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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 (15)

2017

3. Biased Beliefs About Random Samples: Evidence from Two Integrated Experiments
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2015

4. Financial Markets where Traders Neglect the Informational Content of Prices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

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)
   Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics (2002)
   Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002)
   Method and Hist of Econ Thought, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2008)

2010

6. Communication Between Rational Agents
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (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 in American Economic Review (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 in Review of Economic Studies (2010)

2004

10. A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences
    Method and Hist of Econ Thought, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (22)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2004) View citations (24)
11. Expressed Preferences and Behavior in Experimental Games
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (4)
    Also in General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004) View citations (6)
    University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara (2004) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (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 (160)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (165)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (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 (24)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (27)
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 in Econometrica (2005)
15. Understanding Social Preferences with Simple Tests
    General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (23)
    Also in University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara (2001) View citations (5)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (2361)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2001) View citations (4)

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 (13)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (15)
    General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany (2001) View citations (2)
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 (2000)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1997) View citations (9)
19. Choice and Procrastination
    Microeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (301)
    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 (3)
    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 (5)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (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 (18)
    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 (761)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (781)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2000)
24. Social Preferences: Some Simple Tests and a New Model
    General Economics and Teaching, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2000) View citations (60)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (58)
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000) View citations (75)
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (59)

2000

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

1997

26. Doing It Now or Later
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations (11)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (1996) View citations (17)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1997) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (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 in Journal of Economic Literature (1998)

1995

31. Moral Preferences, Moral Constraints, and Self-Serving Biases
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (54)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1995) View citations (52)

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 in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (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 in Journal of Economic Theory (1996)
34. Loss Aversion in a Savings Model
    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 (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 (5)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1991) View citations (3)
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1991) View citations (3)

1991

37. A Model of Pre-Game Communication
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations (1)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1991) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (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 in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (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 in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (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 (34)

2010

2. Naïve Herding in Rich-Information Settings
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2010, 2, (4), 221-43 View citations (53)
3. The Gambler's and Hot-Hand Fallacies: Theory and Applications
   Review of Economic Studies, 2010, 77, (2), 730-778 View citations (100)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2009

4. Narrow Bracketing and Dominated Choices
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (4), 1508-43 View citations (125)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
5. Reference-Dependent Consumption Plans
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (3), 909-36 View citations (191)

2008

6. Choices, situations, and happiness
   Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (8-9), 1821-1832 View citations (50)
7. Procrastination on long-term projects
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 66, (2), 161-175 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2007

8. Mistakes in Choice-Based Welfare Analysis
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 477-481 View citations (38)
9. Reference-Dependent Risk Attitudes
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (4), 1047-1073 View citations (390)

2006

10. Optimal sin taxes
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (10-11), 1825-1849 View citations (139)

2005

11. Cursed Equilibrium
    Econometrica, 2005, 73, (5), 1623-1672 View citations (114)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
12. Expressed preferences and behavior in experimental games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2005, 53, (2), 151-169 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

13. Studying Optimal Paternalism, Illustrated by a Model of Sin Taxes
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 186-191 View citations (182)
14. The Nobel Memorial Prize for Daniel Kahneman
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2003, 105, (2), 157-180 View citations (9)

2002

15. A perspective on psychology and economics
    European Economic Review, 2002, 46, (4-5), 657-685 View citations (162)
    See also Working Paper (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 (297)

2000

18. Risk Aversion and Expected-Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem
    Econometrica, 2000, 68, (5), 1281-1292 View citations (788)
    See also Working Paper (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 (1143)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
21. Loss aversion in a consumption-savings model
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1999, 38, (2), 155-178 View citations (183)
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1998

22. Psychology and Economics
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1998, 36, (1), 11-46 View citations (897)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

23. Cheap Talk
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (3), 103-118 View citations (428)
24. Deviations, Dynamics, and Equilibrium Refinements
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 68, (1), 1-25 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1994

25. A Model of Pre-game Communication
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1994, 63, (2), 370-391 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper (1991)
26. Cognitive dissonance and social change
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1994, 23, (2), 177-194 View citations (122)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1993

27. Incorporating Fairness into Game Theory and Economics
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (5), 1281-1302 View citations (2622)
    See also Working Paper (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 (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 (57)
    See also Working Paper (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 (31)
   See also Working Paper (2000)