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2008 Annual Report

 
 
Publications by EDN Members
 

The EDN encourages a wide range of research, from pure theory through to applied theory and experimental economics.

The following bibliography consists of published papers, where at least one of the authors is an EDN member. Information on accepted forthcoming papers has been collected directly from authors.

 
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Anderson S P, Goeree J & Holt C

Logit Equilibrium Models of Anomalous Behavior: What to do when the Nash Equilibrium Says One Thing and the Data Say Something Else

Handbook of Experimental Economic Results, Charles Plott and Vernon Smith, eds., New York: Elsevier Press, 549-558.

 

Anderson S P, & Wilson W.

Spatial Competition, Pricing, and Market Power in Transportation: A Dominant Firm Model"
Journal of Regional Science, (2008) 48(2), 367-397.
 

Anderson S P, Durlauf S N & Blume L E.

Product Differentiation
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Eds.
 

Bose G & Nabin M. H. (2008)

Partners in Crime: Collusive Corruption and Search
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 8: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 9.
 
Clark J & Friesen L. (2008)

The causes of order effects in contingent valuation surveys: an experimental investigation
The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 56, 195-206.
 

de Fontenay C & Gans J.

A Bargaining Perspective on Strategic Outsourcing and Supply Competition
Strategic Management Journal 29(8), 819-839.
 
Dulleck U & Foster N. (2008)
Imported Equipment, Human Capital and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
Economics Analysis & Policy, Vol. 38 No. 2, Page 233-250.
 

Dulleck U, Torgler B & Antic N. 2008.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Happiest of Them All?
Kyklos Blackwell Publishing, vol. 61(2), pages 309 -319.
 

Fabrizi S & Wertlen B.

Roaming in the Mobile Internet
Telecommunications Policy (2008), Vol. 32 (1), pp. 50-61.
 

Gans J, Hsu D & Stern S.

The Impact of Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights on the Market for Ideas: Evidence for Patent Grant Delays
Management Science, Vol.54, No.5, May 2008, pp.982-997.
 
Gans J.
Do Voluntary Carbon Offsets Work?
The Economists Voice, Vol.4, Iss.4, Article 7.
 

Gold L, Waters E, Ashbolt R, Gibbs L, Booth M, Magarey A, Kai Lo S, Gibbons K, Green J, O'Connor T, Garrard J, Swinburn B.

Are the potential benefits of a community-based participatory approach to public health research worth the potential costs?
International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 2008; 3(4):196-204.
 

Gold L, Gussy M, Riggs E, Waters E, Kilpatrick N.

Community water fluoridation: is it still worthwhile?
Just Policy 2008; 47: 14-21.
 

Gold L, Gibbs L, Kulkens M, Riggs E, Van Gemert C, Waters E.

What has Determined Longer-Run Trends in Public Housing Tenants’ Employment Participation 1982-2002?
Just Policy, 2008; 47:54-59.
 

Gold L, Wake M, McCallum Z, Gerner B, Waters E.

Economic evaluation of a primary care trial to reduce weight gain in overweight/obese children: the LEAP trial
Ambulatory Pediatrics 2008; 8(5):336-341.
 

Gold L, Forster D, McLachlan H, Rayner J, Yelland J, Rayner S.

The early postnatal period: exploring women' views, expectations and experiences of care using focus groups in Victoria, Australia.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008; 8:27.
 

Gold L, McLachlan H, Forster D, Davey M-A, Lumley J, Farrell T, Oats J, Waldenstrom U, Albers L, Biro M.

COSMOS: Comparing Standard Maternity care with One-to-one midwifery Support: a randomised controlled trial
Economics and Human Biology 2008; 6: 363-376.
 

Gold L, Moodie M, Haby M, Wake M, Carter R.

Cost-effectiveness of a family-based GPmediated intervention targeting overweight and moderately obese children.
Economics and Human Biology 2008; 6: 363-376.
 

Gold L, Burns C, Sacks G.

Longitudinal study of Consumer Price Index (CPI) trends in core and non-core foods in Australia
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2008; 32(5):449-452.
 

Gold L, Davis E, Waters E, Shelly A.

Children and adolescents, measuring the quality of life of" In: Heggenhougen K. and Quah S. (Eds.)
International Encyclopedia of Public Health, Vol. 1: 641-648. San Diego: Academic Press, 2008.
 

