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Working Papers

2017

1. Expropriation Risk and FDI in Developing Countries: Does Return of Capital Dominate Return on Capital?
   Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article Expropriation risk and FDI in developing countries: Does return of capital dominate return on capital?, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2017) View citations (18) (2017)

2014

2. : Quantity restrictions with imperfect enforcement in an over-used commons: Permissive regulation to reduce over-use?
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Quantity Restrictions with Imperfect Enforcement in an Overused Commons: Permissive Regulation to Reduce Overuse?, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
3. New Reform Strategies and Welfare participation in Canada
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (1)

2013

4. Does Consistency Predict Accuracy of Beliefs?: Economists Surveyed About PSA
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (4)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (3)
5. Effects of New Welfare Reform Strategies on Welfare Participation: Microdata Estimates from Canada
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics
6. Prohibition of Riba and Gharar: A signaling and screening explanation?
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics

2010

7. As-if behavioral economics: Neoclassical economics in disguise?
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (95)
   See also Journal Article As-if behavioral economics: neoclassical economics in disguise?, History of Economic Ideas, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa - Roma (2010) View citations (91) (2010)
8. Behavioral Economics
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)
9. Compressed environments: Unbounded optimizers should sometimes ignore information
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
10. Demand for Self Control: A model of Consumer Response to Programs and Products that Moderate Consumption
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
11. Democracy under uncertainty: The ‘wisdom of crowds’ and the free-rider problem in group decision making
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
12. Inconsistency Pays?: Time-inconsistent subjects and EU violators earn more
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)
13. Success from Satisficing and Imitation: Entrepreneurs’ Location Choice and Implications of Heuristics for Local Economic Development
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    See also Journal Article Success from satisficing and imitation: Entrepreneurs' location choice and implications of heuristics for local economic development, Journal of Business Research, Elsevier (2014) View citations (14) (2014)

2009

14. Experiments to generate new data about school choice
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
15. Illusive competition in school reform: Comment on Merrifield's "Imagined evidence and false imperatives"
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2008

16. Access to grocery stores in Dallas
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)
17. Imitation in location choice
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2007

18. Dynamic correlation: A tool hedging house-price risk?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
19. Introduction: Behavioral economics, business decision making and applied policy analysis
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2006

20. Behavioral Labor Economics
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
21. Peacemaking among inconsistent rationalities?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2005

22. Non-response bias
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)

2002

23. Behavioral cost-benefit economics: Toward a new normative approach to policy
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

Journal Articles

2022

1. News coverage of Confucius Institutes in the pre-Trump era
   Economic and Political Studies, 2022, 10, (2), 155-180
2. Optimal online-payment security system and the role of liability sharing
   Economic Modelling, 2022, 110, (C)
3. Why Did They Not Borrow? Debt‐Averse Farmers In Rural Vietnam
   The Developing Economies, 2022, 60, (4), 228-260

2021

4. A performance‐based payment: Signaling the quality of a credence good
   Managerial and Decision Economics, 2021, 42, (5), 1117-1131 View citations (4)
5. Why do firms sell gift cards although consumers prefer cash to gift cards?
   Economic Modelling, 2021, 96, (C), 379-388 View citations (1)
6. Why is parochialism prevalent?: an evolutionary approach
   Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2021, 16, (4), 769-796 View citations (3)

2020

7. Conservation of behavioral diversity: on nudging, paternalism-induced monoculture, and the social value of heterogeneous beliefs and behavior
   Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, 2020, 19, (1), 103-120 View citations (1)
8. Should refusal to sell be illegal?
   Australian Economic Papers, 2020, 59, (1), 1-12

2019

9. A GOOD ADVISOR
   Bulletin of Economic Research, 2019, 71, (3), 558-572 View citations (3)
10. Economics of the Broken Window Theory
    Asian Journal of Law and Economics, 2019, 10, (3), 9 View citations (3)

2018

11. A satisficing approach to eliciting risk preferences
    Journal of Business Research, 2018, 82, (C), 127-140 View citations (1)
12. Decentralization Mislaid: On New Paternalism and Skepticism toward Experts
    Review of Behavioral Economics, 2018, 5, (3-4), 361-387 View citations (1)
13. Plea bargaining with multiple defendants and its deterrence effect
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2018, 55, (C), 58-70 View citations (1)
14. Price Discrimination in Public Healthcare
    Australian Economic Papers, 2018, 57, (2), 181-192 View citations (1)

2017

15. Confucius Institutes and FDI flows from China to Africa
    China Economic Review, 2017, 44, (C), 241-252 View citations (17)
16. Expropriation risk and FDI in developing countries: Does return of capital dominate return on capital?
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 49, (C), 84-107 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Expropriation Risk and FDI in Developing Countries: Does Return of Capital Dominate Return on Capital?, Staff Working Papers (2017) View citations (24) (2017)
17. Reexamining the Schmalensee effect
    Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), 2017, 11, 1-12 View citations (2)
18. Who was affected by new welfare reform strategies? Microdata estimates from Canada
    Applied Economics, 2017, 49, (14), 1395-1413 View citations (1)
19. Willingness to pay for local food?: Consumer preferences and shopping behavior at Otago Farmers Market
    Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2017, 103, (C), 343-361 View citations (14)

