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Working Papers

2012

1. Assessing Uncertainty in Intelligence
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
2. Generic Script Share and the Price of Brand-Name Drugs: The Role of Consumer Choice
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
   See also Journal Article in International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics (2009)
3. Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
4. Social Class and (Un)ethical Behavior: Evidence from a Large Population Sample
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
5. Solomonic Separation: Risk Decisions as Productivity Indicators
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
6. The Returns to Education in China: Evidence from the 1986 Compulsory Education Law
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
7. Variable Temptations and Black Mark Reputations
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
   Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2011)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011)

2011

8. Addressing Catastrophic Risks: Disparate Anatomies Require Tailored Therapies
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
   Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011) View citations (1)
9. Deterring and Compensating Oil Spill Catastrophes: The Need for Strict and Two-Tier Liability
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
   Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011)
10. Shunning Uncertainty: The Neglect of Learning Opportunities
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2011)
11. The "CAPS" Prediction System and Stock Market Returns
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (1)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009)
12. The Behavior of Savings and Asset Prices When Preferences and Beliefs Are Heterogeneous
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
13. The Dopamine Receptor D4 Gene (DRD4) and Self-Reported Risk Taking in the Economic Domain
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011)
14. The Methodology of Normative Policy Analysis
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2011)

2010

15. Causes of the Financial Crisis: Many Responsible Parties
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2010)
16. Disgust Promotes Disposal: Souring the Status Quo
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2010)
17. Dopamine and Risk Choices in Different Domains: Findings Among Series Tournament Bridge Players
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2010)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2011)
18. Dopamine and Risk Preferences in Different Domains
    SIFR Research Report Series, Institute for Financial Research View citations (1)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2010)
19. Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2010) View citations (1)
20. Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
21. Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) View citations (7)
    Discussion Papers, Resources For the Future (2009) View citations (1)
    Working paper, Regulation2point0 (2009) View citations (1)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2010)
22. The Elasticity of Trust: How to Promote Trust in the Arab Middle East and the United States
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2010)
23. The Methodology of Positive Policy Analysis
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2010)
24. The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (7)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2010) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2011)

2009

25. Health Insurance Exchanges — Making the Markets Work
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
26. Rank as an Incentive
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009)
27. Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (2)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2010)
28. The Trouble with Cases
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009)
    See also Chapter (2010)
29. Trust and the Reference Point for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2010)

2008

30. Demanding Customers: Consumerist Patients and Quality of Care
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2011)
31. Overreaction to Fearsome Risks
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Environmental & Resource Economics (2011)
32. Policymaking for Posterity
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (11)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2008)
33. Resource Allocation When Projects Have Ranges of Increasing Returns
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in LERNA Working Papers, LERNA, University of Toulouse (2007)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2008)
34. Schedule Selection by Agents: from Price Plans to Tax Tables
    2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (1)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2008) View citations (1)
35. Simple Humans, Complex Insurance, Subtle Subsidies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2007

36. Betrayal Aversion: Evidence from Brazil, China, Oman, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2007)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
37. Conspicuous Conservatism In Risk Choice
    Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series, Swiss Finance Institute
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2007)
38. Custom Made Versus Ready to Wear Treatments; Behavioral Propensities in Physician's Choices
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2007)
39. Investing in the Unknown and Unknowable
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    See also Journal Article in Capitalism and Society (2006)
40. Paltering
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

2006

41. Betrayal Aversion on Four Continents
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
42. Mechanism Design with Multidimensional, Continuous Types and Interdependent Valuations
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2007)
43. National Survey Evidence on Disasters and Relief: Risk Beliefs, Self-Interest, and Compassion
    Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (11)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2006)
44. Permits to Elicit Information
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
45. Private Investment and Government Protection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2006) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2006)
46. Thomas Schelling, Ricochet Thinker
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

