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Working Papers

2024

1. Power Asymmetry in Repeated Play of Provision and Appropriation Games
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
   Also in Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2023) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Power asymmetry in repeated play of provision and appropriation games, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2023

2. Donations to increase productivity in public good production: experimental evidence
   Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck
3. No response to changes in marginal incentives in one-shot public good experiments
   Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck View citations (1)

2021

4. Competition Among Public Good Providers for Donor Rewards
   Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck
   See also Journal Article Competition among public good providers for donor rewards, Experimental Economics, Springer (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
5. Naturally occurring enhancements to competition for talent in teams​
   GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit View citations (1)

2020

6. Experimental evidence on sharing rules and additionality in transfer payments
   Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck
   See also Journal Article Experimental evidence on sharing rules and additionality in transfer payments, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
7. Naturally occurring enhancements to competition for talent in teams
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University View citations (1)

2018

8. Peer Punishment in Repeated Isomorphic Give and Take Social Dilemmas
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University
9. The Market for Talent: Competition for Resources and Self- Governance in Teams
   GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit
   Also in Working Papers, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University (2018)
   Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS), School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. (2016)
   See also Journal Article The market for talent: Competition for resources and self-governance in teams, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2017

10. Externalities in appropriation: Responses to probabilistic losses
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Externalities in appropriation: responses to probabilistic losses, Experimental Economics, Springer (2017) View citations (10) (2017)
11. Peer sanctioning in isomorphic provision and appropriation social dilemmas
    Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS), School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. View citations (1)

2016

12. Provision of public goods: Unconditional and conditional donations from outsiders
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck
13. Role of Social Networks and Individual Endowments in Meeting Fundraising Targets: An Economic Experiment
    Cornhusker Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics
14. Variation in experimental instructions: Punishment in public goods games
    Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS), School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. View citations (2)

2015

15. An individualistic approach to institution formation in public good games
    Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS), School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
    See also Journal Article An individualistic approach to institution formation in public good games, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (12) (2016)
16. Information Networks and Their Role in Threshold Public Goods Games: An Experimental Study
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2013

17. Incomplete Punishment Networks in Public Goods Games: Experimental Evidence
    Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS), School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Incomplete punishment networks in public goods games: experimental evidence, Experimental Economics, Springer (2015) View citations (16) (2015)
18. Resource Allocation Contests: Experimental Evidence
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (107)
    Also in CAEPR Working Papers, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington (2006) View citations (76)
    Working Papers, Ball State University, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Resource allocation contests: Experimental evidence, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2013) View citations (103) (2013)
19. Tensions Between the Resource Damage and the Private Benefits of Appropriation in the Commons
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck

2012

20. Bosses and Kings: Asymmetric Power in Paired Common Pool and Public Good Games
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (2)
21. Broken Punishment Networks in Public Goods Games: Experimental Evidence
    Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena View citations (2)
22. The opportunity costs of conservation with deterministic and probabilistic degradation externalities
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The Opportunity Costs of Conservation with Deterministic and Probabilistic Degradation Externalities, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (2016) View citations (11) (2016)

2010

23. External Matching Funds and the Provision of Public Goods: An Experimental Study
    CAEPR Working Papers, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington
24. Group Size and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Experimental Evidence Utilizing Very Large Groups
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (20)
25. Group size effects in public goods provision: The voluntary contribution mechanism
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1988) View citations (533) (1988)

2007

26. Matching Contributions and the Voluntary Provision of a Pure Public Good: Experimental Evidence
    CAEPR Working Papers, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington
    See also Journal Article Matching contributions and the voluntary provision of a pure public good: Experimental evidence, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2009) View citations (17) (2009)
27. Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments
    Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2009) View citations (8) (2009)

2006

28. Asymmetric Payoffs in Simultaneous and Sequential Prisoner's Dilemma Games
    CAEPR Working Papers, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington
    See also Journal Article Asymmetric payoffs in simultaneous and sequential prisoner’s dilemma games, Public Choice, Springer (2007) View citations (13) (2007)
29. 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 View citations (60)
    Also in Working Papers, Ball State University, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (63)
    See also Journal Article THE EFFECT OF REWARDS AND SANCTIONS IN PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2007) View citations (325) (2007)

