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Workplace:	Department of Economics, Florida State University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2021

1. Reputation and Market Structure in Experimental Platforms
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University

2020

2. The Robustness of Lemons in Experimental Markets
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University

2014

3. Network Monitoring and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University View citations (1)
4. Risky Curves: On the Empirical Failure of Expected Utility
   Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz View citations (45)

2011

5. Just the Facts Ma'am: A Case Study of the Reversal of Corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University
   See also Book (2013)

2010

6. Group Size and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Experimental Evidence Utilizing Very Large Groups
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (20)
7. Group size effects in public goods provision: The voluntary contribution mechanism
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1988)

2008

8. Individual Behaavior and Bidding Heterogeneity in Sealed Bid Auctions Where the Number of Bidders is Unknown
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2012)
9. Individual Behavior In Auctions with Price Proportional Benefits
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University View citations (2)

2004

10. A Theory of Jump Bidding in Ascending Auctions
    Game Theory and Information, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2007)

1987

11. Theories and Tests of (Blind Bidding) in Sealed Bid Auctions
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1989)

1980

12. Cooperative Institutions for Sharing in the Oil Industry
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

1979

13. Fuel Cost Adjustment Mechanisms and the Regulated Utility Facing Uncertain Fuel Prices
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in Bell Journal of Economics (1982)
14. Petroleum Price Controls When Information Is a Joint Product
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in Land Economics (1980)

1978

15. The Inherent Disadvantage of the Presidential Party in Midterm Congressional Elections
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (1981)

Undated

16. Cooperative Game Models of the Influence of the Closed Rule in Three Person, Majority Rule Committees: Theory and Experiment
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
17. Demand-Revealing Mechanisms for Private Good Auctions
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences View citations (2)
18. Price Controls and the Behavior of Auction Markets: An Experimental Examination
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1981)
19. Public Goods Provision in an Experimental Environment
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1985)
20. The Allocation of Landing Rights by Unanimity among Competitors
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1981)
21. The Opportunity for Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade: An Experimental Study
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (1981)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Cooperation, contributor types, and control questions
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2020, 85, (C)
2. Introduction to the Special Issue: Insights from Experiments for Public Economics and Public Policy
   Public Finance Review, 2020, 48, (6), 711-713

2019

3. A new experimental mechanism to investigate polarized demands for public goods: the effects of censoring
   Experimental Economics, 2019, 22, (3), 585-609

2018

4. Improving Environmental Quality Through Aid: An Experimental Analysis of Aid Structures With Heterogeneous Agents
   Ecological Economics, 2018, 146, (C), 435-446 View citations (1)

2016

5. Asymmetric network monitoring and punishment in public goods experiments
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 132, (PA), 26-41 View citations (9)
6. Can buyer “mobility” reduce aggregation failures in land-assembly?
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2016, 95, (C), 16-30 View citations (2)

2015

7. In Honor of Elinor “Lin” Ostrom: The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Department of Political Science, Indiana University
   Experimental Economics, 2015, 18, (1), 1-3
8. The pay-what-you-want business model: Warm glow revenues and endogenous price discrimination
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2015, 57, (C), 215-223 View citations (10)

2013

9. Endogenous institutions and the possibility of reverse crowding out
   Public Choice, 2013, 156, (1), 253-284 View citations (11)

2012

10. Experts with a conflict of interest: a source of ambiguity?
    Experimental Economics, 2012, 15, (2), 260-277 View citations (1)
11. Holdout: Existence, Information, and Contingent Contracting
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2012, 55, (4), 793 - 814 View citations (9)
12. INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR AND BIDDING HETEROGENEITY IN SEALED BID AUCTIONS WHERE THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS IS UNKNOWN
    Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (2), 516-533 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2011

13. Rebecca B. Morton, Kenneth C. Williams: Experimental political science and the study of causality: from nature to the lab
    Public Choice, 2011, 148, (1), 263-264 View citations (1)
14. Rent seeking in groups
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2011, 29, (1), 116-125 View citations (80)

2010

15. Do preferences for charitable giving help auctioneers?
    Experimental Economics, 2010, 13, (1), 14-44 View citations (11)

2009

16. Coming and going: Experiments on endogenous group sizes for excludable public goods
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (1-2), 336-351 View citations (81)

2008

17. Endogenous Group Formation
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2008, 10, (2), 171-194 View citations (79)

2007

18. A theory of jump bidding in ascending auctions
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2007, 62, (1), 144-164 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2005

19. An experimental test of alternative models of bidding in ascending auctions
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2005, 33, (2), 287-313 View citations (22)
20. Silent Auctions in the Field and in the Laboratory
    Economic Inquiry, 2005, 43, (4), 715-733 View citations (18)

2003

21. Boundaries of the Tournament Pricing Effect in Asset Markets: Evidence from Experimental Markets
    Southern Economic Journal, 2003, 69, (4), 936-951

2000

22. Asset Markets: How They Are Affected by Tournament Incentives for Individuals
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (4), 995-1004 View citations (35)
23. Experiments with the Pivot Process for Providing Public Goods
    Public Choice, 2000, 102, (1-2), 95-114 View citations (54)
24. Just Who Are You Calling Risk Averse?
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 20, (2), 177-87 View citations (120)
25. Robustness of the Incentive Compatible Combinatorial Auction
    Experimental Economics, 2000, 3, (1), 31-53 View citations (14)

