Research

Published Papers

The shirker's dilemma and the prospects of cooperation in large groups, Theoretical Population Biology 155, 10-23 (2024), with Aviad Heifetz and Jorge Peña. 

Cooperative dilemmas with binary actions and multiple players, Dynamic Games and Applications 13, 1156-1193 (2023), with Jorge Peña.

Sorting in iterated incumbency contests, Economic Theory 74, 1103-1140 (2022), with Samuel Häfner.

The balance condition in search-and-matching models, Econometrica 88:2, 595-618 (2020), with Stephan Lauermann and Thomas Tröger.

Group size and collective action in a binary contribution game, Journal of Mathematical Economics 88, 42-51 (2020), with Jorge Peña. 

The evolution of egg trading in simultaneous hermaphrodites, The American Naturalist 195:3, 524-533 (2020), with Jorge Peña and Oscar Puebla.   

Group size effects in social evolution, Journal of Theoretical Biology 47, 211-220 (2018), with Jorge Peña.

The implementation duality, Econometrica 86:4, 1283-1324 (2018), with Larry Samuelson.

Optimal search from multiple distributions with infinite horizon, Economics Letters 164, 15-18 (2018), with Jean-Michel Benkert and Igor Letina.

Payoff shares in two-player contests, Games 7:3, 25 (2016), with Samuel Häfner.

The symmetric equilibria of symmetric voter participation games with complete information, Games and Economic Behavior 99, 71-81 (2016), with Jorge Peña.

Variability in group size and the evolution of collective action, Journal of Theoretical Biology 389, 72-82 (2016), with Jorge Peña.

Evolutionary dynamics of collective action in spatially structured populations, Journal of Theoretical Biology 382, 122-136 (2015), with Laurent Lehmann and Jorge Peña.

Investment and competitive matching, Econometrica 83:3, 835-896 (2015), with Larry Samuelson.

Existence of steady-state equilibria in matching models with search frictions, Economics Letters 131, 1-4 (2015), with Stephan Lauermann.

Stable marriages and search frictions, Journal of Economic Theory 151, 163-195 (2014), with Stephan Lauermann.

Gains from switching and evolutionary stability in multi-player matrix games, Journal of Theoretical Biology 346, 23-33 (2014), with Laurent Lehmann and Jorge Peña.

Does competitive pricing cause market breakdown under extreme adverse selection?, Journal of Economic Theory 140:1, 97-125 (2008), with George Mailath.

Optimal bunching without optimal control, Journal of Economic Theory 134:1, 405-420 (2007), with Larry Samuelson.

A characterization of the distributions that imply existence of linear equilibria in the Kyle model, Annals of Finance 2:1, 73-85 (2006), with Thomas Tröger.

Information-based relative consumption effects: correction, Econometrica 73:4, 1383-1387 (2005), with Larry Samuelson.

Strategic choice handicaps when females seek high male net viability, Journal of Theoretical Biology 221, 53-59 (2003), with Larry Samuelson.

Existence of linear equilibria in the Kyle model with multiple informed traders, Economics Letters 72:2, 159-164 (2001), with Thomas Tröger.

How costly is the honest signaling of need?, Journal of Theoretical Biology 197, 527-539 (1999), with Larry Samuelson.

Sequential investments and options to own, Rand Journal of Economics 29, 633-653 (1998), with Klaus Schmidt.

On testing for financial market equilibrium under asymmetric information, Journal of Political Economy 105, 1107-1113 (1997).

A dynamic model of equilibrium selection in signaling markets, Journal of Economic Theory 73, 118-156 (1997), with Larry Samuelson.

Option contracts and renegotiation: a solution to the hold-up problem, Rand Journal of Economics 26, 163-179 (1995), with Klaus Schmidt.

An evolutionary analysis of backward and forward induction, Games and Economic Behavior 5, 425-454 (1993), with Larry Samuelson.

Signalling in a dynamic labour market, Review of Economic Studies 57, 1-23 (1990), with Eric van Damme.