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Working Papers

2021

1. Measuring a Contract’s Breadth: A Text Analysis
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Mercatus Center

2020

2. Blaming The Ref: Understanding the Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Family Violence
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University
3. Consolidation of Prosecutor Offices
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in Working Papers, Laboratoire Lieux, Identités, eSpaces et Activités (LISA) (2017) View citations (1)

2019

4. Intergroup inequality and the breakdown of prosociality
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Intergroup inequality and the breakdown of prosociality, Economics of Governance, Springer (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2016

5. A Lasting Effect of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Orphans and Pro-Social Behavior
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University
6. Do Psychological Traits Explain Differences in Free Riding?
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University View citations (2)
7. Economic freedom and public, non-market institutions: evidence from criminal prosecution
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University (2015)
   See also Journal Article Economic freedom and public, non-market institutions: evidence from criminal prosecution, Economics of Governance, Springer (2017) View citations (4) (2017)
8. Endogenous Competence and a Limit to the Condorcet Jury Theorem
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University View citations (13)
   See also Journal Article Endogenous competence and a limit to the Condorcet Jury Theorem, Public Choice, Springer (2016) View citations (13) (2016)
9. Honest Abe or Doc Holliday? Bluffing in Bargaining
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University
10. Intergroup Solidarity and Local Public Goods Provision: An Experiment
    Working Papers, LAMETA, Universtiy of Montpellier View citations (1)
11. The Impact of Microfinance on Pro-Social Behaviors: Experimental Evidence of Public Goods Contributions in Uganda
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University View citations (3)
12. Theory of Mind Predicts Cooperative Behavior
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University
    See also Journal Article Theory of Mind predicts cooperative behavior, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2015

13. Bargaining in the Shadow of Arbitration
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University View citations (9)
    Also in Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia (2013) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Bargaining in the shadow of arbitration, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
14. Contracts and Trust
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University
15. Evidence of marginal deterrence: Kidnapping and murder in Italy
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Evidence of marginal deterrence: Kidnapping and murder in Italy, International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
16. Financial Competence, Overconfidence, and Trusting Investments: Results from an Experiment
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University View citations (2)
17. Leadership and Motivation for Public Goods Contributions
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Leadership and motivation for public goods contributions, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society (2018) View citations (9) (2018)
18. Ransom Kidnapping
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
19. Replacement Referees and NFL Betting Markets
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University
    See also Journal Article REPLACEMENT REFEREES AND NFL BETTING MARKETS, Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, University of Buckingham Press (2015) (2015)
20. Role of Personality Style on Bargaining Outcomes
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University
    See also Journal Article Role of personality style on bargaining outcomes, International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2014

21. Queuing Up For Justice: Elections and Case Backlogs
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (4)
22. Understanding Ransom Kidnappings and Their Duration
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Understanding Ransom Kidnappings and Their Duration, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

2013

23. A Note on Marginal Deterrence: Evidence
    Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia

2012

24. Understanding Ransom Kidnapping and Its Duration
    Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia View citations (4)

2011

25. The Effect of the Election of Prosecutors on Criminal Trials
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials, Public Choice, Springer (2014) View citations (25) (2014)
26. The Redistricting of Public Prosecutors' Offices
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

2010

27. Prosecutorial Retention: Signaling by Trial
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Prosecutorial Retention: Signaling by Trial, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
28. Re-election Concerns and the Failure of Plea Bargaining
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (1)

2009

29. Do less-violent technologies result in less violence? A theoretical investigation applied to the use of tasers by law enforcement
    Economics Discussion Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Athletics and Admissions: The Impact of the Penn State Football Scandal on Student Quality
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2022, 23, (2), 200-221
2. Behavioral economics and public choice: introduction to a special issue
   Public Choice, 2022, 191, (3), 285-292 View citations (2)

2021

3. Charitable giving for cultural goods: Asymmetric gender responses to votes on tax increases
   Economics Letters, 2021, 204, (C)
4. Do Governors Lead or Follow? Timing of Stay-at-Home Orders
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2021, 47, (4), 506-518 View citations (6)
5. Informational value of challenging an incumbent prosecutor
   Southern Economic Journal, 2021, 88, (2), 568-586 View citations (1)
6. Stay‐at‐home orders were issued earlier in economically unfree states
   Southern Economic Journal, 2021, 87, (4), 1138-1151 View citations (6)