1998

26. Absolute and relative rewards for individuals in team production
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 1998, 19, (4-5), 299-310 View citations (24)
27. Nash as an Organizing Principle in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Experimental Evidence
    Experimental Economics, 1998, 1, (3), 191-206 View citations (50)

1995

28. Heterogenous Demand for Public Goods: Behavior in the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
    Public Choice, 1995, 85, (3-4), 249-66 View citations (79)

1994

29. Group size and the voluntary provision of public goods: Experimental evidence utilizing large groups
    Journal of Public Economics, 1994, 54, (1), 1-36 View citations (264)

1992

30. Schumpeterian competition in experimental markets
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 17, (1), 59-100 View citations (32)
31. Stochastic Innovation and Product Market Organization
    Economic Theory, 1992, 2, (4), 525-45 View citations (5)

1991

32. Institutional framing and perceptions of fairness
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1991, 2, (3), 329-370 View citations (21)
33. Price Cap Regulation: A Case Study of Some Pitfalls of Implementation
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1991, 3, (2), 193-210 View citations (13)

1989

34. Book Review - Regulation and Market
    The Energy Journal, 1989, Volume 10, (Number 4)
35. Price level regulation for diversified public utilities: Jordan Jay Millman and Ronald R. Braeutigam, (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1989)
    Information Economics and Policy, 1989, 4, (3), 271-273
36. The assurance problem in a laboratory market
    Public Choice, 1989, 62, (3), 217-236 View citations (130)
37. Theories and Tests of "Blind Bidding" in Sealed-Bid Auctions
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1989, 20, (2), 214-238 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1988

38. Appropriability and Market Structure in a Stochastic Invention Model
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1988, 103, (4), 647-671 View citations (33)
39. Communication and Free-Riding Behavior: The Voluntary Contribution Mechanism
    Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (4), 585-608 View citations (332)
40. Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1988, 103, (1), 179-199 View citations (457)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

1987

41. Cooperative institutions for information sharing in the oil industry
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1987, 14, (3), 191-211 View citations (1)
42. Mechanisms for Incentive Regulation: Theory and Experiment
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (3), 348-359 View citations (8)
43. The value of information in resource exploration: The interaction of strategic plays and institutional rules
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1987, 14, (4), 313-322 View citations (6)

1986

44. In Search of the Winner's Curse: Reply
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (3), 517-20 View citations (1)

1985

45. In Search of Predatory Pricing
    Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 93, (2), 320-45 View citations (31)
46. Information and conspiracy in sealed bid auctions
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1985, 6, (2), 139-159 View citations (87)
47. Public goods provision in an experimental environment
    Journal of Public Economics, 1985, 26, (1), 51-74 View citations (244)
    See also Working Paper

1984

48. Divergent evidence on free riding: An experimental examination of possible explanations
    Public Choice, 1984, 43, (2), 113-149 View citations (296)
49. In Search of the Winner's Curse
    Economic Inquiry, 1984, 22, (4), 579-92 View citations (10)
50. Market Contestability in the Presence of Sunk (Entry) Costs
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1984, 15, (1), 69-84 View citations (14)
51. Natural Monopoly and Contested Markets: Some Experimental Results
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1984, 27, (1), 91-113 View citations (16)
52. The effects of market organization on conspiracies in restraint of trade
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (2), 191-222 View citations (51)

1982

53. Fuel Cost Adjustment Mechanisms and the Regulated Utility Facing Uncertain Fuel Prices
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13, (1), 158-169 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (1979)

1981

54. Price Controls and the Behavior of Auction Markets: An Experimental Examination
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (3), 448-59 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper
55. The Allocation of Landing Rights by Unanimity among Competitors
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (2), 166-71 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper
56. The inherent disadvantage of the presidential party in midterm congressional elections
    Public Choice, 1981, 36, (1), 141-146 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1978)
57. The opportunity for conspiracy in restraint of trade: An experimental study
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1981, 2, (1), 1-30 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper

1980

58. Petroleum Price Controls When Information Is a Joint Product
    Land Economics, 1980, 56, (2), 181-187
    See also Working Paper (1979)

Books

2013

1. Just the Facts Ma’am: A Case Study of the Reversal of Corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department
   Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan
   See also Working Paper (2011)

Edited books

2014

1. Experiments in Financial Economics, vol 16
   Research in Experimental Economics, Emerald Publishing Ltd

Chapters

2013

1. A Brief History of Los Angeles: Conditions for Institutional Change
   Palgrave Macmillan
2. Appendix
   Palgrave Macmillan
3. Application to Economic Development
   Palgrave Macmillan
4. Corruption Reform, Equilibrium Selection, and the Institutional Entrepreneur
   Palgrave Macmillan
5. Essential Components of the Success of Parker’s Reforms
   Palgrave Macmillan
6. Introduction
   Palgrave Macmillan

2008

7. Experiments in Decentralized Monopoly Restraint
   Elsevier
8. Procurement Contracting
   Elsevier View citations (7)

2002

9. Cooperation in public-goods experiments: kindness or confusion?
   Chapter 17 in Market Failure or Success, 2002

Editor

1. Research in Experimental Economics
   Emerald Publishing Ltd
2. Research in Experimental Economics
   Emerald Publishing Ltd