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2017

Number Author(s) Title Date
17-01 Artyom Jelnov, Yair Tauman, and Richard Zeckhauser

Intelligence on Weapons: The Open-Attack Game (PDF)

4-2017

17-02 Pradeep Dubey and Yair Tauman

Selfishness vs Altruism vs Balance (PDF)

 4-2017

17-03 Yair Tauman and Biligbaatar Tumendemberel

Generalized Third-price Auctions (PDF)

 4-2017

17-04 Yair Tauman, Yoram Weiss, and Chang Zhao

Bargaining in Patent Licensing with Inefficient Outcomes (PDF)

 4-2017

17-05 Yair Tauman, and Chang Zhao

Patent Licensing, Entry and the Incentive to Innovate (PDF)

 4-2017

17-06 Samuele Centorrino, Frederique Feve, and Jean-Pierre Florens Additive Nonparametric Instrumental Regressions: A Guide to Implementation (PDF)  5-2017

2016

Number Author(s) Title Date
16-01 Daphne Chen and Jake Zhao

The Impact of Personal Bankruptcy on Labor Supply Decisions (PDF)

3-2016

16-02 Pradeep Dubey and John Geanakoplos

Money and Status: How Best to Incentivize Work (PDF)

5-2016

16-03 Pradeep Dubey and Siddhartha Sahi

Optimal Prizes (PDF)

6-2016

16-04 Pradeep Dubey and Siddhartha Sahi

Optimal Transfers in Noncooperative Games (PDF)

 
16-05 Árpád Ábrahám, Eva Carceles-Poveda, Yan Liu, and Ramon Marimon

On the optimal design of a Financial Stability Fund (PDF)

 5-2016

16-06 Alexis Anagnostopoulos, Eva Carceles-Poveda and Yair Tauman

Value Preserving Welfare Weights for Social Optimization Problems (PDF)

 9-2016

16-07 Thomas D. Jeitschko, Ting Liu and Tao Wang

 Information Acquisition, Signaling and Learning in Duopoly (PDF)

 10-2016

2015

Number Author(s) Title Date
15-01 Pradeep Dubey, Siddhartha Sahi, and Martin Shubik Money as Minimal Complexity (PDF) 1-2015
15-02 Pradeep Dubey Decentralization of a Machine: Some Definitions (PDF) 2-2015
15-03 Marina Azzimonti, Marco Battaglini, and Stephen Coate

The Costs and Benefits of Balanced Budget Rules: Lessons from a
Political Economy Model of Fiscal Policy (PDF)

2-2015
15-04 Sandro Brusco and Jaideep Roy

Cycles in Public Opinion and the Dynamics of Stable Party Systems (PDF)

10-2015
15-05 Toni M. Whited and Jake Zhao

Capital Structure Misallocation (PDF)

12-2015

2014

Number Author(s) Title Date
14-01 Pradeep Dubey, Siddhartha Sahi, and Martin Shubik Minimally complex exchange mechanisms: Emergence of prices, markets, and money (Revised) (PDF) 4-2014
14-02 Pradeep Dubey and John Geanakoplos Games with Money and Status: How Bes to Incentivize Work (PDF) 7-2014
14-03 Alexis Anagnostopoulos, Orhan Erem Atesagaoglu, and Eva Carceles-Poveda On the Double Taxation of Corporate Profits (PDF) 9-2014
14-04 Jake Zhao Accounting for the Corporate Cash Increase (PDF) 9-2014
14-05 Maryam Sami and Sandro Brusco Reputational Concerns and Price Comovements (PDF) 10-2014
14-06 Giuseppe Attanasi, Samuele Centorrino, and Ivan Moscati Over-the-Counter Markets vs Double Auctions: A Comparative Experimental Study (PDF) 11-2014
14-07 Samuele Centorrino and Jean-Pierre Florens Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation of Binary Response Models (PDF) 11-2014

2013

Number Author(s) Title Date
13-01 Pradeep Dubey, Rahul Garg, and Bernard De Meyer Competing for Customers in a Social Network (R) (PDF) 7-2013
13-02 Hugo Benitez-Silva and Yong-Kyun Bae Information Transmission and Vehicle Recalls: The Role and Regulation of Recall Notification Letters (PDF) 10-2013
13-03 Silvio Rendon and Nuria Quella Behind the Great Recession: Job Search and Housing Decisions (PDF) 11-2013

