My Papers 

Paul Erdos believed that research contributions should be  "weighed and not counted" - though he certainly had the least incentive in the world to profess this. I, on the other hand, have a huge incentive to chime in agreement here! ;-) [BTW, I have an Erdos number of 4, by the chain Erdos -> Fishburn -> Rubinstein -> Abreu -> Smith .( Thanks, Dilip.)] So consistent with Erdos ' admonition, I offer a personal log-scale weighting of my own published/forthcoming papers, since I honestly feel in the best position to do so. It may prove a useful guide in deciding what to download. The rating is based on my estimate of their novelty and importance, as well as my own knowledge of the difficulty of the paper. Four star papers try to pose a new and hopefully central economic question, and I believe that they also offer real technical novelity. You be the judge.

My cv
 

I. Information Economics

 

A. Information Demand

 

The Optimal Level of Experimentation
with Giuseppe Moscarini  
Econometrica, 11-2001

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The Law of Large 
Demand for Information
with Giuseppe Moscarini
Econometrica, 11-2002

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Demand for Information 
More Heat than Light
with Jussi Keppo and Giuseppe Moscarini

(forthcoming, Journal of Economic Theory, as of March, 2007)

 

 

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B. Experimentation and Bayesian Social Learning

 

 

 

 

Pathological Outcomes 
of Observational Learning
with Peter Sørensen
( Econometrica, 3-2000 )


 

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Informational Herding 
and Optimal Experimentation
with Peter S ørensen

(8-05)

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Rational Social Learning 
by Random Sampling
with Peter Sørensen
( rough draft! In process)

 

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Social Learning 
in a Changing World
with Giuseppe Moscarini & Marco Ottaviani
(Economic Theory, 1998)

 

 

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C. Financial Economics

 

 

 

 

Private Information and Trade Timing
( American Economic Review, 9/2000)

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Rational Traders Frenzies
(incomplete) next version with Helios Herrera

 

 

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D. Political Economy
       

Optimal Electoral Timing: Exercise Wisely and You May Live Longer

with Jussi Keppo and Dmitry Davydov (forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies, as of October, 2007)

     

 

 

 

 

II. Search/Matching Theory

 

 

 

 

A. Mating Models with Search

 

 

 

 

The Marriage Model 
with Search Frictions
(2006, Journal of Political Economy)

 

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Assortative Matching and Search 
with Robert Shimer
( Econometrica, 3-2000 )


 

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Matching, Search and Heterogeneity  
with Robert Shimer
(2001, Advances in Macroeconomics )

 

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Nonstationary Search  
with Robert Shimer

 

 

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Cross-Sectional Dynamics 
in a Two-Sided Matching Model
(1992-95, as yet incomplete)

 

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Optimal Job Search 
in a Changing World
(Math. Soc. Sciences, 1999)

 

 

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B. Search-Theoretic Models of Trade

 

 

 

 

A Model of Exchange 
where Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
(1995-98, as yet incomplete)

 

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C. Walrasian Mating Models

 

 

 

 

Assortative Matching and Reputation  
with Axel Anderson  

(4-07)

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. D. Pure Search Theory

 

 

 

 

Simultaneous Search 
with Hector Chade 
(Econometrica, 5-2006)

 

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III. Game Theory

 

 

 

 

A. Timing Games and Bargaining

 

 

 

 

Caller Number Five:
Timing Games That Morph From One Form to Another

(with Andreas Park)

(6-07)

 

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Aspirational Bargaining (with Ennio Stacchetti)
(1st version: 1-2002; now under revision)

 

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Rethinking Bargaining Theory
(my original unpublished solo manuscript)
(1995-1998, i.e. precedes above joint work)

 

 

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B. Repeated Games

 

 

 

 

Time-Consistent Optimal Stopping
(Economics Letters, 1997)*

 

 

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Necessary and Sufficient Conditions 
for the Perfect Finite Horizon Folk Theorem
( Econometrica, 2-1995 )

 

 

 

The Folk Theorem for Repeated  
Games: an NEU Condition
with Dilip Abreu and Prajit Dutta
(Econometrica, 4-1994)

 

 

 

Folk Theorems 
in Overlapping Generations Games