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Working Papers

2019

1. Audit State Dependent Taxpayer Compliance: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
2. Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (1)
   Also in Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2016) View citations (9)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (9)

2018

3. Cultural Identities and Resolution of Social Dilemmas
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
4. Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2018)
5. Incentives
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
6. The St. Petersburg Paradox Despite Risk-seeking Preferences: An Experimental Study
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
   See also Journal Article in Business Research (2019)

2017

7. Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers, Durham University Business School (2011) View citations (10)
8. Fit as a Fiddle or Sick as a Dog: Effects of Subjective Patient Reports on Uptake of Clinical Decision Support
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
9. Tax Incidence: Do Institutions Matter? An Experimental Study
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

2016

10. Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance (2013) View citations (6)

2015

11. Incentivizing Cost-Effective Reductions in Hospital Readmission Rates
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2016)
12. Trust and Trustworthiness of Immigrants and Native-Born Americans
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) (2015)

2014

13. Alternative payoff mechanisms for choice under risk
    Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in International Advances in Economic Research (2014)
14. Asymmetrically Dominated Choice Problems and Random Incentive Mechanisms
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (4)
15. Asymmetrically Dominated Choice Problems, the Isolation Hypothesis and Random Incentive Mechanisms
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (16)
16. On Replication and Perturbation of the McKelvey and Palfrey Centipede Game Experiment
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
    See also Chapter (2015)
17. Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice under Risk
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (34)
    Also in Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) (2011) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2015)
18. What is trustworthiness and what drives it?
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Innsbruck View citations (4)
    Also in Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2005) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2016)

2013

19. The Impact of CMS CoP on Kidney Transplant Waiting Times
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

2012

20. Bosses and Kings: Asymmetric Power in Paired Common Pool and Public Good Games
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (1)
21. Do I Care if You Know I Betrayed You?
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Bulletin (2012)
22. Is There A Plausible Theory for Risky Decisions?
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (5)
23. Private Goods, Public Goods and Common Pools with Homo Reciprocans
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Southern Economic Journal (2012)
24. Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance

2011

25. Arms or Legs: Isomorphic Dutch Auctions and Centipede Games
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
26. Risk Aversion as Attitude towards Probabilities: A Paradox
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

2010

27. Direct Tests of Models of Social Preferences and a New Model
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (10)
28. Immigrant Assimilation, Trust and Social Capital
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
29. On the Coefficient of Variation as a Measure of Risk Sensitivity
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
30. Trust with Private and Common Property: Effects of Stronger Property Right Entitlements
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Games (2010)

2009

31. On the Empirical Relevance of St.Petersburg Lotteries
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Bulletin (2009)
32. REVEALED ALTRUISM
    Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz
    Also in Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2007) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2008)
33. Saliency of Outside Options in the Lost Wallet Game
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (1)
    Also in Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2009)
    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2010)
34. Some Issues of Methods, Theories, and Experimental Designs
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2010)

2008

35. Competition Between Auctions
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in Marketing Letters (2008)
36. Risky Decisions in the Large and in the Small: Theory and Experiment
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (8)
37. Trust and Reciprocity: Implications of Game Triads and Social Contexts
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in New Zealand Economic Papers (2009)

2007

38. Assigning Intentions when Actions are Unobservable: the Impact of Trembling in the Trust Game
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
    See also Journal Article in Southern Economic Journal (2006)
39. Barking Up the Right Tree: Are Small Groups Rational Agents?
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2006)
40. Coordination of Purchasing and Bidding Activities Across Markets
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
41. Implications of Trust, Fear, and Reciprocity for Modeling Economic Behavior
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2008)
42. Small- and Large-Stakes Risk Aversion: Implications of Concavity Calibration for Decision Theory
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (46)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2006)
43. Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
    See also Journal Article in Southern Economic Journal (2009)
44. Trust, Fear, Reciprocity, and Altruism: Theory and Experiment
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (3)

2006

45. A Trackable Model of Reciprocity and Fairness
    Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics
    Also in Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2006) View citations (7)
    Experimental, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2007)
46. EconPort: Creating and Maintaining a Knowledge Commons
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (6)
47. On Modeling Voluntary Contributions to Public Goods
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (12)
48. When are Women More Generous than Men?
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2006)

1993

49. The Preference Reversal Phenomenon: Response Mode, Markets and Incentives
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (1996)

Journal Articles

2019

1. The St. Petersburg paradox despite risk-seeking preferences: an experimental study
   Business Research, 2019, 12, (1), 27-44
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2018

2. Asset Integration and Attitudes toward Risk: Theory and Evidence
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100, (5), 816-830 View citations (1)

