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Working Papers 2008 (top)

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7-08H. E. Frech, III, Lee R. Mobley, Luc AnselinSpatial Interaction, Spatial Multipliers, and Hospital Competition
6-08Peter Kuhn, Adriaan R. Soetevent, Arie Kapteyn, Peter KooremanThe Own and Social Effects of an Unexpected Income Shock: Evidence from the Dutch Postcode Lottery
5-08H. E. Frech, III, C. Paul WazzanAllocating Costs in Ninth Circuit Predatory Pricing Cases: Marsann Co. v. Brammall, Inc. and its Problematic Progeny, Inglis v. Continental Baking and Thales v. Matsushita
4-08Robert T. Deacon, Christopher Costello, Dominic P. ParkerImproving Efficiency by Assigning Harvest Rights to Fishery Cooperatives: Evidence From the Chignik Salmon Co-op
3-08Robert T. Deacon, Dominic P. ParkerEncumbering Harvest Rights to Protect Marine Environments: A Model of Marine Conservation Easements
2-08Robert T. Deacon, Christopher Costello, Dominic P. ParkerA Model of Fishery Harvests with a Voluntary Co-op
1-08John E. PippengerFreely Floating Exchange Rates Do Not Systematically Overshoot

Working Papers 2007 (top)

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16-07John E. PippengerStrictly Speaking, the Law of One Price Works in Commodity Markets
15-07John E. PippengerHow should we think about markets for foreign exchange?
14-07John HartmanThe Relevance of Heterogeneity in a Congested Route Network with Tolls: An Analysis of Two Experiments Using Actual Waiting Times and Monetized Time Costs
13-07John L. HartmanA Route Choice Experiment With an Efficient Toll
12-07Francisco AzeredoThe Equity Premium: A Deeper Puzzle
11-07H. E. Frech, III, Kelly BedardPrison Health Care: Is Contracting Out Healthy?
10-07Douglas G. Steigerwald, Marc N. ConteDo Daylight-Saving Time Adjustments Really Impact Stock Returns?
9-07Douglas G. Steigerwald, Jack ErbAccurately Sized Test Statistics with Misspecified Conditional Homoskedasticity
8-07Peter Rupert, B. Ravikumar, Paul GommeThe Return to Capital and the Business Cycle
7-07Peter Rupert, Guillaume Rocheteau, Randall WrightInflation and Unemployment in General Equilibrium
6-07Peter Rupert, Bryan Engelhardt, Guillaume RocheteauCrime and the Labor Market in a Search Model with Pairwise-Efficient Separations
5-07Robert T. Deacon, Felix SchlapferThe spatial range of public goods revealed through referendum voting
4-07Robert T. Deacon, Christopher CostelloStrategies for Enhancing Rent Capture in ITQ Fisheries
3-07Robert T. Deacon, Christopher CostelloThe Efficiency Gains from Fully Delineating Rights in an ITQ Fishery
2-07Sarani SahaDemocratic Institutions and Provision of Public Good
1-07RStephen J. DeCanio, Catherine S. Norman, Lin FanOpportunities and Challenges for the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol

Working Papers 2006 (top)

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5-06Cheng-Zhong QinOn the Informational Role of Prices with Rational Expectations
4-06Douglas G. SteigerwaldA Note on Adaptive Estimation
3-06Cheng-Zhong QinBid and Guess: A Nested Mechanism for King Solomon's Dilemma
2-06Cheng-Zhong QinA Credit Mechanism for Selecting a Unique Competitive Equilibrium
1-06Cheng-Zhong QinOn Separating Equilibria with Positive Excess Demand for a Monopolistic Market

Working Papers 2005 (top)

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4-05Llad Phillips, John E. PippengerSome Pitfalls in Testing the Law of One Price in Commodity Markets
3-05Rod Garratt, Todd KeisterBank Runs: An Experimental Study
2-05Robert T. Deacon, Sarani SahaPublic Good Provision by Dictatorships: A Survey
1-05Gary Charness, Cheng-Zhong Qin, Guillaume FréchetteEndogenous Transfers in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game: An Experimental Test of Cooperation