2005

47. Generic Scrip Share and the Price of Brand-Name Drugs: The Role of the Consumer
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
48. Regulation by Generalization
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in Working paper, Regulation2point0 (2005)
49. THE ELASTICITY OF TRUST: EVIDENCE FROM KUWAIT, OMAN, SWITZERLAND, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND THE UNITED STATES
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2005)
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2005)
50. The Optimal Management of Environmental Quality with Stock and Flow Controls
    Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (1)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2005) View citations (1)
51. The Perception and Valuation of the Risks of Climate Change: A Rational and Behavioral Blend
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (1)
    Working paper, Regulation2point0 (2005)

2004

52. Securing Truth for Power: Informational Strategy and Regulatory Policy Making
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
53. Seeking Truth for Power: Informational Strategy and Regulatory Policy Making
    Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (1)
54. Social comparisons in ultimatum bargaining
    CREMA Working Paper Series, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) View citations (21)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2003) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2004)
55. The Management Performance of the U.S. States
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)

2003

56. Collective Investment Decision Making with Heterogeneous Time Preferences
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (1)
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2003) View citations (3)
57. Efficient Design with Multidimensional, Continuous Types, and Interdependent Valuations
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
58. Enrollee Mix, Treatment Intensity, and Cost in Competing Indemnity and HMO Plans
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2003)
59. Provider Choice of Quality and Surplus
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics (2006)
60. Racial Profiling
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (2)
61. Sacrificing Civil Liberties to Reduce Terrorism Risk
    Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (11)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2003) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2003)
62. The Value of Reputation on eBay: A Controlled Experiment
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2006)
63. Trust, Risk and Betrayal
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2004)

2002

64. A Renaissance Instrument to Support Nonprofits: The Sale of Private Chapels in Florentine Churches
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter (2003)
65. Eliciting Honest Feedback in Electronic Markets
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (5)
66. Government Contracting for Health Care
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (4)
67. Information and Communication Technologies, Markets and Economic Development
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (10)
68. Time Horizon and Portfolio Risk
    Open Access publications from University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, University of Toulouse 1 Capitole View citations (6)

2001

69. What Worms for the Early Bird: Early Admissions at Elite Colleges
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (2)
70. When to Haggle
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (3)

2000

71. Controlling Stocks and Flows to Promote Quality: The Environment, With Applications to Physical and Human Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

1999

72. Can Market and Voting Institutions Generate Optimal Intergenerational Risk Sharing?
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (21)
    See also Chapter (2001)
73. Congressional Vote Options
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
74. The Anatomy of Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
    See also Chapter (2000)
75. The Profits to Insider Trading: A Performance-Evaluation Perspective
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1999) View citations (4)

1998

76. Earnings Management to Exceed Thresholds
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Business (1999)

1997

77. Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    See also Chapter (1998)
    Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (1998)
78. Horizon Length and Portfolio Risk
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2002)
79. Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Chapter (1999)
80. Restraining the Leviathan: Property Tax Limitation in Massachusetts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1997) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1999)

1996

81. Hedging and Gambling: Corporate Risk Choice when Informing the Market
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
82. Investment Flexibility and the Acceptance of Risk
    Working Papers, Toulouse - GREMAQ View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1997)
83. Price Versus Quanitity: Market Cleaning Mechanisms When Sellers Differ in Quality
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations (3)
84. Time Horizon Length and Risk Aversion
    Working Papers, Toulouse - GREMAQ

1995

85. Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Chapter (1998)

1993

86. Budgets as Dynamic Gatekeeprs
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Management Science (1996)
87. Demographic Characteristics and the Public Bundle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article in Public Finance = Finances publiques (1993)

1992

88. Robin-Hooding Rents: Exploiting the Pecuniary Effects of In-Kind Programs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1991

89. Information Handling and Firm Performance: Evidence from Reverse LBOs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
90. Nonrational Actors and Financial Market Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
91. The Australian Pharmaceutical Subsidy Gambit: Transmuting Deadweight Loss and Oligopoly Rents to Consumer Surplus
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

1990

92. Hot Hands in Mutual Funds: The Persistence of Performance, 1974-87
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
93. THE EFFECT OF STATE TORT REFORM LEGISLATION ON LIABILITY INSURANCE AND PREMIUMS
    Working Papers, Harvard - J.F. Kennedy School of Government

