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Working Papers
2024
- The random thickness of indifference
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
2023
- On the dynamics of the responses in Frydman and Jin (2022): Nullius in verba
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
- Stochastic choice and imperfect judgments of line lengths: What is hiding in the noise?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany 
See also Journal Article Stochastic choice and imperfect judgments of line lengths: What is hiding in the noise?, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2025) (2025)
2021
- On Bayesian integration in sensorimotor learning: Another look at Kording and Wolpert (2004)
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
2020
- An economist and a psychologist form a line: What can imperfect perception of length tell us about stochastic choice?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
- Central tendency bias in belief elicitation
Post-Print, HAL View citations (8)
Also in Working Papers, HAL (2019)  Working Papers, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL) (2019) 
See also Journal Article Central tendency bias in belief elicitation, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2020) View citations (8) (2020)
2019
- Judgments of length in the economics laboratory: Are there brains in choice?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
- Omitted-variable bias and other matters in the defense of the category adjustment model: A reply to Crawford (2019)
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
2018
- On the Category Adjustment Model: Another look at Huttenlocher, Hedges, and Vevea (2000)
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany 
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2017) 
See also Journal Article On the category adjustment model: another look at Huttenlocher, Hedges, and Vevea (2000), Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Springer (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
2017
- Category effects on stimulus estimation: Shifting and skewed frequency distributions - A reexamination
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
2016
- Cognitive load and mixed strategies: On brains and minimax
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2016) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Cognitive Load and Mixed Strategies: On Brains and Minimax, International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2024) (2024)
2015
- How does the preference for increasing payments depend on the size and source of the payments?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
- Working memory and spatial judgments: Cognitive load increases the central tendency bias
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
2014
- Cognitive constraints increase estimation biases: Cognitive load and delay in judgments
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
- Cognitive load and strategic sophistication
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2013) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Cognitive load and strategic sophistication, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (26) (2016)
- Minimax on the gridiron: Serial correlation and its effects on outcomes in the National Football League
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
- Serial correlation in National Football League play calling and its effects on outcomes
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany 
See also Journal Article Serial correlation in National Football League play calling and its effects on outcomes, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
2012
- Cognitive load in the multi-player prisoner's dilemma game
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (16)
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2011) View citations (2)
- Cognitive load in the multi-player prisoner's dilemma game: Are there brains in games?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Cognitive load in the multi-player prisoner's dilemma game: Are there brains in games?, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2014) View citations (50) (2014)
- Racial biases and market outcomes: "White men can't jump," but would you bet on it?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
- Too smart to be selfish? Measures of cognitive ability, social preferences, and consistency
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Too smart to be selfish? Measures of cognitive ability, social preferences, and consistency, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2013) View citations (44) (2013)
- Towards an understanding of the endogenous nature of group identification in games
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
2011
- "White men can't jump," but would you bet on it?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
- Costly and discrete communication: An experimental investigation
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Costly and discrete communication: an experimental investigation, Theory and Decision, Springer (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
- Not so cheap talk: Costly and discrete communication
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Not so cheap talk: costly and discrete communication, Theory and Decision, Springer (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
- Too smart to be selfish? Measures of intelligence, social preferences, and consistency
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
2010
- Ethnic fragmentation and police spending
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Ethnic fragmentation and police spending, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
- Preference for increasing wages: How do people value various streams of income?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany 
See also Journal Article Preference for increasing wages: How do people value various streams of income?, Judgment and Decision Making, Cambridge University Press (2013) View citations (1) (2013)
- Reputation, social identity, and social conflict
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany 
Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (4) MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Reputation, Social Identity and Social Conflict, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2012) View citations (8) (2012)
- The endogenous nature of the measurement of social preferences
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
See also Journal Article The endogenous nature of the measurement of social preferences, Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Springer (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
2009
- Not so cheap talk: a model of advice with communication costs
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
- The endogenous nature of social preferences
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
2008
- Imperfect Memory and the Preference for Increasing Payments
Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics 
See also Journal Article Imperfect Memory and the Preference for Increasing Payments, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2009) View citations (3) (2009)
- Towards an Understanding of the Endogenous Nature of Identity in Games
Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics 
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008)
2007
- Cognitive Dissonance, Imperfect Memory and the Preference for Increasing Payments
Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
- Ethnic Fragmentation and Police Spending: Social Identity and a Public Good
Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
Journal Articles
2025
- Stochastic choice and imperfect judgments of line lengths: What is hiding in the noise?