2020

7. Comment on “Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment in Japan: An Analysis Using Nonstationary Time-Series Data”
   Supreme Court Economic Review, 2020, 28, (1), 117 - 122
8. Individual Competence and Committee Decision Making: Experimental Evidence
   Southern Economic Journal, 2020, 86, (4), 1531-1558 View citations (1)
9. Judicial Elections and Criminal Case Outcomes
   The Journal of Legal Studies, 2020, 49, (1), 199 - 242 View citations (3)
10. Psychological game theory in public choice
    Public Choice, 2020, 182, (1), 159-180 View citations (4)
11. Shill bidding and trust
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2020, 26, (C) View citations (4)
12. Wine Descriptions Provide Information: A Text Analysis
    Journal of Wine Economics, 2020, 15, (1), 71-94 View citations (3)

2019

13. Intergroup inequality and the breakdown of prosociality
    Economics of Governance, 2019, 20, (3), 285-303 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Intergroup inequality and the breakdown of prosociality, Post-Print (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
14. Microfinance and Prosocial Behaviors: Experimental Evidence of Public-Good Contributions in Uganda
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2019, 175, (2), 228-257
15. Orphans and Pro‐social Behaviour: Evidence from Uganda
    Journal of International Development, 2019, 31, (6), 495-515 View citations (2)
16. Political competition in judge and prosecutor elections
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 2019, 48, (2), 167-193
17. Readability and research impact
    Economics Letters, 2019, 180, (C), 76-79 View citations (3)
18. “A Million Dollars in Free Advertising” Politics and Sex Offense Prosecution in the Wake of Duke Lacrosse
    Supreme Court Economic Review, 2019, 27, (1), 167 - 187 View citations (3)

2018

19. Arbitration in classical Athens
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2018, 29, (4), 413-423 View citations (3)
20. Contracts and trust: complements or substitutes?
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2018, 14, (5), 811-832 View citations (11)
21. Leadership and motivation for public goods contributions
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 65, (1), 68-96 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Leadership and Motivation for Public Goods Contributions, Working Papers (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
22. Minimum quality standard regulation and entrepreneurial innovation
    Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 2018, 8, (2), 217-225
23. Social norms and cooperation
    International Journal of Economic Theory, 2018, 14, (4), 303-307
24. Taking on the boss: Informative contests in prosecutor elections
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2018, 20, (5), 657-671 View citations (2)

2017

25. Economic freedom and public, non-market institutions: evidence from criminal prosecution
    Economics of Governance, 2017, 18, (2), 107-128 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Economic freedom and public, non-market institutions: evidence from criminal prosecution, Post-Print (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
26. Growth-enhancing economic freedom
    Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2017, 9, (02), 209-224 View citations (3)
27. Judicial Compensation and Performance
    Supreme Court Economic Review, 2017, 25, (1), 129 - 147 View citations (3)
28. Role of personality style on bargaining outcomes
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2017, 44, (9), 1166-1196 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Role of Personality Style on Bargaining Outcomes, Working Papers (2015) (2015)
29. Theory of Mind predicts cooperative behavior
    Economics Letters, 2017, 155, (C), 1-4 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Theory of Mind Predicts Cooperative Behavior, Working Papers (2016) (2016)
30. Who pays taxes? Liturgies and the Antidosis procedure in Ancient Athens
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28, (4), 407-421 View citations (2)

2016

31. Endogenous competence and a limit to the Condorcet Jury Theorem
    Public Choice, 2016, 169, (1), 1-18 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Endogenous Competence and a Limit to the Condorcet Jury Theorem, Working Papers (2016) View citations (13) (2016)
32. Public Outcry and Police Behavior
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2016, 16, (2), 619-645 View citations (7)

