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Working Papers

2022

1. Who saves more, the naive or the sophisticated agent?
   SAFE Working Paper Series, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE View citations (2)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
   See also Journal Article Who saves more, the naive or the sophisticated agent?, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2020

2. Cognition, Optimism and the Formation of Age-Dependent Survival Beliefs
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
   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 (2018)
   SAFE Working Paper Series, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (2020) View citations (4)
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2020) View citations (3)
   ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2018) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article COGNITION, OPTIMISM, AND THE FORMATION OF AGE‐DEPENDENT SURVIVAL BELIEFS, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2021) View citations (7) (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) View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2017)
   See also Journal Article Preferences over all random variables: Incompatibility of convexity and continuity, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (3) (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 Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Cologne, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (5)
   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)
   See also Journal Article A life-cycle model with ambiguous survival beliefs, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2016) View citations (24) (2016)
7. Bayesian Learning with Multiple Priors and Non-Vanishing Ambiguity
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Bayesian learning with multiple priors and nonvanishing ambiguity, Economic Theory, Springer (2017) View citations (5) (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
    See also Journal Article Bank-Deposit Contracts Versus Financial-Market Participation in Emerging Economies, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (1) (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 Biased Bayesian learning with an application to the risk-free rate puzzle, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier (2014) View citations (5) (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 On the welfare equivalence of asset markets and banking in Diamond Dybvig economies, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
14. On the impossibility of insider trade in rational expectations equilibria
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article On the impossibility of insider trade in rational expectations equilibria, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier (2014) (2014)
15. Speculative Trade Equilibria with Incorrect Price Anticipations
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics 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 (4)
    See also Journal Article The impact of statistical learning on violations of the sure-thing principle, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2015) View citations (12) (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 The minimal confidence levels of Basel capital regulation, Journal of Banking Regulation, Palgrave Macmillan (2014) View citations (2) (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, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article A decision-theoretic model of asset-price underreaction and overreaction to dividend news, Annals of Finance, Springer (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
20. Indecisiveness aversion and preference for commitment
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (11)
    Also in THEMA Working Papers, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise (2009) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Indecisiveness aversion and preference for commitment, Theory and Decision, Springer (2012) View citations (13) (2012)
21. The emergence of "fifty-fifty" probability judgements in a conditional Savage world
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

2011

22. Explaining the harmonic sequence paradox
    Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

2008

23. A Parsimonious Choquet Model of Subjective Life Expectancy
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)

2007

24. A Parsimonious Model of Subjective Life Expectancy
    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 (16)
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2007) View citations (13)
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim (2007) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article A parsimonious model of subjective life expectancy, Theory and Decision, Springer (2013) View citations (39) (2013)
25. 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)

2006

26. Flexibility of Choice versus Reduction of Ambiguity
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics
    See also Journal Article Flexibility of choice versus reduction of ambiguity, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2008) View citations (5) (2008)

2005

27. Equivalence between best responses and undominated
    Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 View citations (6)
    Also in Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim (2005) View citations (6)

2004

28. 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 A NOTE ON THE EQUIVALENCE OF RATIONALIZABILITY CONCEPTS IN GENERALIZED NICE GAMES, International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2006) (2006)
29. Dominance-Solvable Lattice Games
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2004)
30. Investment Behavior under Ambiguity: The Case of Pessimistic Decision Makers
    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 (2004) View citations (1)
    Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (2004)
    See also Journal Article Investment behavior under ambiguity: The case of pessimistic decision makers, Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier (2006) View citations (10) (2006)
31. 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)
32. 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
33. 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 Rational expectations and ambiguity: A comment on Abel (2002), Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon (2006) View citations (2) (2006)

2003

34. Security And Potential Level Preferences With
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim View citations (1)
35. Security and potential level preferences with thresholds
    Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504
36. Uniqueness Conditions for Point-Rationalizable
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim
37. Uniqueness conditions for point-rationalizable solutions of games with metrizable strategy sets
    Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Who saves more, the naive or the sophisticated agent?
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2024, 219, (C)
   See also Working Paper Who saves more, the naive or the sophisticated agent?, SAFE Working Paper Series (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2023

2. Belief aggregation for representative agent models
   International Journal of Economic Theory, 2023, 19, (2), 309-342 View citations (1)
3. Unrealized arbitrage opportunities in naive equilibria with non-Bayesian belief processes
   Mathematical Social Sciences, 2023, 125, (C), 27-41

2022

4. Moving from a bad to a good pricing regime: The South African private health care market
   South African Journal of Economics, 2022, 90, (2), 260-276
5. 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

