John Morgan

University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

Professor

Berkeley, CA 94720

United States

http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/rjmorgan/

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Scholarly Papers (54)

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Citation 19

An Analysis of Stock Recommendations

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Jan 1999
Phillip C. Stocken and John Morgan
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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An Analysis of Stock Recommendations

Posted: 23 Jan 2003
Phillip C. Stocken and John Morgan
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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Citation 4

The Limits of Meritocracy

Journal of Economic Theory, Volume 201, April 2022, 105414
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 21 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2022
John Morgan, Justin Tumlinson and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of Exeter Business School and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
Downloads 1,033 (42,174)
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Contests, Tournaments, Meritocracy, Contest Design.

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Brand and Price Advertising in Online Markets

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Dec 2004
Michael R. Baye and John Morgan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 478 (116,700)
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Price dispersion

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Diversity in the Workplace

IMF Working Paper No. 06/237
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Nov 2006
Felix Várdy and John Morgan
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 457 (123,094)
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Credit Shocks, Monetary Flows, and Quantitative Tightening

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-09
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 09 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2019
Independent, Northwestern University, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Princeton University, Dept. Computer Science
Downloads 443 (127,689)
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long-term loans, capital investment, path dependence, credit cycle, credit contraction

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Who's Naughty? Who's Nice? Experiments on Whether Pro-Social Workers are Selected Out of Cutthroat Business Environments

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2345102
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Oct 2013
Mitchell Hoffman and John Morgan
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 432 (131,540)

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Social preferences, Selection, Lying aversion, Shame aversion

The Internet: Still Wide Open and Competitive?

OII Internet Issue Brief No. 1
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 11 May 2014
Columbia Business School - Institute for Tele Information, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 351 (165,292)
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internet, competition, market power, openness, bit economy, innovation

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On the Merits of Meritocracy

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Apr 2012
John Morgan, Dana Sisak and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
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Corporate Provision of Public Goods

Management Science (Articles in Advance): DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2018.3137
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2019
John Morgan and Justin Tumlinson
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and University of Exeter Business School
Downloads 379 (152,688)
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public goods, corporate social responsibility, externalities

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A Test of the Revenue Equivalence Theorem Using Field Experiments on Ebay

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Tanjim Hossain and John Morgan
University of Toronto and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 378 (153,167)
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Internet auctions, field experiments, test of revenue equivalence, behavioral economics, loss aversion

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Citation 50

A Model of Expertise

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Mar 1999
Vijay Krishna and John Morgan
Penn State University and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 378 (151,837)
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A Model of Expertise

Posted: 11 Sep 2000
Vijay Krishna and John Morgan
Penn State University and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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The Vickrey-Clarke-Groves Versus the Simultaneous Ascending Auction: An Experimental Approach

A1.133 WP 188
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Feb 1998
Donald R. Brenner and John Morgan
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Aspiring to Succeed: A Model of Entrepreneurship and Fear of Failure

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2015
John Morgan and Dana Sisak
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics
Downloads 297 (198,438)
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Entrepreneurship, Fear of Failure, Loss Aversion, Aspiration Levels, Contests

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Estimating Firm-Level Demand at a Price Comparison Site: Accounting for Shoppers and the Number of Competitors

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Feb 2005
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
Downloads 288 (204,956)
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Optimal Firm (Non-)Disclosure

Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2727737
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Feb 2016
Google Inc., University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads 274 (215,812)
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Optimal contracts, disclosure policy, commitment

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'Where Ignorance is Bliss, 'Tis Folly to Be Wise': Transparency in Contests

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 May 2011 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2015
Philipp Denter, John Morgan and Dana Sisak
Charles III University of Madrid, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics
Downloads 232 (254,131)
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Transparency Policy, Rent-seeking Contests, Information Disclosure, Value of Ignorance

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Persuasion Under Higher-Order Uncertainty

Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2656144
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Sep 2015
Google Inc., University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads 228 (258,526)
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High-order uncertainty, persuasion, cheap talk, truth-telling, unraveling, full revelation

