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Working Papers

2021

1. Elite Higher Education, the Marriage Market and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
   CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany View citations (11)

2015

2. Selling to the Mean
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (6)
   Also in Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University (2015) View citations (5)

2014

3. The Design of Ambiguous Mechanisms
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University (2012) View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article The Design of Ambiguous Mechanisms, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2017) View citations (20) (2017)
4. The Dual Approach to Recursive Optimization: Theory and Examples
   2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The Dual Approach to Recursive Optimization: Theory and Examples, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2018) View citations (16) (2018)

2013

5. Returns to Elite Higher Education in the Marriage Market: Evidence from Chile
   Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (39)

2012

6. Contractive Dual Methods for Incentive Problems
   Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (3)
   Also in GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business View citations (2)

2011

7. Miscounts, Duverger's Law and Duverger's Hypothesis
   Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (2)
8. On the Dual Approach to Recursive Optimization
   Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (5)
   Also in GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
   GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business (2011) View citations (7)
9. Recursive methods for incentive problems
   Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Recursive Methods for Incentive Problems, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2012) View citations (27) (2012)

2010

10. Extremal Incentive Compatible Transfers
    Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Extremal incentive compatible transfers, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2013) View citations (18) (2013)

2008

11. The Option to Wait in Collective Decisions
    Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (2)
    Also in 2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2008) View citations (2)

2005

12. On the Recursive Saddle Point Method
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University (2004) View citations (19)
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2004) View citations (20)

2003

13. Paying Politicians
    Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Paying politicians, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (118) (2004)

1999

14. Constitutional Conservatism and Resistance to Reform
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (3)

Undated

15. Recursive Methods for Dynamic Incentive Problems
    GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

Journal Articles

2018

1. Optimal selling mechanisms under moment conditions
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2018, 177, (C), 245-279 View citations (46)
2. The Dual Approach to Recursive Optimization: Theory and Examples
   Econometrica, 2018, 86, (1), 133-172 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper The Dual Approach to Recursive Optimization: Theory and Examples, 2014 Meeting Papers (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2017

3. The Design of Ambiguous Mechanisms
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2017, 84, (1), 237-276 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper The Design of Ambiguous Mechanisms, CESifo Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2013

4. Extremal incentive compatible transfers
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2013, 148, (1), 134-164 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper Extremal Incentive Compatible Transfers, Working Papers (2010) View citations (10) (2010)
5. Incentive compatibility in non-quasilinear environments
   Economics Letters, 2013, 121, (1), 12-14 View citations (5)

2012

6. Recursive Methods for Incentive Problems
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2012, 15, (4), 501-525 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Recursive methods for incentive problems, Working Papers (2011) View citations (8) (2011)
7. The option to wait in collective decisions and optimal majority rules
   Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (5), 524-540 View citations (23)

2007

8. Strong and coalition-proof political equilibria under plurality and runoff rule
   International Journal of Game Theory, 2007, 35, (2), 287-314 View citations (12)

2004

9. Paying politicians
   Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (12), 2423-2445 View citations (118)
   See also Working Paper Paying Politicians, Working Papers (2003) View citations (19) (2003)
10. Voting on Majority Rules
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2004, 71, (1), 115-132 View citations (66)

2003

11. Cooperation in Stochastic OLG games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2003, 108, (1), 152-168 View citations (5)