Rajiv Sethi

Barnard College, Columbia University

Professor of Economics

3009 Broadway

New York, NY 10027

United States

http://www.columbia.edu/~rs328/

Santa Fe Institute

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1399 Hyde Park Road

Santa Fe, NM 87501

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Trading Strategies and Market Microstructure: Evidence from a Prediction Market

The Journal of Prediction Markets 10 (1), 1-29, 2016
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
David M. Rothschild and Rajiv Sethi
Microsoft Research and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Prediction Markets, Market Microstructure, Trading Strategies, Manipulation

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Credit Market Speculation and the Cost of Capital

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2013
Yeon-Koo Che and Rajiv Sethi
Columbia University and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Speculative side bets, naked credit default swaps, heterogeneous beliefs, cost of capital

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Equilibrium Screening and Categorical Inequality

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 04 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Mogens Fosgerau, Rajiv Sethi and Jorgen W. Weibull
University of Copenhagen, Barnard College, Columbia University and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Categorical Inequality; Statistical Discrimination; Costly Screening

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Communication with Unknown Perspectives

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2016
Rajiv Sethi and Muhamet Yildiz
Barnard College, Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Beliefs, Heterogeneous Priors, Network Formation, Opinion Leadership, Segregation

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Meritocracy in the Face of Group Inequality

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Rajiv Sethi and Rohini Somanathan
Barnard College, Columbia University and University of Delhi - Department of Economics
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Culture and Communication

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2022
Rajiv Sethi and Muhamet Yildiz
Barnard College, Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Belief Aggregation with Automated Market Makers

Computational Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2015
Rajiv Sethi and Jennifer Vaughan
Barnard College, Columbia University and Microsoft Research New York City
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Prediction Markets, Market Scoring Rules, Automated Market Makers

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Urban Crime

Number of pages: 116 Posted: 18 Jul 2014
Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Crime, Victimization, Offending, Monitoring, Enforcement

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Models, Markets, and Prediction Performance

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2022
Rajiv Sethi, Julie Seager, Emily Cai, Daniel M. Benjamin, Fred Morstatter and Olivia Bobrownicki
Barnard College, Columbia University, Columbia University, Barnard College - Department of Economics, Columbia University - The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Nova Southeastern University, USC Information Sciences Institute and Columbia University - Barnard College
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Prediction Markets, Structural Models, Forecast Evaluation, Presidential Elections

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Apples and Oranges: Building a Better Dow

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2012
Debraj Ray and Rajiv Sethi
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Dow Jones Industrial Average, Price-Weighted Index, Value-Weighted Index

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Rationalizing Choice: A Review Essay on Peter Leeson’s WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird

Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Nov 2018
Rajiv Sethi
Barnard College, Columbia University
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Rationality, Self-Interest, Bargaining, Commitment, Reputation, Commons, Evolution, Norms

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Inequality and Network Structure

CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2008-76
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Sep 2008
Garud Iyengar, Willemien Kets, Rajiv Sethi and Samuel Bowles
Columbia University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Barnard College, Columbia University and Santa Fe Institute
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inequality, networks, coalitional deviations, power, centrality

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Meritocracy and Representation

forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Literature
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023
Rajiv Sethi and Rohini Somanathan
Barnard College, Columbia University and University of Delhi - Department of Economics
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Meritocracy, Representation, Selection Practices

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Stereotypes and the Administration of Justice

In Ashwini Deshpande, editor, Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action, Springer, 2023
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2022
Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Stereotypes, Policing, Justice

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The Nature, Detection, and Avoidance of Harmful Discrimination in Criminal Justice

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 04 May 2023
Brendan O'Flaherty, Rajiv Sethi and Morgan Williams Jr
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Barnard College, Columbia University and Barnard College, Columbia University, Department of Economics
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Discrimination, Policing, Criminal Justice, Algorithms

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Evolutionary Stability in a Reputational Model of Bargaining

Princeton Working Papers in Economic Theory No. 00S2
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Feb 2001
Dilip Abreu and Rajiv Sethi
Princeton University - Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Reputation, Evolutionary Stability, Bargaining.

