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Working Papers

2024

1. Ambiguity, Cognitive Refection, and Strategic Complexity across Auctions
   Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute

2020

2. Reverse Bayesianism: Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020)

2014

3. Contests with Ambiguity
   Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Contests with ambiguity, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2008

4. Garbage In, Gospel Out? Controlling for the Underreporting of Remittances
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (3)
5. Interactions between Explicit and Implicit Contracting: Evidence from California Agriculture
   2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
6. Microeconomic Implications of Remittances in an Overlapping Generations Model with Altruism and Self-Interest
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (16)

2005

7. Tariffs, Quotas and Forward Contracts Under Asymmetric Information
   Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Tariffs, Quotas, and Forward Contracts under Asymmetric Information*, Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2004

8. Quality Measurement and Contract Design: Evidence from the North American Sugar Beet Industry
   Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2003

9. Performance, Process, and Design Standards in Environmental Regulation
   2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
10. Voting Over Efficient Decision Rules in Budget Balanced Organizations
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Voting over efficient decision rules in budget-balanced organizations, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2003) (2003)

2002

11. Local Fiscal Strategy to Retain Heterogeneous Firms
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Local Fiscal Strategy to Retain Heterogeneous Firms, Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2002) (2002)
12. Quality Measurement and Contract Design: Lessons from the North American Sugarbeet Industry
    Working Papers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Food System Research Group
    See also Journal Article Quality Measurement and Contract Design: Lessons from the North American Sugarbeet Industry, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie (2004) View citations (3) (2004)
13. Trade Policy Under Asymmetric Information
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics

2001

14. QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND CONTRACT DESIGN: AN EXAMPLE FROM AGRICULTURE
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Pre‐play promises, threats and commitments under partial credibility
   Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62, (1), 308-328

2022

2. Incomplete preferences, willingness to pay, and willingness to accept
   Economic Theory, 2022, 74, (3), 727-761 View citations (2)

2021

3. Justice in an uncertain world: Evidence on donations to cancer research
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2021, 62, (3), 281-311

2020

4. Incomplete Preferences and Equilibrium in Contingent Markets
   Economica, 2020, 87, (345), 108-131 View citations (2)

2019

5. Is Allocation Affected by the Perception of Others' Irresponsible Behavior and by Ambiguity?
   Risk Analysis, 2019, 39, (10), 2182-2196 View citations (1)

2018

6. Contests with ambiguity
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70, (4), 1148-1169 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Contests with Ambiguity, Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

2017

7. Ambiguity, reasoned determination, and climate-change policy
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 81, (C), 74-92 View citations (9)
8. Industrial Policy to Develop a Multi-Firm Industry
   Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2017, 17, (3), 283-303 View citations (1)

2016

9. Intrinsic Variability in Group and Individual Decision Making
   Management Science, 2016, 62, (9), 2651-2667 View citations (12)

2014

10. Decentralization, Incentive Contracts and the Effect of Distortions in Performance Measures
    Manchester School, 2014, 82, (6), 631-652

2013

11. FOOD SCARES IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (6), 1432-1456 View citations (9)
12. Hybrid Contests
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2013, 15, (6), 968-992 View citations (5)
13. Regulatory Policy Design for Agroecosystem Management on Public Rangelands
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013, 95, (3), 606-627 View citations (4)

2012

14. To believe or not believe…or not decide: A decision-theoretic model of agnosticism
    Rationality and Society, 2012, 24, (4), 408-441 View citations (1)

2011

15. Controlling for the underreporting of remittances
    Applied Economics, 2011, 43, (30), 4817-4826 View citations (3)
16. Destined to Receive: The Impact of Remittances on Household Decisions in Armenia
    Review of Development Economics, 2011, 15, (1), 139-153 View citations (35)
17. Microeconomic Implications of Remittances in an Overlapping Generations Model with Altruism and a Motive to Receive Inheritance
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 48, (8), 1026-1044 View citations (21)
18. Strategic Incentives in Biosecurity Actions: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011, 36, (2), 21 View citations (6)
19. The Effect of Communicating Ambiguous Risk Information on Choice
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011, 36, (2), 21 View citations (2)

2010

20. Ambiguity, pessimism, and rational religious choice
    Theory and Decision, 2010, 69, (3), 417-438 View citations (2)
21. Regulatory Policy Design in an Uncertain World
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2010, 12, (6), 1081-1107 View citations (2)

2009

22. Buy low, sell high: Price gaps and neoclassical theory
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2009, 45, (11), 720-729
23. Food Safety Regulations under Ambiguity
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (5), 1389-1396 View citations (2)
24. Smoothing preference kinks with information
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2009, 58, (2), 173-189 View citations (1)
25. Standards and the regulation of environmental risk
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2009, 36, (3), 219-246 View citations (9)

2008

26. Eliciting beliefs
    Theory and Decision, 2008, 65, (4), 271-284 View citations (2)

2007

27. AJAE Appendix: Pareto Optimal Trade in an Uncertain World: GMOs and the Precautionary Principle
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics APPENDICES, 2007, 89, (2), 5 View citations (4)
28. Pareto Optimal Trade in an Uncertain World: GMOs and the Precautionary Principle
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 89, (2), 520-532 View citations (5)

2006

29. Value of reputation in the chain-store game with multiple incumbents
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2006, 24, (2), 425-448

2005

30. Eliciting the core of a supermodular capacity
    Economic Theory, 2005, 26, (1), 203-209 View citations (3)
31. Tariffs, Quotas, and Forward Contracts under Asymmetric Information*
    Review of International Economics, 2005, 13, (2), 311-329 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Tariffs, Quotas and Forward Contracts Under Asymmetric Information, Staff General Research Papers Archive (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2004

32. Identity Preservation, Multitasking, and Agricultural Contract Design
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2004, 86, (3), 842-847 View citations (8)
33. Quality Measurement and Contract Design: Lessons from the North American Sugarbeet Industry
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2004, 52, (2), 165-181 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Quality Measurement and Contract Design: Lessons from the North American Sugarbeet Industry, Working Papers (2002) (2002)

2003

34. Strategic Behavior and Consolidation in the Agricultural Biotechnology Industry
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 85, (1), 216-233 View citations (6)
35. Voting over efficient decision rules in budget-balanced organizations
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 51, (2), 279-301
    See also Working Paper Voting Over Efficient Decision Rules in Budget Balanced Organizations, Staff General Research Papers Archive (2003) (2003)

2002

36. Local Fiscal Strategy to Retain Heterogeneous Firms
    Journal of Regional Science, 2002, 42, (4), 753-771
    See also Working Paper Local Fiscal Strategy to Retain Heterogeneous Firms, Staff General Research Papers Archive (2002) (2002)