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Working Papers

2007

1. The Slippery Slope of Concession
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF CONCESSION, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2009) View citations (5) (2009)

2005

2. Truthful Signalling, The Heritability Paradox, and the Malthusian Equi-Marginal Principle
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Truthful signalling, the heritability paradox, and the Malthusian equi-marginal principle, Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2003

3. The Truthful Signalling Hypothesis: An Economic Approach
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (2)
   Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (2002) View citations (3)

2002

4. Peace Or War: An Economic Approach to Appeasement
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

2001

5. The Bioeconomic Causes of War
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (3)
   Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1998) View citations (16)
   See also Journal Article The bioeconomic causes of war, Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (1999) (1999)

2000

6. Appeasement: Can It Work?
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Appeasement: Can It Work?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2001) View citations (10) (2001)
7. Game-Theoretic Interpretations of Commitment
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)

1999

8. Truth and the Legal Battle
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)

1998

9. An experimental evaluation of weakest link/best shot models of public goods
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (1)
   Also in University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics (1987)
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1988) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article An Experimental Evaluation of Weakest Link/Best Shot Models of Public Goods, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1989) View citations (125) (1989)
10. There are many evolutionary pathways to cooperation
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1997

11. Do the Richer get Richer and the Poor Poorer? Experimental Tests of a Model of Power
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Do the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Poorer? Experimental Tests of a Model of Power, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1998) View citations (85) (1998)
12. Stability of Anarchic Societies
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
13. The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)

1996

14. The Legal Battle
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)

1995

15. Experimental Tests of the Paradox of Power
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
16. Theorizing About Conflict
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (82)
    See also Chapter Theorizing about conflict, Handbook of Defense Economics, Elsevier (1995) View citations (76) (1995)

1993

17. Cooperation, Conflict, and All That
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
18. The Dark Side of the Force
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (11)
    See also Book The Dark Side of the Force, Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2001) View citations (193) (2001)

1992

19. Anarchy and Its Breakdown
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Anarchy and Its Breakdown, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1995) View citations (429) (1995)
20. Selection, Mutation, and the Preservation of Diversity in Evolutionary Games
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (4)
21. The Affections and the Passions: Their Economic Logic
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1991

22. Disaster and Recovery
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)

1990

23. Are Equilibrium Strategies Unaffected by Incentives
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Are Equilibrium Strategies Unaffected by Incentives?, Journal of Theoretical Politics (1992) (1992)
24. The Determinants of Power
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)
25. The Technology of Conflict as an Economic Activity
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Technology of Conflict as an Economic Activity, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1991) View citations (145) (1991)

1989

26. Investment Decision Criteria - Public Decisions
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
27. The Limits of Reciprocity: Solution Concepts and Reactive Strategies in Evolutionary Equilibrium Models
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (4)

1988

28. Conflict and Rent-Seeking: Ratio Vs. Difference Models
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1987

29. Comments on Gordon Tullock's THE ECONOMICS OF CONFLICT
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
30. The Analytics of Continuing Conflict
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)

1985

31. Conflict and Settlement*
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
32. Investment Decision Criteria*
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
33. Protocol, Payoff, and Equilibrium: Game Theory and Social Modelling
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)

1984

34. On the Emotions as Guarantors of Threats and Promises
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (5)
35. The Economic Approach to Conflict
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
36. The Voluntary Provision of Public Goods- Descending-Weight Social Composition Functions
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
37. Two Models of Speculation and Information
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)

1982

38. Alternative Social Composition Fucntions and the Voluntary Provisions of Public Goods
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
39. Alternative Social Composition Functions and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
40. The Fisher Equation Under Uncertainty: Real Risk Versus Money Risk
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1981

41. Scarcity, Self-Interest, Spontaneous Order
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1980

42. Evolutionary Models in Economics and Law: Cooperation Versus Conflict Strategies
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)

1979

43. Privacy: Its Origin, Funstion, and Future
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
44. The Analytics of Uncertainty and Information- An Expository Survey
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (80)
    See also Journal Article The Analytics of Uncertainty and Information-An Expository Survey, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (1979) View citations (79) (1979)
45. Uncertainty and Information in Economics
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (3)

1978

46. Elements of the Theory of Auctions and Contests
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (16)
47. Natural Economy Versus Political Economy
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (31)
    Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1978) View citations (30)

1977

48. Economics from a Biological Viewpoint
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (138)
    See also Journal Article Economics from a Biological Viewpoint, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1977) View citations (137) (1977)