1989

94. ADVERTISING AND THE PRICE, QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SERVICES
    Working Papers, Harvard - J.F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (1992)
95. Assessing Dynamic Efficiency: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (152)
    Also in Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations (2)

1987

96. Treasury Bill Futures as Hedges Against Inflation Risk
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1986

97. Amnesty, Enforcement and Tax Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Chapter (1987)

1984

98. Pensions and the Retirement Decision
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Chapter (1985)

1982

99. The Choice of Health Policies with Heterogeneous Populations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Chapter (1982)

1980

100. Optimal Selling Strategies
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (14)

Undated

101. Estimating the Returns to Insider Trading
     Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations (13)
102. Roles for Electronic Brokers
     Working Paper Series, MIT Center for Coordination Science

Journal Articles

2012

1. Climate policy: hard problem, soft thinking
   Climatic Change, 2012, 110, (3), 507-521
2. Rank as an inherent incentive: Evidence from a field experiment
   Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (9-10), 645-650 View citations (1)
3. The disgust-promotes-disposal effect
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2012, 44, (2), 101-113

2011

4. Demanding Customers: Consumerist Patients and Quality of Care
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2011, 11, (1), 59
   See also Working Paper (2008)
5. Dopamine and risk choices in different domains: Findings among serious tournament bridge players
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2011, 43, (1), 19-38 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2010)
6. Overreaction to Fearsome Risks
   Environmental & Resource Economics, 2011, 48, (3), 435-449 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2008)
7. The methodology of normative policy analysis
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011, 30, (3), 613-643
   See also Working Paper (2011)
8. The online laboratory: conducting experiments in a real labor market
   Experimental Economics, 2011, 14, (3), 399-425 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

9. Selection stories: Understanding movement across health plans
   Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29, (6), 821-838 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
10. Trust and the Reference points for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125, (2), 811-828 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2009

11. Generic script share and the price of brand-name drugs: the role of consumer choice
    International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2009, 9, (3), 291-316
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2008

12. Betrayal Aversion: Evidence from Brazil, China, Oman, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (1), 294-310 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
13. Discounting dilemmas: Editors’ introduction
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2008, 37, (2), 95-106 View citations (2)
14. Perfect and total altruism across the generations
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2008, 37, (2), 187-197 View citations (1)
15. Policymaking for posterity
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2008, 37, (2), 115-140 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
16. Resource allocation when projects have ranges of increasing returns
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2008, 37, (1), 1-33
    Also in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2008, 37, (1), 93-93 (2008)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

17. Conspicuous conservatism in risk choice
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2007, 35, (1), 1-16
    See also Working Paper (2007)
18. Custom-made versus ready-to-wear treatments: Behavioral propensities in physicians' choices
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (6), 1101-1127 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
19. Managing the quality of a resource with stock and flow controls
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (3-4), 541-569 View citations (2)
20. Mechanism design with multidimensional, continuous types and interdependent valuations
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2007, 136, (1), 476-496 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
21. Pushing incomes to reference points: Why do male doctors earn more?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2007, 63, (3), 514-536 View citations (14)

2006

22. Investing in the Unknown and Unknowable
    Capitalism and Society, 2006, 1, (2), 5 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
23. National survey evidence on disasters and relief: Risk beliefs, self-interest, and compassion
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 33, (1), 13-36 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
24. Possibly-Final Offers
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2006, 15, (3), 789-819
25. Private investment and government protection
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 33, (1), 73-100 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
26. Provider choice of quality and surplus
    International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2006, 6, (2), 103-117 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
27. Screening budgets
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2006, 61, (3), 351-374
28. The value of reputation on eBay: A controlled experiment
    Experimental Economics, 2006, 9, (2), 79-101 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2005

29. Aggregation of Heterogeneous Time Preferences
    Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113, (4), 878-896 View citations (30)
30. Eliciting Informative Feedback: The Peer-Prediction Method
    Management Science, 2005, 51, (9), 1359-1373 View citations (1)
31. Recollection Bias and the Combat of Terrorism
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2005, 34, (1), 27-55 View citations (2)
32. Zeckhauser on Fisher and Fuchs
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2005, 64, (1), 435-443

