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Working Papers

2022

1. Decision Theory and Stochastic Growth
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   See also Journal Article Decision Theory and Stochastic Growth, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2023) (2023)
2. Endogenous Risk Attitudes
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (1)

2020

3. Evolution, Heritable Risk, and Skewness Loving
   Papers, arXiv.org
   See also Journal Article Evolution, heritable risk and skewness loving, Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2019

4. Evolution and Preference for Local Risk
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2016

5. Certified Random: A New Order for Co-Authorship
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Certified Random: A New Order for Coauthorship, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (42) (2018)

2015

6. Why Sex? and Why Only in Pairs?
   CRETA Online Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research in Economic Theory and its Applications CRETA View citations (1)
   Also in Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2015)
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2015) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Why Sex? And why only in Pairs?, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2014

7. Biology and the Arguments of Utility
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (2)
   Also in Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2013)
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2013) View citations (2)
8. The Evolution of 'Theory of Mind': Theory and Experiments
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (1)
   Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2013) View citations (1)
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2013) View citations (2)

2010

9. Efficiency in Evolutionary Games: Darwin, Nash and the Secret Handshake
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (33)
   Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1989) View citations (46)
10. The Evolution of Decision and Experienced Utilities
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (11)

2009

11. The Evolution of Time Preference with Aggregate Uncertainty
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article The Evolution of Time Preference with Aggregate Uncertainty, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (33) (2009)

2007

12. A 'Bioeconomic' View of the Neolithic and Recent Demographic Transitions
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University View citations (9)

2004

13. Reinterpreting Mixed Strategy Equilibria: A Unification of the Classical and Bayesian Views
    Microeconomics.ca working papers, Vancouver School of Economics View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Reinterpreting mixed strategy equilibria: a unification of the classical and Bayesian views, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2004) View citations (15) (2004)

1999

14. Efficient Equilibrium Selection in Evolutionary Games with Random Matching
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Efficient Equilibrium Selection in Evolutionary Games with Random Matching, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1996) View citations (123) (1996)

1994

15. Credit Market Imperfections and the Heterogeneous Response of Firms to Monetary Shocks
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (3)
16. On the Evolution of the Distribution of Income
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics

1990

17. AN "INFORMATIONALLY ROBUST EQUILIBRIUM" FOR TWO-PERSON NONZERO-SUM GAMES
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1990)
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (1990)
    See also Journal Article An Informationally Robust Equilibrium for Two-Person Nonzero-Sum Games, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (1994) View citations (13) (1994)
18. EXISTENCE OF NASH EQUILIBRIUM IN MIXED STRATEGIES FOR GAME WHERE PLYOFFS NEED NOT BE CONTINUOUS IN PURE STRATEGIES
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research
19. Existence of Nash Equilibrium in Mixed Strategies for Games where Payoffs need not be Continious in Pure Strategies
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (1)
    Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (1990)
20. STATUS, THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH SOCIAL AND PRIVATE ATTITUDES TO RISK
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research
    Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (1990)
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1990)

1978

21. A Note on the Sufficiency of the Pontryagin Conditions for Optimal Control when the Time Horizon is Free
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
22. It Pays to Do Good, but Not to Do More Good than It Pays: A Note on the Survival of Altruism
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics

1977

23. Acculturation and Motivation: Earnings of First, Second, and Third Generation American Males
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
24. Costly Innovation and Natural Resources
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Costly Innovation and Natural Resources, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1980) View citations (16) (1980)
25. Immigration Policy and Economic Growth
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
26. Rawls and Uncertainty
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
27. Sequential Exploitation of Uncertain Deposits of a Depletable Natural Resource
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Sequential exploitation of uncertain deposits of a depletable natural resource, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1979) View citations (6) (1979)

1976

28. Double k-Class Estimators of Coefficients in Linear Regression
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
29. Public Education, Income Distribution, and Voting
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Gintis, Herbert. Individuality and Entanglement: The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2024, 62, (1), 325-27

2023

2. Adaptive utility
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 211, (C), 60-81
3. Decision Theory and Stochastic Growth
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2023, 5, (3), 357-76
   See also Working Paper Decision Theory and Stochastic Growth, CEPR Discussion Papers (2022) (2022)

2022

4. The evolution of risk attitudes with fertility thresholds
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, 205, (C) View citations (3)

