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Journal Articles

2012

1. In defense of a libertarian welfare state: response to Michael Shermer
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2012, 14, (2), 183-196

2008

2. Lessons from Behavioral Economics
   Challenge, 2008, 51, (3), 80-92 View citations (2)
3. Should public policy respond to positional externalities?
   Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (8-9), 1777-1786 View citations (114)

2006

4. Taking Libertarian Concerns Seriously: Reply to Kashdan and Klein
   Econ Journal Watch, 2006, 3, (3), 435-451 View citations (2)

2005

5. Positional Externalities Cause Large and Preventable Welfare Losses
   American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 137-141 View citations (227)
6. Progressive Consumption Taxation as a Remedy for the U.S. Savings Shortfall
   The Economists' Voice, 2005, 2, (3), 11 View citations (2)

2004

7. Human nature and economic policy: lessons for the transition economies
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2004, 33, (6), 679-694 View citations (5)

2003

8. Review
   Constitutional Political Economy, 2003, 14, (3), 253-258

2002

9. The Economic Naturalist: Teaching Introductory Students How to Speak Economics
   American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 459-462 View citations (10)

2001

10. The Economist as Public Intellectual: A Case for Selling Pareto Improvements
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2001, 27, (2), 221-225 View citations (3)

2000

11. Does Growing Inequality Harm the Middle Class?
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2000, 26, (3), 253-264 View citations (12)
12. Why Is Cost-Benefit Analysis So Controversial?
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2000, 29, (2), 913-30 View citations (15)

1997

13. The Frame of Reference as a Public Good
    Economic Journal, 1997, 107, (445), 1832-47 View citations (223)

1996

14. Do Economists Make Bad Citizens?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (1), 187-192 View citations (98)
15. The Political Economy of Preference Falsification: Timur Kuran's Private Truths, Public Lies
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1996, 34, (1), 115-123 View citations (5)

1993

16. Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1993, 7, (2), 159-171 View citations (418)
17. Wages, seniority, and the demand for rising consumption profiles
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1993, 21, (3), 251-276 View citations (85)

1992

18. Melding Sociology and Economics: James Coleman's Foundations of Social Theory
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1992, 30, (1), 147-70 View citations (12)

1989

19. Frames of Reference and the Quality of Life
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 80-85 View citations (42)
20. If Homo Economicus Could Choose His Own Utility Function, Would He Want One with a Conscience? Reply
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (3), 594-96 View citations (9)

1988

21. The functional role of preferences
    Journal of Behavioral Economics, 1988, 17, (1), 7-18 View citations (1)

1987

22. If Homo Economicus Could Choose His Own Utility Function, Would He Want One with a Conscience?
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (4), 593-604 View citations (321)

1985

23. The Demand for Unobservable and Other Nonpositional Goods
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (1), 101-16 View citations (498)

1984

24. Are Workers Paid Their Marginal Products?
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (4), 549-71 View citations (202)
25. Interdependent Preferences and the Competitive Wage Structure
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1984, 15, (4), 510-520 View citations (89)

1982

26. When are price differentials discriminatory?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1982, 2, (2), 238-255

1978

27. Family Location Constraints and the Geographic Distribution of Female Professionals
    Journal of Political Economy, 1978, 86, (1), 117-30 View citations (19)
28. How Long Is a Spell of Unemployment?
    Econometrica, 1978, 46, (2), 285-302 View citations (7)
29. The Distribution of the Unemployment Burden: Do the Last Hired Leave First?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1978, 60, (3), 380-91 View citations (1)
30. Why Women Earn Less: The Theory and Estimation of Differential Overqualification
    American Economic Review, 1978, 68, (3), 360-73 View citations (140)

1975

31. The effect of unemployment dispersion on the rate of wage inflation
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1975, 1, (2), 241-249

Books

1993

1. Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (6)

Chapters

1996

1. Consumption Externalities and the Financing of Social Services
   A chapter in Individual and Social Responsibility: Child Care, Education, Medical Care, and Long-Term Care in America, 1996, pp 173-194 View citations (1)

1993

2. The Growing Concentration of Top Students at Elite Schools
   A chapter in Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education, 1993, pp 121-144 View citations (16)