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Working Papers

2021

1. Who Saves More, the Naive or the Sophisticated Agent?
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in SAFE Working Paper Series, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (2019) View citations (2)

2020

2. Cognition, Optimism and the Formation of Age-Dependent Survival Beliefs
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2020) View citations (3)
   SAFE Working Paper Series, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (2020) View citations (4)
   MEA discussion paper series, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy (2018) View citations (1)
   ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2018) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (2021)

2019

3. Preferences Over Rich Sets of Random Variables: Semicontinuity in Measure versus Convexity
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

2018

4. Preferences over all random variables: Incompatibility of convexity and continuity
   Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2017)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Mathematical Economics (2018)

2017

5. Rationalizable Information Equilibria
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

2015

6. A life-cycle model with ambiguous survival beliefs
   SAFE Working Paper Series, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE View citations (2)
   Also in MEA discussion paper series, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy (2013) View citations (5)
   Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Cologne, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (5)
   Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2014) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2016)
7. Bayesian Learning with Multiple Priors and Non-Vanishing Ambiguity
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2017)
8. Biased Survival Beliefs, Psychological and Cognitive Explanations, and the Demand for Life Insurances
   VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

2014

9. Subjective Life Expectancy
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (10)

2013

10. Ambiguous Survival Beliefs and Hyperbolic Discounting in a Life-Cycle Model
    VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (1)
11. Bank Deposit Contracts Versus Financial Market Participation in Emerging Economies
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2013)
    See also Journal Article in Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (2015)
12. Biased Bayesian learning with an application to the risk-free rate puzzle
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2014)
13. On the Welfare Equivalence of Asset Markets and Banking in Diamond Dybvig Economies
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2013)
14. On the impossibility of insider trade in rational expectations equilibria
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2013)
    See also Journal Article in The North American Journal of Economics and Finance (2014)
15. Speculative Trade Equilibria with Incorrect Price Anticipations
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (2)
16. The impact of statistical learning on violations of the sure-thing principle
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2015)
17. The minimal confidence levels of Basel capital regulation
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Banking Regulation (2014)

2012

18. A Life-Cycle Consumption Model with Ambiguous Survival Beliefs
    2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (7)
19. A decision-theoretic model of asset-price underreaction and overreaction to dividend news
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2012)
    See also Journal Article in Annals of Finance (2013)
20. Indecisiveness aversion and preference for commitment
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (8)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2009)
    THEMA Working Papers, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise (2009) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Theory and Decision (2012)
21. The emergence of "fifty-fifty" probability judgements in a conditional Savage world
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2012)

2011

22. Do Bayesians learn their way out of ambiguity?
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Decision Analysis (2011)
23. Explaining the harmonic sequence paradox
    Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)
24. Optimal liquidity provision through a demand deposit scheme: The Jacklin critique revisited
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in German Economic Review (2013)

2010

25. The harmonic sequence paradox reconsidered
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa

2008

26. A Parsimonious Choquet Model of Subjective Life Expectancy
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
27. A parsimonious model of subjective life expectancy
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (4)
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2007) View citations (13)
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim (2007) View citations (13)
    MEA discussion paper series, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy (2007) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in Theory and Decision (2013)
28. Asset pricing in a Lucas "fruit-tree' economy with non-additive beliefs
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
29. On attitude polarization under Bayesian learning with non-additive beliefs
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2009)
30. Revisiting independence and stochastic dominance for compound lotteries
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (2008)

2007

31. Attitude polarization
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim
    Also in MEA discussion paper series, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy (2007) View citations (2)
    Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2007)
32. Half empty, half full and the possibility of agreeing to disagree
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
33. Security and Potential Level Preferences with Thresholds
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (4)
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2003)

2006

34. An epistemic model of an agent who does not reflect on reasoning processes
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    See also Journal Article in Mathematical Social Sciences (2009)
35. Flexibility of Choice versus Reduction of Ambiguity
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2005)
    See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2008)

2005

36. A fixed point characterization of the dominancesolvability of lattice games with strategic substitutes
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Game Theory (2007)
37. Equivalence between best responses and undominated
    Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 View citations (5)
    Also in Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim (2005) View citations (5)

2004

38. A Note on the Equivalence of Rationalizability Concepts in Generalized Nice Games
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2004)
    See also Journal Article in International Game Theory Review (IGTR) (2006)
39. Dominance-Solvable Lattice Games
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2004)
40. Investment Behavior under Ambiguity: The Case of Pessimistic Decision Makers
    MEA discussion paper series, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy View citations (1)
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2004)
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim (2004)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematical Social Sciences (2006)
41. On the Existence of Strategic Solutions for Games with Security- and Potential Level Players
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2004)
42. Rational Expectations and Ambiguity: A Comment on Abel
    MEA discussion paper series, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
43. Rational Expectations and Ambiguity: A Comment on Abel (2002)
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim View citations (3)
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2004)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Bulletin (2006)

2003

44. Security And Potential Level Preferences With
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim View citations (1)
45. Uniqueness Conditions for Point-Rationalizable
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim
46. Uniqueness conditions for point-rationalizable solutions of games with metrizable strategy sets
    Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2022