2004

33. Social Comparisons in Ultimatum Bargaining
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004, 106, (3), 495-510 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
34. The Denominator Blindness Effect: Accident Frequencies and the Misjudgment of Recklessness
    American Law and Economics Review, 2004, 6, (1), 72-94 View citations (1)
35. The Ecology of Risk Taking
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2004, 28, (3), 195-215 View citations (3)
36. Trust, risk and betrayal
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 55, (4), 467-484 View citations (108)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

37. Enrollee mix, treatment intensity, and cost in competing indemnity and HMO plans
    Journal of Health Economics, 2003, 22, (1), 23-45 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
38. Estimating the Returns to Insider Trading: A Performance-Evaluation Perspective
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (2), 453-471 View citations (17)
39. Reference Incomes, Loss Aversion, and Physician Behavior
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (4), 909-922 View citations (12)
40. Sacrificing Civil Liberties to Reduce Terrorism Risks
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2003, 26, (2-3), 99-120 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
41. The Ecology of Terror Defense
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2003, 26, (2-3), 201-29 View citations (10)

2002

42. Horizon Length and Portfolio Risk
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2002, 24, (3), 195-212 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
43. Political competition and debt trajectories in Japan and the OECD
    Japan and the World Economy, 2002, 14, (2), 121-135 View citations (9)

2000

44. Action Bias and Environmental Decisions
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 21, (1), 45-72 View citations (7)

1999

45. Earnings Management to Exceed Thresholds
    The Journal of Business, 1999, 72, (1), 1-33 View citations (141)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
46. Restraining the Leviathan: property tax limitation in Massachusetts
    Journal of Public Economics, 1999, 71, (3), 313-334 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
47. The Market for Evaluations
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (3), 564-584 View citations (25)
48. The menu-setting problem and subsidized prices: drug formulary illustration
    Journal of Health Economics, 1999, 18, (5), 523-550 View citations (3)

1998

49. Adverse Selection and Adverse Retention
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 122-26 View citations (18)
50. Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 1998, 1, 2 View citations (23)
    See also Chapter (1998)
    Working Paper (1997)
51. Amos Tversky and the Ascent of Behavioral Economics
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1998, 16, (1), 7-47 View citations (14)
52. Demography, economic performance, and financial markets
    Japan and the World Economy, 1998, 10, (3), 381-385
53. Price versus Quantity: Market-Clearing Mechanisms When Consumers Are Uncertain about Quality
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1998, 17, (3), 215-42 View citations (2)
54. Restoring Natural Resources with Destination-Driven Costs
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1998, 36, (3), 225-242 View citations (4)
55. Two crises and two Chinas
    Japan and the World Economy, 1998, 10, (3), 359-369 View citations (1)

1997

56. Investment Flexibility and the Acceptance of Risk
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1997, 76, (2), 219-241 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (1996)
57. The J-Shape Of Performance Persistence Given Survivorship Bias
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1997, 79, (2), 161-166 View citations (16)

1996

58. 19th Annual Lecture of the Geneva Association Insurance and Catastrophes&ast
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 1996, 21, (1), 3-21
59. Budgets as Dynamic Gatekeepers
    Management Science, 1996, 42, (5), 642-658
    See also Working Paper (1993)
60. On the Degree of Confidence for Adverse Decisions
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1996, 25, (1), 27-52 View citations (2)
61. Selling Procedures with Private Information and Common Values
    Management Science, 1996, 42, (2), 220-231 View citations (2)
62. The Economics of Catastrophes
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1996, 12, (2-3), 113-40 View citations (16)
63. Willingness to Pay and the Distribution of Risk and Wealth
    Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (4), 747-63 View citations (56)

1995

64. Equilibrium with agglomeration economies
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1995, 25, (3), 249-260 View citations (1)
65. Insurance and catastrophes
    The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1995, 20, (2), 157-175 View citations (3)
66. Risks to Selves, Risks to Others
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (2), 61-66 View citations (3)

1994

67. Pecuniary redistribution through in-kind programs
    Journal of Public Economics, 1994, 55, (1), 19-40 View citations (8)
68. Public Finance Principles and National Health Care Reform
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (3), 55-60
69. The Fatality and Injury Costs of Expenditures
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1994, 8, (1), 19-41 View citations (2)

