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Working Papers

2024

1. On Explaining Why the (Human) World Is Rich
   Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute

2021

2. A Universally Translatable Explication of Adam Smith’s Famous Proposition on “The Extent of the Market”
   OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science
   See also Journal Article A UNIVERSALLY TRANSLATABLE EXPLICATION OF ADAM SMITH’S FAMOUS PROPOSITION ON “THE EXTENT OF THE MARKET”, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press (2022) (2022)

2017

3. Equilibrium Play in Voluntary Ultimatum Games: Beneficence Cannot Be Extorted
   Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Equilibrium play in voluntary ultimatum games: Beneficence cannot be extorted, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2018) View citations (5) (2018)
4. No Mere Tautology: The Division of Labor is Limited by the Division of Labor
   Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article No mere tautology: the division of labour is limited by the division of labour, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2016

5. Smile, Dictator, You’re on Camera
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science

2014

6. An Experiment on Protecting Intellectual Property
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science View citations (16)
   Also in Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute (2012) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article An experiment on protecting intellectual property, Experimental Economics, Springer (2014) View citations (17) (2014)
7. The Meaning of Deceive in Experimental Economic Science
   Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (5)

2012

8. Insiders, outsiders, and the adaptability of informal rules to ecological shocks
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Insiders, outsiders, and the adaptability of informal rules to ecological shocks, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2010

9. Mine and Thine: The Territorial Foundations of Human Property
   Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute
10. The Ecological and Civil Mainsprings of Property: An Experimental Economic History of Whalers’ Rules of Capture
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Ecological and Civil Mainsprings of Property: An Experimental Economic History of Whalers' Rules of Capture, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2012) View citations (16) (2012)

2009

11. Anarchy, Groups, and Conflict: An Experiment on the Emergence of Protective Associations
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Anarchy, groups, and conflict: an experiment on the emergence of protective associations, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2012) View citations (19) (2012)
12. Go West Young Man: Self-selection and Endogenous Property Rights
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Go West Young Man: Self‐Selection and Endogenous Property Rights, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2008

13. Contra Private Fairness
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Contra Private Fairness*, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
14. Horizontal Product Differentiation in Auctions and Multilateral Negotiations
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Horizontal Product Differentiation in Auctions and Multilateral Negotiations, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2014) View citations (7) (2014)
15. War of Attrition: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment on Market Exit
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute
    See also Journal Article WAR OF ATTRITION: EVIDENCE FROM A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT ON MARKET EXIT, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2013) View citations (23) (2013)

2006

16. Exchange and Specialization as a Discovery Process
    Working Papers, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Exchange and Specialisation as a Discovery Process, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2009) View citations (8) (2009)
17. Historical Property Rights, Sociality, and the Emergence of Impersonal Exchange in Long-distance Trade
    Working Papers, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Historical Property Rights, Sociality, and the Emergence of Impersonal Exchange in Long-Distance Trade, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (71) (2008)
18. Strategic Buyers, Horizontal Mergers and Synergies: An Experimental Investigation*
    Working Papers, VCU School of Business, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Strategic buyers, horizontal mergers and synergies: An experimental investigation, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2008) View citations (8) (2008)

2003

19. Raising Revenues for Charity: Auctions versus Lotteries
    Working Papers, VCU School of Business, Department of Economics View citations (17)
    See also Chapter Raising Revenues for Charity: Auctions Versus Lotteries, Research in Experimental Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2006) (2006)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Territory in the state of nature
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 219, (C), 490-509
2. The symbolic work of prices
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2024, 37, (2), 117-131

2023

3. Property rights aren't primary; ideas are
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2023, 19, (2), 288-301
4. The primacy of property; or, the subordination of property rights
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2023, 19, (2), 251-267

2022

5. A UNIVERSALLY TRANSLATABLE EXPLICATION OF ADAM SMITH’S FAMOUS PROPOSITION ON “THE EXTENT OF THE MARKET”
   Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2022, 44, (3), 393-412
   See also Working Paper A Universally Translatable Explication of Adam Smith’s Famous Proposition on “The Extent of the Market”, OSF Preprints (2021) (2021)

2021

6. No mere tautology: the division of labour is limited by the division of labour
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2021, 73, (1), 371-398 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper No Mere Tautology: The Division of Labor is Limited by the Division of Labor, Working Papers (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2020