2016

20. Consistent Bayesians Are No More Accurate Than Non-Bayesians: Economists Surveyed About PSA
    Review of Behavioral Economics, 2016, 3, (2), 189-219
21. Equilibrium National Border and Its Stability
    Prague Economic Papers, 2016, 2016, (6), 637-654 View citations (1)
22. HARSH NORMS AND SCREENING FOR LOYALTY
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 2016, 68, (3), 205-217
23. Market segmentation and non-uniform Shariah standards in Islamic finance
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 132, (S), 39-49 View citations (13)
24. Peak-load pricing in duopoly
    Economic Modelling, 2016, 57, (C), 47-54 View citations (2)
25. Pregnancy and Dropout: Effects of Family, Neighborhood, and High School Characteristics on Girls’ Fertility and Dropout Status
    Population Research and Policy Review, 2016, 35, (6), 757-789

2015

26. Did Canadian welfare reform work? The effects of new reform strategies on social assistance participation
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2015, 48, (2), 494-528 View citations (8)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2015, 48, (2), 494-528 (2015) View citations (7)
27. Price asymmetry revisited from a marketing perspective
    Economic Modelling, 2015, 49, (C), 314-319 View citations (1)
28. Quantity Restrictions with Imperfect Enforcement in an Overused Commons: Permissive Regulation to Reduce Overuse?
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2015, 171, (2), 308-329 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper : Quantity restrictions with imperfect enforcement in an over-used commons: Permissive regulation to reduce over-use?, Working Papers (2014) (2014)

2014

29. Retail investors and financial advisors: New evidence on trust and advice taking heuristics
    Journal of Business Research, 2014, 67, (8), 1749-1757 View citations (15)
30. Success from satisficing and imitation: Entrepreneurs' location choice and implications of heuristics for local economic development
    Journal of Business Research, 2014, 67, (8), 1700-1709 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Success from Satisficing and Imitation: Entrepreneurs’ Location Choice and Implications of Heuristics for Local Economic Development, MPRA Paper (2010) (2010)
31. The consistency and ecological rationality approaches to normative bounded rationality
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2014, 21, (4), 375-395 View citations (6)

2012

32. How do common investors behave? Information search and portfolio choice among bank customers and university students
    Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, 2012, 11, (2), 203-233 View citations (1)

2010

33. As-if behavioral economics: neoclassical economics in disguise?
    History of Economic Ideas, 2010, 18, (1), 133-166 View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper As-if behavioral economics: Neoclassical economics in disguise?, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (95) (2010)
34. Fast Acceptance by Common Experience: FACE-recognition in Schelling's model of neighborhood segregation
    Judgment and Decision Making, 2010, 5, (5), 391-410

2009

35. Sexual orientation and self-reported lying
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2009, 7, (1), 83-104 View citations (4)

2008

36. Negatively correlated author seniority and the number of acknowledged people: Name-recognition as a signal of scientific merit?
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, 37, (3), 1234-1247 View citations (8)
37. Rational ignoring with unbounded cognitive capacity
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2008, 29, (6), 792-809 View citations (17)
38. S. Bowles, Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford (2004) ISBN 978-0-691-09163-1 608 pp., Price: US$ 75 http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7610.html
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, 37, (1), 444-447 View citations (1)

2007

39. Psychology Implies Paternalism? Bounded Rationality may Reduce the Rationale to Regulate Risk-Taking
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2007, 28, (2), 337-359 View citations (24)
40. Tailoring globalisation to national needs and well-being: one size never fits all
    Global Business and Economics Review, 2007, 9, (2/3), 319-334 View citations (1)

2006

41. Same-sex sexual behaviour: US frequency estimates from survey data with simultaneous misreporting and non-response
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (7), 757-769 View citations (17)

2005

42. Decision-making environments in which unboundedly rational decision makers choose to ignore relevant information
    Global Business and Economics Review, 2005, 7, (1), 59-73 View citations (3)
43. Does society benefit from investor overconfidence in the ability of financial market experts?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, 58, (1), 95-116 View citations (17)
44. Schmid, Allan. Conflict and Cooperation: Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Blackwell, 2004, Malden, MA (342 pp., Price: US$ 39.95), ISBN 1-4051-1356-1
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2005, 34, (6), 866-868

2004

45. No-decision classification: an alternative to testing for statistical significance
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2004, 33, (5), 631-650 View citations (4)

2003

46. Hedging housing risk in the new economy: is there a connection, and should firms care?
    Global Business and Economics Review, 2003, 5, (1), 10-36 View citations (2)
47. Normative behavioral economics
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2003, 32, (4), 411-427 View citations (27)
48. Tracking error decision rules and accumulated wealth
    Applied Mathematical Finance, 2003, 10, (2), 91-119 View citations (2)

2002

49. Coping with journal-price inflation: leading policy proposals and the quality-spectrum
    Economics Bulletin, 2002, 4, (14), 1-7
50. MEASURING THE EFFECT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION ON INCOME: EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION?
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2002, 20, (4), 394-414 View citations (101)

Chapters

2017

1. Rational mistakes that make us smart
   Chapter 3 in Handbook of Behavioural Economics and Smart Decision-Making, 2017, pp 43-67