Working Papers 2004 (top)

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6-04Olivier Deschenes, Michael GreenstoneThe Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather
5-04Robert T. Deacon, Catherine S. NormanDoes the Environmental Kuznets Curve Describe How Individual Countries Behave?
4-04Rod Garratt, John WoodersEfficiency in Second-Price Auctions: A New Look at Old Data
3-04RJohn E. PippengerThe Modern Theory of the LOP and PPP: Some Implications
2-04Rod Garratt, John WoodersBehavior in Second-Price Auctions by Highly Experienced eBay Buyers and Sellers
1-04Robert T. Deacon, Bernardo MuellerPolitical Economy and Natural Resource Use

Working Papers 2003 (top)

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22-03Robert T. Deacon, Catherine S. NormanIs the environmental Kuznets curve an empirical regularity?
21-03Robert T. Deacon, Erwin H. Bulte, Richard DamaniaResource Abundance, Poverty and Development
20-03Robert T. DeaconDictatorship, Democracy, and the Provision of Public Goods
19-03Francisco J. Velazquez, Ismael SanzWhat do OECD countries cut first at a time of fiscal adjustments? A dynamic panel data approach
18-03Andreas Roider, Jorg Oechssler, Mathias DrehmannHerding and Contrarian Behavior in Financial Markets: An Internet Experiment
17-03Jorg Oechssler, Jose Apesteguia, Steffen HuckImitation - Theory and Experimental Evidence
16-03Gary Charness, Aldo Rustichini, Luca RigottiThey are watching you: Social facilitation in institutions
15-03Gary Charness, Antonio Cabrales, Jordi BrandtsForward induction and the excess capacity puzzle: An experimental investigation
14-03Gary Charness, David I. LevineThe Road to Hell: An Experimental Study of Intentions
13-03Gary Charness, Jordi BrandtsDo Market Conditions Affect Gift Exchange? Evidence from Experimental Markets
12-03Gary Charness, Uri GneezyPortfolio Choice and Risk Attitudes: An Experiment
11-03Gary Charness, Antonio CabralesOptimal Contracts, Adverse Selection & Social Preferences: An Experiment
10-03Gary Charness, Gillaume R Frechette, John H. KagelHow Robust is Laboratory Gift Exchange?
9-03Gary Charness, Dan LevinWhen Optimal Choices Feel Wrong: A Laboratory Study of Bayesian Updating, Complexity, and Affect
8-03Carol McAuslandTrade, Politics,and the Environment: Tailpipe vs. Smokestack
7-03Olivier DeschenesThe Long-Term Impact of Military Service on Health: Evidence From World War II Veterans
6-03Kelly Bedard, Olivier DeschenesSexual Preferences, Marital Dissolution and the Economic Status of Women
5-03Rod GarrattA Tale of Two Cities and a Giffen Good
4-03Rod Garratt, Thomas TrogerSpeculation in Second-Price Auctions with Resale
3-03Perry Shapiro, Jeffery PetcheyPolicy Competition, Factor Mobility and Multiple Policy Instruments: Existence and Non-Existence of Equilibrium
2-03Perry ShapiroTaking the Castle: Efficiency and the Vibe of It
1-03RCheng-Zhong Qin, Son Ku Kim, Yan YuBribery in Rank-Order Tournaments

Working Papers 2002 (top)