2021

5. Evolution, heritable risk and skewness loving
   Theoretical Economics, 2021, 16, (2) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Evolution, Heritable Risk, and Skewness Loving, Papers (2020) (2020)
6. Evolved attitudes to risk and the demand for equity
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, 118, (26), e2015569118 View citations (4)

2019

7. Evolved attitudes to idiosyncratic and aggregate risk in age-structured populations
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2019, 181, (C), 44-81 View citations (12)

2018

8. Certified Random: A New Order for Coauthorship
   American Economic Review, 2018, 108, (2), 489-520 View citations (42)
   See also Working Paper Certified Random: A New Order for Co-Authorship, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2017

9. Applying “theory of mind”: Theory and experiments
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2017, 106, (C), 209-226 View citations (5)
10. Group Selection: A Review Essay on Does Altruism Exist? by David Sloan Wilson
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55, (4), 1570-82
11. Why Sex? And why only in Pairs?
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (607), 2730-2743 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Why Sex? and Why Only in Pairs?, CRETA Online Discussion Paper Series (2015) View citations (1) (2015)

2016

12. The Evolution of Strategic Sophistication
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (4), 1046-72 View citations (16)

2014

13. A Biological Theory of Social Discounting
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (11), 3481-97 View citations (8)

2012

14. Status, Intertemporal Choice, and Risk‐Taking
    Econometrica, 2012, 80, (4), 1505-1531 View citations (28)
15. The Evolutionary Basis of Time Preference: Intergenerational Transfers and Sex
    American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2012, 4, (4), 172-201 View citations (9)

2011

16. The evolution of decision and experienced utility
    Theoretical Economics, 2011, 6, (3) View citations (15)

2010

17. A bioeconomic view of the Neolithic transition to agriculture
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2010, 43, (1), 280-300 View citations (8)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, 43, (1), 280-300 (2010) View citations (6)

2009

18. The Evolution of Time Preference with Aggregate Uncertainty
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (5), 1925-53 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper The Evolution of Time Preference with Aggregate Uncertainty, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2009) View citations (29) (2009)

2008

19. Evolution of Time Preference by Natural Selection: Comment
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (3), 1178-88 View citations (14)

2007

20. The Evolution of Intertemporal Preferences
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 496-500 View citations (22)
21. The effect of food intake on longevity
    Economics Bulletin, 2007, 26, (2), 1-11 View citations (3)
22. Why do We Die? Economics, Biology and Aging
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 492-495 View citations (11)

2006

23. Viewpoint: The economics of hunter-gatherer societies and the evolution of human characteristics
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2006, 39, (2), 375-398 View citations (8)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2006, 39, (2), 375-398 (2006) View citations (1)

2005

24. Complex Evolutionary Systems and the Red Queen
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (504), F211-F224 View citations (9)

2004

25. Reinterpreting mixed strategy equilibria: a unification of the classical and Bayesian views
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2004, 48, (2), 355-384 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Reinterpreting Mixed Strategy Equilibria: A Unification of the Classical and Bayesian Views, Microeconomics.ca working papers (2004) View citations (14) (2004)

2003

26. A short proof of Harsanyi's purification theorem
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2003, 45, (2), 369-374 View citations (25)
27. Imitation, Group Selection and Cooperation
    International Game Theory Review (IGTR), 2003, 05, (03), 229-247
28. The Evolution of Human Life Expectancy and Intelligence in Hunter-Gatherer Economies
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (1), 150-169 View citations (73)
29. The evolution of rationality and the Red Queen
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2003, 111, (1), 1-22 View citations (10)

2002

30. Evolution and Human Nature
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (2), 89-106 View citations (61)
31. Existence of subgame perfect equilibrium with public randomization: A short proof
    Economics Bulletin, 2002, 3, (24), 1-8 View citations (4)

2001

32. The Biological Basis of Economic Behavior
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2001, 39, (1), 11-33 View citations (154)
33. Why Would Nature Give Individuals Utility Functions?
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (4), 900-929 View citations (59)

1998

34. Forward Induction, Public Randomization, and Admissibility
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1998, 82, (2), 451-457 View citations (3)
35. Naive Adaptive Behavior and the Observability of Gambles
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1998, 24, (1-2), 97-108

