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Working Papers

2024

  1. Distributions of Posterior Quantiles via Matching
    Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales Downloads
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2024) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Distributions of posterior quantiles via matching, Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society (2024) Downloads (2024)
  2. Employment and Community: Socioeconomic Cooperation and Its Breakdown
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Marginal Reputation
    Papers, arXiv.org Downloads
  4. The Economics of Partisan Gerrymandering
    Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales Downloads
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2023) Downloads
    Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales (2020) Downloads
    Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales (2023) Downloads

2023

  1. Mistrust, Misperception, and Misunderstanding: Imperfect Information and Conflict Dynamics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Persuasion and Matching: Optimal Productive Transport
    Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2023) Downloads View citations (4)
  3. Persuasion with Non-Linear Preferences
    Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2022) Downloads View citations (3)

2020

  1. Assortative Information Disclosure
    Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales Downloads View citations (7)

2018

  1. A Theory of Equality Before the Law
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article A Theory of Equality Before the Law, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2021) Downloads View citations (2) (2021)

2015

  1. Capital Taxation under Political Constraints
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in 2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2014) Downloads View citations (4)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2014) Downloads View citations (4)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) Downloads View citations (5)

    See also Journal Article Capital Taxation under Political Constraints, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) Downloads View citations (33) (2016)
  2. Sustaining Cooperation: Community Enforcement vs. Specialized Enforcement
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics Downloads View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) Downloads View citations (12)

2012

  1. Cycles of Distrust: An Economic Model
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine Downloads View citations (16)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) Downloads View citations (15)

2009

  1. A Search Cost Model of Obfuscation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article A search cost model of obfuscation, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2012) Downloads View citations (145) (2012)
  2. The Economics of Labor Coercion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The Economics of Labor Coercion, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2011) View citations (58) (2011)

Journal Articles

2025

  1. Non-recursive dynamic incentives: a rate of convergence approach
    Theoretical Economics, Forthcoming Downloads

2024

  1. Distributions of posterior quantiles via matching
    Theoretical Economics, 2024, 19, (4) Downloads
    See also Working Paper Distributions of Posterior Quantiles via Matching, Discussion Papers (2024) Downloads (2024)
  2. Mediated Collusion
    Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132, (4), 1247 - 1289 Downloads
  3. Noise-Tolerant Community Enforcement and the Strength of Small Stakes
    American Economic Review: Insights, 2024, 6, (4), 509-25 Downloads

2023

  1. Bad apples in symmetric repeated games
    Theoretical Economics, 2023, 18, (4) Downloads
  2. Monitoring versus Discounting in Repeated Games
    Econometrica, 2023, 91, (5), 1727-1761 Downloads
  3. Unobserved-Offers Bargaining
    American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (1), 136-73 Downloads

2021

  1. A Theory of Equality Before the Law
    The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (636), 1429-1465 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper A Theory of Equality Before the Law, NBER Working Papers (2018) Downloads View citations (3) (2018)
  2. Communication and Community Enforcement
    Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (9), 2595 - 2628 Downloads View citations (2)
  3. Record-Keeping and Cooperation in Large Societies
    (Has Punishment Played a Role in the Evolution of Cooperation? A Critical Review)
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88, (5), 2179-2209 Downloads
  4. The Revelation Principle in Multistage Games
    (Information Feedback in a Dynamic Tournament)
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88, (3), 1503-1540 Downloads View citations (8)

2020

  1. A Few Bad Apples Spoil the Barrel: An Anti-folk Theorem for Anonymous Repeated Games with Incomplete Information
    American Economic Review, 2020, 110, (12), 3817-35 Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Deterrence with Imperfect Attribution
    American Political Science Review, 2020, 114, (4), 1155-1178 Downloads View citations (8)
  3. Indirect reciprocity with simple records
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117, (21), 11344-11349 Downloads View citations (5)
  4. Sustaining Cooperation: Community Enforcement versus Specialized Enforcement
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (2), 1078-1122 Downloads View citations (12)
  5. The Folk Theorem in Repeated Games With Anonymous Random Matching
    Econometrica, 2020, 88, (3), 917-964 Downloads View citations (6)

2018

  1. Bounding payoffs in repeated games with private monitoring: n-player games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2018, 175, (C), 58-87 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Learning from Others' Outcomes
    American Economic Review, 2018, 108, (10), 2763-2801 Downloads View citations (10)
  3. Maintaining Privacy in Cartels
    Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126, (6), 2569 - 2607 Downloads View citations (12)

2017

  1. Bounding equilibrium payoffs in repeated games with private monitoring
    Theoretical Economics, 2017, 12, (2) Downloads View citations (7)

2016

  1. Capital Taxation under Political Constraints
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (8), 2304-28 Downloads View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Capital Taxation under Political Constraints, CEPR Discussion Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (2) (2015)
  2. Mechanism design with maxmin agents: theory and an application to bilateral trade
    Theoretical Economics, 2016, 11, (3) Downloads View citations (54)

2015

  1. Communication with tokens in repeated games on networks
    Theoretical Economics, 2015, 10, (1) Downloads View citations (15)

2014

  1. Cycles of Conflict: An Economic Model
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (4), 1350-67 Downloads View citations (46)

2013

  1. Cooperation with Network Monitoring
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80, (1), 395-427 Downloads View citations (25)
  2. Endogenous institutions and political extremism
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2013, 81, (C), 86-100 Downloads View citations (2)

2012

  1. A search cost model of obfuscation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2012, 43, (3), 417-441 Downloads View citations (145)
    See also Working Paper A Search Cost Model of Obfuscation, NBER Working Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (17) (2009)
  2. Career Concerns and Performance Reporting in Optimal Incentive Contracts
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2012, 12, (1), 32 Downloads View citations (3)
  3. Reputational Bargaining With Minimal Knowledge of Rationality
    Econometrica, 2012, 80, (5), 2047-2087 Downloads View citations (13)

2011

  1. Indeterminacy of reputation effects in repeated games with contracts
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2011, 73, (2), 595-607 Downloads View citations (7)
  2. The Economics of Labor Coercion
    Econometrica, 2011, 79, (2), 555-600 View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper The Economics of Labor Coercion, NBER Working Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (7) (2009)

2010

  1. Dynamic monopoly with relational incentives
    Theoretical Economics, 2010, 5, (3) Downloads View citations (4)

2009

  1. Fully sincere voting
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, 67, (2), 720-735 Downloads View citations (5)

Chapters

2022

  1. Reputational Bargaining
    Springer View citations (2)
 
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