2012

Number Author(s) Title Date
12-01 Sandro Brusco, Ornella Tarola, and Sandro Trento Timing of Investment and Dynamic Pricing in Privatized Sectors (PDF) 1-2012
12-02 Pradeep Dubey and Siddhartha Sahi The Allocation of a Prize (Expanded) (PDF) 3-2012
12-03 Silvio Rendon A Discrete Choice Approach to Estimating Armed Conflicts' Casualties: Revisiting the Numbers of a ``Truth Commisision.'' (PDF) 8-2012
12-04 Yair Tauman and Artyom Jelnov Voting Power and Proportional Representation of Voters (PDF) 7-2012
12-05 Yair Tauman and Debrapiya Sen Patents and Licenses (PDF) 8-2012
12-06 Yair Tauman and Alex Barrachina Industrial Espionage with a Noisy Intelligence (PDF) 1-2012
12-07 Ting Liu and Pasquale Schiraldi Buying frenzies in durable-goods markets (PDF) 7-2012
12-08 Ting Liu and Ching-to Albert Ma Health Insurance, Treatment Plan, and Delegation to Altruistic Physician (PDF) 6-2012
12-09 Alexis Anagnostopoulos, Orhan Erem Atesagaoglu, and Eva Carceles-Poveda Skill-Biased Technological Change and Homeownership (PDF) 10-2012
12-10 Pradeep Dubey, Rahul Garg, and Bernard De Meyer Competing for Customers in a Social Network (PDF) 5-2012
12-11 Pradeep Dubey On the Role of Information in Contests (PDF) 10-2012
12-12 Hugo Benitez-Silva, J. Ignacio Garcia-Perez, and Sergi Jimenez-Martin The Effects of Employment Uncertainty and Wealth Shocks on the Labor Supply and Claiming Behavior of Older American Workers (PDF) 10-2012

2010

Number Author(s) Title Date
10-01 Sandro Brusco, Luca Colombo, and Umberto Galmarini Local Governments Tax Autonomy, Lobbying, and Welfare (PDF) 7-2010
10-02 Sandro Brusco, Marcin Dziubinski, and Jaideep Roy The Hotelling-Downs Model with Runoff Voting (PDF) 9-2010
10-03 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Yong-Kyun Bae
The Effects of Automobile Recalls on the Severity of Accidents (PDF) 5-2010
10-04 Arpad Abraham and Eva Carceles-Poveda Competitive Equilibria with Production and Limited Commitment (PDF) 3-2010
10-05 Alexis Anagnostopoulos, Eva Carceles-Poveda, and Yair Tauman Proper Welfare Weights for Social Optimization Problems (PDF) 2-2010
10-06 Alexis Anagnostopoulos and Eva Carceles-Poveda Dividend and Capital Gains Taxation under Incomplete Markets (PDF) 8-2010
10-07 Alexis Anagnostopoulos, Eva Carceles-Poveda, and Albert Marcet Equity Issuance and Divident Policy under Commitment (PDF) 6-2010

2009

Number Author(s) Title Date
09-01 Pradeep Dubey and Siddhartha Sahi The Allocation of a Prize (PDF) 5-2009
09-02 Nuria Quella and Silvio Rendon Occupational Selection in Multilingual Labor Markets: The Case of Catalonia (PDF) 8-2009
09-03 Nuria Quella Knowledge Spillovers and TFP Growth Rates (PDF) 4-2009

2008

Number Author(s) Title Date
08-01 Hugo Benitez-Silva Disability, Social Insurance, and Labor Force Attachment (PDF) 3-2008
08-02 Sandro Brusco
Giuseppe Lopomo 
Leslie M. Marx
The Economics of Contingent Re-Auctions (PDF) 10-2008
08-03 Sandro Brusco
Giuseppe Lopomo 
Leslie M. Marx
The `Google Effect' in the FCC's 700 MHz Auction (PDF) 10-2008
08-04 Arpad Abraham and Eva Carceles-Poveda Tax Reform with Endogenous Borrowing Limits and Incomplete Asset Markets (PDF) 12-2008

