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Working Papers

2022

1. Estimating Perceptions of the Relative COVID Risk of Different Social-Distancing Behaviors from Respondents' Pairwise Assessments
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

2. Expectations-Based Loss Aversion May Help Explain Seemingly Dominated Choices in Strategy-Proof Mechanisms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)

2017

3. Biased Beliefs About Random Samples: Evidence from Two Integrated Experiments
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2015

4. Financial Markets where Traders Neglect the Informational Content of Prices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2012

5. Procrastination on Long-Term Projects
   Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley
   Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (1)
   Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics (2002) View citations (1)
   Method and Hist of Econ Thought, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003)
   See also Journal Article Procrastination on long-term projects, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2008) View citations (20) (2008)

2010

6. Communication Between Rational Agents
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Communication between rational agents, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1990) View citations (59) (1990)

2009

7. Rational and Naive Herding
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)

2007

8. Narrow Bracketing and Dominated Choices
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Narrow Bracketing and Dominated Choices, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (142) (2009)
9. The Gambler's and Hot-Hand Fallacies: Theory and Applications
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in FMG Discussion Papers, Financial Markets Group (2007)
   See also Journal Article The Gambler's and Hot-Hand Fallacies: Theory and Applications, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2010) View citations (113) (2010)

2004

10. A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences
    Method and Hist of Econ Thought, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (23)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2004) View citations (25)
11. Expressed Preferences and Behavior in Experimental Games
    University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara View citations (3)
    Also in General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004) View citations (6)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2004) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Expressed preferences and behavior in experimental games, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2005) View citations (53) (2005)

2003

12. A Perspective on Psychology and Economics
    General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (168)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (173)
    See also Journal Article A perspective on psychology and economics, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2002) View citations (165) (2002)
13. Addiction and Present-Biased Preferences
    Game Theory and Information, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics (2002) View citations (26)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (29)
14. Cursed Equilibrium
    Method and Hist of Econ Thought, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (5)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Cursed Equilibrium, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2005) View citations (116) (2005)
15. Understanding Social Preferences with Simple Tests
    General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (23)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (2521)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2001) View citations (4)
    University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara (2001) View citations (5)

2002

16. Projection Bias in Predicting Future Utility
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics View citations (8)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (14)
    General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany (2001) View citations (2)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (16)
17. addiction, hyperbolic discounting, naivete, present-biased preferences, self control, sophistication, time inconsistency
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley

2001

18. Bargaining Structure, Fairness and Efficiency
    General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1997) View citations (9)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1997) View citations (9)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000)
19. Choice and Procrastination
    Microeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (338)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (1)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (1)
20. Diminishing Marginal Utility of Wealth Cannot Explain Risk Aversion
    Game Theory and Information, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (37)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (37)
21. Incorporating Fairness into Game Theory and Economics
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (149)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1992) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Incorporating Fairness into Game Theory and Economics, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1993) View citations (2757) (1993)
22. Inference by Believers in the Law of Small Numbers
    Method and Hist of Econ Thought, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (6)
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (7)
23. Risk Aversion and Expected Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (19)
    Also in Method and Hist of Econ Thought, University Library of Munich, Germany (2001) View citations (3)
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (816)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (838)
    See also Journal Article Risk Aversion and Expected-Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2000) View citations (845) (2000)
24. Social Preferences: Some Simple Tests and a New Model
    General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2000) View citations (69)
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000) View citations (77)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (60)
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (59)

2000

25. Risky Behavior Among Youths: Some Issues from Behavioral Economics
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations (16)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (15)
    See also Chapter Risky Behavior among Youths: Some Issues from Behavioral Economics, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (33) (2001)

1997

26. Doing It Now or Later
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (1996) View citations (17)
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1997) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Doing It Now or Later, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1999) View citations (1266) (1999)
27. Fairness in Repeated Games
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (5)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1997) View citations (5)
28. First Impressions Matter: A Model of Confirmatory Bias
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1997)
29. Incentives for Procrastinators
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
30. Psychology and Economics
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (4)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1997) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Psychology and Economics, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (1998) View citations (934) (1998)

1995

31. Moral Preferences, Moral Constraints, and Self-Serving Biases
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations (56)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1995) View citations (58)

1994

32. Loss aversion in a consumption/savings model
    International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
    See also Journal Article Loss aversion in a consumption-savings model, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (1999) View citations (191) (1999)

1993

33. Deviations, Dynamics and Equilibrium Refinements
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1993) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Deviations, Dynamics, and Equilibrium Refinements, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1996) View citations (12) (1996)
34. Loss Aversion in a Savings Model
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations (3)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1993) View citations (3)

1992

35. Incorporating Behavioral Assumptions into Game Theory
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1992)
36. Incorporating Fairness Into Game Theory
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (6)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1991) View citations (3)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1991) View citations (3)