1. When is Knowledge Acquisition Socially Beneficial in the Laffont–Tirole Regulatory Framework?
   The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2022, 22, (1), 233-266

2021

2. Bargaining over loan contracts with signaling
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2021, 23, (5), 958-984 View citations (1)
3. COGNITION, OPTIMISM, AND THE FORMATION OF AGE‐DEPENDENT SURVIVAL BELIEFS
   International Economic Review, 2021, 62, (2), 887-918 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2020

4. Choosing the agent's group identity in a trust game with delegated decision making
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2020, 22, (1), 220-244

2018

5. Preferences over all random variables: Incompatibility of convexity and continuity
   Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2018, 75, (C), 71-83 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2017

6. Bayesian learning with multiple priors and nonvanishing ambiguity
   Economic Theory, 2017, 64, (3), 409-447 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2016

7. A life-cycle model with ambiguous survival beliefs
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2016, 162, (C), 137-180 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
8. Banks versus markets. A response to Kucinskas
   Economics Letters, 2016, 147, (C), 174-176

2015

9. Bank-Deposit Contracts Versus Financial-Market Participation in Emerging Economies
   Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2015, 51, (3), 525-536 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2013)
10. Erratum to: The impact of statistical learning on violations of the sure-thing principle
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2015, 50, (2), 117-117 View citations (8)
11. The impact of statistical learning on violations of the sure-thing principle
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2015, 50, (2), 97-115 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2014

12. Biased Bayesian learning with an application to the risk-free rate puzzle
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2014, 39, (C), 79-97 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
13. On the impossibility of insider trade in rational expectations equilibria
    The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2014, 28, (C), 109-118
    See also Working Paper (2013)
14. The minimal confidence levels of Basel capital regulation
    Journal of Banking Regulation, 2014, 15, (2), 129-143 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2013

15. A decision-theoretic model of asset-price underreaction and overreaction to dividend news
    Annals of Finance, 2013, 9, (4), 625-665 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
16. A parsimonious model of subjective life expectancy
    Theory and Decision, 2013, 75, (4), 519-541 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
17. On the welfare equivalence of asset markets and banking in Diamond Dybvig economies
    Economics Letters, 2013, 121, (3), 356-359 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
18. Optimal Liquidity Provision Through a Demand Deposit Scheme: The Jacklin Critique Revisited
    German Economic Review, 2013, 14, (1), 89-107 View citations (2)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2013, 14, (1), 89-107 (2013) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2012

19. Asset pricing in a Lucas fruit-tree economy with the best and worst in mind
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2012, 36, (4), 610-628 View citations (20)
20. Can industry regulators learn collusion structures from information-efficient asset markets?
    Economics Letters, 2012, 116, (1), 1-4
21. Existence of speculative bubbles when time-horizons are finite
    Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32, (1), 251-259
22. Indecisiveness aversion and preference for commitment
    Theory and Decision, 2012, 72, (1), 1-13 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2011

23. Do Bayesians Learn Their Way Out of Ambiguity?
    Decision Analysis, 2011, 8, (4), 269-285 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
24. Re-examining the law of iterated expectations for Choquet decision makers
    Theory and Decision, 2011, 71, (4), 669-677 View citations (8)

2010

25. Canonical interpretation of propositions as events
    International Journal of Economic Theory, 2010, 6, (3), 327-339

2009

26. An epistemic model of an agent who does not reflect on reasoning processes
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2009, 58, (3), 290-309
    See also Working Paper (2006)
27. Half empty, half full and why we can agree to disagree forever
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 71, (2), 283-299 View citations (15)
28. On attitude polarization under Bayesian learning with non-additive beliefs
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2009, 39, (2), 181-212 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

29. Flexibility of choice versus reduction of ambiguity
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, 30, (3), 507-526 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
30. Revisiting Independence and Stochastic Dominance for Compound Lotteries
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2008, 8, (1), 1-11
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

31. A fixed point characterization of the dominance-solvability of lattice games with strategic substitutes
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2007, 36, (1), 107-117 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
32. Strategic games with security and potential level players
    Theory and Decision, 2007, 63, (1), 53-78

2006

33. A NOTE ON THE EQUIVALENCE OF RATIONALIZABILITY CONCEPTS IN GENERALIZED NICE GAMES
    International Game Theory Review (IGTR), 2006, 08, (04), 669-674
    See also Working Paper (2004)
34. Assessing the Likelihood of Panic-Based Bank Runs
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2006, 6, (1), 1-19 View citations (2)
35. Investment behavior under ambiguity: The case of pessimistic decision makers
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2006, 52, (2), 111-130 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
36. Rational expectations and ambiguity: A comment on Abel (2002)
    Economics Bulletin, 2006, 4, (2), 1-15 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
37. Uniqueness conditions for strongly point-rationalizable solutions to games with metrizable strategy sets
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2006, 42, (6), 729-751 View citations (4)

2005

38. Equivalence between best responses and undominated strategies: a generalization from finite to compact strategy sets
    Economics Bulletin, 2005, 3, (7), 1-6 View citations (5)