6. Bargaining over loan contracts with signaling
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2021, 23, (5), 958-984 View citations (1)
7. COGNITION, OPTIMISM, AND THE FORMATION OF AGE‐DEPENDENT SURVIVAL BELIEFS
   International Economic Review, 2021, 62, (2), 887-918 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Cognition, Optimism and the Formation of Age-Dependent Survival Beliefs, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2020

8. 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

9. Preferences over all random variables: Incompatibility of convexity and continuity
   Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2018, 75, (C), 71-83 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Preferences over all random variables: Incompatibility of convexity and continuity, Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (2018) View citations (2) (2018)

2017

10. Bayesian learning with multiple priors and nonvanishing ambiguity
    Economic Theory, 2017, 64, (3), 409-447 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Bayesian Learning with Multiple Priors and Non-Vanishing Ambiguity, Working Papers (2015) (2015)

2016

11. A life-cycle model with ambiguous survival beliefs
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2016, 162, (C), 137-180 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper A life-cycle model with ambiguous survival beliefs, SAFE Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
12. Banks versus markets. A response to Kucinskas
    Economics Letters, 2016, 147, (C), 174-176 View citations (1)

2015

13. 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 Bank Deposit Contracts Versus Financial Market Participation in Emerging Economies, Working Papers (2013) (2013)
14. The impact of statistical learning on violations of the sure-thing principle
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2015, 50, (2), 97-115 View citations (12)
    Also in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2015, 50, (2), 117-117 (2015) View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper The impact of statistical learning on violations of the sure-thing principle, Working Papers (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2014

15. 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 Biased Bayesian learning with an application to the risk-free rate puzzle, Working Papers (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
16. 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 On the impossibility of insider trade in rational expectations equilibria, Working Papers (2013) (2013)
17. The minimal confidence levels of Basel capital regulation
    Journal of Banking Regulation, 2014, 15, (2), 129-143 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The minimal confidence levels of Basel capital regulation, Working Papers (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2013

18. A decision-theoretic model of asset-price underreaction and overreaction to dividend news
    Annals of Finance, 2013, 9, (4), 625-665 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper A decision-theoretic model of asset-price underreaction and overreaction to dividend news, Working Papers (2012) (2012)
19. A parsimonious model of subjective life expectancy
    Theory and Decision, 2013, 75, (4), 519-541 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper A Parsimonious Model of Subjective Life Expectancy, MEA discussion paper series (2007) View citations (16) (2007)
20. 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 On the Welfare Equivalence of Asset Markets and Banking in Diamond Dybvig Economies, Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
21. 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)

2012

22. 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)
23. Can industry regulators learn collusion structures from information-efficient asset markets?
    Economics Letters, 2012, 116, (1), 1-4
24. Existence of speculative bubbles when time-horizons are finite
    Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32, (1), 251-259
25. Indecisiveness aversion and preference for commitment
    Theory and Decision, 2012, 72, (1), 1-13 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Indecisiveness aversion and preference for commitment, Post-Print (2012) View citations (11) (2012)

2011

26. Do Bayesians Learn Their Way Out of Ambiguity?
    Decision Analysis, 2011, 8, (4), 269-285 View citations (10)
27. Re-examining the law of iterated expectations for Choquet decision makers
    Theory and Decision, 2011, 71, (4), 669-677 View citations (13)

2010

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

2009

29. An epistemic model of an agent who does not reflect on reasoning processes
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2009, 58, (3), 290-309
30. 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)
31. On attitude polarization under Bayesian learning with non-additive beliefs
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2009, 39, (2), 181-212 View citations (20)

2008

32. Flexibility of choice versus reduction of ambiguity
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, 30, (3), 507-526 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Flexibility of Choice versus Reduction of Ambiguity, Working Papers (2006) (2006)
33. Revisiting Independence and Stochastic Dominance for Compound Lotteries
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2008, 8, (1), 11 View citations (1)

2007

34. 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 (13)
35. Strategic games with security and potential level players
    Theory and Decision, 2007, 63, (1), 53-78

2006

36. 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 A Note on the Equivalence of Rationalizability Concepts in Generalized Nice Games, Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications (2004) (2004)
37. Assessing the Likelihood of Panic-Based Bank Runs
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2006, 6, (1), 21 View citations (2)
38. Investment behavior under ambiguity: The case of pessimistic decision makers
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2006, 52, (2), 111-130 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Investment Behavior under Ambiguity: The Case of Pessimistic Decision Makers, Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications (2004) (2004)
39. Rational expectations and ambiguity: A comment on Abel (2002)
    Economics Bulletin, 2006, 4, (2), 1-15 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Rational Expectations and Ambiguity: A Comment on Abel (2002), Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications (2004) View citations (3) (2004)
40. Uniqueness conditions for strongly point-rationalizable solutions to games with metrizable strategy sets
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2006, 42, (6), 729-751 View citations (3)

2005

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