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Economic Incentives and Social Preferences: A preference-Based Lucas Critique of Public Policy (with Sandra Polanía Reyes), Economics Department Working Paper Series (2009)
Policies and explicit incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive...
International Trade, Factor Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity (with Marianna Belloc), Economics Department Working Paper Series (2009)
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal...
Is altruism bad for cooperation? (with Sung-Ha Hwang), Economics Department Working Paper Series (2008)
Some philosophers and social scientists have stressed the importance for good government of an altruistic...
Social Preferences and Public Economics: Mechanism design when social preferences depend on incentives (with Sung-Ha Hwang), Economics Department Working Paper Series (2008)
Social preferences such as altruism, reciprocity, intrinsic motivation and a desire to uphold ethical norms...
Power (with Herbert Gintis), Economics Department Working Paper Series (2007)
We consider the exercise of power in competitive markets for goods, labour and credit. We...