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Working Papers

2025

1. Norms and norm change - driven by social Kantian preferences
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

2024

2. Does universalization ethics justify participation in large elections?
   Working Papers, HAL
   Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2024) View citations (4)
   Working Papers, HAL (2024) View citations (4)
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2024) View citations (6)
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2024) View citations (4)
3. Doing the right thing (or not) in a lemons-like situation: on the role of social preferences and Kantian moral concerns
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2024)
   Working Papers, HAL (2024)
   Papers, arXiv.org (2024)
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2024)
4. Proximate and ultimate drivers of norms and norm change
   Working Papers, HAL
   Also in IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2024) View citations (1)
   Post-Print, HAL (2024) View citations (1)

2023

5. Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2020) View citations (1)
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2020) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2023) (2023)
6. Estimating Social Preferences and Kantian Morality in Strategic Interactions
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (9)
   Also in IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2023) View citations (10)
   Working Papers, HAL (2021) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Estimating Social Preferences and Kantian Morality in Strategic Interactions, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, University of Chicago Press (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
7. Evolution and Kantian morality: A correction and addendum
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2023) View citations (2)
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2023) View citations (2)
8. Evolution of semi-Kantian preferences in two-player assortative interactions with complete and incomplete information and plasticity
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) View citations (3)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2023) View citations (2)
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2023) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, HAL (2023) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Evolution of Semi-Kantian Preferences in Two-Player Assortative Interactions with Complete and Incomplete Information and Plasticity, Dynamic Games and Applications, Springer (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
9. Evolutionarily stable preferences
   Working Papers, HAL View citations (11)
   Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2022) View citations (3)
   Working Papers, HAL (2022) View citations (3)
   Post-Print, HAL (2023) View citations (11)
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2022) View citations (3)
10. The evolution of early hominin food production and sharing
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2022)
    Working Papers, HAL (2022)
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2022)
    Working Papers, HAL (2022)

2022

11. Homo moralis goes to the voting booth: coordination and information aggregation
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (8)
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2020) View citations (1)
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2021) View citations (1)
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2021) View citations (1)
    PSE Working Papers, HAL (2020) View citations (8)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2022) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Homo moralis goes to the voting booth: Coordination and information aggregation, Journal of Theoretical Politics (2022) View citations (11) (2022)

2021

12. Homo moralis goes to the voting booth: a new theory of voter turnout
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (5)
13. On the evolution of male competitiveness
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) View citations (5)
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2021) View citations (5)
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2021) View citations (5)
    Working Papers, HAL (2021) View citations (5)
    Post-Print, HAL (2021) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article On the evolution of male competitiveness, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2021) View citations (5) (2021)

2020

14. Do Informal Transfers Induce Lower Efforts? Evidence from Lab-in-the-Field Experiments in Rural Mexico
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2018) View citations (4)
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2018) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Do Informal Transfers Induce Lower Efforts? Evidence from Lab-in-the-Field Experiments in Rural Mexico, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
15. Evolution of preferences in structured populations: Genes, guns, and culture
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article Evolution of preferences in structured populations: Genes, guns, and culture, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2020) View citations (40) (2020)
16. Evolution of the Family: Theory and Implications for Economics
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) View citations (3)
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2020) View citations (3)
17. Morality: evolutionary foundations and economic implications
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
18. Paternal provisioning results from ecological change
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Paternal provisioning results from ecological change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2020) View citations (13) (2020)

2019

19. Evolution of preferences in group-structured populations: genes, guns, and culture
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (3)
    Also in IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2019) View citations (3)

2018

20. Evolutionary Models of Preference Formation
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (1)
    Also in IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2018) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Evolutionary Models of Preference Formation, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2019) View citations (43) (2019)

2017

21. Strategic Behavior of Moralists and Altruists
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (23)
    Also in IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2017) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Strategic Behavior of Moralists and Altruists, Games, MDPI (2017) View citations (17) (2017)

2016

22. How many wives do men want? On the evolution of preferences over polygyny rates
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (2)
    Also in IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2016) View citations (2)
23. Morality: evolutionary foundations and policy implications
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (5)
    Also in IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2016) View citations (5)

2015

24. Does evolution lead to maximizing behavior?
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) View citations (23)
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2015) View citations (23)
25. Evolution leads to Kantian morality
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) View citations (8)
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2015) View citations (6)

2013

26. The Evolution of Altruistic Preferences: Mothers versus Fathers
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) View citations (28)
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2013) View citations (28)
    LERNA Working Papers, LERNA, University of Toulouse (2013) View citations (28)
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2013) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article The evolution of altruistic preferences: mothers versus fathers, Review of Economics of the Household, Springer (2013) View citations (28) (2013)

2012

27. Experience Benefits and Firm Organization
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Carleton Economic Papers, Carleton University, Department of Economics (2009)
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Experience Benefits and Firm Organization, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2012) (2012)
28. Homo Moralis-Preference evolution under incomplete information and assortative matching
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (4)
    Also in LERNA Working Papers, LERNA, University of Toulouse (2012) View citations (4)
    Carleton Economic Papers, Carleton University, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Homo Moralis—Preference Evolution Under Incomplete Information and Assortative Matching, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2013) View citations (236) (2013)

2011

29. Evolutionary Stability, Co-operation and Hamilton’s Rule
    Carleton Economic Papers, Carleton University, Department of Economics

2010

30. Kinship, Incentives and Evolution – revised version: Kinship, Incentives, and Evolution
    Carleton Economic Papers, Carleton University, Department of Economics
31. Public Goods Games, Altruism, and Evolution
    Carleton Economic Papers, Carleton University, Department of Economics View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article Public Goods Games, Altruism, and Evolution, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2010) View citations (37) (2010)