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Clock Games: Theory and Experiments

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Feb 2005
John Morgan and Markus K. Brunnermeier
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Princeton University - Department of Economics
Downloads 220 (267,268)
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Clock games, experiments, currency attacks, bubbles, polutical revolution

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Online Pricing and the Euro Changeover: Cross-Country Comparisons

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Nov 2002
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
Downloads 214 (274,183)
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Price competition, Euro, Internet

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Location Still Matters: Evidence from an Online Shopping Field Experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 146, pp. 43-54, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.11.021
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2018
John Morgan, David Ong and Zemin (Zachary) Zhong
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, Jinan University-University of Birmingham Joint Institute and University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
Downloads 206 (284,149)

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Price dispersion, limited attention, field experiment, e-retail

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Red Queen Pricing Effects in E-Retail Markets

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Michael R. Baye and John Morgan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 201 (291,917)
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Pricing, product differentiation, red queen effect, internet, reputation

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Corruption, Competition, and Contracts: A Model of Vote Buying

IMF Working Paper No. 06/11
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Mar 2006
Felix Várdy and John Morgan
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 197 (295,908)

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Vote buying, lobbying, corruption, elections

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Negative Vote Buying and the Secret Ballot

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Nov 2010
John Morgan and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
Downloads 196 (297,275)
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negative vote buying, lobbying, abstention, secret ballot, elections

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Majority Rule and Utilitarian Welfare

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Jun 2012
Vijay Krishna and John Morgan
Penn State University and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 183 (316,163)
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Majority rule, Utilitarianism, Costly Voting

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Showing Off or Laying Low? The Economics of Psych-Outs

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2018-041/VII
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 May 2018
Philipp Denter, John Morgan and Dana Sisak
Charles III University of Madrid, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics
Downloads 175 (329,204)
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Showing Off, Contests, Norms

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Are Two Heads Better than One?: An Experimental Analysis of Group vs. Individual Decisionmaking

NBER Working Paper No. w7909
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 16 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2022
Alan S. Blinder and John Morgan
Princeton University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 169 (339,422)
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Contracting for Information Under Imperfect Commitment

UC Berkeley Competition Policy Center Working Paper No. CPC05-51
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Vijay Krishna and John Morgan
Penn State University and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 164 (348,269)
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The Welfare Effects of Public Information Under Proper Priors

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2016
Donald Dale and John Morgan
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS) and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 150 (375,099)
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Bayesian priors, social value of public information, coordination, aggregation games

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Overcoming Ideological Bias in Elections

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jul 2010
Vijay Krishna and John Morgan
Penn State University and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 141 (394,133)
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Identification and Estimation of Online Price Competition with an Unknown Number of Firms

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-27
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2017
Texas A&M University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Downloads 130 (419,936)
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E-Retail Markets, Nonparametric Identification, Structural Estimation

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An Experimental Study of Commitment in Stackelberg Games with Observation Costs

Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 401-423, November 2004
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Jan 2006
John Morgan and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
Downloads 129 (422,433)
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Stackelberg Duopoly, Experiments, Observation Costs, Commitment

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On the Benefits of Costly Voting

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
Vijay Krishna and John Morgan
Penn State University and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 125 (432,691)
Citation 1

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Voting, Majority Rule, Poisson Games

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Corporate Provision of Public Goods in a Small Open Economy

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Sep 2018
John Morgan and Justin Tumlinson
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and University of Exeter Business School
Downloads 107 (489,082)
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public goods, corporate social responsibility, externalities

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The (Un)Level Playing Field: How Color-Blind Educational Tracking Leads to Unequal Access

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 May 2013
John Morgan, Thomas Triebs and Justin Tumlinson
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics and University of Exeter Business School
Downloads 107 (485,703)
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Educational tracking, discrimination, early childhood disadvantage, equality of opportunity

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Passion Over Reason? Mixed Motives and the Optimal Size of Voting Bodies

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2012
John Morgan and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
Downloads 102 (502,622)
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Constitution Design, Information Aggregation, Expressive Voting