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2025, 106, (C) 
See also Working Paper Stochastic choice and imperfect judgments of line lengths: What is hiding in the noise?, MPRA Paper (2023) (2023)
2024
- Cognitive Load and Mixed Strategies: On Brains and Minimax
International Game Theory Review (IGTR), 2024, 26, (03), 1-34 
See also Working Paper Cognitive load and mixed strategies: On brains and minimax, MPRA Paper (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
2021
- Visual judgments of length in the economics laboratory: Are there brains in stochastic choice?
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2021, 93, (C) View citations (3)
2020
- Central tendency bias in belief elicitation
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2020, 78, (C) View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Central tendency bias in belief elicitation, Post-Print (2020) View citations (8) (2020)
- Omitted-variable bias and other matters in the defense of the category adjustment model: A comment on Crawford (2019)
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2020, 85, (C) View citations (2)
- On the category adjustment model: another look at Huttenlocher, Hedges, and Vevea (2000)
Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, 2020, 19, (1), 163-193 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper On the Category Adjustment Model: Another look at Huttenlocher, Hedges, and Vevea (2000), MPRA Paper (2018) (2018)
2017
- Serial correlation in National Football League play calling and its effects on outcomes
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2017, 69, (C), 125-132 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Serial correlation in National Football League play calling and its effects on outcomes, MPRA Paper (2014) (2014)
2016
- Cognitive abilities and economic behavior
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2016, 64, (C), 1-4 View citations (10)
- Cognitive load and strategic sophistication
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 125, (C), 162-178 View citations (26)
See also Working Paper Cognitive load and strategic sophistication, MPRA Paper (2014) View citations (8) (2014)
2015
- A study of a market anomaly: “White Men Can’t Jump”, but would you bet on it?
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 113, (C), 13-25 View citations (2)
2014
- An Evaluation of Healthcare Information on the Internet: The Case of Colorectal Cancer Prevention
IJERPH, 2014, 11, (1), 1-18 View citations (1)
- Cognitive load in the multi-player prisoner's dilemma game: Are there brains in games?
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2014, 51, (C), 47-56 View citations (50)
See also Working Paper Cognitive load in the multi-player prisoner's dilemma game: Are there brains in games?, MPRA Paper (2012) View citations (8) (2012)
- Costly and discrete communication: an experimental investigation
Theory and Decision, 2014, 76, (3), 395-417 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Costly and discrete communication: An experimental investigation, MPRA Paper (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
2013
- Not so cheap talk: costly and discrete communication
Theory and Decision, 2013, 75, (2), 267-291 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Not so cheap talk: Costly and discrete communication, MPRA Paper (2011) View citations (3) (2011)
- Preference for increasing wages: How do people value various streams of income?
Judgment and Decision Making, 2013, 8, (1), 74-90 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Preference for increasing wages: How do people value various streams of income?, MPRA Paper (2010) (2010)
- Too smart to be selfish? Measures of cognitive ability, social preferences, and consistency
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 90, (C), 112-122 View citations (44)
See also Working Paper Too smart to be selfish? Measures of cognitive ability, social preferences, and consistency, MPRA Paper (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
2012
- Reputation, Social Identity and Social Conflict
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2012, 14, (4), 677-709 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Reputation, social identity, and social conflict, MPRA Paper (2010) (2010)
- The endogenous nature of the measurement of social preferences
Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, 2012, 11, (2), 235-256 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper The endogenous nature of the measurement of social preferences, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
2011
- Ethnic fragmentation and police spending
Applied Economics Letters, 2011, 18, (4), 329-332 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Ethnic fragmentation and police spending, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (1) (2010)
- Improving children's healthcare through state health insurance programs: An emerging need
Health Policy, 2011, 99, (1), 72-82
2009
- Cognitive dissonance and the overtaking anomaly: Psychology in the principal-agent relationship
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2009, 38, (4), 684-690 View citations (7)
- Healthcare services accessibility of children in the USA
Applied Economics, 2009, 41, (4), 437-450 View citations (2)
- Imperfect Memory and the Preference for Increasing Payments
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2009, 165, (4), 684-700 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Imperfect Memory and the Preference for Increasing Payments, Departmental Working Papers (2008) (2008)
Books
2024
- Imperfect Perception and Stochastic Choice in Experiments
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (1)
Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2024) View citations (1)
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