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23-02Ted BergstromVernon Smith's Insomnia and the Dawn of Economics as Experimental Science
22-02Charles D. KolstadClimate Change Policy: A View from the US
21-02RCarol McAuslandHarmonizing Emissions Policy in Symmetric Countries: Improve the Environment, Improve Welfare?
20-02Peter Kuhn, Mikal SkuterudInternet Job Search and Unemployment Durations
19-02Thomas TrogerDouble Auctions, Ex-Post Participation Constraints, and the Hold-Up Problem
18-02Trenton G. SmithObesity and Nature's Thumbprint: How Modern Waistlines Can Inform Economic Theory
17-02Trenton G. SmithThe McDonald's Equilibrium: Advertising, Empty Calories, and the Endogenous Determination of Dietary Preferences
16-02Domenico EspositoYou Get What you Copay For The Influence of Patient Copayments on the Demand for Drugs within a Therapeutic Class: The Case of the Statins
13-02RCheng-Zhong QinPenalties and Rewards As Inducements To Cooperate
12-02H. E. Frech, III, Richard D. Miller, Jr.The Productivity of Health Care and Pharmaceuticals: Quality of Life, Cause
11-02Jati K. SenguptaNonparametric efficiency analysis under uncertainty
10-02Olivier DeschenesEstimating the Effects of Family Background on the Return to Schooling
9-02John E. PippengerA Better Measure of Relative Volatility
8-02Kelly Bedard, Eric Helland, Heather AntecolDoes Single Parenthood Increase the Probability of Teenage Promiscuity, Drug Use, and Crime? Evidence from Divorce Law Changes
7-02Kelly Bedard, Heather AntecolThe Racial Wage Gap: The Importance of Labor Force Attachment Differences Across Black, Mexican and White Men
6-02Francois Salanie, Nicolas TreichRegulating an agent with different beliefs
5-02Michael HoelInterregional Interactions and Population Mobility
4-02H. E. Frech, III, Garry MacDonald, Sandra HopkinsThe Australian Private Health Insurance Boom: Was It Subsidies or Liberalised Regulation?
3-02Stephen LeRoy, David KellyLiquidity and Liquidation
2-02Peter Kuhn, Catherine J. WeinbergerLeadership Skills and Wages
1-02Henning BohnGovernment Asset and Liability Management in an Era of Vanishing Public Debt

Working Papers 2001 (top)

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18-01Rod Garratt, Morten L. BechThe Intraday Liquidity Management Game
17-01Douglas G. Steigerwald, Richard J. VagnoniOption Market Microstructure and Stochastic Volatility
16-01Ted BergstromFree Labor for Costly Journals?
15-01Ted Bergstrom, Carl T. BergstromDo University Site Licenses for Academic Journals Benefit the Scientific Community?
14-01Ted BergstromEvolution of Social Behavior: Individual and Group Selection Models
13-01Ted BergstromThe Algebra of Assortative Encounters and the Evolution of Cooperation
12-01Olivier DeschenesUnobserved Ability, Comparative Advantage, and the Rising Return to Education in the United States 1979-2000
11-01Gary Charness, Uri GneezyWhat's in a Name? Anonymity and Social Distance in Dictator and Ultimatum Games
10-01Gary Charness, Doron Sonsino, Ernan HaruvySocial Distance and Reciprocity: The Internet vs. the Laboratory
9-01Gary Charness, Brit GrosskopfCheap Talk, Information, and Coordination- Experimental Evidence
8-01Stephen LeRoyInfinite Portfolios
7-01H. E. Frech, IIICorporate Demography and Empirical Industrial Organization: A Critical Appraisal
6-01Okan Kavuncu, Shawn D. KnabbAn Intergenerational Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change
5-01Kjell J. SunnevagAuction design for the allocation of emission permits
4-01Kjell J. SunnevagAuction design for the allocation of multiple units of a homogenous good: Theoretical background and practical experience
3-01Henning BohnRetirement Savings in an Aging Society: A Case for Innovative Government Debt Management
2-01Carol McAusland, Christopher CostelloOn agricultural protection and exotic species introductions
1-01RSigbjorn SodalEntry, Exit and Scrapping Decisons with Investment Lags: A Series of Investment Models Based on a New Approach

Working Papers 2000 (top)

