Publications

Journal articles

48 articles, most recent first. Titles link to the published version. Full record on Google Scholar and RePEc.

Forthcoming Contests with Ambiguous Prizes Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. With C. Deck, A. Hathaway, E. Henry and S. Redinger.
2026 Ambiguity Attitudes and Beliefs in Strategic and Non-strategic Interactions Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 72, 241–277. With Z. Dorobyala.
2026 Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events Journal of the European Economic Association, 24(2), 661–700. With C. K. Becker, E. Proto, A. Sofianos and S. T. Trautmann.
2025 Fairness Preferences over Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources Social Science & Medicine, 384, 118462. With Z. Yang and Z. Safra.
2025 Medical Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty: Anesthetists’ Decision to Attend Operations Risk Analysis, 45(9), 2771–2789. With Z. Yang, Y. Hanoch, Z. Safra, O. Potparic and J. Palmer.
2024 Pre-play Promises, Threats and Commitments under Partial Credibility Economic Inquiry, 62(1), 308–328. With S. Chakravarty.
2023 The Social Contract in Miniature: How Virtual Bargaining Supports Team Production Academy of Management Review, 48(3), 432–462. With H. Zeitoun and N. Chater.
2022 The Paradox of Social Interaction: Shared Intentionality, We-reasoning and Virtual Bargaining Psychological Review, 129(3), 415–437. With N. Chater and H. Zeitoun.
2022 Incomplete Preferences, Willingness to Pay, Willingness to Accept, and Elicitation Economic Theory, 74, 727–761. With R. Chambers and J. Quiggin.
2022 The Cognitive Foundations of Tacit Commitments: A Virtual Bargaining Model of Dynamic Interactions Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 108, 102640. With H. Zeitoun and N. Chater.
2021 Justice in an Uncertain World: Evidence on Donations to Cancer Research Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 62, 281–311. With Z. Safra and S. Ma.
2020 Incomplete Preferences and Equilibrium in Contingent Markets Economica, 87(345), 108–131. With R. Chambers.
2019 Is Allocation Affected by the Perception of Others’ Irresponsible Behavior and by Ambiguity? Risk Analysis, 39(10), 2182–2196. With Z. Safra and S. Ma.
2019 The Social Character of Moral Reasoning Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42. With N. Chater and H. Zeitoun.
2018 Contests with Ambiguity Oxford Economic Papers, 70(4), 1148–1169. With D. Kelsey.
2018 Collusion in Bertrand versus Cournot Competition: A Virtual Bargaining Approach Management Science, 64(12), 5599–5609. With H. Zeitoun and N. Chater.
2017 Ambiguity, Reasoned Determination, and Climate-change Policy Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 81, 74–92. With R. Chambers.
2017 Industrial Policy to Develop a Multi-firm Industry Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 17(3), 283–303. With D. Banks and J. Wendel.
2016 Intrinsic Variability in Group and Individual Decision-Making Management Science, 62(9), 2651–2667. With Z. Safra.
2014 Unwritten Rules: Virtual Bargaining as a Foundation for Social Interaction, Culture and Society Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18(10), 512–519. With J. Misyak, H. Zeitoun and N. Chater.
2014 Decentralization, Incentive Contracts, and the Effect of Distortions in Performance Measures Manchester School, 82(6), 631–652.
2013 Food Scares in an Uncertain World Journal of the European Economic Association, 11(6), 1432–1456. With R. Chambers.
2013 Hybrid Contests Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15(6), 968–992.
2013 Regulatory Design for Agroecosystem Management on Public Rangelands American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 95(3), 606–627. With M. Taylor.
2012 Microeconomic Implications of Remittances in an Overlapping Generations Model with Altruism and a Motive to Receive Inheritance Journal of Development Studies, 48(8), 1026–1044. With D. Grigorian.
2012 To Believe or Not Believe … or Not Decide: A Decision-theoretic Model of Agnosticism Rationality and Society, 24(4), 408–441. With M. Pingle.
2011 Controlling for Underreporting of Remittances Applied Economics, 43(30), 4817–4826. With J. S. Shonkwiler and D. Grigorian.
2011 Destined to Receive: The Impact of Remittances on Household Decisions in Armenia Review of Development Economics, 15(1), 139–153. With D. Grigorian.
2011 The Effect of Communicating Ambiguous Risk Information on Choice Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 36(2), 292–312.
2011 Strategic Incentives in Biosecurity Actions: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 36(2), 242–262. With M. Kobayashi.
2010 Ambiguity, Pessimism, and Rational Religious Choice Theory and Decision, 69(3), 417–438. With M. Pingle.
2010 Regulatory Policy Design in an Uncertain World Journal of Public Economic Theory, 12(6), 1081–1107. With R. Chambers.
2009 Buy Low, Sell High: Price Gaps and Neoclassical Theory Journal of Mathematical Economics, 45(11), 720–729. With R. Chambers.
2009 Smoothing Preference Kinks with Information Mathematical Social Sciences, 58, 173–189. With R. Chambers.
2009 Food Safety Regulations under Ambiguity American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91(5), 1389–1396. With J. Schubert.
2009 Standards in the Regulation of Environmental Risk Journal of Regulatory Economics, 36(3), 219–246. With B. Hueth.
2009 Religion and Faith: A Decision Theory Perspective Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, 3. With M. Pingle.
2008 Eliciting Beliefs Theory and Decision, 65(4), 271–284. With R. Chambers.
2007 Pareto Optimal Trade in an Uncertain World: GMOs and the Precautionary Principle American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89(2), 522–538. With R. Chambers.
2007 Degree of Imprecision: Geometric and Algorithmic Approaches International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 45, 106–122. With R. Chambers.
2006 Value of Reputation in the Chain-store Game with Multiple Incumbents International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24(2), 425–448.
2005 Eliciting the Core of a Supermodular Capacity Economic Theory, 26(1), 203–210. With R. Chambers.
2005 Tariffs, Quotas and Forward Contracts under Asymmetric Information Review of International Economics, 13(2), 311–329. With H. Lapan.
2004 Multi-Tasking, Identity Preservation, and Contract Design in Agriculture American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(3), 842–847. With B. Hueth.
2004 Quality Measurement and Contract Design: Evidence from the North American Sugar Beet Industry Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52, 165–181. With B. Hueth.
2003 Voting over Efficient Decision Rules in Balanced Budget Organizations Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 51, 279–301. With B. Hueth.
2003 Strategic Behavior and Consolidation in the Agricultural Biotechnology Industry American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85(1), 218–235. With S. R. Johnson.
2002 Local Fiscal Strategy to Retain Heterogeneous Firms Journal of Regional Science, 42(4), 753–771. With M. Kilkenny.