Research

My main research areas are experimental economics and institutional economics.

PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING PAPERS

· [1] “Emergence of endogenous legal institutions: property rights and community governance in the Italian Alps,”
Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, 1, 191-226
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· [2] “Selection bias, demographic effects and ability effects in common value auctions experiments” (with John HAM and John KAGEL),
American Economic Review, forthcoming, 2007
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· [3] “Markets in equilibrium with firms out of equilibrium: a simulation study,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming, 2007
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[4] “On the design of peer punishment experiments,” Experimental Economics, 2005, 8, 2, 107-115.
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[5] “Sequencing lifeline repairs after an earthquake: an economic approach,” Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2005, 27, 1, 47-65 (with Simon J. WILKIE).

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[6] “Can genetic algorithms explain experimental anomalies? An application to common property resources,” Computational Economics, 2004, 24, 3, 257 – 275.
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· [7] “Decentralized management of common property resources: experiments with a centuries-old institution,”
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2003, 51, 2, 217-247 (with Charles R. PLOTT).
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WORKING PAPERS

· [A] “Group cooperation under alternative peer punishment technologies: an experiment” (with Luigi LUINI)
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· [B] “Peer punishment in teams: expressive or instrumental choice?” (with Luigi LUINI)
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· [C] “Pre-commitment and flexibility in a time-decision experiment”
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· [D] “How enforcement institutions affect markets” (with Benito Arruñada)
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· [E] “Cooperation among strangers: an experiment with indefinite interaction” (with Gabriele Camera)
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· [F] “Dividing up the benefits of cooperation: an experiment” (with Timothy Cason)
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Updated May 2007

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