Recent Research
- Vernon L. Smith & Bart J. Wilson, Humanomics: Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations for the 21st Century, Cambridge University Press (2019).
- Vernon L. Smith, A Life of Experimental Economics: Volumes 1 & 2, Cambridge University Press (2018).
- Thomas W. Hazlett, Ben Schwall & Scott Wallsten, The Educational Impact of Broadband Subsidies for Schools Under E-Rate, Economics of Innovation and New Technology (2018).
- Hillard S. Kaplan, Eric Schniter, Vernon L. Smith & Bart J. Wilson, Experimental Tests of the Tolerated Theft and Risk-Reduction Theories of Resource Exchange, Nature Human Behaviour (2018).
- Bruce Corgnet, Mark Desantis & David Porter, What Makes a Good Trader? On the Role of Intuition and Reflection on Trader Performance, Journal of Finance (2018).
- Thomas W. Hazlett, The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone, Yale University Press (2017).
- Shengle Lin, Glenn Pfeiffer & David Porter, Accounting Standards and Financial Market Stability: An Experimental Examination, The Economic Journal (2017).
- Thomas W. Hazlett & Joshua D. Wright, The Effect of Regulation on Broadband Markets: Evaluating the Empirical Evidence in the FCC’s 2015 ‘Open Internet’ Order, Review of Industrial Organization (June 2017).
- Thomas W. Hazlett & Michael Honig, Valuing Spectrum Allocations, Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review (2016).
- Vernon L. Smith, Conduct, Rules and the Origins of Institutions, Journal of Institutional Economics (Sept. 2015).
- David Grether, David Porter & Matt Shum, Cyber-shilling in Automobile Auctions: Evidence from a Field Experiment, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (Aug. 2015).
- Vernon L. Smith, Adam Smith: Homo Socialis, Yes; Social Preferences, No; Reciprocity Was to Be Explained, Review of Behavioral Economics (July 2015).
- Brice Corgnet, Roberto Gonzalez, Praveen Kujal & David Porter, The Effect of Earned vs. House Money on Price Bubble Formation in Experimental Asset Markets, Review of Finance (Aug. 2014).
- Thomas W. Hazlett, The Rationality of Regulation of the U.S. Broadcast Spectrum in the 1934 Communications Act, Review of Industrial Organization (Aug. 2014).
- Cary Deck, David Porter & Vernon Smith, Double Bubbles in Assets Markets with Multiple Generations, Journal of Behavioral Finance (June 2014).
- Thomas W. Hazlett & Brent Skorup, Tragedy of the Regulatory Commons: LightSquared and the Missing Spectrum Rights, Duke Law & Technology Review (Dec. 2014).
- Thomas W. Hazlett & Sarah Oh, Exactitude in Defining Rights: Radio Spectrum and the ‘Harmful Interference’ Conundrum, Berkeley Technology Law Journal (2013).
- Thomas W. Hazlett & Joshua D. Wright, The Law and Economics of Network Neutrality, Indiana Law Review (2012).
- Thomas W. Hazlett, Roberto Muñoz & Diego Avanzini, What Really Matters in Spectrum Allocation Design, Northwestern Journal of Technology & IP Law (Jan. 2012).
- Thomas Hazlett, David Porter & Vernon Smith, “Incentive Auctions” — Economic and Strategic Issues, Working Paper (June 12, 2012).
- Thomas W. Hazlett, David Porter & Vernon Smith, Radio Spectrum and the Disruptive Clarity of Ronald Coase, Journal of Law & Economics (June 12, 2012).
- Joshua Wright and Michael Baye, Is Antitrust Too Complicated for Generalist Judges? The Impact of Economic Complexity & Judicial Training on Appeals, Journal of Law & Economics (Feb. 2011).
- Thomas W. Hazlett & Joshua D. Wright, The Law and Economics of Network Neutrality, Indiana Law Review (2012).
- Thomas W. Hazlett, Roberto Muñoz & Diego Avanzini, What Really Matters in Spectrum Allocation Design, 10 Northwestern Journal of Technology & IP Law (2012).
- Thomas Hazlett and Evan Leo, The Case for Liberal Spectrum Licenses: A Technical and Economic Perspective, Berkeley Technology Law Journal (forthcoming).
- Thomas Hazlett, Tragedy T.V.: Rights Fragmentation and the Junk Band Problem, Arizona Law Review (Spring 2011).
