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Working Papers

2020

1. Confirmatory Bias in Health Decisions: Evidence from the MMR-Autism Controversy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article Confirmatory bias in health decisions: Evidence from the MMR-autism controversy, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (11) (2020)

2016

2. The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis
   Working Papers, National Taiwan University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis, American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press (2019) View citations (10) (2019)

2014

3. Eliciting Private Information with Noise: The Case of Randomized Response
   Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers, Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University
   See also Journal Article Eliciting private information with noise: The case of randomized response, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2019) View citations (6) (2019)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Shuffling as a Sales Tactic: An Experimental Study of Selling Product Rankings
   Management Science, 2025, 71, (5), 3944-3965

2023

2. Mediated talk: An experiment
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2023, 208, (C) View citations (3)

2022

3. Preferences vs. strategic thinking: An investigation of the causes of overcommunication
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2022, 136, (C), 92-116 View citations (3)

2020

4. Confirmatory bias in health decisions: Evidence from the MMR-autism controversy
   Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, (C) View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Confirmatory Bias in Health Decisions: Evidence from the MMR-Autism Controversy, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (14) (2020)

2019

5. Eliciting private information with noise: The case of randomized response
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2019, 113, (C), 356-380 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Eliciting Private Information with Noise: The Case of Randomized Response, Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers (2014) (2014)
6. The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis
   American Political Science Review, 2019, 113, (1), 55-76 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis, Working Papers (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2018

7. Meaning and credibility in experimental cheap‐talk games
   Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9, (3), 1453-1487 View citations (1)

2017

8. Coordination via correlation: an experimental study
   Economic Theory, 2017, 64, (2), 265-304 View citations (23)

2015

9. An experimental analysis of multidimensional cheap talk
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2015, 91, (C), 114-144 View citations (23)

2014

10. Expert advice for amateurs
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 103, (C), 1-16 View citations (28)

2012

11. Authority and communication in the laboratory
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2012, 74, (2), 541-560 View citations (15)