7. A simple, ecologically rational rule for settling found property disputes
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 178, (C), 660-671
8. Auctions in near-continuous time
   Experimental Economics, 2020, 23, (1), 110-126

2018

9. Equilibrium play in voluntary ultimatum games: Beneficence cannot be extorted
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 109, (C), 452-464 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Equilibrium Play in Voluntary Ultimatum Games: Beneficence Cannot Be Extorted, Working Papers (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
10. Experimental tests of the tolerated theft and risk-reduction theories of resource exchange
    Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, 2, (6), 383-388 View citations (3)
11. On Private Governance
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2018, 31, (2), 231-234

2017

12. How We Think about Economics
    Southern Economic Journal, 2017, 83, (3), 655-657
13. Human and monkey responses in a symmetric game of conflict with asymmetric equilibria
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 142, (C), 293-306 View citations (2)
14. Smile, Dictator, You're on Camera
    Southern Economic Journal, 2017, 84, (1), 52-65 View citations (3)
15. The Welfare Effects of Civil Forfeiture
    Review of Behavioral Economics, 2017, 4, (2), 153-179

2015

16. Conduct in narrativized trust games
    Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 81, (3), 562-597 View citations (1)
17. Further towards a theory of the emergence of property
    Public Choice, 2015, 163, (1), 201-222
18. Humankind in Civilization's Extended Order: A Tragedy, The First Part
    Supreme Court Economic Review, 2015, 23, (1), 35 - 58

2014

19. An experiment on protecting intellectual property
    Experimental Economics, 2014, 17, (4), 691-716 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper An Experiment on Protecting Intellectual Property, Working Papers (2014) View citations (16) (2014)
20. Fair and Impartial Spectators in Experimental Economic Behavior
    Review of Behavioral Economics, 2014, 1, (1-2), 1-26 View citations (13)
21. Horizontal Product Differentiation in Auctions and Multilateral Negotiations
    Economica, 2014, 81, (324), 768-787 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Horizontal Product Differentiation in Auctions and Multilateral Negotiations, Working Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2013

22. Go West Young Man: Self‐Selection and Endogenous Property Rights
    Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 79, (4), 886-904 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Go West Young Man: Self-selection and Endogenous Property Rights, Working Papers (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
23. Insiders, outsiders, and the adaptability of informal rules to ecological shocks
    Ecological Economics, 2013, 90, (C), 29-40 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Insiders, outsiders, and the adaptability of informal rules to ecological shocks, Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
24. Violence, access, and competition in the market for protection
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 29, (C), 1-17 View citations (7)
25. WAR OF ATTRITION: EVIDENCE FROM A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT ON MARKET EXIT
    Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51, (4), 2018-2027 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper War of Attrition: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment on Market Exit, Working Papers (2008) (2008)

2012

26. Anarchy, groups, and conflict: an experiment on the emergence of protective associations
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 38, (2), 325-353 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Anarchy, Groups, and Conflict: An Experiment on the Emergence of Protective Associations, Working Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)
27. Contra Private Fairness*
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2012, 71, (2), 407-435 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Contra Private Fairness, Working Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)
28. The Ecological and Civil Mainsprings of Property: An Experimental Economic History of Whalers' Rules of Capture
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2012, 28, (4), 617-656 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper The Ecological and Civil Mainsprings of Property: An Experimental Economic History of Whalers’ Rules of Capture, Working Papers (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
29. The Primacy of Entrepreneurs in Exploiting Long‐Distance Exchange
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2012, 33, (5-6), 385-407 View citations (1)

2011

30. Geography and Social Networks in Nascent Distal Exchange
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2011, 167, (3), 409-433 View citations (3)

2010

31. An Experimental Analysis of the Demand for Payday Loans
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 31 View citations (22)
32. Discovering Economics in the Classroom with Experimental Economics and the Scottish Enlightenment
    International Review of Economic Education, 2010, 9, (2), 10-33 View citations (1)
33. Exchange, theft, and the social formation of property
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 74, (3), 206-229 View citations (25)
34. More Information, More Ripoffs: Experiments with Public and Private Information in Markets with Asymmetric Information
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2010, 36, (1), 1-16 View citations (1)
35. Social preferences aren't preferences
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 73, (1), 77-82 View citations (9)

2009

36. Exchange and Specialisation as a Discovery Process
    Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (539), 1162-1188 View citations (8)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (539), 1162-1188 (2009) View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Exchange and Specialization as a Discovery Process, Working Papers (2006) View citations (9) (2006)
37. Justice and Fairness in the Dictator Game
    Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 76, (1), 130-145 View citations (18)