2009

32. Kinship, Incentives and Evolution
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Kinship, Incentives, and Evolution, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (110) (2010)

2008

33. Family ties, incentives and development: A model of coerced altruism
    Carleton Economic Papers, Carleton University, Department of Economics View citations (10)
    Also in SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics (2007) View citations (8)
34. The fetters of the sib: Weber meets Darwin
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (1)
    Also in SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics (2007) View citations (4)

2006

35. Altruism and Climate
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
    Also in Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2006)
36. Optimal Debt Contracts when Credit Managers are (Perhaps) Corruptible
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

2004

37. A Theory of Fraud and Over-Consumption in Experts Markets
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (8)
38. Screening Ethics when Honest Agents Care about Fairness
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article SCREENING ETHICS WHEN HONEST AGENTS CARE ABOUT FAIRNESS *, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2006) View citations (31) (2006)
39. Screening Ethics when Honest Agents Keep their Word
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Screening Ethics when Honest Agents Keep their Word, Economic Theory, Springer (2007) View citations (26) (2007)

2001

40. Moral Hazard, Insurance, and Some Collusion
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in FMG Discussion Papers, Financial Markets Group (1999) View citations (9)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1999)
    See also Journal Article Moral hazard, insurance, and some collusion, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2003) View citations (47) (2003)

1999

41. Liquid Assets in Banks: Theory and Practice
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (20)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Estimating Social Preferences and Kantian Morality in Strategic Interactions
   Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2024, 2, (4), 665 - 706 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Estimating Social Preferences and Kantian Morality in Strategic Interactions, TSE Working Papers (2023) View citations (9) (2023)

2023

2. Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2023, 37, (2), 205-220
   See also Working Paper Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?, Post-Print (2023) (2023)
3. Evolution of Semi-Kantian Preferences in Two-Player Assortative Interactions with Complete and Incomplete Information and Plasticity
   Dynamic Games and Applications, 2023, 13, (4), 1288-1319 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Evolution of semi-Kantian preferences in two-player assortative interactions with complete and incomplete information and plasticity, IAST Working Papers (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2022

4. Homo moralis goes to the voting booth: Coordination and information aggregation
   Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2022, 34, (2), 280-312 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Homo moralis goes to the voting booth: coordination and information aggregation, Post-Print (2022) View citations (8) (2022)

2021

5. On the evolution of male competitiveness
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 190, (C), 228-254 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper On the evolution of male competitiveness, IAST Working Papers (2021) View citations (5) (2021)

2020

6. Do Informal Transfers Induce Lower Efforts? Evidence from Lab-in-the-Field Experiments in Rural Mexico
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 69, (1), 107 - 171 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Do Informal Transfers Induce Lower Efforts? Evidence from Lab-in-the-Field Experiments in Rural Mexico, Post-Print (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
7. Evolution of preferences in structured populations: Genes, guns, and culture
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2020, 185, (C) View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper Evolution of preferences in structured populations: Genes, guns, and culture, Post-Print (2020) View citations (36) (2020)
8. Paternal provisioning results from ecological change
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117, (20), 10746-10754 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Paternal provisioning results from ecological change, Post-Print (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2019

9. Evolutionary Models of Preference Formation
   Annual Review of Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 329-354 View citations (43)
   See also Working Paper Evolutionary Models of Preference Formation, TSE Working Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2017

10. Strategic Behavior of Moralists and Altruists
    Games, 2017, 8, (3), 1-21 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Strategic Behavior of Moralists and Altruists, TSE Working Papers (2017) View citations (23) (2017)

2016

11. Evolution and Kantian morality
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2016, 98, (C), 56-67 View citations (68)

2013

12. Homo Moralis—Preference Evolution Under Incomplete Information and Assortative Matching
    Econometrica, 2013, 81, (6), 2269-2302 View citations (236)
    See also Working Paper Homo Moralis-Preference evolution under incomplete information and assortative matching, TSE Working Papers (2012) View citations (4) (2012)
13. The evolution of altruistic preferences: mothers versus fathers
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11, (3), 421-446 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper The Evolution of Altruistic Preferences: Mothers versus Fathers, IAST Working Papers (2013) View citations (28) (2013)

2012

14. Experience Benefits and Firm Organization
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2012, 12, (1), 35
    See also Working Paper Experience Benefits and Firm Organization, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2012) View citations (1) (2012)

2010

15. Corrigendum: Public Goods Games, Altruism, and Evolution
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2010, 12, (6), 1135-1135 View citations (31)
16. Kinship, Incentives, and Evolution
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (4), 1725-58 View citations (110)
    See also Working Paper Kinship, Incentives and Evolution, Working Papers (2009) View citations (14) (2009)
17. Public Goods Games, Altruism, and Evolution
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2010, 12, (4), 789-813 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Public Goods Games, Altruism, and Evolution, Carleton Economic Papers (2010) View citations (37) (2010)

2007

18. Screening Ethics when Honest Agents Keep their Word
    Economic Theory, 2007, 30, (2), 291-311 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Screening Ethics when Honest Agents Keep their Word, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (2004) View citations (5) (2004)

2006

19. A Theory of Fraud and Overtreatment in Experts Markets
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2006, 15, (4), 853-881 View citations (43)
20. SCREENING ETHICS WHEN HONEST AGENTS CARE ABOUT FAIRNESS *
    International Economic Review, 2006, 47, (1), 59-85 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Screening Ethics when Honest Agents Care about Fairness, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (2004) View citations (5) (2004)

2003

21. Moral hazard, insurance, and some collusion
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 50, (2), 225-247 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper Moral Hazard, Insurance, and Some Collusion, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (2001) View citations (4) (2001)

1999

22. Consumer Strategies Limiting the Monopolist's Power: Multiple and Joint Purchases
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1999, 30, (4), 736-757 View citations (15)