Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

1980 - 2025

Current editor(s): Houser, D. and Puzzello, D.

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Will most of us be working for giant enterprises by 2028? pp. 363-382: Frederic L. Pryor
Shirking and the choice of technology: a theory of production inefficiency with an empirical application pp. 383-402: Craig Depken, Esther Redmount and Arthur Snow
The effect of business risk on manufacturing investment: Sectoral survey evidence from Ireland pp. 403-412: Ciaran Driver and Brendan Whelan
Does inequality of labor earnings emerge in young days or later?: Labor earnings dynamics and learning about individual ability in heterogeneous society pp. 413-434: Futoshi Yamauchi
Spot market mechanism design and competitivity issues in electric power pp. 435-453: Michael J. Denton, Stephen Rassenti and Vernon L. Smith
Incentive schemes as a signaling device pp. 455-465: Roman Inderst
Information acquisition and entry pp. 467-479: Sjaak Hurkens and Nir Vulkan

The effects of community characteristics on community social behavior pp. 249-267: Nancy Brooks
Firm size and productivity differential: theory and evidence from a panel of US firms pp. 269-293: Rajeev Dhawan
Endogenous labor supply, growth and overlapping generations pp. 295-314: Gilles Duranton
Dynamic consistency in incentive planning with a material input pp. 315-332: Hugh M. Neary
Production-to-order or production-to-stock: the endogenous choice of institution in experimental auction markets pp. 333-345: Owen R. Phillips, Dale J. Menkhaus and Joseph L. Krogmeier
Buyer experimentation and introductory pricing pp. 347-362: Edward E. Schlee

Faculty participation in university governance and the effects on university performance pp. 129-143: William O. BrownJr.
Help, harm or avoid? On the personal advantage of dispositions to cooperate and punish in multilateral PD games with exit pp. 145-167: Roger Congleton and Viktor J. Vanberg
A model of institutional formation within a rent seeking environment pp. 169-176: Kevin Sylwester
The information advantage in two-person bargaining with incomplete information pp. 177-200: Darryl A. Seale, Terry E. Daniel and Amnon Rapoport
Why do black basketball players work more for less money? pp. 201-219: Robert McCormick and Robert Tollison
Anticipatory learning in two-person games: some experimental results pp. 221-232: Fang-Fang Tang
Multi-task agency: a combinatorial model pp. 233-248: Peter Bardsley

On sympathy and games pp. 1-30: David Sally
Making sense of institutions as a factor shaping economic performance pp. 31-54: Richard Nelson and Bhaven N. Sampat
Agency costs, asset specificity, and the capital structure of the firm pp. 55-69: Jon Vilasuso and Lanse Minkler
Can agents learn their way out of chaos? pp. 71-83: Martin Schonhofer
Statistical estimation and moment evaluation of a stochastic growth model with asset market restrictions pp. 85-103: Martin Lettau, Gang Gong and Willi Semmler
Optimal assignment of principalship in teams pp. 105-127: Shuhe Li and Weiying Zhang

Warm-glow versus cold-prickle: a further experimental study of framing effects on free-riding pp. 405-421: Eun-Soo Park
Wage equity and employee motivation in nonprofit and for-profit organizations pp. 423-446: Laura Leete
Economic motives and professional norms: the case of general medical practice pp. 447-470: Tor Iversen and Hilde Luras
Confidence lost and -- partially -- regained: consumer response to food scares pp. 471-485: Andreas Bocker and Claus-Hennig Hanf
Full-scale real tests of consumer behavior using experimental data pp. 487-497: Aurelio Mattei
Professionals and students in a lobbying experiment: Professional rules of conduct and subject surrogacy pp. 499-522: Jan Potters and Frans van Winden

Ownership structure and the quality of medical care: evidence from the dialysis industry pp. 279-293: Jon Ford and David L. Kaserman
The effect of organizational form on quality: the case of franchising pp. 295-318: Steven C. Michael
Why capital suppliers (usually) hire workers: what we know and what we need to know pp. 319-336: Gregory Dow and Louis Putterman
International trade and internal organization pp. 337-357: Urjit R. Patel
Nonprofit decision making and social regulation: the intended and unintended consequences of Title IX pp. 359-376: Kathleen Carroll and Brad Humphreys
A game-theoretic explanation of the administrative lattice in institutions of higher learning pp. 377-391: Andreas Ortmann and Richard Squire
Rejoinder to Kritikos and Bolle: making indenture viable -- the extortionary power of pre-commitment in iterated prisoner's dilemma pp. 393-395: Gerhard Holt
Indenture: an institution for a credible commitment without extortion pp. 397-403: Alexander Kritikos

Optimal search on a technology landscape pp. 141-166: Stuart Kauffman, Jose Lobo and William G. Macready
A contribution to the evolutionary theory of innovation, imitation and growth pp. 167-198: Katsuhito Iwai
The role of linkages in firm performance: evidence from southern Italy pp. 199-221: Fabio Mazzola and Sergio Bruni
Keeping up with the Joneses: competition and the evolution of collusion pp. 223-238: Huw Dixon
Spatial evolution of automata in the prisoners' dilemma pp. 239-262: Oliver Kirchkamp
The dynamics of resource allocation in research organizations pp. 263-277: Darren Filson

Bounded rationality, social and cultural norms, and interdependence via reference groups pp. 1-34: Hiroaki Hayakawa
Status competition and performance in work groups pp. 35-55: Christoph Loch, Bernardo A. Huberman and Suzanne Stout
Friend-or-foe intentionality priming in an extensive form trust game pp. 57-73: Terence Burnham, Kevin McCabe and Vernon L. Smith
Entitlements and fairness:: an experimental study of distributive preferences pp. 75-89: Elisabet Rutstrom and Melonie B. Williams
On some implications of evolutionary psychology for the study of preferences and institutions pp. 91-99: Avner Ben-Ner and Louis Putterman
Does economics make citizens corrupt? pp. 101-113: Bjorn Frank and Gunther G. Schulze
"Yes men", integrity, and the optimal design of incentive contracts pp. 115-125: Christian Ewerhart and Patrick W. Schmitz
Do as you say, say as you do: evidence on gender differences in actual and stated contributions to public goods pp. 127-139: Kelly M. Brown and Laura Taylor