Research

Research interests

Economic Theory, Decision Theory, Psychology and Economics

Publications

· “Commitment and Self-Control”

Journal of Economic Theory 135(1), Jul 2007, p 1-34. [lead article] (working paper [pdf])

· “Non-Bayesian Updating: A Theoretical Framework”, with L. Epstein and A. Sandroni

Theoretical Economics 3(2), Jul 2008, p 193-229

· “Decreasing Impatience and the Magnitude Effect Jointly Contradict Exponential Discounting”

Journal of Economic Theory 144(2), Mar 2009, p869-875. (working paper [pdf])

· “Hyperbolic Discounting and the Standard Model: Eliciting Discount Functions”

Journal of Economic Theory 144(5), Sep 2009, p2077-2083. (working paper [pdf])

· “Uphill Self-Control”, with N. Takeoka

Theoretical Economics, forthcoming (working paper [pdf])

working papers

· Temptation, Welfare and Revealed Preference [pdf] Revised 10/09

· Subjective Welfare [pdf] Revised 02/09

· Menu-Dependent Self-Control [pdf] Under revision

(Joint with Norio Takeoka)

· Magnitude-Dependent Time Preference [pdf] Revised 06/09

· Self-Deception and Choice [pdf] New 04/09

(Joint with Igor Kopylov)

· Non-Bayesian Learning [pdf] New 09/09

(Joint with Larry Epstein and Alvaro Sandroni)

· Temptation and Guilt coming soon

(Joint with Linxia Ren)

Last updated 10/09