1991

37. A Model of Pre-Game Communication
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1991) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article A Model of Pre-game Communication, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1994) View citations (64) (1994)
38. Cognitive Dissonance and Social Change
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1991)
    See also Journal Article Cognitive dissonance and social change, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (1994) View citations (137) (1994)
39. Focal Points in Pre-Game Communication
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1991) View citations (3)
40. Information and the Control of Productive Assets
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1991)
    See also Journal Article Information and the Control of Productive Assets, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (1993) View citations (11) (1993)
41. Reneging and Renegotiating
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1991) View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2013

1. An Approach to Incorporating Psychology into Economics
   American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 617-22 View citations (45)

2010

2. Naïve Herding in Rich-Information Settings
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2010, 2, (4), 221-43 View citations (62)
3. The Gambler's and Hot-Hand Fallacies: Theory and Applications
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2010, 77, (2), 730-778 View citations (113)
   See also Working Paper The Gambler's and Hot-Hand Fallacies: Theory and Applications, CEPR Discussion Papers (2007) (2007)

2009

4. Narrow Bracketing and Dominated Choices
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (4), 1508-43 View citations (142)
   See also Working Paper Narrow Bracketing and Dominated Choices, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (9) (2007)
5. Reference-Dependent Consumption Plans
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (3), 909-36 View citations (233)

2008

6. Choices, situations, and happiness
   Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (8-9), 1821-1832 View citations (54)
7. Procrastination on long-term projects
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 66, (2), 161-175 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Procrastination on Long-Term Projects, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (2012) (2012)

2007

8. Mistakes in Choice-Based Welfare Analysis
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 477-481 View citations (40)
9. Reference-Dependent Risk Attitudes
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (4), 1047-1073 View citations (450)

2006

10. Optimal sin taxes
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (10-11), 1825-1849 View citations (140)

2005

11. Cursed Equilibrium
    Econometrica, 2005, 73, (5), 1623-1672 View citations (116)
    See also Working Paper Cursed Equilibrium, Method and Hist of Econ Thought (2003) (2003)
12. Expressed preferences and behavior in experimental games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2005, 53, (2), 151-169 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper Expressed Preferences and Behavior in Experimental Games, University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (3) (2004)

2003

13. Studying Optimal Paternalism, Illustrated by a Model of Sin Taxes
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 186-191 View citations (193)
14. The Nobel Memorial Prize for Daniel Kahneman
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2003, 105, (2), 157-180 View citations (10)

2002

15. A perspective on psychology and economics
    European Economic Review, 2002, 46, (4-5), 657-685 View citations (165)
    See also Working Paper A Perspective on Psychology and Economics, General Economics and Teaching (2003) (2003)
16. Response [Anomalies: Risk Aversion]
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (2), 229-230 View citations (7)

2001

17. Anomalies: Risk Aversion
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2001, 15, (1), 219-232 View citations (308)

2000

18. Risk Aversion and Expected-Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem
    Econometrica, 2000, 68, (5), 1281-1292 View citations (845)
    See also Working Paper Risk Aversion and Expected Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2001) View citations (19) (2001)

1999

19. Choice Bracketing
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1999, 19, (1-3), 171-97 View citations (126)
20. Doing It Now or Later
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (1), 103-124 View citations (1266)
    See also Working Paper Doing It Now or Later, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (1997) View citations (1) (1997)
21. Loss aversion in a consumption-savings model
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1999, 38, (2), 155-178 View citations (191)
    See also Working Paper Loss aversion in a consumption/savings model, International Finance Discussion Papers (1994) (1994)

1998

22. Psychology and Economics
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1998, 36, (1), 11-46 View citations (934)
    See also Working Paper Psychology and Economics, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (1997) View citations (4) (1997)

1996

23. Cheap Talk
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (3), 103-118 View citations (429)
24. Deviations, Dynamics, and Equilibrium Refinements
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 68, (1), 1-25 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Deviations, Dynamics and Equilibrium Refinements, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (1993) (1993)

1994

25. A Model of Pre-game Communication
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1994, 63, (2), 370-391 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper A Model of Pre-Game Communication, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (1991) View citations (1) (1991)
26. Cognitive dissonance and social change
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1994, 23, (2), 177-194 View citations (137)
    See also Working Paper Cognitive Dissonance and Social Change, Economics Working Papers (1991) (1991)

1993

27. Incorporating Fairness into Game Theory and Economics
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (5), 1281-1302 View citations (2757)
    See also Working Paper Incorporating Fairness into Game Theory and Economics, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2001) View citations (149) (2001)
28. Information and the Control of Productive Assets
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1993, 9, (1), 51-76 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Information and the Control of Productive Assets, Economics Working Papers (1991) (1991)

1992

29. Corrigendum
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1992, 58, (1), 110-111

1990

30. Communication between rational agents
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1990, 51, (1), 144-170 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Communication Between Rational Agents, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2010) View citations (4) (2010)

Chapters

2001

1. Risky Behavior among Youths: Some Issues from Behavioral Economics
   A chapter in Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, 2001, pp 29-68 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Risky Behavior Among Youths: Some Issues from Behavioral Economics, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (16) (2000)