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Workplace:School of Economics, University of Nottingham, (more information at EDIRC)
Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), School of Economics, University of Nottingham, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

  1. Social Preferences and the Variability of Conditional Cooperation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2022) Downloads
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2022) Downloads
  2. The Variability of Conditional Cooperation in Sequential Prisoner's Dilemmas
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads

2021

  1. Risk, Temptation, and Efficiency in the One-Shot Prisoner's Dilemma
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) Downloads

2020

  1. Communication with Partially Verifiable Information: An Experiment
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2018) Downloads
  2. Risk, Temptation, and Efficiency in Prisoner's Dilemmas
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads

2017

  1. Disappointment Aversion and Social Comparisons in a Real-Effort Competition
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) Downloads
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2017) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2018)
  2. Social comparisons in job search: experimental evidence
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads

2015

  1. A Self-Funding Reward Mechanism for Tax Compliance
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS), School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. (2015) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Psychology (2021)
  2. Combining "Real Effort" with Induced Effort Costs: The Ball-Catching Task
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (10)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2015) Downloads View citations (10)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2015) Downloads View citations (10)

    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2016)
  3. How do risk attitudes affect measured confidence?
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2014) Downloads View citations (1)
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2014) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2016)
  4. Risk Taking and Information Aggregation in Groups
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) Downloads View citations (2)
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2014) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Psychology (2015)
  5. Team Incentives and Leadership
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Psychology (2017)

2014

  1. Discretionary Sanctions and Rewards in the Repeated Inspection Game
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2012) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in Management Science (2016)
  2. Identifying Social Norms Using Coordination Games: Spectators vs. Stakeholders
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2015)

2013

  1. Cooperation in Small Groups: The Effect of Group Size
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2012) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2015)
  2. Information feedback and contest structure in rent-seeking games
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (51)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2012) Downloads View citations (8)

    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2013)
  3. Majoritarian Contests with Asymmetric Battlefields: An Experiment
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in IKERLANAK, Universidad del País Vasco - Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I (2013) Downloads View citations (2)
  4. Risk Taking in Social Settings: Group and Peer Effects
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (38)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2013) Downloads View citations (44)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2013)

2012

  1. Peer Effects in Pro-Social Behavior: Social Norms or Social Preferences?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (17)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2010) Downloads View citations (4)
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2012) Downloads View citations (11)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2013)
  2. Promoting Cooperation: the Distribution of Reward and Punishment Power
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (7)

2010

  1. Endogenous Move Structure and Volunatary Provision of Public Goods: Theory and Experiment
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2009) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economic Theory (2011)
  2. Inducing Good Behavior: Bonuses versus Fines in Inspection Games
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (1)
  3. The Impact of Social Camparisons of Reciprocity
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2008) Downloads View citations (8)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) Downloads View citations (15)

    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2012)

2009

  1. Divisible-good uniform price auctions: the role of allocation rules and communication among bidders
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (2014)
  2. Sequential versus Simultaneous Contributions to Public Goods: Experimental Evidence
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (7)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2009) Downloads View citations (5)
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2009) Downloads View citations (7)
  3. WHO MAKES A GOOD LEADER? COOPERATIVENESS, OPTIMISM AND LEADING-BY-EXAMPLE
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2012)
  4. Who Makes a Good Leader? Social Preferences and Leading-by-Example
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) Downloads View citations (6)
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2008) Downloads View citations (5)

2008

  1. Endogenous Entry in Contests
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2012)
  2. Strategic Behavior and Learning in Repeated Voluntary-Contribution Experiments
    Post-Print, HAL Downloads View citations (86)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2005) View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2008)

2007

  1. Leading-by-example and signaling in voluntary contribution games: An experimental study
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management Downloads View citations (225)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2007)
  2. Network Architecture and Traffic Flows: Experiments on the Pigou-Knight-Downs and Braess Paradoxes
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2009)
  3. The Paradox of New Members: Strategic Foundations and Experimental Evidence
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Downloads View citations (10)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2007) Downloads View citations (9)

2006

  1. An Experiment on Spatial Price Competition
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Industrial Organization (2008)
  2. Hierarchy and Opportunism in Teams
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham View citations (3)
    Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (2005) Downloads View citations (3)
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (2005) Downloads View citations (4)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2009)
  3. Network architecture and traffic flows
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham View citations (3)
  4. The Effect of Rewards and Sanctions in Provision of Public Goods
    CAEPR Working Papers, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington Downloads View citations (60)
    Also in Working Papers, Ball State University, Department of Economics (2005) Downloads View citations (63)