Gold L, Shiell A & Hawe P.

Complex interventions or complex systems? Implications for health economic evaluation.
British Medical Journal 2008; 336(7656):1281-1283.
 

Grafton R Q & Ward M.

Prices versus Rationing: Marshallian Surplus and Mandatory Water Restrictions
The Economic Record 84: S57-65.
 

Grafton R Q & Connell D.

Planning for Water Security in the Murray-Darling Basin
Public Policy 3(1): 67-86, 2008
 

Grafton R Q, Bich T & Kompas T. 

Firm Efficiency in a Transition Economy: Evidence from Vietnam
Asian Economic Journal 22(1): 47-66, 2008.
 

Grafton R Q., Hilborn, R. Ridgeway L., Squires D., Williams M., Garcia S., Groves T., Joseph J., Kelleher K., Kompas T., Libecap G., Lundin C-G, Makino, M., Matthiasson T., McLoughlin R., Parma, A., San Martin, G., Satia, B., Schmidt C-C, Tait, M., Zhang L.

Positioning Fisheries in a Changing World
Marine Policy 42(4): 630-634, 2008.
 

Grafton R Q, Kompas T & Che T N.

Fisheries Instrument Choice under Uncertainty
Land Economics 84(4): 652-666, 2008.
 

Grafton R Q, Tacconi L & Jotzo F.

Local Causes, Regional Co-operation and Global Financing for Environmental Problems: the Case of Southeast Asian Haze Pollution
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 8:1-16, 2008.
 

Grafton R Q.

Canadian Fisheries Governance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Edited by N. Schneider in Breath of Fresh Air: Market Based Solutions for Improving Canada' Environment. Fraser Institute: Vancouver 2008.
 

Guillen P, Brañas-Garza P & Lopez del Paso R.

Math skills and risk attitudes
Economic Letters vol.99:2, pp. 332-36. (2008)
 

Henckel T & Grenville S.

Is modern central banking broken? Lessons from the 2007-08 credit crunch?
Policy Brief #6, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, 2008.
 

Hollingsworth B. (2008)

The measurement of efficiency and productivity of health care delivery
Health Economics, 17(10): 1107-1128.
 

Khalil E.

Action, Entrepreneurship and Evolution
In Michel Weber and Will Desmond, (eds.), Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought, 2 vols. Frankfurt/ Lancaster: Ontos/Verlag, 2008, vol.1, pp. 145-160.
 

King I, Julien B & Kennes J. (2008)

Bidding for Money
Journal of Economic Theory 142, 196-217.
 

King I, Engineer M & Roy N.

The Human Development Index as a Criterion for Optimal Planning
Indian Growth and Development Review1, (2008), 172-192.
 

King I.

A Conversation with Robert E. Lucas, Jr., Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1995
New Zealand Economic Papers41, (June 2008), 1-15.
 

King I, Chen W & Engineer M.

Choosing Longevity with Overlapping Generations: To Be or Not to Be in Diamond' Model
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Contributions, 8(1), (February 2008), Article 6.
 

King I.

An Interview with Robert E. Lucas Jr
Insights 4, (November 2008), 23-25.
 

Koellinger P.

The relationship between technology, innovation, and firm performance - Empirical evidence from e-business in Europe
Research Policy Vol. 37, 1317-1328, August 2008.
 

Koellinger P.

Why are some entrepreneurs more innovative than others?
Small Business Economics Vol. 31: 21-37, June 2008.
 

Leigh A.

Do Redistributive State Taxes Reduce Inequality?
(2008) National Tax Journal 61(1): 81-104
 

Leigh A, & Atkinson A. B.

Top Incomes in New Zealand 1921-2005: Understanding the Effects of Marginal Tax Rates, Migration Threat, and the Macroeconomy.
Review of Income and Wealth, 54(2): 149-165 (2008)
 

Leigh A, & Ryan C.

Estimating Returns to Education Using Different Natural Experiment Techniques
Economics of Education Review, 27: 149-160 (2008)
 

Leigh A, & Ryan C.

How and Why has Teacher Quality Changed in Australia?
Australian Economic Review, 41(2): 141-159
 

Leigh A & Ryan C.

Returns to Education in Australia
Australian Economic Review, 41(2): 141-159
 

Leigh A & Davidoff I.