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12-00H. E. Frech, III, James Langenfeld, Michaelyn CorbettManaged Health Care Effects: Medical Care Costs and Access to Health Insurance
11-00Rod GarrattPotential Maximization and Coalition Government Formation
10-00Kjell Erik Lommerud, Lars Sorgard, Odd Rune StraumeMerger Profitability in Unionized Oligopoly
9-00Lars Sorgard, Tommy Staahl GabrielsenPrivate Labels, Price Rivalry, and Public Policy
8-00Eduardo Schwartz, Svetlozar T. Rachev, Yesim TokatThe Stable non-Gaussian Asset Allocation: A Comparison with the Classical Gaussian Approach
7-00Hans Jarle Kind, Lars Sorgard, Oystein ForosAccess Pricing, Quality Degradation, and Foreclosure in the Internet
6-00RLars Sorgard, Tore NilssenTV Advertising, Programming Investments, and Product-Market Oligopoly
5-00Perry ShapiroTransboundary Environmental Problems with a Mobile Population: Is There a Need for Central Policy?
4-00Eduardo Schwartz, Irina Khindanova, Svetlozar RachevStable Modeling of Value at Risk
3-00Irina N. Khindanova, Svetlozar T. RachevValue at Risk: Recent Advances
2-00Lars Hakonsen, Lars MathiesenComparing the cost of emission reductions in first and second-best economies
1-00Svetlozar Rachev, Yesim TokatAsset and Liability Management: Recent Advances

Working Papers 1999 (top)

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12-99Rod Garratt, Todd KeisterA Characterization of Robust Sunspot Equilibria
11-99Robert T. DeaconThe Political Economy of Environment-Development Relationships: A Preliminary Framework
10-99Charles D. Kolstad, David L. Kelly, Glenn MitchellAdjustment Costs from Environmental Change Induced by Incomplete Information and Learning
9-99RHyungsik Roger Moon, Peter C.B. Phillips, Zhijie XiaoHow to Estimate Autoregressive Roots Near Unity
8-99Charles D. Kolstad, David L. KellySolving Infinite Horizon Growth Models with an Environmental Sector
7-99Charles Stuart, Robert MontgomerySex and Fiscal Desire
6-99Hyungsik R. Moon, Peter C.B. PhillipsMaximum Likelihood Estimation in Panels with Incidental Trends
5-99Glenn MitchellEvolution of Networks and the Diffusion of New Technology
4-99Rod Garratt, John MarshallEquity Risk, Conversion Risk, and the Demand for Insurance
3-99Rod Garratt, John MarshallExclusions and Demand for Insurance: Risk Theory Seminar 1999
2-99Jati K. SenguptaStochastic Growth in Schumpeterian Dynamics
1-99Hyungsik R. Moon, Peter C.B. PhillipsEstimation of Autoregressive Roots Near Unity Using Panel Data

Working Papers 1998 (top)