    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2007)

2005

  1. After you - endogenous sequencing in voluntary contribution games
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management Downloads View citations (137)
    Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (2003) Downloads View citations (2)
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (2003) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2005)
  2. Enlargement and the Balance of Power: An Experimental Study
    Experimental, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2005) View citations (7)

    See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2008)

2004

  1. A Laboratory Study Of Advertising And Price Competition
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004, Royal Economic Society Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2006)

2001

  1. Why Announce Leadership Contributions? An Experimental Study of the Signaling and Reciprocity Hypotheses
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management Downloads View citations (29)
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (2001) Downloads View citations (29)

1997

  1. When Are Nash Equilibria Self Enforcing ? An Experimental Analysis
    Working Papers, University of Iowa, Department of Economics View citations (12)
    Also in Experimental, University Library of Munich, Germany (1997) Downloads View citations (8)

    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Game Theory (2001)

1995

  1. Threat to Regulate and Coordination Failures: Experimental Evidence
    ERES, European Real Estate Society (ERES) Downloads
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (1996)

1991

  1. A Lagrange Multiplier Test of Uniformity Against Beta Alternatives
    Working Papers, University of Iowa, Department of Economics

Undated

  1. Gaining Power through Enlargement: Strategic Foundations and Experimental Evidence
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York Downloads View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2010)
  2. Multi-Unit Auctions: A Comparison of Static and Dynamic Mechanisms
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University Downloads View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2006)

Journal Articles

2021

  1. A self-funding reward mechanism for tax compliance
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2021, 86, (C) Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2019

  1. Social comparisons in job search
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 168, (C), 338-361 Downloads View citations (3)

2018

  1. DISAPPOINTMENT AVERSION AND SOCIAL COMPARISONS IN A REAL‐EFFORT COMPETITION
    Economic Inquiry, 2018, 56, (3), 1512-1525 Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2017)
  2. To Tender or Not to Tender? Deliberate and Exogenous Sunk Costs in a Public Good Game
    Games, 2018, 9, (3), 1-28 Downloads

2017

  1. Team incentives and leadership
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 62, (C), 173-185 Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2016

  1. Combining “real effort” with induced effort costs: the ball-catching task
    Experimental Economics, 2016, 19, (4), 687-712 Downloads View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
  2. Discretionary Sanctions and Rewards in the Repeated Inspection Game
    Management Science, 2016, 62, (2), 502-517 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
  3. How do risk attitudes affect measured confidence?
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2016, 52, (1), 21-46 Downloads View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
  4. Majoritarian Blotto contests with asymmetric battlefields: an experiment on apex games
    Economic Theory, 2016, 61, (1), 55-89 Downloads View citations (21)
  5. Strategic and Natural Risk in Entrepreneurship: An Experimental Study
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2016, 25, (2), 420-454 Downloads View citations (15)

2015

  1. Cooperation in small groups: the effect of group size
    Experimental Economics, 2015, 18, (1), 4-14 Downloads View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
  2. Identifying social norms using coordination games: Spectators vs. stakeholders
    Economics Letters, 2015, 130, (C), 28-31 Downloads View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
  3. Risk taking and information aggregation in groups
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2015, 51, (C), 34-47 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2014

  1. Encouraging Compliance: Bonuses Versus Fines in Inspection Games
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2014, 30, (3), 623-648 Downloads View citations (5)

2013

  1. Information feedback and contest structure in rent-seeking games
    European Economic Review, 2013, 64, (C), 223-240 Downloads View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
  2. PEER EFFECTS IN PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: SOCIAL NORMS OR SOCIAL PREFERENCES?
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (3), 548-573 Downloads View citations (113)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
  3. Risk-taking in social settings: Group and peer effects
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 92, (C), 273-283 Downloads View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2012

  1. Endogenous entry in contests
    Economic Theory, 2012, 51, (2), 435-463 Downloads View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
  2. The Impact of Social Comparisons on Reciprocity
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114, (4), 1346-1367 Downloads View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
  3. WHO MAKES A GOOD LEADER? COOPERATIVENESS, OPTIMISM, AND LEADING-BY-EXAMPLE
    Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (4), 953-967 Downloads View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2011

  1. Endogenous Move Structure and Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Theory and Experiment
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2011, 13, (5), 721-754 Downloads View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