2017

3. Status quo effects in fairness games: reciprocal responses to acts of commission versus acts of omission
   Experimental Economics, 2017, 20, (1), 1-18 View citations (11)

2016

4. Higher quality and lower cost from improving hospital discharge decision making
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131, (PB), 1-16 View citations (3)
5. Incentivizing cost-effective reductions in hospital readmission rates
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131, (PB), 24-35 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
6. What is trustworthiness and what drives it?
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2016, 98, (C), 197-218 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2015

7. Paradoxes and mechanisms for choice under risk
   Experimental Economics, 2015, 18, (2), 215-250 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper (2014)
8. Trust and trustworthiness of immigrants and native-born Americans
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2015, 57, (C), 1-8 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2014

9. Alternative Payoff Mechanisms for Choice under Risk
   International Advances in Economic Research, 2014, 20, (2), 239-240 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2014)
10. Introduction to FUR XV special issue
    Theory and Decision, 2014, 77, (4), 439-441

2013

11. In Memoriam In Honor of Elinor Ostrom
    Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 79, (3), 481-483
12. Is there a plausible theory for decision under risk? A dual calibration critique
    Economic Theory, 2013, 54, (2), 305-333 View citations (15)
13. Provision versus Appropriation in Symmetric and Asymmetric Social Dilemmas
    Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 79, (3), 496-512 View citations (52)

2012

14. Clocks and Trees: Isomorphic Dutch Auctions and Centipede Games
    Econometrica, 2012, 80, (2), 883-903 View citations (10)
15. DIRECT TESTS OF INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES FOR EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY
    Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (4), 920-931 View citations (27)
16. Do I care if you know I betrayed you?
    Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32, (4), 2839-2848 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
17. Private Goods, Public Goods, and Common Pools with Homo Reciprocans
    Southern Economic Journal, 2012, 79, (1), 1-14 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2010

18. Saliency of outside options in the lost wallet game
    Experimental Economics, 2010, 13, (1), 66-74 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
19. Some issues of methods, theories, and experimental designs
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 73, (1), 24-28 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
20. Trust with Private and Common Property: Effects of Stronger Property Right Entitlements
    Games, 2010, 1, (4), 1-24 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

21. On the empirical relevance of st. petersburg lotteries
    Economics Bulletin, 2009, 29, (1), 214-220 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
22. Trust and reciprocity: implications of game triads and social contexts
    New Zealand Economic Papers, 2009, 43, (2), 89-104 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
23. Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments
    Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 75, (4), 957-975 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

24. Competition between auctions
    Marketing Letters, 2008, 19, (3), 431-448 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
25. Implications of trust, fear, and reciprocity for modeling economic behavior
    Experimental Economics, 2008, 11, (1), 1-24 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
26. Revealed Altruism
    Econometrica, 2008, 76, (1), 31-69 View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2007

27. A tractable model of reciprocity and fairness
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2007, 59, (1), 17-45 View citations (296)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

28. Assigning Intentions when Actions Are Unobservable: The Impact of Trembling in the Trust Game
    Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 73, (2), 307–314 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
29. Barking up the right tree: Are small groups rational agents?
    Experimental Economics, 2006, 9, (3), 209-222 View citations (67)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
30. Small- and large-stakes risk aversion: Implications of concavity calibration for decision theory
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2006, 56, (1), 45-60 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
31. When Are Women More Generous than Men?
    Economic Inquiry, 2006, 44, (4), 587-598 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

32. Economics, Psychology, and Social Dynamics of Consumer Bidding in Auctions
    Marketing Letters, 2005, 16, (3), 401-413 View citations (10)
33. On the Nature of Reciprocal Motives
    Economic Inquiry, 2005, 43, (3), 623-635 View citations (97)

2004

34. How to identify trust and reciprocity
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2004, 46, (2), 260-281 View citations (398)

2002

35. Competition for Versus on the Rails: A Laboratory Experiment
    International Economic Review, 2002, 43, (3), 709-736 View citations (7)

2001

36. An Experiment to Evaluate Bayesian Learning of Nash Equilibrium Play
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2001, 34, (1), 11-33 View citations (15)
37. Endogenous Entry and Exit in Common Value Auctions
    Experimental Economics, 2001, 4, (2), 163-181 View citations (21)

2000

38. Good News and Bad News: Search from Unknown Wage Offer Distributions
    Experimental Economics, 2000, 2, (3), 197-225 View citations (19)

1999

39. Can Supply and Demand Parameters Be Recovered from Data Generated by Market Institutions?
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1999, 17, (3), 285-97 View citations (3)
40. The Winner's Curse and Public Information in Common Value Auctions: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (1), 319-324 View citations (5)