How Much Do Public Schools Really Cost? Estimating the Relationship Between House Prices and School Quality
Economic Record, 84(265): 193-206
 

Leigh A

Bringing Home the Bacon: An Empirical Analysis of the Extent and Effects of Pork-Barrelling in Australian Politics
Public Choice, 137(1-2): 279-299
 

Leigh A

Estimating the Impact of Gubernatorial Partisanship on Policy Settings and Economic Outcomes: A Regression Discontinuity Approach" (2008)
European Journal of Political Economy, 137 (1-2): 279-299
 

Libich J

An Explicit Inflation Target as a Commitment Device
Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, Volume 30 (1), pp43-68
 

Libich J & Stehlick P

Macroeconomic Games on Time Scales
Dynamic Systems and Applications, Volume 5, pp274-278
 

Loertscher S

Market Making Oligopoly
Journal of Industrial Economics, Volume LVI, Number 2, 2008: 263-289.
 

Loertscher S & Muehlheusser G.

Global and Local Players in a Model of Spatial Competition
Economics Letters Volume 98, Number 1, 2008: 100-106.
 

Loertscher S, Berentsen A & Bruegger E.

Learning, public good provision, and the information trap
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 92, Issues 5-6, June 2008: 998-1010.
 

Loertscher S, Berentsen A & Bruegger E.

On Cheating, Doping and Whistleblowing
European Journal of Political Economy, Volume 24, 2008: 415-436. 24(1): 256-268
 

Loertscher S

Vertical mergers that eliminate double markups are precompetitive
Economics Bulletin, Volume 4, Number 22, 2008: 1-6.
 

Luckraz S

Process Spillovers and Growth
Journal of Optimization Theory & Applications Vol 139, No. 2, 315-335
 

Mahuteau S & Junankar R.

Do migrants get good jobs in Australia? The role of ethnic networks in job search
The Economic Record, vol 84 issue s1, pp.s115-s130.
 

Marks R E & Lawrance A B.

Firm Size Distributions in an Industry with Constrained Resources
Applied Economics, 40(12): 1595-1607, June.
 

Menezes F & Monteiro P.K.

An Introduction to Auction Theory,
Oxford University Press, Paperback edition
 

Menezes F & Breunig R.

Empirical Approaches for Identifying Maverick Firms: An Application to Mortgage Providers in Australia
Journal of Competition Law and Economics 4(3), 811-836,
 
Morita H & Ghosh A.
An Economic Analysis of Platform Sharing
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 22, pp. 164-186.
 

Moulin H, De Clippel G & Tideman N.

Impartial division of a dollar
Journal of Economic Theory,139, 176-191.
 
Moulin H.
Proportional Scheduling, split-proofness and merge-proofness
Games and Economic Behavior, 63, 567-587, 2008.
 

Moulin H.

The price of anarchy of serial, average and incremental cost sharing
Economic Theory, 36:379-405,
 
Mui V L & Lau S H.
Using Turn Taking to Mitigate Coordination and Conflict Problems in the Repeated Battle of the Sexes Game
Theory and Decision, 65: 153-183, 2008.
 
Rodrigues-Neto J.
Climate Change Policy: A Theorists Plea to Take Heed of Game Theory and Ambiguity Aversion
Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform 15-2 (2008), pp. 85-90.
 

Rodrigues-Neto J, Fiorini L C & Mazali R.

"Bens de status: características, literatura e novos avanços" in Portuguese.
Brazilian Journal of Business Economics, 8 No. 1 (2008).
 

Schworm W & Bossert W.

A Class of Two-Group Polarization Measures
Journal of Public Economic Theory 10 (6), 2008, pp.1169-1187.
 

Slinko A, McCabe-Dansted J & Pritchard G.

Approximability of Dodgson's rule
Social Choice and Welfare 2008 Volume 31(2): 311--330.
 

Slinko A & White S.

Non-dictatorial Social Choice Rules Are Safely
Manipulable Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Computational Social Choice (COMSOC--2008). Eds. Ulle Endriss \& Paul W. Goldberg. University of Liverpool, 2008. pp. 403--414.
 

