Research

Published and Accepted Articles

• Ivanov, Asen. 2023. "Borda-Optimal Taxation of Labour Income." Social Choice and Welfare, 60, 331-364

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• Ivanov, Asen. 2022 "The Borda Count with Weak Preferences." Economics Letters (210), 110162

• Ivanov, Asen. 2021. "Optimal Pension Plan Default Policies when Employees are Biased." J Public Econ Theory, 23:583–596

• Levin, Dan, James Peck, and Asen Ivanov. 2016. "Separating Bayesian Updating from Non-Probabilistic Reasoning: An Experimental Investigation," American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 8(2), 39-60

• Davis, Douglas, Asen Ivanov, and Oleg Korenok. 2016. "Individual Characteristics and Behavior in Repeated Games: An Experimental Study," Experimental Economics, 19(1), 67-99

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• Ivanov, Asen. 2014. "Equality of opportunity and the alignment of incentives," Journal of Mathematical Economics, 53, 16-25

• Ivanov, Asen, Dan Levin, and James Peck. 2013: "Behavioral Biases in Endogenous-Timing Herding Games: an Experimental Study," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 87, 25-34

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• Ivanov, Asen. 2011. “Attitudes to Ambiguity in One-Shot Normal-Form Games: An Experimental Study,” Games and Economic Behavior, 71, 366-394

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  • An earlier version was circulated under "Strategic Play and Risk Aversion in One-Shot Normal-Form Games: An Experimental Study"

• Ivanov, Asen, Dan Levin, and Muriel Niederle. 2010. “Can Relaxation of Beliefs Rationalize the Winner's Curse?: An Experimental Study,” Econometrica, 78(4), 1435–1452

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• Ivanov, Asen, Dan Levin, and James Peck. 2009. “Hindsight, Foresight, and Insight: An Experimental Study of a Small-Market Investment Game with Common and Private Values,” American Economic Review, 99(4): 1484–1507

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  • Additional materials (a zip file which contains a read-me file, experimental instructions, data, and computer programs)

Working Papers

• Ivanov, Asen. 2023. "Dynamic Inconsistency, Commitment, and Welfare in Strategic Settings"

• Ivanov, Asen. 2022. "Borda-Optimal Linear Taxation of Labour Income" (available upon request)

• Ivanov, Asen. 2020. "A Comment on Galperti and Strulovici (2017)"

• Ivanov, Asen. 2019. "Optimal Pension Plan Default Policies when Employees are Biased and Update from the Default"

• Ivanov, Asen, Dan Levin, and Muriel Niederle. 2015. "A Reply to: A Comment on "Can Relaxation of Beliefs Rationalize the Winner's Curse?: An Experimental Study""

• Ivanov, Asen. 2015. "Aspects of Behavior in Repeated Games: An Experimental Study" (available upon request)