1976

49. Economics and Sociobiology
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
50. The New Economics of Information
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
51. The Theory of Specualtion Under Alternative Regimes of Markets
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1975)
    See also Journal Article The Theory of Speculation under Alternative Regimes of Markets, Journal of Finance, American Finance Association (1977) View citations (20) (1977)

1973

52. Exchange Theory- The Missing Chapter
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (7)
53. Speculation and Equilibrium:Information,Risk,and Markets
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Speculation and Equilibrium: Information, Risk, and Markets, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1975) View citations (51) (1975)
54. Speculation and Information in Securities Markets
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)

1972

55. Social Time- Preference
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1972)
56. Where are we in tyhe Theory of Information
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Where Are We in the Theory of Information?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1973) View citations (52) (1973)

1968

57. Préférence sociale à l'égard du temps
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Journal Articles

2009

1. THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF CONCESSION
   Economic Inquiry, 2009, 47, (2), 197-205 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper The Slippery Slope of Concession, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2007) View citations (2) (2007)

2008

2. Truthful signalling, the heritability paradox, and the Malthusian equi-marginal principle
   Theoretical Population Biology, 2008, 73, (1), 11-23 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Truthful Signalling, The Heritability Paradox, and the Malthusian Equi-Marginal Principle, UCLA Economics Working Papers (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2004

3. The Bioeconomics of Social Behavior: Introduction
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2004, 6, (1), 1-2 View citations (1)

2001

4. Appeasement: Can It Work?
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 342-346 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Appeasement: Can It Work?, UCLA Economics Working Papers (2000) (2000)
5. Truth, Effort, and the Legal Battle
   Public Choice, 2001, 108, (1-2), 169-95 View citations (68)

2000

6. The Macrotechnology of Conflict
   Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2000, 44, (6), 773-792 View citations (18)

1999

7. The bioeconomic causes of war
   Managerial and Decision Economics, 1999, 19, (7-8), 457-466
   See also Working Paper The Bioeconomic Causes of War, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2001) View citations (3) (2001)

1998

8. Do the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Poorer? Experimental Tests of a Model of Power
   American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (4), 970-83 View citations (85)
   See also Working Paper Do the Richer get Richer and the Poor Poorer? Experimental Tests of a Model of Power, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1997) (1997)

1995

9. Anarchy and Its Breakdown
   Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (1), 26-52 View citations (429)
   See also Working Paper Anarchy and Its Breakdown, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1992) (1992)

1994

10. ECONOMICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1994, 12, (2), 1-20
11. The Dark Side of the Force: Western Economic Association International 1993 Presidential Address
    Economic Inquiry, 1994, 32, (1), 1-10 View citations (16)

1993

12. The Affections and the Passions
    Rationality and Society, 1993, 5, (2), 185-202 View citations (10)

1992

13. Are Equilibrium Strategies Unaffected by Incentives?
    Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1992, 4, (3), 353-367
    See also Working Paper Are Equilibrium Strategies Unaffected by Incentives, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1990) View citations (2) (1990)
14. The Limits of Reciprocity Reaffirmed
    Rationality and Society, 1992, 4, (2), 239-242

1991

15. THE PARADOX OF POWER*
    Economics and Politics, 1991, 3, (3), 177-200 View citations (267)
    See also Chapter The Paradox of Power, Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, 2008, 1, Part 1, 127-137 (2008) View citations (1) (2008)
16. The Limits of Reciprocity
    Rationality and Society, 1991, 3, (1), 35-64 View citations (20)
17. The Technology of Conflict as an Economic Activity
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 130-34 View citations (145)
    See also Working Paper The Technology of Conflict as an Economic Activity, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1990) View citations (1) (1990)

1989

18. An Experimental Evaluation of Weakest Link/Best Shot Models of Public Goods
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (1), 201-25 View citations (125)
    See also Working Paper An experimental evaluation of weakest link/best shot models of public goods, Levine's Working Paper Archive (1998) View citations (1) (1998)
19. Conflict and rent-seeking success functions: Ratio vs. difference models of relative success
    Public Choice, 1989, 63, (2), 101-112 View citations (504)
    See also Chapter Conflict and rent-seeking success functions: Ratio vs. difference models of relative success, Springer Books, 1989, 251-262 (1989) View citations (2) (1989)

1988

20. What Strategies Can Support the Evolutionary Emergence of Cooperation?
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1988, 32, (2), 367-398 View citations (33)

1985

21. From weakest-link to best-shot: Correction
    Public Choice, 1985, 46, (2), 221-223 View citations (28)
22. The Expanding Domain of Economics
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (6), 53-68 View citations (96)