2007

Number Author(s) Title Date
07-01 Sandro Brusco
Hugo Hopenhayn
Deregulation with Concensus (PDF) 12-2006
07-02 James J. Anton
Sandro Brusco
Giuseppe Lopomo
Coordination in Split-Award Auctions with Uncertain Scale Economies: Theory and Data (PDF) 1-2007
07-03 Sandro Brusco
Jaideep Roy
Aggregate Uncertainty in the Citizen Candidate Model Yields Extremist Parties (PDF) 6-2007
07-04 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Huan Ni
Health Status and Health Dynamics in an Empirical Model of Expected Longevity (PDF) 08-2007
07-05 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Na Yin
An Empirical Study of the Effects of Social Security Reforms on Claming Behavior and Benefits Receipt Using Aggregate and Public-Use Administrative Micro Data (PDF) 06-2009
07-06 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Selcuk Eren
Frank Heiland
Sergi Jimenez-Martin
How well do Individuals predict the Selling Prices of their Homes? (PDF) 2-2008
07-07 Pradeep Dubey
Dieter Sondermann
Perfect Competition in an Oligopoly (Including Bilateral Monopoly) (PDF) 11-2007
07-08 Sandro Brusco
Eva Ropero
Financing Constraints and Firm Dynamics with Durable Capital (PDF) 11-2007
07-09 Silvio Rendon
Alfredo Cuecuecha
International Job Search: Mexicans in and out of the US (PDF) 12-2007

2006

Number Author(s) Title Date
06-01 Pradeep Dubey
Rahul Garg
Bernard De Meyer
Competing for Customers in a Social Network (PDF) 8-2006
06-02 Pradeep Dubey
Rahul Garg
Games of Connectivity (PDF) 8-2006
06-03 Pradeep Dubey
John Geanakoplos
Money and Production, and Liquidity Trap (PDF) 8-2006
06-04 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Frank Heiland
The Social Security Earnings Test Revisited: Information, Distortions, and Costs (PDF) 8-2006
06-05 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Debra S. Dwyer
Frank Heiland 
Warren C. Sanderson
Retirement and Social Security Reform Expectations: A Solution to the New Early Retirement Puzzle (PDF) 1-2007
06-06 Eva Carceles-Poveda Competitive Equilibria with Production and Limited Commitment (PDF) 2-2006

2005

Number Author(s) Title Date
05-14 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Huan Ni
Health Status and Health Dynamics in an Empirical Model of Expected Longevity (PDF) 08-2007
05-13 Sandro Brusco
Giuseppe Lopomo
Simultaneous Ascending Auctions with Complementarities and Known Budget Constraints (PDF) 8-2005
05-12 Sandro Brusco
Fabio Castiglionesi
Liquidity Coinsurance, Moral Hazard and Financial Contagion (PDF) 7-2005
05-11 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Moshe Buchinsky
John Rust
et al.
Health Status, Insurance, and Expenditures in the Transition from Work to Retirement (PDF) 6-2005
05-10 Debapriya Sen Sharecropping, interlinkage, and price variation (PDF) 6-2005
05-09 Yutian Chen
Pradeep Dubey
Debapriya Sen
Offshore Outsourcing Induced by Domestic Providers (PDF) 5-2005
05-08 Mark Montgomery
Paul C. Hewett
Poverty and Children's Schooling in Urban and Rural Senegal (PDF) 4-2005
05-07 Mark Montgomery
Monica Grant 
Barbara Mensch 
Rania Roushdy
Children's Schooling in Developing-Country Slums: A Comparison of Egypt and India (PDF) 4-2005
05-06 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Yong-Kyun Bae
Do Vehicle Recalls Reduce the Number of Accidents? The Case of the U.S. Car Market (PDF) 10-2010
05-05 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Frank Heiland
Early Claiming of Social Security Benefits and Labor Supply Behavior of Older Americans (PDF) 3-2005
05-04 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Debra S. Dwyer
Wayne-Roy Gayle
Tom Muench
Expectations in Micro Data: Rationality Revisited (PDF) 4-2005
05-03 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Moshe Buchinsky
John Rust
Induced Entry Effects of a $1 for $2 Offset in SSDI Benefits (PDF) 3-2005
05-02 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Moshe Buchinsky
John Rust
How Large are the Classification Errors in the Social Security Disability Award Process? (PDF) 8-2004
05-01 Pradeep Dubey
Dieter Sondermann
Perfect Competition in a Bilateral Monopoly (PDF) 3-2005

2004

Number Author(s) Title Date
04-05 Yair Tauman
Abhijit Sengupta
Inducing Efficiency in Oligopolistic Markets with Increasing Returns to Scale (PDF) 2-2004
04-04 Christopher Swann Welfare Reform when Recipients are Forward-Looking Participation (PDF) 11-2003
04-03 Christopher Swann The Dynamics of Prenatal WIC Participation and the Role of Past Participation (PDF) 12-2003
04-02 Sandro Brusco 
Giuseppe Lopomo 
S. Viswanathan
Merger Mechanisms (PDF) 11-2003
04-01 Mark Montgomery 
Paul C. Hewett
Urban Poverty and Health in Developing Countries: Household and Neighborhood Effects (PDF) 1-2004

