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Working Papers
2023
- Insuring replaceable possessions
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library 
See also Journal Article Insuring Replaceable Possessions, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2023) (2023)
2021
- Is the Second-Cheapest Wine a Rip-Off? Economics vs. Psychology in Product-Line Pricing
Working Papers, American Association of Wine Economists View citations (2)
- Is the second-cheapest wine a rip-off?
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library 
See also Journal Article Is the second-cheapest wine a rip-off?, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2021) (2021)
- Macro shocks cause equilibrium price dispersion
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library 
See also Journal Article Macro shocks cause equilibrium price dispersion, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2021) (2021)
- Too much trade: A problem of adverse selection
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
- Too much trade: the hidden problem of adverse selection
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Too much trade: The hidden problem of adverse selection, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
2020
- Too much waste, not enough rationing: the failure of stochastic, competitive markets
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Too much waste, not enough rationing: The failure of stochastic, competitive markets, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
2019
- Curb your enthusiasm: optimistic entrepreneurs earn less
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (11)
See also Journal Article Curb your enthusiasm: Optimistic entrepreneurs earn less, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2019) View citations (12) (2019)
- Too Little Lending: A Problem of Symmetric Information
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
2017
- False diagnoses: pitfalls of testing for asymmetric information in insurance markets
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (7)
2016
- Too Much Waste: A Failure of Stochastic, Competitive Markets
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
2015
- Evidence that waste aversion begets insurance aversion
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Evidence that waste aversion begets insurance aversion, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
- The Power of (Non) Positive Thinking: Self-Employed Pessimists Earn More than Optimists
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (20)
2014
- Entrepreneurship: cause and consequence of financial optimism
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (31)
See also Journal Article Entrepreneurship: Cause and Consequence of Financial Optimism, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell (2014) View citations (33) (2014)
- The deadweight gain of insurance taxation when risky activities are optional
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
See also Journal Article The deadweight gain of insurance taxation when risky activities are optional, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
2013
- Take the money and run: making profits by paying borrowers to stay home
Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna 
Also in Working Papers - Economics, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa (2012)
2012
- Do bad risks know it? Experimental evidence on optimism and adverse selection
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Do bad risks know it? Experimental evidence on optimism and adverse selection, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2012) View citations (5) (2012)
- Entrepreneurship: Cause or Consequence of Financial Optimism?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
2010
- Disclosure, Trust and Persuasion in Insurance Markets
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
2006
- Incentive Design under Loss Aversion
FMG Discussion Papers, Financial Markets Group View citations (1)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) 
See also Journal Article Incentive Design under Loss Aversion, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2007) View citations (70) (2007)
2004
- Exclusive Contracts Foster Relationship-Specific Investment
The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (12)
- Irrational exuberance, entrepreneurial finance and public policy
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (23)
See also Journal Article Irrational Exuberance, Entrepreneurial Finance and Public Policy, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2004) View citations (25) (2004)
- Principal Agent Problems Under Loss Aversion: An Application to Executive Stock Options
FMG Discussion Papers, Financial Markets Group 
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2003)
- TOO MUCH INVESTMENT: A PROBLEM OF COORDINATION FAILURE
The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (5)
Also in Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2004) View citations (5)
2003
- Appropriability, Investment Incentives and the Property Rights Theory of the Firm
The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (2)
- Do Unprejudiced Societies Need Equal Opportunity Legislation?
Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society 
Also in The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2002)
- Please Hold me Up: Why Firms Grant Exclusive Dealing Contracts
The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (4)
- The Near Impossibility of Credit Rationing
FMG Discussion Papers, Financial Markets Group 
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2003)
2001
- In Defence of Usury Laws
FMG Discussion Papers, Financial Markets Group View citations (1)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2001) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article In Defense of Usury Laws, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing (2009) View citations (11) (2009)
- Saving Eliminates Credit Rationing
FMG Discussion Papers, Financial Markets Group 
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2001)
2000
- Advantageous Selection in Insurance Market
Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Advantageous Selection in Insurance Markets, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (2001) View citations (173) (2001)
- And a Vision Appeared unto them of a Great Profit: Evidence of Self-Deception among the Self-Employed
Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics, Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London 
See also Journal Article And a vision appeared unto them of a great profit: evidence of self-deception among the self-employed, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2000) View citations (28) (2000)
1999
- Asset Ownership and Investment Incentives Revisited
Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics
1998
- Outside Options, Ownership and Incentives Revisited
Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics
- The Property-Rights Theory of the Firm with Endogenous Timing of Asset Purchase
STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (4)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1998) View citations (4)
- When Will Capitalists Meet their Match? The Property Rights Theory of the Firm With Endogenous Timing
Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics
1997
- Does Asset Ownership Always Motivate Managers? The Property Rights Theory of the Firm with Alternating - Offers Bargaining
Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics View citations (7)
1996
- Optimal Taxation and the Private provision of Public Goods
Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics View citations (1)
1995
- Gluts, Dearths and Market Efficiency
Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics
- The Borrower's Curse: Optimism, Finance and Enterpreneurship
Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics View citations (1)
See also Journal Article The Borrower's Curse: Optimism, Finance and Entrepreneurship, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (1996) View citations (181) (1996)
- Too Few Risk Takers
Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics
1983
- Choice of Technique Under Uncertainty
Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)
Journal Articles
2023
- Insuring Replaceable Possessions
Economica, 2023, 90, (357), 271-284 
See also Working Paper Insuring replaceable possessions, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) (2023)
2021
- Is the second-cheapest wine a rip-off?
Economics Letters, 2021, 205, (C) 
See also Working Paper Is the second-cheapest wine a rip-off?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) (2021)
- Macro shocks cause equilibrium price dispersion
Economics Letters, 2021, 208, (C) 
See also Working Paper Macro shocks cause equilibrium price dispersion, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) (2021)
- Too much trade: The hidden problem of adverse selection
Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 204, (C) View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Too much trade: the hidden problem of adverse selection, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
2020
- Too much waste, not enough rationing: The failure of stochastic, competitive markets
Journal of Economic Theory, 2020, 188, (C) View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Too much waste, not enough rationing: the failure of stochastic, competitive markets, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
2019
- Curb your enthusiasm: Optimistic entrepreneurs earn less
European Economic Review, 2019, 111, (C), 53-69 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Curb your enthusiasm: optimistic entrepreneurs earn less, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) View citations (11) (2019)
2015
- Evidence that waste aversion begets insurance aversion
Economics Letters, 2015, 126, (C), 75-77 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Evidence that waste aversion begets insurance aversion, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2015) View citations (1) (2015)
2014
- Entrepreneurship: Cause and Consequence of Financial Optimism
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2014, 23, (4), 717-742 View citations (33)
See also Working Paper Entrepreneurship: cause and consequence of financial optimism, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (31) (2014)
- The deadweight gain of insurance taxation when risky activities are optional
Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 115, (C), 109-116 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper The deadweight gain of insurance taxation when risky activities are optional, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
2013
- Debiasing the Becker – DeGroot – Marschak valuation mechanism
Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33, (2), 1446-1456 View citations (4)
- Do financial advisor commissions distort client choice?
Economics Letters, 2013, 119, (2), 117-119 View citations (14)
2012
- Do bad risks know it? Experimental evidence on optimism and adverse selection
Economics Letters, 2012, 114, (2), 168-171 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Do bad risks know it? Experimental evidence on optimism and adverse selection, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2012) View citations (5) (2012)
- Every shroud has a silver lining: The visible benefits of hidden surcharges
Economics Letters, 2012, 116, (2), 151-153 View citations (7)
2010
- Too much investment? A problem of endogenous outside options
Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 69, (2), 503-511 View citations (15)
2009
- In Defense of Usury Laws
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2009, 41, (8), 1691-1703 View citations (11)
Also in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2009, 41, (8), 1691-1703 (2009) View citations (1)
See also Working Paper In Defence of Usury Laws, FMG Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (1) (2001)
2007
- Incentive Design under Loss Aversion
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2007, 5, (1), 66-92 View citations (70)
See also Working Paper Incentive Design under Loss Aversion, FMG Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
2006
- Credit Rationing: Something's Gotta Give
Economica, 2006, 73, (292), 563-578 View citations (12)
2004
- Irrational Exuberance, Entrepreneurial Finance and Public Policy
International Tax and Public Finance, 2004, 11, (4), 391-417 View citations (25)
See also Working Paper Irrational exuberance, entrepreneurial finance and public policy, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2004) View citations (23) (2004)
- Spillovers, Investment Incentives and the Property Rights Theory of the Firm
Journal of Industrial Economics, 2004, 52, (2), 229-253 View citations (11)
2003
- Comparative advantage and the pursuit of strategic trade policy
Economics Letters, 2003, 81, (2), 279-283 View citations (16)
2002
- Income Distribution, Taxation, and the Private Provision of Public Goods
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2002, 4, (3), 273-297 View citations (8)
- Overlending?
Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (477), F17-F31 View citations (20)
2001
- Advantageous Selection in Insurance Markets
RAND Journal of Economics, 2001, 32, (2), 249-62 View citations (173)
See also Working Paper Advantageous Selection in Insurance Market, Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (3) (2000)
2000
- And a vision appeared unto them of a great profit: evidence of self-deception among the self-employed
Economics Letters, 2000, 67, (1), 35-41 View citations (28)
See also Working Paper And a Vision Appeared unto them of a Great Profit: Evidence of Self-Deception among the Self-Employed, Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics (2000) (2000)
- Does credit rationing imply insufficient lending?
Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 78, (3), 215-234 View citations (63)
1999
- Too Much Monitoring, Not Enough Performance Pay
Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (454), C126-39 View citations (3)
- Wealth, Enterprise and Credit Policy
Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (455), 153-63 View citations (58)
1998
- Does Asset Ownership Always Motivate Managers? Outside Options and the Property Rights Theory of the Firm
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (2), 361-386 View citations (135)
1997
- Everyone may benefit from subsidising entry to risky occupations
Journal of Public Economics, 1997, 66, (3), 409-424 View citations (23)
- In praise of inequality: public good provision and income distribution
Economics Letters, 1997, 57, (3), 289-296 View citations (43)
- Product Diversity under Monopoly: Two High Quality Results
Bulletin of Economic Research, 1997, 49, (2), 169-71 View citations (1)
1996
- House Price, the Supply of Collateral and the Enterprise Economy
Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (434), 60-75 View citations (136)
- The Borrower's Curse: Optimism, Finance and Entrepreneurship
Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (435), 375-86 View citations (181)
See also Working Paper The Borrower's Curse: Optimism, Finance and Enterpreneurship, Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (1) (1995)
1995
- On the European Union VAT proposals: the superiority of origin over destination taxation
Fiscal Studies, 1995, 16, (1), 1-17 View citations (18)
- Price-reducing taxation
Economics Letters, 1995, 47, (1), 77-81 View citations (6)
- Unnatural monopoly
Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 57, (3), 471-488 View citations (19)
1994
- The nature of credit-market failure
Economics Letters, 1994, 46, (3), 243-249 View citations (4)
1992
- Systematic Price Differences Between Successive Auctionsare no Anomaly
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1992, 1, (4), 607-628 View citations (25)
Also in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1992, 1, (4), 607-28 (1992) View citations (67)
- The Social Efficiency of Private Decisions to Enforce Property Rights
Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (3), 561-80 View citations (92)
1990
- A Strategic Motivation for Commodity Bundling
Journal of Industrial Economics, 1990, 38, (3), 283-98 View citations (114)
- Risk, Adverse Selection and Capital Market Failure
Economic Journal, 1990, 100, (399), 206-14 View citations (19)
1989
- Efficient Job Creation in LDCs Requires a Tax on Employment
Economic Journal, 1989, 99, (398), 1112-22
- Not Even Strategic Trade Theory Justifies Export Subsidies
Oxford Economic Papers, 1989, 41, (4), 720-36 View citations (5)
- The case for permissive patents
European Economic Review, 1989, 33, (7), 1427-1443 View citations (20)
- The role of interest rate taxes in credit markets with divisible projects and asymmetric information
Journal of Public Economics, 1989, 39, (1), 33-44 View citations (3)
1988
- Credit market efficiency and tax policy in the presence of screening costs
Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 36, (1), 1-22 View citations (26)
- Package size and the suppression of variety
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1988, 6, (3), 363-371 View citations (1)
- The Efficacy of Effluent Charges
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1988, 21, (1), 182-86
1987
- Free Access versus Private Property in a Resource: Income Distributions Compared
Journal of Political Economy, 1987, 95, (6), 1317-25 View citations (28)
- Production Flexibility as a Motive for Multinationality
Journal of Industrial Economics, 1987, 35, (3), 343-51 View citations (37)
- The Migration Multiplier
Bulletin of Economic Research, 1987, 39, (3), 243-48 View citations (1)
- The Optimum Tariff and Quota when the Terms of Trade Are Random
Oxford Economic Papers, 1987, 39, (2), 412-17
- Too Much Investment: A Problem of Asymmetric Information
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1987, 102, (2), 281-292 View citations (421)
1986
- Export Subsidies and High Productivity: Cause or Effect?