Stoneham G.(2008)

Creating Markets for Environmental Goods and Services: A Mechanism Design Approach
Canberra, Land and Water Australia
 

van Winden F & Mazza I. (2008)

An Endogenous Policy Model of Hierarchical Government
European Economic Review 52, 133-149
 

van Winden F & Reuben E. (2008)

Social Ties and Coordination on Negative Reciprocity: The Role of Affect
Journal of Public Economics 92, 34-53
 

van Winden F & Riedl A. (2008)

An experimental investigation of wage taxation and unemployment in closed and open economies (Revised version of Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 00112)
European Economic Review 51, 871-900
 

van Winden F, Sonnemans J & van Dijk F. (2008)

Intrinsic Motivation in a Public Good Environment C.R. Plott and V.L. Smith (eds)
The Handbook of Experimental Economics Results Volume 1 Amsterdam: North-Holland 836-845
 

Wakker P P Bleichrodt H & Rohde K. (2008)

Combining Additive Representations on Subsets into an Overall Representation
Journal of Mathematical Psychology 52, 304-310.
 

Wakker P P, Trautmann S T & Vieider F M. (2008)

Causes of Ambiguity Aversion: Known versus Unknown Preferences
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 36, 225-243.
 

Wakker P P. (2008)

Lessons Learned by (from?) an Economists Working in Medical Decision Making
Medical Decision Making 28, 690-698.
 

Wakker P P. (2008)

Uncertainty, In Lawrence Blume & Steven N. Durlauf (Eds.)
The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. The MacMillan Press, London, 6780-6791.
 

Weder M. (2008)

Indeterminacy and Sticky Prices
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. 40 (2008), 1073-1082.
 

Weder M.

Hours and Effort Variation in Sunspot-based Business Cycle Theory
Economics Bulletin, 5 (2008), 1-12.
 
forthcoming

Anderson S P & de Palma A.

Parking in the City
Papers in Regional Science.
 

Anurag S, Gaiha R & Jha R.

Calorie and Micronutrient Deprivation and Poverty Nutrition Traps in Rural India
World Development.
 

Anurag S.

Inter-DRG Resource Dynamics in a Prospective Payment System: A Stochastic Kernel Approach
Health Care Management Science
 

Anurag S, Gaiha R & Jha R.

Incomplete Reforms or Boon: The Role of Banking Sector in Credit Transmission Mechanism in India
Journal of Economic Policy Reform
 
Anurag S, Gaiha R & Jha R.
On Modelling Variety in Consumption Expenditure on Food
International Review of Applied Economics
 

Bayer R C & Sutter M.

The excess burden of tax evasion - An experimental detectionconcealment contest 2008
European Economic Review
 

Clark J & Friesen L.

Overconfidence in Forecasts of Own Performance: An Experimental Study
The Economic Journal.
 

Dulleck U. & & Kerschbamer R.

Experts vs. discounters: Consumer free-riding and experts withholding advice in markets for credence goods
International Journal of Industrial Organization.
 

Erkal M, Alatas V, Cameron L, Chaudhuri A & Gangadharan L.

Subject Pool Effects in a Corruption Experiment: A Comparison of Indonesian Public Servants and Indonesian Students
Experimental Economics
 
Erkal M, Alatas V, Cameron L, Chaudhuri A & Gangadharan L.
Gender and Corruption: Insights from an Experimental Analysis
Southern Economic Journal
 
Gangadharan L & Nemes V.
Impact of Risk and Uncertainty in the Provision of Local and Global Environmental Goods: An Experimental Analysis
Economic Inquiry
 
Gans J & Leigh A.
The Millennium Bub
Applied Economics Letters
 
Gans J & Leigh A.
Born on the First of July: An (Un)natural Experiment in Birth Timing
Journal of Public Economics
 

Grafton R Q, Tran B and Kompas T.

Institutions Matter: The Case of Vietnam
Journal of Socio-Economics (In Press)
 

Grafton R Q, Mariyono J & Kompas T.

Shifting from Green Revolution to Environmentally Sound Policies: Technological Change in Indonesian Rice Agriculture
Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (in press)
 
Grafton R Q, Yamazaki S & Kompas T.
Output versus Input Controls under Uncertainty: The Case of a Fishery
Natural Resource Modeling (in press).
 

Grafton R Q, Kompas T & P.V. Ha

Cod Today and None Tomorrow: The Economic Value of a Marine Reserve. Land Economics (in press).
Economic Theory , Vol. 30, March, pp. 575-586.
 

Guillen P & Kesten O.

