Working Papers

2024

2024-01Power Asymmetry in Repeated Play of Provision and Appropriation Games
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, James M. Walker

2023

2023-02Morally Monotonic Choice in Public Good Games
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Susan Xu Tang
(Revision of 2022-01)

2022

2022-01Morally Monotonic Choice in Public Good Games
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Susan Xu Tang
(Revision as 2023-02)
2022-03Festival Games: Inebriated and Sober Altruists
Giuseppe Attanasi and James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
2022-04Power Asymmetry in Repeated Play of Provision and Appropriation Games
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, James M. Walker

2020

2020-01Competition Among Charities: Field Experimental Evidence from a State Income Tax Credit for Charitable Giving
Chandrayee Chatterjee and James C. Cox and Michael K. Price, Florian Rundhammer
2020-02Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment
James C. Cox and Daniel Kreisman, Susan Dynarski
(Revision of 2018-04)
2020-03Fit as a Fiddle or Sick as a Dog: Effects of Patient Discharge Preferences on Uptake of Clinical Decision Support
James C. Cox and Ira L. Leeds and Vjollca Sadiraj and Kurt E. Schnier, John F. Sweeney
(Revision of 2017-03)
2020-05Morally Monotonic Choice in Public Good Games
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Susan Xu Tang

2019

2019-01Audit State Dependent Taxpayer Compliance: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
James Alm and James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision of 2018-06)
2019-02Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence
James C. Cox and John A. List and Michael Price and Vjollca Sadiraj, Anya Samek
(Revision of 2016-02)

2018

2018-01Incentives
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
2018-02The St. Petersburg Paradox Despite Risk-seeking Preferences: An Experimental Study
James C. Cox and Eike B. Kroll and Marcel Lichters and Vjollca Sadiraj, Bodo Vogt
2018-03Cultural Identities and Resolution of Social Dilemmas
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Urmimala Sen
(Revision of 2017-08)
2018-04Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment
James C. Cox and Daniel Kreisman, Susan Dynarski
(Revision as 2020-02)
2018-05Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence
James C. Cox and John A. List and Michael Price and Vjollca Sadiraj, Anya Samek
(Revision of 2016-02)
2018-06Audit State Dependent Taxpayer Compliance: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
James Alm and James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision as 2019-01)

2017

2017-02Tax Incidence: Do Institutions Matter? An Experimental Study
James C. Cox and Mark Rider, Astha Sen
(Revision of 2012-17)
2017-03Fit as a Fiddle or Sick as a Dog: Effects of Subjective Patient Reports on Uptake of Clinical Decision Support
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Kurt E. Schnier, John F. Sweeney
(Revision as 2020-03)
2017-06Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence
Steffen Andersen and James C. Cox and Glenn W. Harrison and Morten I. Lau and E. Elisabet Rutstrom, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision of 2012-12)
2017-07Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence
James C. Cox and John A. List and Michael Price and Vjollca Sadiraj, Anya Samek
(Revision of 2016-02)
2017-08Cultural Identities and Resolution of Social Dilemmas
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Urmimala Sen
(Revision as 2018-03)

2016

2016-01Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission
James C. Cox and Maros Servatka, Radovan Vadovic
(Revision of 2012-03)
2016-02Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence
James C. Cox and John A. List and Michael Price and Vjollca Sadiraj, Anya Samek
(Revision as 2017-07)
(Revision as 2018-05)
(Revision as 2019-02)
2016-03What is Trustworthiness and What Drives It?
James C. Cox and Rudolf Kerschbamer, Daniel Neururer
(Revision of 2014-06)
2016-06Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence
Steffen Andersen and James C. Cox and Glenn W. Harrison and Morten Lau and E. Elisabet Rutstrom, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision of 2012-12)

2015

2015-01Incentivizing Cost-Effective Reductions in Hospital Readmission Rates
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Kurt E. Schnier, John F. Sweeney
2015-02Higher Quality and Lower Cost from Improving Hospital Discharge Decision Making
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Kurt E. Schnier, John F. Sweeney
(Revision of 2013-09)
2015-03Trust and Trustworthiness of Immigrants and Native-Born Americans
James C. Cox, Wafa Hakim Orman

2014

2014-01Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice under Risk
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Ulrich Schmidt
(Revision of 2011-07)
2014-02Asymmetrically Dominated Choice Problems, the Isolation Hypothesis and Random Incentive Mechanisms
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Ulrich Schmidt
(Revision of 2012-10)
2014-04On Replication and Perturbation of the McKelvey and Palfrey Centipede Game Experiment
James C. Cox, Duncan James
2014-06What is Trustworthiness and What Drives It?
James C. Cox and Rudolf Kerschbamer, Daniel Neururer
(Revision as 2016-03)
2014-07Higher Quality and Lower Cost from Improving Hospital Discharge Decision Making
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Kurt E. Schnier, John F. Sweeney
(Revision of 2013-09)

2013

2013-02Tax Incidence: Do Institutions Matter? An Experimental Study
James C. Cox and Mark Rider, Astha Sen
(Revision of 2012-17)
2013-03The Impact of CMS CoP on Kidney Transplant Waiting Times
K.E. Schnier and C. McIntyre and V. Sadiraj and J.C. Cox and T.C. Pearson and A.D. Kirk, N.A. Turgeon
2013-06Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission
James C. Cox and Maroš Servátka, Radovan Vadovic
(Revision of 2012-03)
2013-08Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice under Risk
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Ulrich Schmidt
(Revision of 2011-07)
2013-09Higher Quality and Lower Cost from Improving Hospital Discharge Decision Making
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Kurt E. Schnier, John F. Sweeney
(Revision as 2014-07)
(Revision as 2015-02)