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Reforming the IMF

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 25 Nov 2010
John Morgan and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
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On the Buyability of Voting Bodies

IMF Working Paper No. 07/165
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Aug 2007
John Morgan and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
Downloads 79 (589,738)
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Working Paper, Corruption, Competition, Public sector

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The Ponds Dilemma

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5539
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 28 Oct 2015
John Morgan, Dana Sisak and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
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The Value of Commitment in Contests and Tournaments When Observation is Costly

UC Berkeley Competition Policy Center Working Paper No. CPC05-52
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Felix Várdy and John Morgan
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 73 (616,364)
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Contests, tournaments, rent-seeking, commitment, costly leader games

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Experiments on Strategic Choice and Markets

Marketing Letters, 19, (3-4), 417-429, 2008, Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2552156
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Jan 2015
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Marketing Group, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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The Fragility of Commitment

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Feb 2011
John Morgan and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
Downloads 63 (665,497)
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Cournot, Bertrand, Stackelberg, Observation Cost, Value of Commitment, First-Mover Advantage, Second-Mover Advantage, Costly Leader Game

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Leadership in Groups: A Monetary Policy Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w13391
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2022
Alan S. Blinder and John Morgan
Princeton University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 56 (703,392)
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Implementing Results-Oriented Trade Policies: The Case of the Us-Japanese Auto Parts Dispute

NBER Working Paper No. w5680
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 07 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2022
Kala Krishna and John Morgan
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
Downloads 47 (758,792)
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Contests with a Non-Convex Strategy Space

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Oct 2018
Doron Klunover and John Morgan
Ariel University - Department of Economics and Business Administration and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Contests; International Conflicts; Non-Convex Strategy Space

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One in a Million: Field Experiments on Perceived Closeness of the Election and Voter Turnout

NBER Working Paper No. w23071
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2023
Yale University - Department of Political Science, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Amherst College
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Existence of Equilibrium in New Trade Theory---Supplement to 'Bad Trade: The Loss of Domestic Varieties.'

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Jun 2023
John Morgan, Justin Tumlinson and Felix Várdy
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of Exeter Business School and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
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New Trade Theory, Equilibrium Existence, Trade Costs, Tariffs, Monopolistic Competition

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When Do Markets Tip? A Cognitive Hierarchy Approach

Marketing Science, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2013; pp. 431-453; DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1120.0770
Posted: 13 Nov 2013
Tanjim Hossain and John Morgan
University of Toronto and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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platform competition, bounded rationality, cognitive hierarchy, vertical and horizontal differentiation

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Vertical Integration of Successive Monopolists: A Classroom Experiment

Perspectives on Economic Education Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2009
Posted: 03 Mar 2009
Virginia Tech - Department of Economics, University of Zurich, University of St. Thomas - Department of Economics, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information, Macquarie Graduate School of Management - MGSM Experimental Economics Laboratory and University of San Diego - School of Business Administration

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double marginalization, monopoly, franchising, contracting, vertical integration, classroom experiments

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Information Gatekeepers on the Internet and the Competitiveness of Homogeneous Product Markets

Posted: 11 Apr 2000
Michael R. Baye and John Morgan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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The Effects of Business Risk on Audit Pricing

Posted: 09 Jul 1999
Phillip C. Stocken and John Morgan
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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Implementing Results-Oriented Trade Policies: The Case of the U.S.-Japanese Auto Parts Dispute

European Economic Review, Vol. 42, pp. 1443-1467, 1998
Posted: 10 Jun 1998
Kala Krishna and John Morgan
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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Funding Public Goods with Lotteries: Experimental Evidence

Princeton University Wilson School WP #185
Posted: 27 Jan 1998
Martin Sefton and John Morgan
University of Nottingham - School of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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Financing Public Goods by Means of Lotteries

Princeton University Wilson School WP #183
Posted: 13 Jan 1998
John Morgan
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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The Effects of Endogenous Information Acquisition About Business Risk on Audit Pricing

A1.133 WP 187
Posted: 06 Dec 1997
Phillip C. Stocken and John Morgan
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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