- Thomas Hazlett and Dennis Weisman, Market Power in U.S. Broadband Services, Review of Industrial Organization (March 2011).
- David Porter and Steve Rassenti, “Combinatorial Auctions,” chapter in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science (2011).
- Thomas Hazlett and Ralitza Grigorova-Minchev, Policy-Induced Competition: The Case of Cable TV Set-Top Boxes, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (2011).
- Joshua Wright and Bruce Kobayashi, Intellectual Property and Standard Setting, ABA Handbook on the Antitrust Aspects of Standards Setting (2010).
- Michael Faulkender, Inside the Black Box: The Role and Composition of Compensation Peer Groups, Journal of Financial Economics (May 2010).
- Vernon Smith, Theory and Experiment: What are the questions? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Jan. 2010).
- Joshua Wright, An Evidence Based Approach to Exclusive Dealing and Loyalty Discounts, Global Competition Policy (July 2009).
- Thomas Hazlett and Roberto Munoz, A Welfare Analysis of Spectrum Allocation Policies, RAND Journal of Economics (Autumn 2009).
- Joshua Wright and Bruce Kobayashi, Intellectual Property and Standard Setting, ABA Handbook on the Antitrust Aspects of Standards Setting (2010).
- Michael Faulkender, Inside the Black Box: The Role and Composition of Compensation Peer Groups, Journal of Financial Economics (May 2010).
- Thomas Hazlett, David Porter, and Vernon Smith, Paper for Markets, Firms, and Property Rights: A Celebration of the Research of Ronald Coase, Conference at the University of Chicago School of Law (Dec. 4-5, 2009).
- Joshua Wright, An Evidence Based Approach to Exclusive Dealing and Loyalty Discounts, Global Competition Policy (July 2009).
- Thomas Hazlett and Roberto Munoz, A Welfare Analysis of Spectrum Allocation Policies, RAND Journal of Economics (Autumn 2009).
- Thomas Hazlett and Roberto Munoz, Spectrum Allocation in Latin America: An Economic Analysis, Information Economics and Policy (Nov. 2009).
- David Porter, Stephen Rassenti, William Shobe, Vernon Smith, and Abel Winn, The Design, Testing and Implementation of Virginia’s NOx Allowance Auction, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (Feb. 2009).
- Thomas Hazlett and Anil Caliskan, Natural Experiments in U.S. Broadband Regulation, Review of Network Economics (Dec. 2008).
- Thomas Hazlett, Property Rights and Wireless License Values, Journal of Law and Economics (Aug. 2008). Abstract | Full Text | PDF.
- Reshmaan Hussam , David Porter and Vernon Smith, Thar She Blows: Can Bubbles Be Rekindled with Experienced Subjects?, American Economic Review (June 2008).
- Vernon Smith, Erik Kimbrough, and Bart Wilson, Historical Property Rights, Sociality, and the Emergence of Impersonal Exchange in Long-Distance Trade, American Economic Review (June 2008).
- Thomas Hazlett, A Law & Economics Approach to Spectrum Property Rights: A Response to Professors Weiser & Hatfield, George Mason Law Review (Summer 2008) (read the other paper in this debate).
- Thomas Hazlett, A Rejoinder to Weiser and Hatfield on Spectrum Rights, George Mason Law Review (Summer 2008) (read the other paper in this debate).
- Vernon Smith, et al., The Promise of Prediction Markets, Science (May 2008).
- Thomas Hazlett, Optimal Abolition of FCC Spectrum Allocation, Journal of Economic Perspectives (Winter 2008).
- Thomas Hazlett, Some Dynamics of High-Tech Merger Analysis in General and with Respect to XM-Sirius, Journal of Competition Law & Economics (2008).
- Thomas Hazlett, Giancarlo Ibarguen, and Wayne Leighton, Property Rights to Radio Spectrum in Guatemala and El Salvador: An Experiment in Liberalization, Review of Law and Economics (2007).
- Thomas Hazlett, Vertical Integration in Cable Television: The FCC Evidence (Oct. 2007).
- Thomas Hazlett, Wireless Carterphone: An Economic Analysis (Apr. 2007).
- David Porter and Vernon Smith, FCC License Auction Design: A 12-Year Experiment (Mar. 2007).
- Thomas Hazlett and Coleman Bazelon, Market Allocation of Radio Spectrum, International Telecommunications Union (Jan. 2007).