  1. Gaining power through enlargement: Strategic foundations and experimental evidence
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 69, (2), 274-292 Downloads View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper
  2. Sequential vs. simultaneous contributions to public goods: Experimental evidence
    Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94, (7-8), 515-522 Downloads View citations (63)

2009

  1. Hierarchy and opportunism in teams
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 69, (1), 39-50 Downloads View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
  2. Network architecture and traffic flows: Experiments on the Pigou-Knight-Downs and Braess Paradoxes
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, 66, (1), 348-372 Downloads View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

  1. An experiment on spatial price competition
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2008, 26, (3), 716-729 Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
  2. Enlargement and the balance of power: an experimental study
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, 30, (1), 69-87 Downloads View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
  3. Strategic behavior and learning in repeated voluntary contribution experiments
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 67, (3-4), 782-793 Downloads View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

  1. Leading-by-example and signaling in voluntary contribution games: an experimental study
    Economic Theory, 2007, 33, (1), 169-182 Downloads View citations (232)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
  2. THE EFFECT OF REWARDS AND SANCTIONS IN PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS
    Economic Inquiry, 2007, 45, (4), 671-690 Downloads View citations (310)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

  1. A laboratory study of advertising and price competition
    European Economic Review, 2006, 50, (2), 323-347 Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
  2. An experimental study of price dispersion
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2006, 54, (1), 134-158 Downloads View citations (80)
  3. Multi-unit auctions: A comparison of static and dynamic mechanisms
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2006, 61, (2), 304-323 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper

2005

  1. After you--endogenous sequencing in voluntary contribution games
    Journal of Public Economics, 2005, 89, (8), 1399-1419 Downloads View citations (128)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

  1. Risk, pre-play communication and equilibrium
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2004, 46, (1), 23-40 Downloads View citations (20)

2003

  1. Buyer Subsidies in an Equilibrium Model of Price Dispersion
    German Economic Review, 2003, 4, (4), 497-501 Downloads
    Also in German Economic Review, 2003, 4, (4), 497-501 (2003) Downloads

2002

  1. An Experimental Investigation of Unprofitable Games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2002, 40, (1), 123-146 Downloads View citations (14)
  2. Implementation by Iterative Dominance and Backward Induction: An Experimental Comparison
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2002, 104, (1), 89-103 Downloads View citations (32)

2001

  1. Information externalities in a model of sales
    Economics Bulletin, 2001, 4, (7), 1-5 Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Repetition and signalling: experimental evidence from games with efficient equilibria
    Economics Letters, 2001, 70, (3), 357-362 Downloads View citations (50)
  3. The Sequential Prisoner's Dilemma: Evidence on Reciprocation
    Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (468), 51-68 View citations (172)
  4. When are Nash equilibria self-enforcing? An experimental analysis
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2001, 29, (4), 495-515 Downloads View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

2000

  1. An experimental comparison of two search models
    Economic Theory, 2000, 16, (3), 735-749 Downloads View citations (37)
  2. Funding Public Goods with Lotteries: Experimental Evidence
    Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (4), 785-810 Downloads View citations (109)

1999

  1. A Model of Behavior in Coordination Game Experiments
    Experimental Economics, 1999, 2, (2), 151-164 Downloads View citations (6)

1996

  1. Abreu-Matsushima Mechanisms: Experimental Evidence
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1996, 16, (2), 280-302 Downloads View citations (29)
  2. Reward structures in public good experiments
    Journal of Public Economics, 1996, 61, (2), 263-287 Downloads View citations (72)
  3. The distribution of a Lagrange multiplier test of normality
    Economics Letters, 1996, 51, (2), 123-130 Downloads View citations (18)
  4. Threat to Regulate and Coordination Failures: Experimental Evidence
    The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 1996, 12, (1), 97-115 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1995

  1. The Welfare Effects of a Subsidy to Multiple Listing Services
    The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 1995, 11, (1), 85-90 View citations (1)

1994

  1. Fairness in Simple Bargaining Experiments
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1994, 6, (3), 347-369 Downloads View citations (788)

1992

  1. Incentives in simple bargaining games
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 1992, 13, (2), 263-276 Downloads View citations (41)

Chapters

2014

  1. Divisible-good uniform price auctions: The role of allocation rules and communication among bidders
    A chapter in Experiments in Financial Economics, 2014, vol. 16, pp 53-86 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2009)
 
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