Territory in the State of Nature
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 219, March 2024, with Jordan Adamson.
In this paper we examine territorial behavior in the ecological conditions that foster conflict. We develop an economic model that isolates the effects of resource skew on territorial ranges, as well as their interactions with unequal appropriation abilities. We then conduct a controlled laboratory experiment to test the predictions of our model and find that observed behavior tends to cluster around the equilibrium predictions and that all comparative statics have the predicted sign. Additionally, we find that equally strong appropriators select more exclusive and less overlapping ranges than what is predicted with symmetric resources, while weaker appropriators choose more engulfed ranges than what is predicted with skewed resources.
The Welfare Effects of Civil Forfeiture
Review of Behavioral Economics, 4(2), September 2017, with Michael Preciado.
* A video demonstration of the software is available here.
Smile, Dictator, You’re on Camera
Southern Economic Journal, 84(1), July 2017, with Joy Buchanan, Matt McMahon, and Matthew Simpson.
* A video of the dictator decisions is available here
War of Attrition: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment on Market Exit
Economic Inquiry, 51(4), October 2013, Ryan Oprea and Arthur Zillante.
An Experimental Analysis of the Demand for Payday Loans
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 10(1) (Topics), Article 93. DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2563, October 2010, with David W. Findlay, James W. Meehan Jr., Charissa Wellford, and Karl Schurter.
Justice and Fairness in the Dictator Game
Southern Economic Journal, 79(1), July 2009, with Karl Schurter.
Incremental Approaches to Establishing Trust
Experimental Economics, 11(4), December 2008, with Robert Kurzban and Mary Rigdon.
Raising Revenues for Charity: Auctions versus Lotteries
In Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 11, D.D. Davis and R. M. Isaac (eds.), JAI (Elsevier Science), 2006, with Douglas D. Davis, Laura Razzolini, and Robert Reilly.
Incremental Commitment and Reciprocity in a Real Time Public Goods Game
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(12), December 2001, with Robert O. Kurzban, Kevin McCabe, and Vernon L. Smith.
Menu Costs and Nominal Price Friction: An Experimental Examination
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 35(3), April 1998.