1998

41. Introduction
    Experimental Economics, 1998, 1, (1), 7-7
42. Learning to play Cournot duopoly strategies
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 36, (2), 141-161 View citations (38)
43. Quantifying the Effects of Sow-Herd Management Information Systems on Farmers' Decision Making Using Experimental Economics
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1998, 80, (4), 821-829 View citations (4)

1997

44. On Testing the Utility Hypothesis
    Economic Journal, 1997, 107, (443), 1054-78 View citations (36)

1996

45. Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Procurement Contracting
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 17, (2), 147-176 View citations (10)
46. The preference reversal phenomenon: Response mode, markets and incentives (*)
    Economic Theory, 1996, 7, (3), 381-405 View citations (74)
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1995

47. Inducing Risk-Neutral Preferences: Further Analysis of the Data
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1995, 11, (1), 65-79 View citations (11)

1992

48. Direct Tests of the Reservation Wage Property
    Economic Journal, 1992, 102, (415), 1423-32 View citations (32)
49. Theory and Misbehavior of First-Price Auctions: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1392-412 View citations (42)

1990

50. Inducing Risk-Neutral Preferences: An Examination in a Controlled Market Environment
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1990, 3, (1), 5-24 View citations (13)

1989

51. Laboratory Experiments with a Finite-Horizon Job-Search Model
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1989, 2, (3), 301-29 View citations (64)
52. Preference Reversals without the Independence Axiom
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (3), 408-26 View citations (24)

1988

53. Theory and Individual Behavior of First-Price Auctions
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1988, 1, (1), 61-99 View citations (190)

1987

54. Bidding behavior in first price sealed bid auctions: Use of computerized Nash competitors
    Economics Letters, 1987, 23, (3), 239-244 View citations (19)
55. Mechanisms for Incentive Regulation: Theory and Experiment
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (3), 348-359 View citations (7)

1986

56. In Search of the Winner's Curse: Reply
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (3), 517-20 View citations (1)
57. Minimum Wage Effects with Output Stabilization
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (3), 443-54

1985

58. Experimental Development of Sealed-Bid Auction Theory: Calibrating Controls for Risk Aversion
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 160-65 View citations (35)

1984

59. In Search of the Winner's Curse
    Economic Inquiry, 1984, 22, (4), 579-92 View citations (9)
60. Theory and Behavior of Multiple Unit Discriminative Auctions
    Journal of Finance, 1984, 39, (4), 983-1010 View citations (29)

1983

61. A test that discriminates between two models of the Dutch-first auction non-isomorphism
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (2-3), 205-219 View citations (17)
62. Tests of a heterogeneous bidders theory of first price auctions
    Economics Letters, 1983, 12, (3-4), 207-212 View citations (13)

1982

63. Auction market theory of heterogeneous bidders
    Economics Letters, 1982, 9, (4), 319-325 View citations (23)
64. The Political Economy of Minimum Wage Legislation
    Economic Inquiry, 1982, 20, (4), 533-55 View citations (11)

1978

65. The Effects of Crude Oil Price Controls, Entitlements and Taxes on Refined Product Prices and Energy Independence
    Land Economics, 1978, 54, (1), 1-15

1976

66. A Theory and Test of Credit Rationing: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (5), 911-17 View citations (2)
67. The Determinants of Investment in Petroleum Reserves and Their Implications for Public Policy
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (1), 153-67 View citations (6)

1975

68. Portfolio Choice and Saving in an Optimal Consumption-Leisure Plan
    Review of Economic Studies, 1975, 42, (1), 105-116 View citations (3)

1974

69. Shadow Prices in Public Program Evaluation Models
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1974, 88, (1), 158-165

1973

70. A theorem on additively-separable, quasi-concave functions
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1973, 6, (2), 210-212 View citations (1)
71. Equity and Efficiency in Evaluation of Public Programs
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1973, 87, (3), 495-502 View citations (1)
72. Properties of functions which are solutions to maximization problems
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1973, 6, (4), 396-398

Chapters

2015

1. On Replication and Perturbation of the McKelvey and Palfrey Centipede Game Experiment
   A chapter in Replication in Experimental Economics, 2015, vol. 18, pp 53-94
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2008

2. Experiments in Decentralized Monopoly Restraint
   Elsevier
3. Experimetrics: The Use of Market Experiments to Evaluate the Performance of Econometric Estimators
   Elsevier View citations (1)
4. First Price Independent Private Values Auctions
   Elsevier
5. Laboratory Tests of Job Search Models
   Elsevier
6. Preference Reversals
   Elsevier View citations (2)
7. Procurement Contracting
   Elsevier View citations (7)
8. Utility Maximization
   Elsevier