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32-98Charles D. Kolstad, David L. Kelly, Michael E. Schlesinger, Natalia G. AndronovaLearning About Climate Sensitivity from the Instrumental Record
31-98Charles D. Kolstad, David L. KellyIntegrated Assessment Models for Climate Change Control
30-98Charles D. Kolstad, Rolando M. GuzmanInformation and the Divergence Between Willingness-to-accept and Willingness-to-pay
29-98Charles D. Kolstad, Elena Gorbacheva, Julia Khaleeva, Svetlana ShcherbichEnvironmental Economics in Russia: Valuation and Regulatory
28-98Charles D. Kolstad, Yuqing XingDo Lax Environmental Regulations Attract Foreign Investment?
27-98Stephen J. TrejoImmigrant Participation in Low-Wage Labor Market
26-98Henning BohnSocial Security and Demographic Uncertainty: The Risk of Sharing Properties of Alternative Policies
25-98Alberto Cottica, Giovanni Ponti, Lisa de ProprisFriends Do Matter: Strategic Uncertainty and Vertical Contractual Relations
24-98Hyungsik R. MoonA Note on Fully-Modified Estimation of Seemingly Unrelated Regressions Models with Integrated Regressors
23-98RGlenn Mitchell, Gregrey W. HunterOptions for compliance with pollution control regulation: the relationship between abatement costs and bankable permit prices
22-98Rajnish Mehra, Raaj SahCan Small Fluctuations in Investors' Subjective Preferences Induce Large Volatility in Equity Prices?
21-98Rajnish Mehra, George M. Constantinides, John B. DonaldsonJunior Can't Borrow: A New Perspective on the Equity Premium Puzzle
20-98Giovanni PontiSplitting the Baby in Two: How to Solve Solomon's Dilemma when Agents are Boundedly Rational
19-98RCharles D. KolstadEnergy and Depletable Resources: Economics and Policy, 1973-98 (Revised)
18-98Hyungsik R. Moon, Peter C.B. PhillipsLinear Regression Limit Theory for Nonstationary Panel Data
17-98Hyungsik R. Moon, Peter C.B. PhillipsNonstationary Panel Data Analysis: An Overview of Some Recent Developments
16-98Stephen J. TrejoIntergenerational Progress of Mexican-Origin Workers in the U.S. Labor Market
15-98Edward FunkhouserIndividual Effects and Estimation of the Motives to Remit from International Migration
14-98H. E. Frech, III, Lee Rivers MobleyEfficiency, Growth and Concentration: An Empirical Analysis of Hospital Markets
13-98H. E. Frech, III, Lee Rivers MobleyManaged Care, Distance Traveled, and Hospital Market Definition
12-98Daniel S. Hamermesh, Stephen J. TrejoThe Demand for Hours of Labor: Direct Evidence from California
11-98H. E. Frech, IIIReform of Fee-for-Service Medicare: The Forgotten Opportunity
10-98Perry Shapiro, Jeffrey PetcheyPolicy Harmonization in Integrated Common Factor Markets
9-98RPerry Shapiro, Jeffrey PetcheyThe Coincidence of Collective and Individual Interests
8-98John E. PippengerModeling Foreign Exchange Markets: Stock Versus Flow
7-98Rod GarrattOn Market Games When Agents Cannot be Two Places at Once
6-98Antonio Cabrales, Giovanni PontiImplementation, Elimination of Weakly Dominated Strategies and Evolutionary Dynamics
5-98Henning BohnWill Social Security and Medicare Remain Viable as the U.S. Population is Aging?
4-98Henning BohnShould the Social Security Trust Fund hold Equities? An Intergenerational Welfare Analysis
3-98RHenning BohnRisk Sharing in a Stochastic Overlapping Generations Economy
2-98Giovanni Ponti, Robert M. SeymourEvolutionary Stability of Inequality Structures
1-98Der-Yuan YangThe Origin of the Bank of England: a Credible Commitment to Sovereign Debt

Working Papers 1997 (top)

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17-97Charles D. Kolstad, Rolando M. GuzmanAuction Equilibrium with Costly Information Acquisition
16-97Giovanni B. PontiCycles of Learning in the Centipede Game
15-97Giovanni B. PontiContinuous-Time Evolutionary Dynamics and Their Economic Applications
14-97H. E. Frech, III, Kenneth L. DangerExclusive Contracts Between Hospitals and Physicians
13-97Der-Yuan YangA Cooperative Perspective on Sovereign Debt: Past and Present
12-97Dan E. HamiltonHow Productive are Public Capital, Private Capital, Human Capital and R&D in the U.S.?
11-97Jati K. SenguptaA Dynamic Efficiency Model Using Data Envelopment Analysis
10-97Henning BohnSocial Security Reform and Financial Markets
9-97Douglas G. Steigerwald, Doncho S. Donchev, Svetlosar T. RachevOptimal Policies for Investment with Time-Varying Return Distributions
8-97Charles D. Kolstad, J.A. Machado, J.B. Braden, R.A. WoockThe Demand for Synthetic Fuels: Contingent Valuation of Quality-Differentiated Factors of Production
7-97RCheng-Zhong QinEscrow, "Hostages", and Cooperation
6-97Jati K. SenguptaNew Efficiency Theory: Extensions and New Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis
5-97RH. E. Frech, III, Richard D. MillerThe Productivity of Health Care and Pharmaceuticals: An International Comparison
4-97Henning Bohn, Robert T. DeaconOwnership Risk, Investment, and the Use of Natural Resources
3-97Clement G. Krouse, Christos Cabolis, Daniel J. Ryan, Jon M. Riddle, Kenneth L. Danger, Tanja D. CarterThe Bell System Divestiture/Deregulation and the Efficiency of the Operating Companies
2-97Perry Shapiro, Jeffrey Petchey, Richard CornesAutarky, Confederation and Federation
1-97H. E. Frech, III, Kenneth L. DangerPayment Source and the Cost of Hospital Care: Evidence from a Multiproduct Cost Function with Multiple Payers: Comment