1993

30. Groundwater Property Rights: Laboratory Evidence on the Performance of Entry Restrictions and Stock Quotas
    Working Papers, Indiana - Center for Econometric Model Research

Journal Articles

2024

1. Competition among public good providers for donor rewards
   Experimental Economics, 2024, 27, (1), 215-243 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Competition Among Public Good Providers for Donor Rewards, Working Papers (2021) (2021)
2. Increasing benefits in one-time public goods does not promote cooperation
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024, 121, (41), e2410326121
3. Power asymmetry in repeated play of provision and appropriation games
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 220, (C), 222-236
   See also Working Paper Power Asymmetry in Repeated Play of Provision and Appropriation Games, Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series (2024) (2024)

2021

4. Experimental evidence on sharing rules and additionality in transfer payments
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 188, (C), 1221-1247 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Experimental evidence on sharing rules and additionality in transfer payments, Working Papers (2020) (2020)
5. Incentivizing provision of collective goods: Allocation rules
   Southern Economic Journal, 2021, 87, (4), 1345-1365 View citations (12)

2019

6. Peer punishment of acts of omission versus acts of commission in give and take social dilemmas
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 164, (C), 133-147 View citations (2)
7. The market for talent: Competition for resources and self-governance in teams
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2019, 114, (C), 268-284 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Market for Talent: Competition for Resources and Self- Governance in Teams, GRU Working Paper Series (2018) (2018)

2018

8. Provision of environmental public goods: Unconditional and conditional donations from outsiders
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 92, (C), 815-831 View citations (13)
9. Varying experimental instructions to improve comprehension: Punishment in public goods games
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2018, 73, (C), 66-73 View citations (6)

2017

10. An experimental study of finitely and infinitely repeated linear public goods games
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2017, 102, (C), 286-302 View citations (24)
11. Externalities in appropriation: responses to probabilistic losses
    Experimental Economics, 2017, 20, (4), 793-808 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Externalities in appropriation: Responses to probabilistic losses, Working Papers (2017) View citations (10) (2017)

2016

12. An individualistic approach to institution formation in public good games
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 129, (C), 18-36 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper An individualistic approach to institution formation in public good games, Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) (2015) (2015)
13. The Opportunity Costs of Conservation with Deterministic and Probabilistic Degradation Externalities
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2016, 64, (2), 255-273 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper The opportunity costs of conservation with deterministic and probabilistic degradation externalities, Working Papers (2012) View citations (7) (2012)
14. The tension between private benefits and degradation externalities from appropriation in the commons
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 125, (C), 136-147 View citations (10)

2015

15. In Honor of Elinor “Lin” Ostrom: The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Department of Political Science, Indiana University
    Experimental Economics, 2015, 18, (1), 1-3
16. Incomplete punishment networks in public goods games: experimental evidence
    Experimental Economics, 2015, 18, (1), 15-37 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Incomplete Punishment Networks in Public Goods Games: Experimental Evidence, Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
17. The Bloomington Workshop: multiple methods, interdisciplinary research, and collective action
    Public Choice, 2015, 163, (1), 85-93

2014

18. Allocating a voluntarily provided common-property resource: An experimental examination
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 101, (C), 141-155 View citations (14)

2013

19. A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom August 7, 1933–June 12, 2012
    Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 79, (3), 484-485
20. Provision versus Appropriation in Symmetric and Asymmetric Social Dilemmas
    Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 79, (3), 496-512 View citations (10)
21. Resource allocation contests: Experimental evidence
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2013, 39, (C), 257-267 View citations (103)
    See also Working Paper Resource Allocation Contests: Experimental Evidence, Working Papers (2013) View citations (107) (2013)