On-Campus Housing: Theory vs Experiment
The Australian Meeting of the Econometric Society: Markets and Models Policy Frontiers in the AWH Phillips Tradition Wellington, New Zealand.
 

Henckel T.

Monopolistic unions, Brainard uncertainty and optimal monetary policy forthcoming,
Oxford Economic Papers.
 

Khalil E.

Natural Selection and Rational Decision: Two Concepts of Optimization
Journal of Evolutionary Economics
 

Khalil E.

Adam Smith Concept of Self-Command as a Solution to Dynamic Inconsistency and the Commitment Problem
Economic Inquiry
 

Khalil E, Ewing M T & Jevons C.

Brand Death: A Developmental Model of Senescence
Journal of Business Research, 2008, forthcoming.
 

Khalil E,

Are Stomachs Rational?
Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 2008, in press. (Invited commentary on Mike Oaksford and Nick Chater Bayesian Rationality: The Probabilistic Approach to Human Reasoning.)
 

Khalil E.

Are Addictions "Biases and Errors" in the Rational Decision Process?
Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 2008, in press. (Invited commentary on A. David Redish, Steve Jensen, and Adam Johnson "A Unified Framework for Addiction: Vulnerabilities in the Decision Process")
 

Koellinger P & Block J.

I can't get no satisfaction - Necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility
Kyklos, forthcoming. Also available as Tinbergen discussion paper 08- 078/3.
 

Leigh A & Gans J.

Born on the First of July: An (Un)natural Experiment in Birth Timing
Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming (working paper version: ANU CEPR DP 529)
 

Leigh A & Neill C.

Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Time Series Variation
Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 20(2) forthcoming 31 (4), 1416—30.
 

Leigh A.

Does Child Gender Affect Marital Status? Evidence from Australia
Journal of Population Economics, forthcoming (working paper version: ANU CEPR DP 526)
 

Leigh A & Andrews D.

More Inequality, Less Social Mobility (2008)
Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming (working paper version: ANU CEPR DP 566), 25, 76-90.
 

Leigh A & Gong X.

Estimating Cognitive Gaps Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 22, 63-87.
 

Libich J.

A Note on the Anchoring Effect of Explicit Inflation Targets
Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. 34, 179-199.
 

Mahuteau S.

Labour market success and skill acquisition in the host country: effects on the duration and the labour force status of Moroccans, Algerians, and Tunisians migrants returning home from the European Union
Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference of Economists, 30th-4th October 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland.
 

Moulin H & Bogomolnaia A.

Auctioning or assigning an object: some remarkable VCG mechanisms
Social Choice and Welfare
 

Moulin H.

Efficient, strategy-proof and almost budget- balanced assignment
Social Choice and Welfare, forthcoming.
 

Schworm W & Robert Russell R.

Axiomatic Foundations of Efficiency Measurement on Data-Generated Technologies
Journal of Productivity Analysis, forthcoming, 2008.
 

van Winden F & Bosman R. (forthcoming)

Global Risk, Investment, and Emotions
Economica
 

van Winden F, Ridderinkhof KR & Stallen M. (forthcoming)

On the Nature, Modeling and Neural Bases of Social Ties Daniel E. Houser and Kevin A. McCabe (eds)
Neuroeconomics, Vol. 19, Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research Emerald Insight Publishing.
 
Rodrigues-Neto J.
From Posteriors to Priors via Cycles
Journal of Economic Theory (forthcoming).
 

Ryan M.J. 2008

Generalizations of SEU: a geometric tour of some non-standard models
Oxford Economic Papers (forthcoming -- published online August 11, 2008)
 

Wakker P P, Sales, Célia M.D. (2008)

The Metric-Frequency Measure of Similarity for Ill-Structured Data Sets, with an Application to Family Therapy
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology 60, forthcoming.
 
Wakker P P, Bleichrodt H & Rohde K. (2008)
Non-Hyperbolic Time Inconsistency
Games and Economic Behavior, forthcoming.
 

Wakker P P, Bleichrodt H & Rohde K. (2008)

Koopmans Constant Discounting for Intertemporal Choice: A Simplification and a Generalization
Journal of Mathematical Psychology, forthcoming.
 
Wakker P P. 2008
Explaining the Characteristics of the Power (CRRA) Utility Family
Health Economics, forthcoming.