2003

Number Author(s) Title Date
03-04 Olivier Armantier Estimates of Own Lethal Risks and Anchoring Effects (PDF) 10-2002
03-03 Olivier Armantier
Nicolas Treich
Social Willingness to Pay, Mortality Risks and Contingent Valuation (PDF) 05-2003
03-02 Olivier Armantier
Erwann Sbai
Estimation and Comparison of Treasury Auction Formats when Bidders are Asymmetric (PDF) 05-2003
03-01 Olivier Armantier
Soiliou Namoro
Prescription Drug Advertising and Patient Compliance: A Physician Agency Approach (PDF) 04-2003

2002

Number Author(s) Title Date
02-04 Hugo Benitez-Silva
Debra Dwyer
Retirement Expectations Formation using the Health and Retirement Survey (PDF) 06-2002
02-03 Debapriya Sen
Yair Tauman
General Licensing Schemes for a Cost-Reducing Innovation (PDF) 05-2002
02-02 Pradeep Dubey
Ori Haimanko
Andriy Zapechelnyuk
Strategic Substitutes and Potential Games (PDF) 04-2002
02-01 Pradeep Dubey
J. Geanakoplos
From Nash to Walras via Shapley-Shubik (PDF) 04-2002

2001

Number Author(s) Title Date
01-10 Pradeep Dubey
J. Geanakoplos
Competitive Pooling: Rothschild-Stiglitz Reconsidered (PDF)
Also appears as Cowles Foundation Working Paper d1346.
12-2001
01-09 Pradeep Dubey
J. Geanakoplos
Insurance Contracts Designed by Competitive Pooling (PDF)
Also appears as Cowles Foundation Working Paper d1315.
06-2001
01-08 Pradeep Dubey
J. Geanakoplos
Inside and Outside Fiat Money, Gains to Trade, and IS-LM (PDF)
Also appears as Cowles Foundation Working Paper d1257R.
08-2001
01-07 Pradeep Dubey
J. Geanakoplos
M. Shubik
Default and Punishment in General Equilibrium (PDF)
Also appears as Cowles Foundation Working Paper d1304.
05-2001
01-06 Olivier Armantier
Olivier Richard
Entry and Exchanges of Information (PDF) 08-2001
01-05 Olivier Armantier Does Wealth Affect Fairness Consideration? (PDF) 4-2003
01-04 Olivier Armantier Does Observation Influence Learning? (PDF) 10-2001
01-03 Qihong Liu
Konstantinos Serfes
Endogenous Acquisition of Information on Consumer Willingness to Pay in a Product Differentiated Duopoloy (PDF) 5-2001
01-02 Takashi Kamihigashi Necessity of Transversality Conditions for Stochastic Problems (PDF) 4-2001
01-01 Debra Dwyer
Kelly Noonan
Measurement Error in the Reported Reasons for Entry into the Foster Care System (PDF) 2-2001

2000

Number Author(s) Title Date
00-10 Olivier Armantier Deciding between the Common and Private Values Paradigm: An Application to Experimental Data (PDF) 11-2000
00-9 Olivier Armantier
Oliver Richard
Exchanges of Cost Information in the Airline Industry (PDF) 10-2000
00-08 Olivier Armantier
Jean-Pierre Florens
Jean-Francois Richard
Nash Equilibrium Approximations in Games of Incomplete Information (PDF) 8-2000
00-07 Olivier Armantier
Jean-Pierre Florens
Jean-Francois Richard
Empirical Game Theoretic Models: Constrained Equilibrium and Simulation (PDF) 4-2003
00-06 Hugo Benitez-Silva Micro Determinants of Labor Force Status Among Older Americans (PDF) 9-2000
00-05 Hugo Benitez-Silva A Dynamic Model of Labor Supply, Consumption/Saving, and Annuity Decisions Under Uncertainty (PDF) 10-2000
00-04 Olivier Armantier
Oliver Richard
Exchanges of Cost Information in the Airline Industry (PDF) 9-2000
00-03 Jaideep Roy
Konstantinos Serfes
Strategic Choice of Contract Lengths in Agriculture (PDF) 5-2000
00-02 Konstantinos Serfes Risk Sharing vs. Incentives Revisited (PDF) 10-2000
00-01 Jaideep Roy
Konstantinos Serfes
Intertemporal Discounting and Tenurial Contracts (PDF) 9-2000