2011

22. An exploration of the robustness of alternative laboratory methodologies: Matching funds and the provision of public goods
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2011, 40, (6), 763-774 View citations (2)
23. Reprint of: A common-pool resource experiment with postgraduate subjects from 41 countries
    Ecological Economics, 2011, 70, (9), 1580-1589 View citations (3)

2010

24. A common-pool resource experiment with postgraduate subjects from 41 countries
    Ecological Economics, 2010, 69, (12), 2624-2633 View citations (11)
25. Foundations of the Ostrom workshop: institutional analysis, polycentricity, and self-governance of the commons
    Public Choice, 2010, 143, (3), 293-301 View citations (12)

2009

26. Matching contributions and the voluntary provision of a pure public good: Experimental evidence
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 70, (1-2), 122-134 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Matching Contributions and the Voluntary Provision of a Pure Public Good: Experimental Evidence, CAEPR Working Papers (2007) (2007)
27. Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments
    Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 75, (4), 957-975 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments, Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (5) (2007)

2007

28. Asymmetric payoffs in simultaneous and sequential prisoner’s dilemma games
    Public Choice, 2007, 132, (3), 353-366 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Asymmetric Payoffs in Simultaneous and Sequential Prisoner's Dilemma Games, CAEPR Working Papers (2006) (2006)
29. THE EFFECT OF REWARDS AND SANCTIONS IN PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS
    Economic Inquiry, 2007, 45, (4), 671-690 View citations (325)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Rewards and Sanctions in Provision of Public Goods, CAEPR Working Papers (2006) View citations (60) (2006)

2004

30. Rewards and Sanctions and the Provision of Public Goods in One-Shot Settings
    Experimental Economics, 2004, 7, (3), 235-247 View citations (100)

2003

31. Heterogeneous Preferences and Collective Action
    Public Choice, 2003, 117, (3-4), 295-314 View citations (26)
32. Playing safe in coordination games:: the roles of risk dominance, payoff dominance, and history of play
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2003, 42, (2), 281-299 View citations (111)

2001

33. Cooperation in PD Games: Fear, Greed, and History of Play
    Public Choice, 2001, 106, (1-2), 137-55 View citations (76)
34. Dilemma games: game parameters and matching protocols
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 46, (4), 357-377 View citations (21)

2000

35. Collective Action with Incomplete Commitment: Experimental Evidence
    Southern Economic Journal, 2000, 66, (4), 829-854 View citations (4)
36. Collective Choice in the Commons: Experimental Results on Proposed Allocation Rules and Votes
    Economic Journal, 2000, 110, (460), 212-34 View citations (135)
37. The power and limitations of proportional cutbacks in common-pool resources
    Journal of Development Economics, 2000, 62, (2), 515-533 View citations (13)

1999

38. RECIPROCITY, TRUST, AND THE SENSE OF CONTROL
    Rationality and Society, 1999, 11, (1), 27-46 View citations (39)
39. The Voluntary Provision of a Pure Public Good with Diminishing Marginal Returns
    Public Choice, 1999, 99, (1-2), 139-60 View citations (23)

1998

40. Nash as an Organizing Principle in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Experimental Evidence
    Experimental Economics, 1998, 1, (3), 191-206 View citations (63)

1997

41. An Experimental Study of Time-Independent and Time-Dependent Externalities in the Commons
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1997, 19, (1), 77-96 View citations (75)
42. Governing a Groundwater Commons: A Strategic and Laboratory Analysis of Western Water Law
    Economic Inquiry, 1997, 35, (2), 218-34 View citations (20)

1995

43. Anonymity and the voluntary provision of public goods
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1995, 27, (3), 365-380 View citations (47)
44. Heterogenous Demand for Public Goods: Behavior in the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
    Public Choice, 1995, 85, (3-4), 249-66 View citations (99)

1994

45. 5. Heterogeneities, Information and Conflict Resolution: Experimental Evidence on Sharing Contracts
    Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1994, 6, (4), 495-525
46. Group size and the voluntary provision of public goods: Experimental evidence utilizing large groups
    Journal of Public Economics, 1994, 54, (1), 1-36 View citations (324)
47. The Role of Communication in Resolving Commons Dilemmas: Experimental Evidence with Heterogeneous Appropriators
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1994, 27, (2), 99-126 View citations (109)