1993

70. Delayed Compensation for Lost Income
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1993, 7, (3), 301-10 View citations (1)
71. Demographic Characteristics and the Public Bundle
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1993, 48, (Supplement), 178-98 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (1993)
72. Hot Hands in Mutual Funds: Short-Run Persistence of Relative Performance, 1974-1988
    Journal of Finance, 1993, 48, (1), 93-130 View citations (14)
73. The Reverse LBO Decision and Firm Performance: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Finance, 1993, 48, (4), 1323-48 View citations (34)

1992

74. Advertising and the Price, Quantity, and Quality of Primary Care Physician Services
    Journal of Human Resources, 1992, 27, (3), 381-421 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1989)
75. Multidimensional Bargains and the Desirability of Ex Post Inefficiency
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1992, 5, (3), 205-16

1991

76. Mispriced Equity: Regulated Rates for Auto Insurance in Massachusetts
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 65-69 View citations (5)
77. Paying to Improve Your Chances: Gambling or Insurance?
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1991, 4, (4), 329-38 View citations (18)
78. The Rationality Struggle: Illustrations from Financial Markets
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 232-36 View citations (9)

1990

79. Advertising and Entry: The Case of Physician Services
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (3), 476-500 View citations (4)
80. Clearly Heard on the Street: The Effect of Takeover Rumors on Stock Prices
    The Journal of Business, 1990, 63, (3), 291-308 View citations (13)
81. Efficiency Despite Mutually Payoff-Relevant Private Information: The Finite Case
    Econometrica, 1990, 58, (4), 873-900 View citations (27)
82. Shared Price Trends: Evidence from U.S. Cities and OECD Countries
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1990, 8, (2), 179-89
83. The Fair and Efficient Division of the Winsor Family Silver
    Management Science, 1990, 36, (11), 1293-1301 View citations (1)

1989

84. Reflections of Thomas Schelling
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1989, 3, (2), 153-64
85. The Impact of Risk Sharing on Efficient Decision
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1989, 2, (3), 219-34 View citations (4)

1988

86. Status Quo Bias in Decision Making
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1988, 1, (1), 7-59 View citations (315)

1987

87. Proper Risk Aversion
    Econometrica, 1987, 55, (1), 143-54 View citations (93)
88. The dilemma of government responsiveness
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 7, (4), 601-620
89. Valuing Health--A "Priceless' Commodity
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 263-68 View citations (5)

1986

90. Behavioral versus Rational Economics: What You See Is What You Conquer: Comments
    The Journal of Business, 1986, 59, (4), S435-49 View citations (2)

1985

91. Financial Risk and the Burden of Contracts
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 375-80

1984

92. Economic Contests: Comparative Reward Schemes
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1984, 2, (1), 27-56 View citations (90)
93. Survival versus Consumption
    Management Science, 1984, 30, (4), 423-439 View citations (29)

1983

94. Optimal Selling Strategies: When to Haggle, When to Hold Firm
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1983, 98, (2), 267-89 View citations (49)

1982

95. Inferences from alarming events
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1982, 1, (3), 371-385
96. Pecuniary Externalities Do Matter When Contingent Claims Markets Are Incomplete
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1982, 97, (1), 171-79 View citations (3)
97. Targeting Transfers through Restrictions on Recipients
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 372-77 View citations (78)

1981

98. Preferred policies when there is a concern for probability of adoption
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1981, 8, (3), 215-237 View citations (3)

1979

99. Distributional Objectives Should Affect Taxes but not Program Choice or Design
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1979, 81, (2), 264-84 View citations (30)
100. Price Differences in Almost Competitive Markets
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (2), 189-211 View citations (77)
101. The Efficient Allocation of Individuals to Positions
     Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (2), 293-314 View citations (35)
102. The Impossibility of Bayesian Group Decision Making with Separate Aggregation of Beliefs and Values
     Econometrica, 1979, 47, (6), 1321-36 View citations (18)