1997

36. On the Growth-Maximizing Distribution of Income
    International Economic Review, 1997, 38, (3), 511-26 View citations (6)

1996

37. A Biological Basis for Expected and Non-expected Utility
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 68, (2), 397-424 View citations (120)
38. Efficient Equilibrium Selection in Evolutionary Games with Random Matching
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 70, (1), 65-92 View citations (123)
    See also Working Paper Efficient Equilibrium Selection in Evolutionary Games with Random Matching, Levine's Working Paper Archive (1999) View citations (24) (1999)
39. The Evolution of Attitudes to Risk: Lottery Tickets and Relative Wealth
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 14, (2), 190-207 View citations (72)

1995

40. The Evolution of Strategic Behaviour
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1995, 28, (1), 17-41 View citations (7)
41. The Existence of Subgame-Perfect Equilibrium in Continuous Games with Almost Perfect Information: A Case for Public Randomization
    Econometrica, 1995, 63, (3), 507-44 View citations (62)

1994

42. An Informationally Robust Equilibrium for Two-Person Nonzero-Sum Games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1994, 7, (2), 233-245 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper AN "INFORMATIONALLY ROBUST EQUILIBRIUM" FOR TWO-PERSON NONZERO-SUM GAMES, Working Papers (1990) View citations (1) (1990)

1992

43. Status, the Distribution of Wealth, Private and Social Attitudes to Risk
    Econometrica, 1992, 60, (4), 837-57 View citations (222)

1990

44. Duopoly with Endogenous Strategic Timing: Stackelberg Regained
    International Economic Review, 1990, 31, (2), 263-74 View citations (64)
45. Stackelberg and Marshall
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (1), 69-82 View citations (55)
46. Subgame perfect equilibrium in continuous games of perfect information: An elementary approach to existence and approximation by discrete games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1990, 52, (2), 406-422 View citations (22)

1989

47. On the Uniqueness of Endogenous Strategic Timing
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1989, 22, (4), 917-21

1987

48. THE UPSIDE‐DOWN CALCULUS OF CURLY H: OR, MELVIN AND MONOTHEISM
    Studies in Economics and Finance, 1987, 11, (1), 62-68

1986

49. The Existence of Nash Equilibria in Reaction Functions for Dynamic Models of Oligopoly
    International Economic Review, 1986, 27, (3), 539-44 View citations (3)

1984

50. Dynamic Duopoly under Demand Uncertainty
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1984, 17, (4), 695-98

1983

51. Existence of Consistent Conjectures: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 454-56 View citations (10)
52. OPEC versus the West: A robust equilibrium
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1983, 10, (1), 18-34 View citations (1)

1982

53. Comparative statics of the market for a consumer durable with an age/quality structure: A reprise of models of urban structure
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1982, 11, (2), 169-179

1981

54. Implicit oligopolistic collusion is destroyed by uncertainty
    Economics Letters, 1981, 7, (1), 75-80 View citations (16)
55. Insurance as a Giffen good
    Economics Letters, 1981, 8, (1), 47-51 View citations (29)
56. Sufficiency of the pontryagin conditions for optimal control when the time horizon is free
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1981, 24, (3), 437-445

1980

57. Costly Innovation and Natural Resources
    International Economic Review, 1980, 21, (1), 17-30 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Costly Innovation and Natural Resources, University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series (1977) (1977)
58. Simple General Equilibrium and Trade with a Monopsonized Sector
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1980, 13, (4), 668-82 View citations (16)

1979

59. Sequential exploitation of uncertain deposits of a depletable natural resource
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1979, 21, (1), 88-110 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Sequential Exploitation of Uncertain Deposits of a Depletable Natural Resource, University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series (1977) (1977)
60. Urban structure, gas prices, and the demand for transportation
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1979, 6, (2), 148-155 View citations (1)

1978

61. The Crunch, the Boom, and the Recreational Land Market
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1978, 11, (1), 38-55

1977

62. The Effect of Urban Structure on the Concentration of Pollution
    Urban Studies, 1977, 14, (1), 89-93

1976

63. Cost-benefit analysis and the use of urban land for transportation
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1976, 3, (2), 180-191 View citations (7)
64. Two models of urban air pollution
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1976, 3, (3), 264-284 View citations (7)