1993

48. Monetary Rewards and Decision Cost in Experimental Economics
    Economic Inquiry, 1993, 31, (2), 245-61 View citations (192)
49. Rewards, Experience and Decision Costs in First Price Auctions
    Economic Inquiry, 1993, 31, (2), 237-45 View citations (49)

1992

50. Covenants with and without a Sword: Self-Governance Is Possible
    American Political Science Review, 1992, 86, (2), 404-417 View citations (907)
51. Probabilistic Destruction of Common-Pool Resources: Experimental Evidence
    Economic Journal, 1992, 102, (414), 1149-61 View citations (82)
52. Theory and Misbehavior of First-Price Auctions: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1392-412 View citations (56)

1990

53. Inducing Risk-Neutral Preferences: An Examination in a Controlled Market Environment
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1990, 3, (1), 5-24 View citations (17)
54. Rent dissipation in a limited-access common-pool resource: Experimental evidence
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1990, 19, (3), 203-211 View citations (128)
55. The Nature of Common-Pool Resource Problems
    Rationality and Society, 1990, 2, (3), 335-358 View citations (60)

1989

56. The assurance problem in a laboratory market
    Public Choice, 1989, 62, (3), 217-236 View citations (141)

1988

57. Communication and Free-Riding Behavior: The Voluntary Contribution Mechanism
    Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (4), 585-608 View citations (377)
58. Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1988, 103, (1), 179-199 View citations (533)
    See also Working Paper Group size effects in public goods provision: The voluntary contribution mechanism, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2010) View citations (12) (2010)
59. Market behavior in bid, offer, and double auctions: A Reexmination
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 9, (3), 301-314 View citations (8)
60. Theory and Individual Behavior of First-Price Auctions
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1988, 1, (1), 61-99 View citations (232)

1987

61. Bidding behavior in first price sealed bid auctions: Use of computerized Nash competitors
    Economics Letters, 1987, 23, (3), 239-244 View citations (26)

1985

62. Experimental Development of Sealed-Bid Auction Theory: Calibrating Controls for Risk Aversion
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 160-65 View citations (61)
63. Information and conspiracy in sealed bid auctions
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1985, 6, (2), 139-159 View citations (89)

1984

64. Divergent evidence on free riding: An experimental examination of possible explanations
    Public Choice, 1984, 43, (2), 113-149 View citations (330)
65. Theory and Behavior of Multiple Unit Discriminative Auctions
    Journal of Finance, 1984, 39, (4), 983-1010 View citations (41)

1983

66. A test that discriminates between two models of the Dutch-first auction non-isomorphism
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (2-3), 205-219 View citations (28)
67. Tests of a heterogeneous bidders theory of first price auctions
    Economics Letters, 1983, 12, (3-4), 207-212 View citations (23)

1982

68. Auction market theory of heterogeneous bidders
    Economics Letters, 1982, 9, (4), 319-325 View citations (28)

1980

69. Voluntary Response to Energy Conservation Appeals: Comment [Voluntarism and Price Response: Consumer Reaction to the Energy Shortage]
    Journal of Consumer Research, 1980, 7, (1), 88-92

1979

70. The residential demand for electricity: Further empirical evidence
    Resources and Energy, 1979, 2, (4), 391-396

Chapters

2008

1. Motivation Theory and Experimental Behavior under the Decision Cost Hypothesis
   Elsevier
2. Rewards and Behavior in First Price Auctions
   Elsevier

2006

3. The voluntary provision of a public good with binding multi-round commitments
   A chapter in Experiments Investigating Fundraising and Charitable Contributors, 2006, pp 225-246

2002

4. Cooperation in public-goods experiments: kindness or confusion?
   Chapter 17 in Market Failure or Success, 2002

2001

5. Experimental economics methods in the large undergraduate classroom: Practical considerations
   A chapter in Research in Experimental Economics, 2001, pp 1-23 View citations (4)