Working Papers 1996 (top)

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17-96Rod GarrattOn Bargaining for an Indivisible Good
16-96RDer-Yuan YangA Mechanism for Allocating the Expenses of Public Goods: Analyses of a Swedish Government Project
15-96Charles D. KolstadLearning, Irreversibilities and Climate
14-96Jati K. SenguptaRecent Models in Dynamic Economics: Problems of Estimating Terminal Conditions
13-96Jati K. Sengupta, Raymond E. SfeirPast Trend Versus Future Expectation: Test of Exchange Rate Volatility
12-96Jati K. Sengupta, Raymond E. SfeirModelling Exchange Rate Volatility
11-96Robert L. Crouch, Lorne Everett, Samantha CarringtonA Cost Benefit Analysis of California's Leaking Underground Fuel Tanks
10-96Douglas G. Steigerwald, Joon-Ho HahmConsumption Adjustment under Changing Income Uncertainty
9-96RCharles D. Kolstad, David L. KellyMalthus and Climate Change: Betting on a Stable Population
7-96Patrick F. RowlandTransaction Costs and Convergence to an Internationally Diversified Portfolio
6-96H. E. Frech, IIIThe Nonequivalence of Vertical Merger and Exclusive Dealing
5-96RH. E. Frech, III, Lee Rivers MobleyAn Empirical Essay: The Demsetz Hypothesis and Hospital Markets
4-96H. E. Frech, IIIHealth Economics: From Patient to Consumer
3-96RCharles D. Kolstad, David L. KellyTracking the Climate Change Footprint: Stochastic Learning About Climate Change
2-96Charles D. Kolstad, Yuqing XingEnvironment and Trade: A Review of Theory and Issues
1-96Edward FunkhouserHow Much of Immigrant Wage Assimilation is Related to English Language Acquisition?

Working Papers 1995 (top)

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21-95RStephen J. TrejoDoes the Statuatory Overtime Premium Discourage Long Workweeks?
20-95Stephen J. DeCanio, William E. WatkinsInvestment in Energy Efficiency: Do the Chracteristics of Firms Matter?
19-95Stephen J. DeCanioThe Energy Paradox: Bureaucratic and Organizational Barriers to Profitable Energy-Saving Investments
18-95Henning Bohn, Robert P. InmanConstitutional Limitations and Public Deficits: Evidence from the U.S. States
17-95Charles D. Kolstad, Rolando M. GuzmanBidding Behavior Under Costly Information Acquisition: An Experimental Study
16-95RStephen J. TrejoWhy Do Mexican Americans Earn Low Wages?
15-95Joon-Ho HahmConsumption Adjustment to Real Interest Rates: Intertemporal Substitution Revisited
14-95Rod GarrattOn a Market for Coalitions with Indivisible Agents and Lotteries
13-95Oluremi OgunExchange Rate Instability and Non-Oil Export Performance in a Developing Economy
12-95Richard D. Miller, Jr.Estimating Compensating Differences for Employer-Provided Health Insurance Benefits
11-95Rod Garratt, John MarshallSupplemental Health Insurance
10-95Charles D. Kolstad, Rolando M. GuzmanA Model of Auction Equilibrium with Costly Information Acquisition
9-95Charles D. Kolstad, Rolando M. GuzmanInformation and the Divergence Between Willingness-to-Accept and Willingness-to-Pay
7-95RLlad Phillips, Sarani Saha, , The Impact of Income and Family Structure on Delinquency