1978

103. Paying the expected externality for a price quote achieves bargaining efficiency
     Economics Letters, 1978, 1, (4), 311-313
104. The Optimal Consumption of Depletable Natural Resources: An Elaboration, Correction, and Extension
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1978, 92, (2), 337-44

1977

105. Stockpiling Strategies and Cartel Prices
     Bell Journal of Economics, 1977, 8, (1), 66-96 View citations (8)
106. Taxes in fantasy, or most any tax on labor can turn out to help the laborers
     Journal of Public Economics, 1977, 8, (2), 133-150 View citations (3)

1976

107. Environmental policy choice under uncertainty
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1976, 3, (2), 97-112

1975

108. The Optimal Consumption of Depletable Natural Resources
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1975, 89, (3), 371-92 View citations (13)

1974

109. The Topology of Pareto-Optimal Regions with Public Goods
     Econometrica, 1974, 42, (4), 643-66 View citations (1)

1973

110. Critical ratios and efficient allocation
     Journal of Public Economics, 1973, 2, (2), 147-157 View citations (27)
111. Time as the Ultimate
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1973, 87, (4), 668-75 View citations (2)

1972

112. The Effect of the Timing of Consumption Decisions and the Resolution of Lotteries on the Choice of Lotteries
     Econometrica, 1972, 40, (2), 401-03 View citations (17)
113. The optimal control of pollution
     Journal of Economic Theory, 1972, 4, (1), 19-34 View citations (62)

1971

114. Insurance, Information, and Individual Action
     American Economic Review, 1971, 61, (2), 380-87 View citations (34)
115. Optimal Mechanisms for Income Transfer
     American Economic Review, 1971, 61, (3), 324-34 View citations (13)

1970

116. Another Type of Risk Aversion
     Econometrica, 1970, 38, (5), 661-65 View citations (7)
117. Linear Regression with Non-Normal Error Terms
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1970, 52, (3), 280-86 View citations (3)
118. Medical insurance: A case study of the tradeoff between risk spreading and appropriate incentives
     Journal of Economic Theory, 1970, 2, (1), 10-26 View citations (64)
119. The Efficient Production of External Economies
     American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (3), 512-17 View citations (4)

1969

120. Majority Rule with Lotteries on Alternatives
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1969, 83, (4), 696-703 View citations (14)
121. Resource Allocation with Probabilistic Individual Preferences
     American Economic Review, 1969, 59, (2), 546-52 View citations (4)

Edited books

1991

1. Strategy and Choice, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (1)

Chapters

2010

1. The Trouble with Cases
   A chapter in Regulation vs. Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law, 2010, pp 45-70
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2003

2. A Renaissance Instrument to Support Nonprofits. The Sale of Private Chapels in Florentine Churches
   A chapter in The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations, 2003, pp 143-180
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

3. Can Market and Voting Institutions Generate Optimal Intergenerational Risk Sharing?
   A chapter in Risk Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform, 2001, pp 113-152 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper (1999)

2000

4. The anatomy of health insurance
   Chapter 11 in Handbook of Health Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 563-643 View citations (93)
   See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

5. Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
   A chapter in The Financing of Catastrophe Risk, 1999, pp 233-274 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (1997)

1998

6. Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
   A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, volume 1, 1998, pp 1-32 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper (1997)
   Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (1998)
7. Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals
   A chapter in The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance, 1998, pp 167-192 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (1995)

1990

8. Are Large Shareholders Effective Monitors? An Investigation of Share Ownership and Corporate Performance
   A chapter in Asymmetric Information, Corporate Finance, and Investment, 1990, pp 149-180 View citations (26)

1987

9. Amnesty, Enforcement, and Tax Policy
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, 1987, pp 55-86 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (1986)

1985

10. Pensions and the Retirement Decision
    A chapter in Pensions, Labor, and Individual Choice, 1985, pp 283-316 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (1984)

1982

11. The Choice of Health Policies with Heterogeneous Populations
    A chapter in Economic Aspects of Health, 1982, pp 253-298 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1982)

1967

12. Collective Goods, Comparative Advantage, and Alliance Efficiency
    A chapter in Issues in Defense Economics, 1967, pp 25-64