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Working papers

  1. Otto H. Swank, 2009. "Why Are Residents Reluctant to Consult Attending Physicians?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 09-042/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  2. Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2009. "Decision Making and Learning in a Globalizing World," Economics Working Papers ECO2009/20, European University Institute. [Downloadable!]

  3. Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2007. "Is Transparency to no avail? Committee Decision-making, Pre-meetings, and Credible Deals," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 07-055/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Benoît S.Y. Crutzen & Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2007. "Confidence Management: On Interpersonal Comparisons in Teams," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 07-040/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  5. Otto H. Swank, 2006. "The Self-Perception Theory vs. a Dynamic Learning Model," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 06-092/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  6. Job Swank & Otto Swank & Bauke Visser, 2006. "Transparency and Pre-meetings," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 06-051/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  7. Silvia Dominguez Martinez & Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2006. "Disciplining and Screening Top Executives," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 06-054/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  8. Silvia Dominguez Martinez & Otto H. Swank, 2006. "A Simple Model of Self-Assessments," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 06-010/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  9. Bauke Visser & Otto H. Swank, 2005. "On Committees of Experts," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 05-028/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  10. Phongthorn Wrasai & Otto H. Swank, 2004. "Policy Makers, Advisors, and Reputation," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 04-037/1, Tinbergen Institute, revised 09 Dec 2004. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Silvia Dominguez Martinez & Otto H. Swank, 2004. "Does Electoral Competition create Incentives for Political Parties to collect Information about the Pros and Cons of Alternative Policies?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 04-133/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  12. Silvia Dominguez Martinez & Otto H. Swank, 2004. "Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 04-035/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  13. Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2003. "Do Elections lead to Informed Public Decisions?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 03-067/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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  14. Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2003. "The Consequences of Endogenizing Information for Herd Behavior," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 03-021/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  15. Ioulia V. Ossokina & Otto H. Swank, 2003. "Environmental Policy Choice under Uncertainty," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 03-011/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  16. Robert A. J. Dur & Otto H. Swank, 2003. "Producing and Manipulating Information," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  17. Klaas J. Beniers & Otto H. Swank, 2003. "On the Composition of Committees," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 03-006/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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  18. Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2002. "Delegation or Voting," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 02-005/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  19. Guido Suurmond & Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2002. "Vanity in Politics: A Problem?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 02-123/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  20. Otto H. Swank & Phongthorn Wrasai, 2002. "Deliberation, Information Aggregation and Collective Decision Making," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 02-006/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  21. Klaas J. Beniers & Robert A.J. Dur & Otto H. Swank, 2002. "Sequential Advocacy," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 02-016/1, Tinbergen Institute, revised 10 Jun 2003. [Downloadable!]

  22. Ioulia V. Ossokina & Otto H. Swank, 2001. "How Polarization and Political Instability affect Learning through Experimentation," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 01-040/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  23. Ioulia V. Ossokina & Otto Swank, 2001. "The Optimal Degree of Polarization," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 01-063/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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  24. Robert A.J. Dur & Otto H. Swank, 2001. "Producing and Manipulating Information: Private Information Providers versus Public Information Providers," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 01-052/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  25. Robert A.J. Dur & Ben D. Peletier & Otto H. Swank, 1998. "The Effect of Fiscal Rules on Public Investment if Budget Deficits Are Politically Motivated," Public Economics 9801003, EconWPA, revised 25 Feb 1999. [Downloadable!]
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  26. Robert A.J. Dur & Otto H. Swank, 1997. "On the Role of the Governmental Agreement in Breaking Political Deadlocks," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 97-023/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  27. Otto H. Swank & Wilko A. Letterie & Hendrik P. van Dalen, 1997. "An Economic Theory of Policy Advice," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 97-090/1, Tinbergen Institute.

