WORK IN PROGRESS
Experiments & theory; strategic interaction, other-regarding motivation & beyond
Xu, X. , Metsälampi, S., Kirchler, M,, Kotakorpi, K., Matthews, P., Miettinen, T., (2025): 'Which Reference Groups Matter and How? A Relative Income Information Experiment with Administrative Data', conditionally accepted at American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Chlass, Nadine & Miettinen, Topi (2025): 'Commitment in Sequential Bargaining - An Experiment', r&r Journal of Economic Behavior, and Organization.
Andersson, O., Lambrecht, M., Miettinen, T. (2025): 'Personal and societal conflict of redistributive principles and preferences', submitted.
Krupka, E., Miettinen, T., Xu, X., (2023): 'Anatomy of conflict'
Aspara, J., Lu, C., Miettinen, T. (2023): 'Self- and social image, and optimal carbon-offsets'
Bargaining theory
Miettinen, T., Ockenfels, A. (2025): 'Prices Outperform Quantities when Negotiating a Reciprocal Climate Agreement'
Applied theory, Industrial organization & Political economy
Michelucci, F. , Miettinen, T. (2023): 'Market for concealable information'
Ellingsen, T., Miettinen, T. (2025): 'Markets, Contracts, or Firms: A Simple Model of Governance', r&r American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
PUBLISHED WORK
Bargaining theory
Miettinen, T., Vanberg, C. (2025): 'Commitment and Conflict in Unanimity Bargaining', American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 17 (1): 206–37
Miettinen, T. (2022): 'A Review on Commitment Tactics in Bargaining under Complete Information', prepared for the book “Current Research and Future Directions in Bargaining” Kyle Hyndman and Emin Karagözoglu (eds.) DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76666-5_2
Miettinen, Topi & Perea, Andrés (2015), 'Commitment in Alternating-offer Bargaining' Mathematical Social Sciences, vol 76, pp. 12–18.
Ellingsen, Tore & Miettinen, Topi (2014), 'Tough Negotiations: Bilateral bargaining with durable commitments' Games and Economic Behavior, vol 87, pp. 353-366.
Miettinen, Topi (2010), 'History-dependent Reciprocity in Alternating Offer Bargaining' Finnish Economic Papers, vol 23, no. 1, pp. 1-15.
Miettinen, Topi & Ellingsen, Tore (2008), 'Commitment and Conflict in Bilateral Bargaining' American Economic Review, vol 98, no. 4, pp. 1629–1635.
Experiments & theory; strategic interaction, other-regarding motivation & beyond
Kotakorpi, K., Metsälampi, S., Miettinen, T., Nurminen, T. (2024): 'Bearing the burden - Implications of tax reporting institutions on evasion and incidence', Journal of Economic Behavior, and Organization, vol 220, pp.. 81-134 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.01.021
Miettinen, T., Kosfeld, M., Fehr, E., Weibull, J. (2020): 'Revealed Preferences in a Prisoner's Dilemma: A Horse-race between Six Utility Functions', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol 173, pp. 1-25.
Miettinen, T., von Essen, E., Huysentruyt, M. (2020): 'Exploration in Teams and the Encouragement Effect: Theory and Experimental Evidence' Management Science, forthcoming.
Miettinen, T., Ropponen, O., Sääskilahti, P. (2020): 'Prospect Theory, Inequity Aversion, and the Escalation of Conflict at Negotiation Impasse', Scandinavian Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
Boly, A., Gillanders, R., Miettinen T. (2019): 'Deterrence, Peer-Effect, and Legitimacy in Anti-Corruption Policy: An Experimental Analysis' , Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 48, pp. 275-305, https://doi-org.proxy.shh.fi/10.1086/703128
Chlass, N., Miettinen, T., Güth, W. (2019): 'Purely Procedural Preferences - Beyond Procedural Equity and Reciprocity', European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 59, 108-128.
Andersson, O., Miettinen, T., Johannesson, M., Hytönen, K., Stephan, U. (2017): 'Subliminal Influence on Generosity', Experimental Economics, vol 20, pp. 531-555 (lead article).
Halko, M.-L., Miettinen, T. (2017): 'From Ideals to Deals - The Effect of Arbitration Experience on Negotiation Behavior', PLoS ONE 12(8): e0182263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182263.
Andersson, O., Huysentruyt, M., Miettinen, T. Stephan, U. (2017): 'Person-Organization Fit and Incentives - A Causal Test' , Management Science, vol. 63, pp.73-96.
Levati, Maria-Vittoria; Miettinen, Topi & Rai Birendra K. (2011), 'Context and Interpretation in Laboratory Experiments: The Case of Reciprocity' Journal of Economic Psychology, vol 32, no. 5, pp. 846-856.
Miettinen, Topi & Suetens, Sigrid (2008), 'Communication and Guilt in a Prisoner's Dilemma' Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol 52, no. 6, pp. 945-960.
Theory; behavioral & bounded rationality
Miettinen, Topi, Ockenfels, Axel (2024): 'Prices outperform quantities in climate negotiations with "just desert"-threats'
Miettinen, Topi (2013), 'Promises and Conventions - An Approach to Pre-play Agreements' Games and Economic Behavior, vol 80, pp. 68–84.
Miettinen, Topi (2012), 'Paying attention to payoffs in analogy-based learning' Economic Theory, vol 50, no. 1, pp. 193-222.
Miettinen, Topi (2011), 'Moral Hazard and Clear Conscience' Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, vol 167, no. 2, pp. 224-235.
Miettinen, Topi (2009), 'The partially cursed and the analogy-based expectation equilibrium' Economics letters, vol 105, no. 2, pp. 162-164.
Applied theory, Industrial organization & political economy
Miettinen, T., Stenbacka, R. (2018): 'Strategic Short-termism: Implications for the Management and Acquisition of Customer Relationships', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 153, 200-222.
Miettinen, T., Stenbacka, R. (2015): 'Personalized vs. History-based Pricing - Implications for Privacy Policy' , Information Economics and Policy, vol. 33, pp. 56-68.
Miettinen, Topi & Poutvaara, Panu (2014), 'A market for connections' European Journal of Political Economy, vol 33, pp. 37-52.
Miettinen, Topi & Poutvaara, Panu (2015), 'Parties as efficiency-improving gate-keepers in rent-seeking societies' European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 38, pp. 87–101.
Hibernating working papers
Basu, S., Miettinen, T. , Aspara, J. (2023): 'Personal values and online footprint in smartphone consumer search', submitted.