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Working Papers

2021

1. Limiting the Leader: Fairness Concerns in Team Production with Leader-Determined Monitoring
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University
2. Reputation and Market Structure in Experimental Platforms
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University
   See also Journal Article Reputation and market structure in experimental platforms, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2023) (2023)

2020

3. The Robustness of Lemons in Experimental Markets
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University View citations (1)
   See also Chapter The Robustness of Lemons in Experimental Markets, Research in Experimental Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2022) (2022)

2014

4. Network Monitoring and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University View citations (1)
5. 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 (58)

2011

6. 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 Just the Facts Ma’am: A Case Study of the Reversal of Corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department, Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan (2013) (2013)

2010

7. 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)
8. 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 Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1988) View citations (539) (1988)

2008

9. 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 INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR AND BIDDING HETEROGENEITY IN SEALED BID AUCTIONS WHERE THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS IS UNKNOWN, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2012) View citations (12) (2012)
10. Individual Behavior In Auctions with Price Proportional Benefits
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, Florida State University View citations (2)

2004

11. A Theory of Jump Bidding in Ascending Auctions
    Game Theory and Information, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article A theory of jump bidding in ascending auctions, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2007) View citations (38) (2007)

1987

12. 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 Theories and Tests of "Blind Bidding" in Sealed-Bid Auctions, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1989) View citations (38) (1989)

1980

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

1979

14. 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 Fuel Cost Adjustment Mechanisms and the Regulated Utility Facing Uncertain Fuel Prices, Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1982) View citations (6) (1982)
15. 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 Petroleum Price Controls When Information Is a Joint Product, Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press (1980) (1980)

1978

16. 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 The inherent disadvantage of the presidential party in midterm congressional elections, Public Choice, Springer (1981) View citations (2) (1981)

Undated

17. 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
18. Demand-Revealing Mechanisms for Private Good Auctions
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
19. Price Controls and the Behavior of Auction Markets: An Experimental Examination
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Price Controls and the Behavior of Auction Markets: An Experimental Examination, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1981) View citations (48) (1981)
20. Public Goods Provision in an Experimental Environment
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Public goods provision in an experimental environment, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1985) View citations (257) (1985)
21. The Allocation of Landing Rights by Unanimity among Competitors
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article The Allocation of Landing Rights by Unanimity among Competitors, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1981) View citations (38) (1981)
22. The Opportunity for Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade: An Experimental Study
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article The opportunity for conspiracy in restraint of trade: An experimental study, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (1981) View citations (30) (1981)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Limiting the leader: Fairness concerns and opportunism in team production
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 218, (C), 209-244 View citations (1)

2023

2. Reputation and market structure in experimental platforms
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, (C), 528-559
   See also Working Paper Reputation and Market Structure in Experimental Platforms, Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2020

3. Cooperation, contributor types, and control questions
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2020, 85, (C) View citations (4)
4. Introduction to the Special Issue: Insights from Experiments for Public Economics and Public Policy
   Public Finance Review, 2020, 48, (6), 711-713

2019

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

2018

6. Improving Environmental Quality Through Aid: An Experimental Analysis of Aid Structures With Heterogeneous Agents
   Ecological Economics, 2018, 146, (C), 435-446 View citations (2)

2016

7. Asymmetric network monitoring and punishment in public goods experiments
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 132, (PA), 26-41 View citations (16)
8. Can buyer “mobility” reduce aggregation failures in land-assembly?
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2016, 95, (C), 16-30 View citations (4)

2015

9. 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
10. 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 (18)

2013

11. Endogenous institutions and the possibility of reverse crowding out
    Public Choice, 2013, 156, (1), 253-284 View citations (15)

2012

12. Experts with a conflict of interest: a source of ambiguity?
    Experimental Economics, 2012, 15, (2), 260-277 View citations (1)
13. Holdout: Existence, Information, and Contingent Contracting
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2012, 55, (4), 793 - 814 View citations (11)
14. 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 (12)
    See also Working Paper Individual Behaavior and Bidding Heterogeneity in Sealed Bid Auctions Where the Number of Bidders is Unknown, Working Papers (2008) View citations (5) (2008)

2011

15. 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)
16. Rent seeking in groups
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2011, 29, (1), 116-125 View citations (90)

2010

17. Do preferences for charitable giving help auctioneers?
    Experimental Economics, 2010, 13, (1), 14-44 View citations (12)

2009

18. Coming and going: Experiments on endogenous group sizes for excludable public goods
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (1-2), 336-351 View citations (88)

2008

19. Endogenous Group Formation
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2008, 10, (2), 171-194 View citations (90)

2007

20. A theory of jump bidding in ascending auctions
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2007, 62, (1), 144-164 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper A Theory of Jump Bidding in Ascending Auctions, Game Theory and Information (2004) View citations (13) (2004)

2005

21. An experimental test of alternative models of bidding in ascending auctions
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2005, 33, (2), 287-313 View citations (24)
22. Silent Auctions in the Field and in the Laboratory
    Economic Inquiry, 2005, 43, (4), 715-733 View citations (19)

2003

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

2000

24. Asset Markets: How They Are Affected by Tournament Incentives for Individuals
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (4), 995-1004 View citations (52)
25. Experiments with the Pivot Process for Providing Public Goods
    Public Choice, 2000, 102, (1-2), 95-114 View citations (62)
26. Just Who Are You Calling Risk Averse?
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 20, (2), 177-87 View citations (139)
27. Robustness of the Incentive Compatible Combinatorial Auction
    Experimental Economics, 2000, 3, (1), 31-53 View citations (15)

1998

28. Absolute and relative rewards for individuals in team production
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 1998, 19, (4-5), 299-310 View citations (27)
29. Nash as an Organizing Principle in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Experimental Evidence
    Experimental Economics, 1998, 1, (3), 191-206 View citations (63)