2012

2012-03Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission
James C. Cox and Maroš Servátka, Radovan Vadovic
(Revision as 2013-06)
(Revision as 2016-01)
2012-06Private Goods, Public Goods and Common Pools with Homo Reciprocans
James C. Cox
2012-08Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice under Risk
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Ulrich Schmidt
(Revision of 2011-07)
2012-09Is There A Plausible Theory for Risky Decisions? A Dual Calibration Critique
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Bodo Vogt, Utteeyo Dasgupta
(Revision of 2007-05)
2012-10Asymmetrically Dominated Choice Problems and Random Incentive Mechanisms
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Ulrich Schmidt
(Revision as 2014-02)
2012-12Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence
Steffen Andersen and James C. Cox and Glenn W. Harrison and Morten Lau and E. Elisabet Rutström, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision as 2016-06)
(Revision as 2017-06)
2012-13Provision versus Appropriation in Symmetric and Asymmetric Social Dilemmas
James C. Cox and Elinor Ostrom and Vjollca Sadiraj, James M. Walker
(Revision of 2011-06)
2012-14Do I Care if You Know I Betrayed You?
James C. Cox, Danyang Li
2012-17Tax Incidence: Do Institutions Matter? An Experimental Study
James C. Cox and Mark Rider, Astha Sen
(Revision as 2013-02)
(Revision as 2017-02)

2011

2011-06Bosses and Kings: Asymmetric Power in Paired Common Pool and Public Good Games
James C. Cox and Elinor Ostrom, James M. Walker
(Revision as 2012-13)
2011-07Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice under Risk
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Ulrich Schmidt
(Revision as 2012-08)
(Revision as 2013-08)
(Revision as 2014-01)
2011-10Risk Aversion as Attitude towards Probabilities: A Paradox
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
2011-11Clocks and Trees: Isomorphic Dutch Auctions and Centipede Games
James C. Cox, Duncan James
(Revision of 2010-01)

2010

2010-01Arms or Legs: Isomorphic Dutch Auctions and Centipede Games
James C. Cox, Duncan James
(Revision as 2011-11)
2010-03Direct Tests of Individual Preferences for Efficiency and Equity
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision of 2006-13)
2010-04On the Coefficient of Variation as a Criterion for Decision under Risk
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision of 2009-06)
2010-06Is There a Plausible Theory for Decision under Risk? A Dual Calibration Critique
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Bodo Vogt, Utteeyo Dasgupta
(Revision of 2007-05)
2010-07Trust with Private and Common Property: Effects of Stronger Property Right Entitlements
James C. Cox, Daniel T. Hall

2009

2009-02Some Issues of Methods, Theories, and Experimental Designs
James C. Cox
2009-03Saliency of Outside Options in the Lost Wallet Game
James C. Cox and Maros Servatka, Radovan Vadovic
2009-05On the Empirical Relevance of St.Petersburg Lotteries
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Bodo Vogt
(Revision of 2008-05)
2009-06On the Coefficient of Variation as a Measure of Risk Sensitivity
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision as 2010-04)

2008

2008-01Risky Decisions in the Large and in the Small: Theory and Experiment
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
2008-02Competition Between Auctions
Ernan Haruvy and Peter T. L. Popkowski Leszczyc and Octavian Carare and James C. Cox and Eric A. Greenleaf and Wolfgang Jank and Sandy Jap and Young-Hoon Park, Michael H. Rothkopf
2008-04Is There a Plausible Theory for Decision under Risk?
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Bodo Vogt, Utteeyo Dasgupta
(Revision of 2007-05)
2008-05On the Empirical Relevance of St.Petersburg Lotteries
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj, Bodo Vogt
(Revision as 2009-05)
2008-08Trust and Reciprocity: Implications of Game Triads and Social Contexts
James C. Cox
(Revision of 2007-08)

2007

2007-05Is There A Plausible Theory for Risky Decisions?
James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj and Bodo Vogt, Utteeyo Dasgupta
(Revision as 2008-04)
(Revision as 2010-06)
(Revision as 2012-09)
2007-06Revealed Altruism
James C. Cox and Daniel Friedman, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision of 2006-09)
2007-08Trust and Reciprocity: Implications of Game Triads and Social Contexts
James C. Cox
(Revision as 2008-08)
2007-11Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments
James C. Cox and Elinor Ostrom and James M. Walker and Jamie Castillo and Eric Coleman and Robert Holahan and Michael Schoon, Brian Steed

2006

2006-01Assigning Intentions when Actions are Unobservable: the Impact of Trembling in the Trust Game
James C. Cox, Cary A. Deck
2006-02Barking Up the Right Tree: Are Small Groups Rational Agents?
James C. Cox, Stephen C. Hayne
2006-03Small- and Large-Stakes Risk Aversion: Implications of Concavity Calibration for Decision Theory
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
2006-04Coordination of Purchasing and Bidding Activities Across Markets
Daniel D. Zeng and James C. Cox, Moshe Dror
2006-05A Tractable Model of Reciprocity and Fairness
James C. Cox and Daniel Friedman, Steven Gjerstad
2006-06EconPort: Creating and Maintaining a Knowledge Commons
James C. Cox, J. Todd Swarthout
2006-07When are Women More Generous than Men?
James C. Cox, Cary A. Deck
2006-09Revealed Altruism
James C. Cox and Daniel Friedman, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision as 2007-06)
2006-10Implications of Trust, Fear, and Reciprocity for Modeling Economic Behavior
James C. Cox and Klarita Sadiraj, Vjollca Vjollca
2006-11Trust, Fear, Reciprocity, and Altruism: Theory and Experiment
James C. Cox
2006-13Direct Tests of Models of Social Preferences and a New Model
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj
(Revision as 2010-03)
2006-26On Modeling Voluntary Contributions to Public Goods
James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj