Publications

by members of

Mercatus Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

Working papers

2008

1. Gunnthorsdottir, Anna & Vragov, Roumen & seifert, Stefan & McCabe, Kevin, 2008. "on the efficiency of team-based meritocracies," MPRA Paper 8627, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. gunnthorsdottir, anna & vragov, roumen & mccabe, kevin & seifert, stefan, 2007. "The meritocracy as a mechanism to overcome social dilemmas," MPRA Paper 2454, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 09 Apr 2007. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Daniel Houser & Erte Xiao & Kevin McCabe & Vernon Smith, 2005. "When Punishment Fails: Research on Sanctions, Intentions and Non- Cooperation," Experimental 0502001, EconWPA, revised 18 Feb 2005. [Downloadable!]
2. Daniel Houser & Erte Xiao & Kevin McCabe & Vernon Smith, 2005. "When punishment fails: Research on sanctions, intentions and non- cooperation," Experimental 0503001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Anna Gunnthorsdottir & Daniel Houser & Kevin McCabe & Holly Ameden, 2004. "Disposition, History and Contributions in Public Goods Experiments," Experimental 0401001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
2. Kevin McCabe & Mary Rigdon & Vernon Smith, 2004. "Sustaining Cooperation in trust Games," Experimental 0403005, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Daniel Houser & Kevin McCabe & Michael Keane & Antoine Bechara, 2003. "Heuristics Used By Humans With Prefrontal Cortex Damage: Toward An Empirical Model Of Phineas Gage," Experimental 0308002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Daniel Houser & Michael Keane & Kevin McCabe, 2002. "Behavior in a dynamic decision problem: An analysis of experimental evidence using a bayesian type classification algorithm," Experimental 0211001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
2. John Dickhaut & Kevin McCabe & Jennifer C. Nagode & Aldo Rustichini & Kip Smith & Jose Pardo, 2002. "The impact of the certainty context on the process of choice," CEEL Working Papers 0216, Computable and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia.

2001

1. Rigdon, Mary & McCabe, Kevin & Smith, Vernon, 2001. "Sustaining cooperation in trust games," MPRA Paper 2006, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 23 Apr 2006. [Downloadable!]
2. McCabe, Kevin & Houser, Daniel & Ryan, Lee & Smith, Vernon & Trouard, Ted, 2001. "A Functional Imaging Study of Cooperation in Two-Person reciprocal Exchange," MPRA Paper 5172, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

1994

1. Kevin A. McCabe & Arijit Mukherji & David E. Runkle, 1994. "An experimental study of learning and limited information in games," Staff Report 176, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. [Downloadable!]

1992

1. Bronfman, Corinne & McCabe, Kevin & Porter, David & Rassenti, Stephen & Smith, Vernon, 1992. "An Experimental Examination of the Walrasian Tatonnement Mechanism," Working Papers 824, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences. [Downloadable!]

1990

1. Nye, J.V., 1990. "Revisionist Tarriff History And The Theory Of Hegemonic Stability," Papers 142, Washington St. Louis - School of Business and Political Economy.

Journal articles

2008

1. Houser, Daniel & Xiao, Erte & McCabe, Kevin & Smith, Vernon, 2008. "When punishment fails: Research on sanctions, intentions and non-cooperation," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 62(2), pages 509-532, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. Gunnthorsdottir, Anna & Houser, Daniel & McCabe, Kevin, 2007. "Disposition, history and contributions in public goods experiments," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 62(2), pages 304-315, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Mary L. Rigdon & Kevin A. McCabe & Vernon L. Smith, 2007. "Sustaining Cooperation in Trust Games," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 117(522), pages 991-1007, 07. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. John Nye & Charles Moul, 2007. "The Political Economy of Numbers: On the Application of Benford's Law to International Macroeconomic Statistics," Topics in Macroeconomics, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 7(1), pages 1449-1449. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. John Nye, 2007. "Killing Private Ryan: An Institutional Analysis of Military Decision Making in World War II," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 8(4), pages 281-308, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Deck, Cary A. & McCabe, Kevin A. & Porter, David P., 2006. "Why stable fiat money hyperinflates: Results from an experimental economy," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 61(3), pages 471-486, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Davies, Antony, 2006. "A framework for decomposing shocks and measuring volatilities derived from multi-dimensional panel data of survey forecasts," International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 373-393. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Davies, Antony & Quinlivan, Gary, 2006. "A panel data analysis of the impact of trade on human development," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(5), pages 868-876, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Houser, Daniel & Bechara, Antoine & Keane, Michael & McCabe, Kevin & Smith, Vernon, 2005. "Identifying individual differences: An algorithm with application to Phineas Gage," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 52(2), pages 373-385, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Kevin McCabe, 2005. "Reciprocity and Social Order: What Do Experiments Tell us About the Failure of Economic Growth?," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer, vol. 18(3), pages 241-280, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Davies, Antony & Cline, Thomas W., 2005. "A consumer behavior approach to modeling monopolistic competition," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 26(6), pages 797-826, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Nye, John, 2005. "Gerschenkron Panel Discussion, 11 September 2004," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 65(02), pages 547-549, June. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Daniel Houser & Michael Keane & Kevin McCabe, 2004. "Behavior in a Dynamic Decision Problem: An Analysis of Experimental Evidence Using a Bayesian Type Classification Algorithm," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 72(3), pages 781-822, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Houser, Daniel & McCabe, Kevin & Smith, Vernon, 2004. "Cultural group selection, co evolutionary processes and large-scale cooperation (by Joseph Henrich)," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 53(1), pages 85-88, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Durham, Yvonne & McCabe, Kevin & Olson, Mark A. & Rassenti, Stephen & Smith, Vernon, 2004. "Oligopoly competition in fixed cost environments," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 147-162, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Antony Davies, 2004. "Computational intermediation and the evolution of computation as a commodity," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 36(11), pages 1131-1142, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Sami Dakhlia & John Nye, 2004. "Tax Britannica: Nineteenth Century Tariffs and British National Income," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 121(3), pages 309-333, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. McCabe, Kevin A. & Rigdon, Mary L. & Smith, Vernon L., 2003. "Positive reciprocity and intentions in trust games," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 52(2), pages 267-275, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Gunnthorsdottir, Anna & McCabe, Kevin & Smith, Vernon, 2002. "Using the Machiavellianism instrument to predict trustworthiness in a bargaining game," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 23(1), pages 49-66, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Arijit Mukherji & Kevin A. McCabe & David E. Runkle, 2000. "research articles : An experimental study of information and mixed-strategy play in the three-person matching-pennies game," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 15(2), pages 421-462. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Burnham, Terence & McCabe, Kevin & Smith, Vernon L., 2000. "Friend-or-foe intentionality priming in an extensive form trust game," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 57-73, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Elizabeth Hoffman & Kevin McCabe & Vernon Smith, 2000. "The Impact of Exchange Context on the Activation of Equity in Ultimatum Games," Experimental Economics, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 5-9, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1999

1. Elizabeth Hoffman & Kevin McCabe & Vernon L. Smith, 1999. "Social Distance and Other-Regarding Behavior in Dictator Games: Reply," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(1), pages 340-341, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Keating, John W. & Nye, John V., 1999. "The Dynamic Effects of Aggregate Demand and Supply Disturbances in the G7 Countries," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 21(2), pages 263-278, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1998

1. Hoffman, Elizabeth & McCabe, Kevin A & Smith, Vernon L, 1998. "Behavioral Foundations of Reciprocity: Experimental Economics and Evolutionary Psychology," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 36(3), pages 335-52, July.
2. McCabe, Kevin A. & Rassenti, Stephen J. & Smith, Vernon L., 1998. "Reciprocity, Trust, and Payoff Privacy in Extensive Form Bargaining," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 24(1-2), pages 10-24, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Keating, John W & Nye, John V, 1998. "Permanent and Transitory Shocks in Real Output: Estimates from Nineteenth-Century and Postwar Economies," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 30(2), pages 231-51, May.

1996

1. Hoffman, Elizabeth & McCabe, Kevin & Smith, Vernon L, 1996. "Social Distance and Other-Regarding Behavior in Dictator Games," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 86(3), pages 653-60, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Corinne Bronfman & Kevin McCabe & David Porter & Stephen Rassenti & Vernon Smith, 1996. "An Experimental Examination of the Walrasian Tatonnement Mechanism," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 27(4), pages 681-699, Winter. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Hoffman, Elizabeth & McCabe, Kevin A & Smith, Vernon L, 1996. "On Expectations and the Monetary Stakes in Ultimatum Games," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer, vol. 25(3), pages 289-301.
4. Harrison, Glenn W & McCabe, Kevin A, 1996. "Expectations and Fairness in a Simple Bargaining Experiment," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer, vol. 25(3), pages 303-27.

1995

1. John W. Dickhaut & Kevin A. McCabe & Arijit Mukherji, 1995. "An experimental study of strategicinformation transmission," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 389-403.
2. Berg Joyce & Dickhaut John & McCabe Kevin, 1995. "Trust, Reciprocity, and Social History," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 10(1), pages 122-142, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Davies, Anthony & Lahiri, Kajal, 1995. "A new framework for analyzing survey forecasts using three-dimensional panel data," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 68(1), pages 205-227, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1994

1. Hoffman Elizabeth & McCabe Kevin & Shachat Keith & Smith Vernon, 1994. "Preferences, Property Rights, and Anonymity in Bargaining Games," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 346-380, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1992

1. McCabe, Kevin A & Rassenti, Stephen J & Smith, Vernon L, 1992. "Designing Call Auction Institutions: Is Double Dutch the Best?," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 102(410), pages 9-23, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1991

1. Nye, John Vincent, 1991. "Changing French trade conditions, national welfare, and the 1860 Anglo-French Treaty of Commerce," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 28(4), pages 460-477, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1990

1. McCabe, Kevin A & Rassenti, Stephen J & Smith, Vernon L, 1990. "Auction Institutional Design: Theory and Behavior of Simultaneous Multiple-Unit Generalizations of the Dutch and English Auctions," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 80(5), pages 1276-83, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. McCabe, Kevin A. & Rassenti, Stephen J. & Smith, Vernon L., 1990. "Auction design for composite goods : The natural gas industry," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 127-149, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1989

1. McCabe, Kevin A. & Rassenti, Stephen J. & Smith, Vernon L., 1989. "Designing `smart' computer-assisted markets : An experimental auction for gas networks," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 5(2-3), pages 259-283. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. McCabe, Kevin A., 1989. "Fiat money as a store of value in an experimental market," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 215-231, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1987

1. Nye, John, 1987. "Betting on ideas: Wars, invention, inflation : Reuven Brenner, (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1985) pp. xxii+247, $32.00," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 8(1), pages 163-165, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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