Publications in Scientific Journals

  1. "The value of information when preferences are dynamically inconsistent," with J. Carrillo, European Economic Review, 44, 1104-1115 (2000).

  2. "Rush and procrastination under interdependent activities," with J. Carrillo, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 22(2), 141-164 (2001).

  3. "Les enjeux de la reglementation de la recherche et developpement'', La Revue d'Economie Politique, 113(1), 125-148 (2003).

  4. "Vertical integration and incentives to innovate," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 21(4), 457-488 (2003).

  5. "Endogenous entry in auctions with negative externalities'', Theory and Decision, 54(2), 125-149 (2003).

  6. "Do the `three-point victory' and `golden goal' rules make soccer more exciting?'', with J. Carrillo, Journal of Sports Economics, 5, 169-185 (2004). Article in the New Scientist on this paper.

  7. "Optimal regulation of cooperative R&D under incomplete information'', Journal of Industrial Economics, 52(1), 81-119 (2004).

  8. "Entrepreneurial boldness and excessive investment", with J. Carrillo, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 13, 321-350 (2004).

  9. "A theory of haste", with J. Carrillo, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 56, 1-23 (2005).

  10. "Multi-stage contracting with applications to R&D and insurance policies", Journal of Public Economic Theory, 7(2), 317-346 (2005).

  11. "Regulation under asymmetric information in water utilities'', with K. Chan and I. Perrigne, American Economic Review - Papers and Proceedings, 96(2), 62-66 (2006).

  12. "Designing auctions in R&D: optimal licensing of an innovation", Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, 6(1), Article 11 (2006). PDF

  13. "Influence through ignorance", with J. Carrillo, RAND Journal of Economics, 38 (4), 931–947 (2007). PDF

  14. "Optimal choice of characteristics for a non-excludable good", RAND Journal of Economics, 39 (1), 283-304 (2008) PDF

  15. "The brain as a hierarchical organization'', with J. Carrillo, American Economic Review , 98(4), 1312-1346 (2008) PDF

  16. "Theories of the mind'', with J. Carrillo, American Economic Review - Papers and Proceedings, 98(2), 175-80 (2008). PDF

  17. "Information acquisition and choice under uncertainty'', with J. Carrillo, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 18(2), 423-455 (2009). PDF

  18. "Dynamic inconsistency and choice", Theory and Decision, 71(3), 343-364 (2011). PDF

  19. "Information gatekeepers: theory and experimental evidence", with J. Carrillo and T. Palfrey, Economic Theory, forthcoming. PDF

  20. "From perception to action: an economic model of brain processes'', with J. Carrillo, Games and Economic Behavior, 75(1), 81-103 (2012). PDF

  21. "Information processing and decision-making: evidence from the brain sciences and implications for Economics", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 83(3), 292-310 (2012). PDF

  22. "The neurobiology of opinions: can judges and juries be impartial?'', with Juan Carrillo, Southern California Law Review , forthcoming. PDF

  23. "Optimal allocation mechanisms with type-dependent negative externalities", Theory and Decision, forthcoming. PDF

  24. "Selling an asset to a competitor'', European Economic Review, forthcoming. PDF

  25. "Dual-process theories of decision-making: a selective survey", with Juan Carrillo, Journal of Economic Psychology, forthcoming. PDF