2015

33. Bargaining in the shadow of arbitration
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 117, (C), 356-368 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Bargaining in the Shadow of Arbitration, Working Papers (2015) View citations (9) (2015)
34. Born for Finance? Experimental Evidence of the Impact of Finance Education
    Journal of Behavioral Finance, 2015, 16, (3), 199-205 View citations (2)
35. Evidence of marginal deterrence: Kidnapping and murder in Italy
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2015, 41, (C), 63-67 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Evidence of marginal deterrence: Kidnapping and murder in Italy, Post-Print (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
36. Prosecutorial Retention: Signaling by Trial
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2015, 17, (2), 219-256 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Prosecutorial Retention: Signaling by Trial, Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (9) (2010)
37. REPLACEMENT REFEREES AND NFL BETTING MARKETS
    Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, 2015, 9, (2), 14-26
    See also Working Paper Replacement Referees and NFL Betting Markets, Working Papers (2015) (2015)
38. The Michael Szenberg Prize for the Best Article Published by the American Economist
    The American Economist, 2015, 60, (2), 97-97

2014

39. Do Economists Play Well with Others? Experimental Evidence on the Relationship Between Economics Education and Pro-Social Behavior
    The American Economist, 2014, 59, (1), 27-33 View citations (7)
40. Finance education and social preferences: Experimental evidence
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2014, 4, (C), 57-62 View citations (7)
41. The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials
    Public Choice, 2014, 161, (1), 141-156 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of the Election of Prosecutors on Criminal Trials, Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (9) (2011)
42. Trust, reciprocity, and a preference for economic freedom: experimental evidence
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2014, 10, (3), 451-470 View citations (6)
43. Understanding Ransom Kidnappings and Their Duration
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2014, 14, (3), 849-871 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Understanding Ransom Kidnappings and Their Duration, Post-Print (2014) View citations (2) (2014)

2013

44. Prosecutor Elections, Mistakes, and Appeals
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2013, 10, (4), 696-714 View citations (17)

2012

45. Supermajority Rules and the Swing Voter's Curse
    Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32, (1), 698-705
46. The Origin of Democracy in Athens
    Review of Law & Economics, 2012, 8, (2), 531-562 View citations (7)
47. The value of multiple reviews
    Applied Economics, 2012, 44, (12), 1521-1525

2011

48. Coordination between a sophisticated and fictitious player
    Journal of Economics, 2011, 102, (3), 263-273 View citations (3)
49. Jury Size in Classical Athens: an Application of the Condorcet Jury Theorem
    Kyklos, 2011, 64, (1), 106-121 View citations (16)
50. SOPHISTICATED ENFORCEMENT AND ADAPTIVE OFFENDERS
    International Game Theory Review (IGTR), 2011, 13, (02), 235-246
51. STRATEGIC OFFSETTING BEHAVIOR: EVIDENCE FROM NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEN'S BASKETBALL
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2011, 29, (4), 550-563 View citations (7)
52. The distortion of criminal evidence
    Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2011, 14, (1), 59-67 View citations (1)

2010

53. Homicide trials in Classical Athens
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2010, 30, (1), 46-51 View citations (6)
54. The median juror and the trial of Socrates
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 26, (4), 533-540 View citations (7)

2009

55. CONSUMER MISTAKES IN BERTRAND GAMES
    International Game Theory Review (IGTR), 2009, 11, (01), 41-51
56. Can the majority lose the election?
    Review of Economic Design, 2009, 13, (4), 305-317
57. DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN FIRST AND REPEAT OFFENSES
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2009, 27, (1), 76-85 View citations (8)
58. Mathematical Miscalculations and Monopoly Pricing Strategies
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2009, 35, (2), 248-263
59. Multi-unit pricing
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2009, 30, (2), 135-140

2008

60. Excessive Labour Raiding
    Economica, 2008, 75, (297), 140-147 View citations (1)
61. Stochastic Models of Decision Making in Arranged Marriages, by Amitrajeet A Batabyal
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2008, 34, (3), 416-419
62. The Quality–Quantity Trade-off
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2008, 34, (1), 95-100 View citations (4)

2007

63. An Economic Theory of College Alcohol and Drug Policies
    New York Economic Review, 2007, 38, (1), 18-36
64. Rock Paper Scissors
    Journal of Economics, 2007, 92, (1), 67-88 View citations (1)
65. Using Game Theory and the Bible to Build Critical Thinking Skills
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2007, 38, (2), 160-164

2004

66. The impact of a trade embargo on quality
    Economics Bulletin, 2004, 6, (14), 1-7

Chapters

2015

1. Condorcet jury theorems
   Chapter 9 in Handbook of Social Choice and Voting, 2015, pp 140-160 View citations (3)