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Short-id: pva192

Working Papers

2019

1. Why Did Pre-Modern States Adopt Big-God Religions?
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Why did pre-modern states adopt Big-God religions?, Public Choice, Springer (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2016

2. Contested Persuasion
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics

2015

3. Difference-Form Persuasion Contests
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Difference-Form Persuasion Contests, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2016) View citations (6) (2016)

2012

4. Contest Functions: Theoretical Foundations and Issues in Estimation
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article Contest functions: Theoretical foundations and issues in estimation, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2013) View citations (90) (2013)

2010

5. Analyzing Corruption Possibilities in the Gaze of the Media
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences
   Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2001)

2008

6. Persuasion as a contest
   Working Papers, Deakin University, Department of Economics View citations (18)
   Also in Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (9)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2007) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Persuasion as a contest, Economic Theory, Springer (2012) View citations (44) (2012)

2007

7. Divide and conquer: a fresh look at media capture
   Working Papers, Deakin University, Department of Economics

2004

8. Bureaucratic Provision: Influencing vs. Lying
   Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society

Journal Articles

2020

1. Why did pre-modern states adopt Big-God religions?
   Public Choice, 2020, 182, (3), 373-394 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Why Did Pre-Modern States Adopt Big-God Religions?, Working Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2019

2. Anticorruption reforms, tax evasion, and the role of harassment
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2019, 21, (1), 62-80 View citations (5)

2016

3. Corruption Via Media Capture: The Effect of Competition
   Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 82, (4), 1327-1348
4. Difference-Form Persuasion Contests
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18, (6), 882-909 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Difference-Form Persuasion Contests, Working Papers (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2013

5. Contest functions: Theoretical foundations and issues in estimation
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2013, 31, (3), 211-222 View citations (90)
   See also Working Paper Contest Functions: Theoretical Foundations and Issues in Estimation, Working Papers (2012) View citations (24) (2012)

2012

6. Persuasion as a contest
   Economic Theory, 2012, 51, (2), 465-486 View citations (44)
   See also Working Paper Persuasion as a contest, Working Papers (2008) View citations (18) (2008)

2009

7. INFLUENCING THE PUBLIC AND EFFICIENCY IN BUREAUCRATIC PROVISION
   Pacific Economic Review, 2009, 14, (2), 259-274

2006

8. The Nature of Corruption Deterrence in a Competitive Media Sector
   Economics of Governance, 2006, 7, (3), 229-243 View citations (6)

2005

9. Corruption in the media's gaze
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 21, (3), 667-687 View citations (32)