  28. Robert A.J. Dur & Otto H. Swank, 1997. "A Theory of Policy Reversal," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 97-079/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

  29. Lippi, F. & Swank, O.H., 1993. "Rational Voters, Election and Central Banks," Papers 9305-m, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  30. Letterie, W.A. & Swank, O.H., 1993. "Economic Policy, Model Uncertainty and Elections," Papers 9307-p, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.
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  31. Lippi, F. & Swank, O.H., 1993. "Do Policy Makers, Disrtibutional Desires lead to an Inflationary Bias?," Papers 9306-m, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  32. Letterie, W.A. & Reedijk, P.J. & Swank, O.H., 1992. "Models of Voter Behaviour: An Application to the Netherlands," Papers 9219-gp, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  33. Swank, O.T., 1992. "Rational Voters in Partisanship Model," Papers 9222-p, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  34. Swank, O.T., 1992. "The Advantage of Tying One's Economist's Hand: The Value of Information in a Monetary Policy Model," Papers 9223-m, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  35. Swank, O.H. & Hebbink, G.E., 1992. "Estimation of Preference Weights in a Model of Monetary Policy with Multiplicative Uncertainty," Papers 9216-g, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  36. Swank, O.H. & Swank, J., 1991. "In Search of the Motives Behind U.S. Fiscal Macroeconomic Economic Policy," Papers 9110-g, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  37. Swank, O.H., 1991. "Popularity Functions Based on the Partisan Theory," Papers 9112-g, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.
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  38. Swank, O.H., 1991. "Why Do Administrations Postpone Policy on Which There is Overall Agreement," Papers 9111-g, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  39. Swank, J. & Swank, O.H., 1990. "The Estimation Of Preferences Behind Us Monetary Policy," Papers 9018, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  40. Swank, O.H., 1990. "A Voter Model Based On The Partisan Theory," Papers 901201, Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Institute for Economic Research.

  41. Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, . "Sharing Information through Delegation and Collaboration," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 04-042/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

Articles

  1. Job Swank & Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2008. "How Committees of Experts Interact with the Outside World: Some Theory, and Evidence from the FOMC," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 6(2-3), pages 478-486, 04-05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  2. Swank, Otto & Visser, Bauke, 2008. "The consequences of endogenizing information for the performance of a sequential decision procedure," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 65(3-4), pages 667-681, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  3. Ioulia Ossokina & Otto Swank, 2008. "Adoption Subsidy Versus Technology Standards Under Asymmetric Information," De Economist, Springer, vol. 156(3), pages 241-267, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  4. Silvia Dominguez-Martinez & Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2008. "In Defense of Boards," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 17(3), pages 667-682, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  5. Wrasai, Phongthorn & Swank, Otto H., 2007. "Policy makers, advisers, and reputation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 62(4), pages 579-590, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Bauke Visser & Otto H Swank, 2007. "On Committees of Experts," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 122(1), pages 337-372, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  7. Silvia Dominguez-Martinez & Otto Swank, 2006. "Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 26(3), pages 527-545, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  8. Otto Swank & Bauke Visser, 2006. "Do elections lead to informed public decisions?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 129(3), pages 435-460, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  9. Robert Dur & Otto H. Swank, 2005. "Producing and Manipulating Information," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 115(500), pages 185-199, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  10. Ossokina, Ioulia V. & Swank, Otto H., 2004. "The optimal degree of polarization," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 255-262, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  11. Suurmond, Guido & Swank, Otto H. & Visser, Bauke, 2004. "On the bad reputation of reputational concerns," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 88(12), pages 2817-2838, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  12. Ioulia V. Ossokina & Otto H. Swank, 2003. "Polarization, Political Instability and Active Learning," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 105(1), pages 1-14, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  13. Swank, Otto H, 2002. " Budgetary Devices for Curbing Spending Prone Ministers and Bureaucrats," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 111(3-4), pages 237-57, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  14. Swank, Otto H., 2001. "A comment on sequential elections and overlapping terms: voting for US Senate," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 437-440, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  15. Otto H. Swank & Robert A. J. Dur, 2001. "Why Do Policy Makers Give (Permanent) Power to Policy Advisers?," Economics and Politics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 13(1), pages 73-94, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  16. Swank, Otto H., 2000. "Policy advice, secrecy, and reputational concerns," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 257-271, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  17. Hillman, Arye L. & Swank, Otto, 2000. "Why political culture should be in the lexicon of economics," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 16(1), pages 1-4, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  18. Otto H. Swank, 2000. "Why do Workers Spend so Much Time on Inferior Tasks?," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 156(3), pages 501-, September.

  19. Otto H. Swank & Wilko Letterie & Hendrik P. van Dalen, 2000. "When policy advisors cannot reach a consensus," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 439-461. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  20. Swank, Otto H & Letterie, Wilko & van Dalen, Hendrik P, 1999. "A Theory of Policy Advice," Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(3), pages 602-14, October.

