1), 9-13 (1978)

1977

64. A remark on boundary restrictions in the Global Newton method
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1977, 4, (2), 127-130 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1976)
65. Non-Walrasian Equilibria
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (3), 573-90 View citations (3)
66. The Stability of a Disequilibrium IS-LM Model
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1977, 79, (2), 260-70 View citations (3)

1976

67. On Balanced Inflation
    Economic Inquiry, 1976, 14, (1), 45-51
68. On the history of concepts of fairness
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1976, 13, (3), 486-487 View citations (1)
69. Two problems in the theory of fairness
    Journal of Public Economics, 1976, 5, (3-4), 249-260 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper (1975)

1975

70. A Third Remark on the Number of Equilibria of an Economy
    Econometrica, 1975, 43, (5-6), 985-86 View citations (5)
71. On persistent disequilibrium
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1975, 10, (2), 218-228 View citations (1)

1974

72. Equity, envy, and efficiency
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1974, 9, (1), 63-91 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper (1973)

Books

2004

1. The Economics of Information Technology
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (2)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2004) View citations (1)

Edited books

2000

1. Internet Publishing and Beyond: The Economics of Digital Information and Intellectual Property, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (4)

Chapters

2000

1. Dynamical systems with applications to economics
   Chapter 03 in Handbook of Mathematical Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 93-110

1996

2. Mathematica for economists
   Chapter 11 in Handbook of Computational Economics, 1996, vol. 1, pp 489-505

1989

3. Price discrimination
   Chapter 10 in Handbook of Industrial Organization, 1989, vol. 1, pp 597-654 View citations (76)

Software Items

1992

1. Mathematica Notebooks by Hal Varian
   Mathematica codes