1995

30. Heterogenous Demand for Public Goods: Behavior in the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
    Public Choice, 1995, 85, (3-4), 249-66 View citations (100)

1994

31. 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 (326)

1992

32. Schumpeterian competition in experimental markets
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 17, (1), 59-100 View citations (33)
33. Stochastic Innovation and Product Market Organization
    Economic Theory, 1992, 2, (4), 525-45 View citations (8)

1991

34. Institutional framing and perceptions of fairness
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1991, 2, (3), 329-370 View citations (23)
35. Price Cap Regulation: A Case Study of Some Pitfalls of Implementation
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1991, 3, (2), 193-210 View citations (15)

1989

36. Book Review - Regulation and Market
    The Energy Journal, 1989, Volume 10, (Number 4)
37. 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
38. The assurance problem in a laboratory market
    Public Choice, 1989, 62, (3), 217-236 View citations (141)
39. Theories and Tests of "Blind Bidding" in Sealed-Bid Auctions
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1989, 20, (2), 214-238 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Theories and Tests of (Blind Bidding) in Sealed Bid Auctions, Working Papers (1987) (1987)

1988

40. Appropriability and Market Structure in a Stochastic Invention Model
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1988, 103, (4), 647-671 View citations (32)
41. Communication and Free-Riding Behavior: The Voluntary Contribution Mechanism
    Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (4), 585-608 View citations (379)
42. Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1988, 103, (1), 179-199 View citations (539)
    See also Working Paper Group size effects in public goods provision: The voluntary contribution mechanism, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2010) View citations (12) (2010)

1987

43. Cooperative institutions for information sharing in the oil industry
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1987, 14, (3), 191-211 View citations (1)
44. Mechanisms for Incentive Regulation: Theory and Experiment
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (3), 348-359 View citations (9)
45. 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

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

1985

47. In Search of Predatory Pricing
    Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 93, (2), 320-45 View citations (31)
48. Information and conspiracy in sealed bid auctions
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1985, 6, (2), 139-159 View citations (90)
49. Public goods provision in an experimental environment
    Journal of Public Economics, 1985, 26, (1), 51-74 View citations (257)
    See also Working Paper Public Goods Provision in an Experimental Environment, Working Papers

1984

50. Divergent evidence on free riding: An experimental examination of possible explanations
    Public Choice, 1984, 43, (2), 113-149 View citations (332)
51. In Search of the Winner's Curse
    Economic Inquiry, 1984, 22, (4), 579-92 View citations (10)
52. Market Contestability in the Presence of Sunk (Entry) Costs
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1984, 15, (1), 69-84 View citations (14)
53. Natural Monopoly and Contested Markets: Some Experimental Results
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1984, 27, (1), 91-113 View citations (17)
54. The effects of market organization on conspiracies in restraint of trade
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (2), 191-222 View citations (61)

1982

55. Fuel Cost Adjustment Mechanisms and the Regulated Utility Facing Uncertain Fuel Prices
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13, (1), 158-169 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Fuel Cost Adjustment Mechanisms and the Regulated Utility Facing Uncertain Fuel Prices, Working Papers (1979) (1979)

1981

56. Price Controls and the Behavior of Auction Markets: An Experimental Examination
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (3), 448-59 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Price Controls and the Behavior of Auction Markets: An Experimental Examination, Working Papers
57. The Allocation of Landing Rights by Unanimity among Competitors
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (2), 166-71 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper The Allocation of Landing Rights by Unanimity among Competitors, Working Papers
58. 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 The Inherent Disadvantage of the Presidential Party in Midterm Congressional Elections, Working Papers (1978) (1978)
59. The opportunity for conspiracy in restraint of trade: An experimental study
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1981, 2, (1), 1-30 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper The Opportunity for Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade: An Experimental Study, Working Papers

1980

60. Petroleum Price Controls When Information Is a Joint Product
    Land Economics, 1980, 56, (2), 181-187
    See also Working Paper Petroleum Price Controls When Information Is a Joint Product, Working Papers (1979) (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 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 (2011) (2011)

Chapters

2022

1. Introduction
   A chapter in Experimental Law and Economics, 2022, vol. 21, pp 1-9
2. The Robustness of Lemons in Experimental Markets
   A chapter in Experimental Law and Economics, 2022, vol. 21, pp 201-216
   See also Working Paper The Robustness of Lemons in Experimental Markets, Department of Economics, Florida State University (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2013

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

2011

9. Introduction
   A chapter in Experiments on Energy, the Environment, and Sustainability, 2011, pp 1-10

2010

10. Endogenous production technology in a public goods enterprise
    A chapter in Charity with Choice, 2010, pp 131-163 View citations (1)
11. Experiments with public goods: From cooperation to formation
    A chapter in Charity with Choice, 2010, pp 1-11

2008

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

2006

14. Revenue from the Saints, the Showoffs and The Predators: Comparisons of Auctions with Price-preference Values
    A chapter in Experiments Investigating Fundraising and Charitable Contributors, 2006, pp 1-30 View citations (1)
15. Sealed Bid Variations on the Silent Auction
    A chapter in Experiments Investigating Fundraising and Charitable Contributors, 2006, pp 31-46

2002

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

2001

17. Asymmetric benefits in the voluntary contribution mechanism: A boundary experiment
    A chapter in Research in Experimental Economics, 2001, pp 99-115 View citations (2)
18. Experimental economics methods in the large undergraduate classroom: Practical considerations
    A chapter in Research in Experimental Economics, 2001, pp 1-23 View citations (4)

Editor

1. Research in Experimental Economics
   Emerald Group Publishing Limited