2008

38. An experimental investigation of Hobbesian jungles
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 66, (3-4), 669-686 View citations (56)
39. Economics Works! Experiments in High School Classrooms
    Journal of Private Enterprise, 2008, 23, (Spring 2008), 149-156
40. Experimental gasoline markets
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 67, (1), 134-149 View citations (24)
41. FIXED REVENUE AUCTIONS: THEORY AND BEHAVIOR
    Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46, (3), 342-354 View citations (1)
42. Historical Property Rights, Sociality, and the Emergence of Impersonal Exchange in Long-Distance Trade
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (3), 1009-39 View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper Historical Property Rights, Sociality, and the Emergence of Impersonal Exchange in Long-distance Trade, Working Papers (2006) View citations (6) (2006)
43. Incremental approaches to establishing trust
    Experimental Economics, 2008, 11, (4), 370-389 View citations (8)
44. Language games of reciprocity
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 68, (2), 365-377 View citations (11)
45. Second chance offers versus sequential auctions: theory and behavior
    Economic Theory, 2008, 34, (1), 47-67 View citations (24)
46. Strategic buyers, horizontal mergers and synergies: An experimental investigation
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2008, 26, (3), 643-661 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Strategic Buyers, Horizontal Mergers and Synergies: An Experimental Investigation*, Working Papers (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2007

47. An experimental analysis of the effects of automated mitigation procedures on investment and prices in wholesale electricity markets
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2007, 31, (3), 313-334 View citations (13)
48. Exclusionary Bundling and the Effects of a Competitive Fringe
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2007, 163, (1), 109-132 View citations (7)

2006

49. Equilibrium Price Dispersion, Mergers and Synergies: An Experimental Investigation of Differentiated Product Competition
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2006, 13, (2), 169-194 View citations (9)
50. Tracking Customer Search to Price Discriminate
    Economic Inquiry, 2006, 44, (2), 280-295 View citations (15)

2005

51. Auction Markets for Evaluations
    Southern Economic Journal, 2005, 72, (1), 42-62
52. Differentiated product competition and the Antitrust Logit Model: an experimental analysis
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, 57, (1), 89-113 View citations (14)
53. MARKET POWER AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OVER THE BUSINESS CYCLE*
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2005, 53, (2), 145-174 View citations (18)
54. Verifiable Offers and the Relationship Between Auctions and Multilateral Negotiations
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (506), 1016-1031 View citations (10)

2004

55. How Applicable is the Dominant Firm Model of Price Leadership?
    Experimental Economics, 2004, 7, (3), 271-288 View citations (10)

2003

56. Automated Pricing Rules in Electronic Posted Offer Markets
    Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (2), 208-223 View citations (20)
57. Cost Structures and Nash Play in Repeated Cournot Games
    Experimental Economics, 2003, 6, (2), 209-226 View citations (20)
58. Discriminatory Price Auctions in Electricity Markets: Low Volatility at the Expense of High Price Levels
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2003, 23, (2), 109-23 View citations (66)

2002

59. A Comparison of Auctions and Multilateral Negotiations
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2002, 33, (1), 140-155 View citations (17)

2000

60. Bertrand-Edgeworth Competition, Demand Uncertainty, and Asymmetric Outcomes
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2000, 92, (1), 122-141 View citations (69)
61. Firm-specific cost savings and market power
    Economic Theory, 2000, 16, (3), 545-565 View citations (13)

1998

62. Menu costs and nominal price friction: An experimental examination
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 35, (3), 371-388 View citations (11)
63. What Collusion? Unilateral Market Power as a Catalyst for Countercyclical Markups
    Experimental Economics, 1998, 1, (2), 133-145 View citations (8)

Books

2019

1. Humanomics
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2019)

Chapters

2011

1. Using Experimental Economics to Understand Competition
   Chapter 12 in Competition Policy and the Economic Approach, 2011 View citations (1)

2008

2. Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibrium Predictions as a Means of Organizing Behavior in Posted-Offer Market Experiments
   Elsevier View citations (2)

2006

3. Raising Revenues for Charity: Auctions Versus Lotteries
   A chapter in Experiments Investigating Fundraising and Charitable Contributors, 2006, pp 47-91
   See also Working Paper Raising Revenues for Charity: Auctions versus Lotteries, VCU School of Business, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (17) (2003)