  21. Swank, O H & Eisinga, R, 1999. " Economic Outcomes and Voting Behaviour in a Multi-party System: An Application to the Netherlands," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 101(3-4), pages 195-213, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  22. Ben D. Peletier & Robert A. J. Dur & Otto H. Swank, 1999. "Voting on the Budget Deficit: Comment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(5), pages 1377-1381, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  23. Lippi, Francesco & Swank, Otto H., 1999. "Rational Voters, Elections, and Central Banks: Do Representative Democracies Need Nonrepresentative Institutions?," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 21(4), pages 515-525, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  24. Dur, Robert A. J. & Swank, Otto H., 1998. "The role of governmental agreements in breaking political deadlock," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 561-572, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  25. Swank, Otto H., 1998. "Towards an economic theory of party ideology," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 14(2), pages 223-240, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  26. Swank, Otto H., 1998. "Partisan Policies, Macroeconomic Performance and Political Support," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 20(2), pages 367-386, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  27. Wilko Letterie & Otto H. Swank, 1998. "Economic Policy, Model Uncertainty and Elections," Economics and Politics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 10(1), pages 85-103, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  28. Swank, Otto H, 1997. "Some Evidence on Policy Makers' Motives, Macroeconomic Performance and Output-Inflation Trade-Offs," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 29(2), pages 251-58, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  29. Letterie, Wilko & Swank, Otto H, 1997. " Learning and Signalling by Advisor Selection," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 92(3-4), pages 353-67, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  30. Letterie, Wilko & Swank, Otto H, 1997. "Electoral and Partisan Cycles between US Economic Performance and Presidential Popularity: A Comment on Stephen E. Haynes," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 29(12), pages 1585-92, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  31. van Dalen, Hendrik P & Swank, Otto H, 1996. " Government Spending Cycles: Ideological or Opportunistic?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 89(1-2), pages 183-200, October.

  32. Lippi, Francesco & Swank, Otto H., 1996. "Do policymakers' distributional desires lead to an inflationary bias?," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 18(1), pages 109-116, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  33. Swank, Otto H, 1994. " Better Monetary Control May Increase the Inflationary Bias of Policy," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 96(1), pages 125-31.

  34. Siebrand, Jan C. & Swank, Otto H., 1994. "Partisan profiles in presidential policies: An extension of "presidential preferences for inflation versus unemployment"," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 16(3), pages 553-558. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  35. Swank, Otto H, 1994. " Partisan Views on the Economy," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 81(1-2), pages 137-50, October.

  36. Swank, Otto H & Swank, Job, 1993. "In Search of the Motives behind U.S. Fiscal Macroeconomic Policy," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 25(8), pages 1013-22, August.

  37. Swank, O H, 1993. " Popularity Functions Based on the Partisan Theory," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 75(4), pages 339-56, April.
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  38. Swank, Otto, 1992. "The political economy of American monetary policy : T. Mayer, ed., (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990), ISBN 0-521-36316-0, [UK pound]30.00," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 8(1), pages 141-145, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  39. Hebbink, G E & Swank, O H, 1990. "Wage Rigidity in the United States: The Role of Price Expectations," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 22(8), pages 1019-28, August.

NEP Fields

23 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (4) 2006-04-22 2006-07-02 2007-06-11 2007-08-14
  2. NEP-CBE: Cognitive & Behavioural Economics (3) 2006-04-22 2006-11-18 2007-06-11
  3. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (6) 2002-03-14 2002-06-13 2003-04-27 2005-04-03 2007-08-14 2008-06-13 Author is listed
  4. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (1) 2006-07-02
  5. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory & Applications (1) 2009-07-03
  6. NEP-FIN: Finance (1) 2006-07-02
  7. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (1) 2005-04-03
  8. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (1) 2009-07-03
  9. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 2007-06-11 2008-06-13
  10. NEP-LAW: Law & Economics (1) 2002-03-14
  11. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2004-05-26
  12. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (5) 2003-09-08 2004-04-25 2005-04-03 2007-08-14 2008-06-13 Author is listed
  13. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2002-06-13
  14. NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (1) 2007-06-11
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