1983

23. From weakest-link to best-shot: The voluntary provision of public goods
    Public Choice, 1983, 41, (3), 371-386 View citations (350)

1981

24. Comment on 'It pays to do good, but not to do more good than it pays: A note on the survival of altruism' by R. Wintrobe
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1981, 2, (4), 387-387

1979

25. The Analytics of Uncertainty and Information-An Expository Survey
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1979, 17, (4), 1375-1421 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper The Analytics of Uncertainty and Information- An Expository Survey, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1979) View citations (80) (1979)

1978

26. Competition, Cooperation, and Conflict in Economics and Biology
    American Economic Review, 1978, 68, (2), 238-43 View citations (43)

1977

27. Economics from a Biological Viewpoint
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1977, 20, (1), 1-52 View citations (137)
    See also Working Paper Economics from a Biological Viewpoint, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1977) View citations (138) (1977)
28. Shakespeare vs. Becker on Altruism: The Importance of Having the Last Word
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1977, 15, (2), 500-502 View citations (44)
29. The Theory of Speculation under Alternative Regimes of Markets
    Journal of Finance, 1977, 32, (4), 975-99 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper The Theory of Specualtion Under Alternative Regimes of Markets, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1976) (1976)

1976

30. Reply to Comments on "Speculation and Equilibrium: Information, Risk, and Markets"
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1976, 90, (4), 689-696 View citations (3)
31. Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1976, 19, (2), 241-44 View citations (2)

1975

32. Speculation and Equilibrium: Information, Risk, and Markets
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1975, 89, (4), 519-542 View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper Speculation and Equilibrium:Information,Risk,and Markets, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1973) (1973)

1973

33. Where Are We in the Theory of Information?
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (2), 31-39 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper Where are we in tyhe Theory of Information, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1972) (1972)

1971

34. The Private and Social Value of Information and the Reward to Inventive Activity
    American Economic Review, 1971, 61, (4), 561-74 View citations (697)

1969

35. On Multiple Rates of Return: Comment
    Journal of Finance, 1969, 24, (1), 98 View citations (1)

1967

36. A Note on the Bohm-Bawerk/Wicksell Theory of Interest
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1967, 34, (2), 191-199 View citations (2)

1966

37. Investment Decision Under Uncertainty: Applications of the State-Preference Approach
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1966, 80, (2), 252-277 View citations (53)

1965

38. Investment Decision under Uncertainty: Choice—Theoretic Approaches
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1965, 79, (4), 509-536 View citations (26)

1961

39. The Bayesian Approach to Statistical Decision An Exposition
    The Journal of Business, 1961, 34, 471 View citations (1)
40. The Firm's Cost Function: A Successful Reconstruction?
    The Journal of Business, 1961, 35, 235

1959

41. Peak Loads and Efficient Pricing: A Prior Contribution
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1959, 73, (3), 497-498 View citations (2)

1958

42. On the Theory of Optimal Investment Decision
    Journal of Political Economy, 1958, 66, (4), 329 View citations (98)
43. Peak Loads and Efficient Pricing: Comment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1958, 72, (3), 451-462 View citations (17)

1957

44. Feather River Water for Southern California
    Land Economics, 1957, 33, (3), 198-209 View citations (1)
45. Feather River Water: A Rejoinder
    Land Economics, 1957, 33, (4), 359-360

1956

46. On the Economics of Transfer Pricing
    The Journal of Business, 1956, 29, 172 View citations (136)

1955

47. The Exchange Between Quantity and Quality
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1955, 69, (4), 596-606 View citations (3)

Books

2014

1. The Analytics of Uncertainty and Information
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2014)

2005

2. Price Theory and Applications
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (51)

2001

3. The Dark Side of the Force
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (193)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2001) View citations (192)
   See also Working Paper The Dark Side of the Force, UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1993) View citations (11) (1993)

1987

4. Economic Behaviour in Adversity
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (44)

Chapters

2008

1. The Paradox of Power
   Elsevier View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article THE PARADOX OF POWER*, Wiley Blackwell (1991) View citations (267) (1991)

1995

2. Theorizing about conflict
   Chapter 07 in Handbook of Defense Economics, 1995, vol. 1, pp 165-189 View citations (76)
   See also Working Paper Theorizing About Conflict, UCLA Department of Economics (1995) View citations (82) (1995)

1989

3. Conflict and rent-seeking success functions: Ratio vs. difference models of relative success
   Springer View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Conflict and rent-seeking success functions: Ratio vs. difference models of relative success, Springer (1989) View citations (504) (1989)