Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Camouflaged Trade Agreements
Published 2012-05-01We raise the possibility that at least some of the free trade areas observed in practice are customs unions in disguise. We distinguish between generalized and standard customs unions. While members of the former can choose ...Working Paper -
To See Is To Believe: Common Expectations In Experimental Asset Markets
Published 2012-05-01We experimentally manipulate agents' information regarding the rationality of others in a setting in which previous studies have found irrationality to be present, namely the asset market experiments introduced by Smith, ...Working Paper -
Estimation of Public Goods Game Data
Published 2012-04-01This paper compares the performance of alternative estimation approaches for Public Goods Game data. A leave-one-out cross validation was applied to test the performance of five estimation approaches. Random effects is ...Working Paper -
How Does Uncertainty Affect the Choice of Trade Agreements?
Published 2012-04-01This paper analyzes how uncertainty and the timing of its resolution influence the formation and design of regional trade agreements. Two sources of uncertainty — in demand and costs — are considered. We compare the case ...Working Paper -
Endogenous time preference: evidence from Australian households’ behaviour
Published 2012-03-01Recently, the focus has been increasingly on the importance of endogenous time preference and its varying degrees of marginal impatience. Two types of marginal impatience can change the representative household's endogenous ...Working Paper