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Working Papers

2025

1. Marginal Reputation
   Papers, arXiv.org

2024

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

2023

5. Mistrust, Misperception, and Misunderstanding: Imperfect Information and Conflict Dynamics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
6. Persuasion and Matching: Optimal Productive Transport
   Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales View citations (4)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2023) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Persuasion and Matching: Optimal Productive Transport, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2025) (2025)
7. Persuasion with Non-Linear Preferences
   Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales View citations (2)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2022) View citations (3)

2020

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

2018

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

2015

10. Capital Taxation under Political Constraints
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (5)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2014) View citations (4)
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2014) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Capital Taxation under Political Constraints, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (35) (2016)
11. Sustaining Cooperation: Community Enforcement vs. Specialized Enforcement
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (12)

2012

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

2009

13. A Search Cost Model of Obfuscation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article A search cost model of obfuscation, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2012) View citations (150) (2012)
14. The Economics of Labor Coercion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The Economics of Labor Coercion, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2011) View citations (61) (2011)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Non-recursive dynamic incentives: a rate of convergence approach
   Theoretical Economics, Forthcoming
2. Persuasion and Matching: Optimal Productive Transport
   Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 133, (4), 1334 - 1381
   See also Working Paper Persuasion and Matching: Optimal Productive Transport, Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (4) (2023)

2024

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

2023

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

2021

9. A Theory of Equality Before the Law
   The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (636), 1429-1465 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper A Theory of Equality Before the Law, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
10. Communication and Community Enforcement
    Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (9), 2595 - 2628 View citations (2)
11. 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
12. The Revelation Principle in Multistage Games
    (Information Feedback in a Dynamic Tournament)
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88, (3), 1503-1540 View citations (9)

2020

13. 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 View citations (4)
14. Deterrence with Imperfect Attribution
    American Political Science Review, 2020, 114, (4), 1155-1178 View citations (9)
15. Indirect reciprocity with simple records
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117, (21), 11344-11349 View citations (5)
16. Sustaining Cooperation: Community Enforcement versus Specialized Enforcement
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (2), 1078-1122 View citations (13)
17. The Folk Theorem in Repeated Games With Anonymous Random Matching
    Econometrica, 2020, 88, (3), 917-964 View citations (7)

2018

18. Bounding payoffs in repeated games with private monitoring: n-player games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2018, 175, (C), 58-87 View citations (2)
19. Learning from Others' Outcomes
    American Economic Review, 2018, 108, (10), 2763-2801 View citations (10)
20. Maintaining Privacy in Cartels
    Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126, (6), 2569 - 2607 View citations (13)

2017

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

2016

22. Capital Taxation under Political Constraints
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (8), 2304-28 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Capital Taxation under Political Constraints, CEPR Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
23. Mechanism design with maxmin agents: theory and an application to bilateral trade
    Theoretical Economics, 2016, 11, (3) View citations (57)

2015

24. Communication with tokens in repeated games on networks
    Theoretical Economics, 2015, 10, (1) View citations (16)

2014

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

2013

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

2012

28. A search cost model of obfuscation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2012, 43, (3), 417-441 View citations (150)
    See also Working Paper A Search Cost Model of Obfuscation, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (17) (2009)
29. Career Concerns and Performance Reporting in Optimal Incentive Contracts
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2012, 12, (1), 32 View citations (3)
30. Reputational Bargaining With Minimal Knowledge of Rationality
    Econometrica, 2012, 80, (5), 2047-2087 View citations (13)

2011

31. Indeterminacy of reputation effects in repeated games with contracts
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2011, 73, (2), 595-607 View citations (7)
32. The Economics of Labor Coercion
    Econometrica, 2011, 79, (2), 555-600 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper The Economics of Labor Coercion, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (7) (2009)

2010

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

2009

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

Chapters

2022

1. Reputational Bargaining
   Springer View citations (2)