Publications & Working Papers

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Funding bodies (who have supported my work): EU : ESRC : Leverhulme Trust : AEA Technology : CERF : CAGE

For published work, initial links are to the final pre-publication version. The link to the final published version is typically available via ScienceDirect or similar. * indicates a current working paper.

 Economic Theory (including informational herding):

  1. * How Should Peer Review Panels Behave? with Andrew Oswald. Revise and Resubmit, Economic Journal.
  2. The Optimal Choice of Pre-launch Reviewer, Journal of Economic Theory, Volume 147, Issue 3: Pages 1247-1260, 2012, with David Gill. Online Abstract (EconPapers) and Seminar Slides.
  3. Sequential Decisions with Tests, Games and Economic Behavior, Volume 63, Issue 2: Pages 663-678, 2008, with David Gill. Online Abstract (EconPapers) and Final Published Version (ScienceDirect).
  4. Sequential Decision Making and Asymmetric Equilibria: An Application to Takeovers, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Volume 4 (Topics), Issue 1: Article 11, 2004, with David Gill. Online Abstract (EconPapers) and Final Published Version (BEPress).
  5. Irreversible Investment and the Value of Information Gathering, Economics Bulletin, Volume 4, Issue 21: Pages 1-12, 2003. Online Abstract (EconPapers) and Final Published Version (Vanderbilt).
  6. Optimizing Information in the Herd: Guinea Pigs, Profits and Welfare, Games and Economic Behavior, Volume 39, Issue 1: pages 137-166, 2002. Online Abstract (EconPapers) and Final Published Version (ScienceDirect).

Herding Experiments:

  1. * When Herding and Contrarianism Foster Market Efficiency: A Financial Trading Experiment, with Andreas Park. Supplementary Appendix and Conference Slides. Previously available as Warwick Economic Research Papers No. 854 and University of Toronto Working Papers No. 316.
  2. Herding, Contrarianism and Delay in Financial Market Trading, European Economic Review, forthcoming, with Andreas Park. Online Abstract (EconPapers), Supplementary Appendix, Conference Slides and Seminar Slides.
  3. The Right Choice at the Right Time: A Herding Experiment in Endogenous Time, Experimental Economics, Volume 6, Issue 2: Pages 159-180, 2003. Online Abstract (EconPapers) and Final Published Version (Springerlink).

Happiness & Behaviour:

  1. * Happiness and Productivity, IZA Discussion Paper No. 4645, with Andrew Oswald and Eugenio Proto. Online Abstract(IZA) and Seminar Slides. This paper is a significant revision of Warwick Economic Research Papers No. 882 and includes a second experiment examining real life shocks. Selected media reactions: Age and Happiness, The Economist (cover story); Happy People Really Do Work Harder, The Observer; Happiness May Boost Productivity, Planet Money.
  2. * Priming and the Reliability of Subjective Well-being Measures, Warwick Economic Research Papers No. 935, with Eugenio Proto, Andrew Oswald and Alex Dobson.
  3. Are Happiness and ProCambridge Working Papers in Economics, 0421ductivity Lower among University Students with Newly-Divorced Parents?, Experimental Economics, Volume 15, Issue 1: Pages 1-23, 2012 (lead article), with Andrew Oswald and Eugenio Proto. Final Published Version (Springer). Press Release and selected media reactions: Parents' Divorce Doesn't Harm College-Age Kids, Businessweek; University Students Normally Unscathed by Parental Divorce, Science Daily; University of Warwick - Surviving splitsville, Times Higher Education; Students 'Able to cope well with Parents' Divorce', Coventry Telegraph.

Bounded Rationality and Behavioural Economics (including neural network learning):

  1. * Self-centered Beliefs: An Empirical Approach, Warwick Economic Research Papers No. 978, with Eugenio Proto.
  2. Learning to Play 3x3 Games: Neural Networks as Bounded-Rational Players, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Volume 69, Issue 1: Pages 27-38, 2009, with Daniel J. Zizzo. Online Abstract, Final Published Version (ScienceDirect) and Technical Appendix. Cited in the published article are two earlier working papers: Strategy Learning in 3x3 Games by Neural Networks (Cambridge Working Papers in Economics) and Bounded-Rational Behavior by Neural Networks in Normal Form Games (Nuffield College Discussion Papers in Economics).
  3. Neural Networks and Bounded Rationality, Physica A, Volume 375, Issue 2: Article 33, 2007, with Daniel J. Zizzo. Online Abstract and Final Published Version (ScienceDirect).
  4. Using Neural Networks to Model Bounded Rationality in Interactive Decision-Making, in: Daniel J. Zizzo (Ed.) Transfer of Knowledge in Economic Decision-Making, Palgrave Macmillan, 128-147, 2005. Previously published in the Greek Economic Review, Volume 22, Issue 2 (Special Issue on Transfer of Knowledge in Economic Decision-Making): pages 113-132, 2003). Online Abstract (EconPapers).

Miscellaneous:

  1. Social Network Theory, Broadband and the Future of the World Wide Web, Telecommunications Policy, Volume 32, Issue 1 (Special Issue on Competition and Interconnection on the Internet): pages 62-88, 2008. Online Abstract and Final Published Version (ScienceDirect).
  2. A Power Law Distribution for Tenure Lengths of Sports Managers, Physica A, Volume 370, Issue 2: Article 44, 2006, with Toke Aidt, Bernard Leong and William Saslaw. Online Abstract, Final Published Version (ScienceDirect). Press Release and selected media reactions: Wanted: Candidates for BBC's Personality of the Year Award, The Observer; Power Trip, Plus Magazine; Power Laws Can Forecast Team Managers' Tenure Length, MathDL.

Non-technical Summaries:

  1. A New Happiness Equation: Worker + Happiness = Improved Productivity, Economic Research Institute Bulletin, University of Warwick, 2009/10 Issue 3, July 2010, with Andrew Oswald and Eugenio Proto.
  2. "Happiness economics" in reverse: Does Happiness Affect Productivity?, VoxEU, July 2010.
  3. What Causes Herd Behavior in Financial Markets and What is its Impact? ESRC World Economy and Finance Programme Discussion Forum, November 2008, with Andreas Park and Hamid Sabourian.
  4. Herding, Contrarianism and Delay in Financial Markets, Royal Economic Society Conference Press Pack, April 2009, with Andreas Park.