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1986, 19, (2), 347-50 View citations (41)
- Immiserising invention: The private and social returns to R&D under oligopoly
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1986, 4, (4), 409-417 View citations (2)
- Inadequacies of the strategic rationale of export subsidies
Economics Letters, 1986, 22, (4), 369-373 View citations (6)
- Is the Market Biased Against Risky R&D?
RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (1), 133-139 View citations (29)
- Safety in Conformity but Profits in Deviance
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1986, 19, (2), 261-69 View citations (1)
- The efficiency of liability law
International Review of Law and Economics, 1986, 6, (1), 107-113 View citations (1)
1985
- A Stable Cournot-Nash Industry Need Not Be Quasi-competitive
Bulletin of Economic Research, 1985, 37, (2), 153-56 View citations (2)
- Effluent Charges and Environmental Damage: A Clarification
Oxford Economic Papers, 1985, 37, (4), 700-02 View citations (1)
- Free access vs private ownership: A comparison
Journal of Economic Theory, 1985, 36, (2), 387-391 View citations (4)
- Increasing Returns and the Foundation of Unemployment Theory
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 1985, 7, (3), 385-394 View citations (1)
- Price Deregulation and the Production of Depletable Resources
International Economic Review, 1985, 26, (1), 213-18
1984
- Risk preferences and transaction costs
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (2), 223-236 View citations (3)
- The Fourth Commandment: Is it Pareto Efficient?
Economic Journal, 1984, 94, (374), 379-83 View citations (21)
- Wage Uncertainty, Expected Utility, and Occupation Choice
International Economic Review, 1984, 25, (3), 757-62 View citations (4)
1983
- A Growth Model for a Tenured-labor-managed Firm: Comment
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1983, 98, (3), 539-542
- Health insurance and the demand for medical care
Journal of Health Economics, 1983, 2, (1), 47-54 View citations (24)
- Multinational Companies and National Welfare
Australian Economic Papers, 1983, 22, (41), 491-94
- The Simple Welfare Economics of Monopolistic Competition
Journal of Economic Studies, 1983, 10, (1), 60-62
- The Transfer Problem in a Many-Country World: Is It Better to Give than Receive?
The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1983, 51, (3), 266-75 View citations (1)
1982
- Generalized Oligopoly Derived Demand with an Application to Tax Induced Entry
Bulletin of Economic Research, 1982, 34, (1), 1-16 View citations (8)
- Monopoly, product diversity and welfare
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1982, 12, (3), 313-324 View citations (8)
1981
- World wage distribution
Economics Letters, 1981, 7, (2), 195-200
1980
- LDC policy towards multinational companies: A Case for Payroll Taxes and Capital Subsidies
Economics Letters, 1980, 5, (4), 367-370
- Market Structure and Optimal Stockholding: A Note
Journal of Political Economy, 1980, 88, (2), 395-99 View citations (1)
1979
- A theory of multinationals' choice of technique and locational decisions
Economics Letters, 1979, 2, (1), 67-71
- Commercial Policy Towards Multinational Monopolies-Reservations on Katrak
Oxford Economic Papers, 1979, 31, (2), 334-37 View citations (13)
1978
- Invention and the Pursuit of Antitrust
Australian Economic Papers, 1978, 17, (30), 103-09
- Uncertainty, extraction costs and the order of resource depletion
Economics Letters, 1978, 1, (3), 265-269
1977
- Multinational Corporations in LDCs: A Comment
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1977, 39, (3), 237-41
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