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Betting Strategies, Market Selection, and the Wisdom of Crowds

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Willemien Kets, David M. Pennock, Rajiv Sethi and Nisarg Shah
University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research, New York City, Barnard College, Columbia University and Carnegie Mellon University
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Prediction Markets, Kelly Betting, Risk Aversion

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Stable Sampling Equilibrium in Common Pool Resource Games

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2015
Juan-Camilo Cárdenas, César Mantilla and Rajiv Sethi
Universidad de Los Andes, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Common Pool Resources Experiments, Sampling Equilibrium

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Empirical Bayes Counterfactuals in Poisson Regression with an Application to Police Use of Deadly Force

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2021
José Luis Montiel Olea, Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
Columbia University, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Empirical Bayes Methods, Poisson Regression, Police Use of Deadly Force

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Four Innovations in Economics Education: The CORE Project

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Jan 2019
Belinda Archibong, Rajiv Sethi, Sarah Thomas and Homa Zarghamee
Columbia University - Barnard College, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York University (NYU) - The Gallatin School, Students and Columbia University - Barnard College
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Ethnicity, Immigration, and Wealth Fluctuations in the United States

Review of Income and Wealth, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 17 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2017
Olga Gorbachev, Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
University of Delaware - Economics, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Wealth Inequality, Housing, Immigration, Ethnicity

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Group Inequality

Journal of the European Economic Association, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Sep 2013
Samuel Bowles, Glenn C. Loury and Rajiv Sethi
Santa Fe Institute, Brown University - Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Segregation, Demography, Networks, Group Inequality, Human Capital

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Public Disagreement

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-03
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Feb 2009
Rajiv Sethi and Muhamet Yildiz
Barnard College, Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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bias, belief divergence, common prior, heterogeneous prior, deliberation

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Stable Sampling in Repeated Games

Journal of Economic Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2021
Rajiv Sethi
Barnard College, Columbia University
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Sampling equilibrium, procedural rationality, repeated games

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Stability of Equilibria in Games with Procedurally Rational Players

Barnard College, Working Paper No. 99-04
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Jan 1999
Rajiv Sethi
Barnard College, Columbia University
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Stereotypes, Crime, and Policing

Annual Review of Criminology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Apr 2023
Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Stereotypes, Crime, Policing

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Self-Falsifying Prophecies

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Mar 2016
Rajiv Sethi
Barnard College, Columbia University
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Efficiency and Stability of Sampling Equilibrium in Public Goods Games

Journal of Public Economic Theory (2018)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2018
Cesar Mantilla, Rajiv Sethi and Juan-Camilo Cárdenas
Universidad del Rosario, Barnard College, Columbia University and Universidad de Los Andes
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bounded rationality, public goods; sampling equilibrium; sampling dynamics

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Discrimination in the Provision of Social Services to the Poor: A Field Experimental Study

IDB Working Paper No. 229
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Juan-Camilo Cárdenas, Natalia Candelo, Alejandro Gaviria Uribe, Sandra Polania-Reyes and Rajiv Sethi
Universidad de Los Andes, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, University of Navarra and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Inside Money, Procyclical Leverage, and Banking Catastrophes

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Mar 2014
Charles Brummitt, Rajiv Sethi and Duncan Watts
Columbia University, Barnard College, Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania
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financial crisis, procyclical leverage, inside money, cusp catastrophe

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Asynchronicity, Access, and Content: Teaching Economics in a Shifting Landscape

Mark Maier and Phil Ruder, eds., Teaching Principles of Microeconomics, Elgar, 2023
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2022
Belinda Archibong, Olivia Bobrownicki, Rajiv Sethi and Homa Zarghamee
Columbia University - Barnard College, Columbia University - Barnard College, Barnard College, Columbia University and Columbia University - Barnard College
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Asynchronous Teaching, Educational Access, CORE Project

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Towards Global Pandemic Resilience

COVID-19 Rapid Response Impact Initiative. White Paper 11 Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics (2020)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Jan 2021
Rajiv Sethi, Divya Siddarth, Alisha Caroline Holland, Belinda Archibong, Francis Annan, Rohini Somanathan and Juan-Camilo Cárdenas
Barnard College, Columbia University, Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research India, Harvard University, Columbia University - Barnard College, Georgia State University, University of Delhi - Department of Economics and Universidad de Los Andes
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COVID-19, Pandemic

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The Dynamics of Leverage and the Belief Distribution of Wealth

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Apr 2023
Bikramaditya Datta and Rajiv Sethi
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Why Have Robberies Become Less Frequent But More Violent?

The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 25, Issue 2, pp. 518-534, 2009
Posted: 22 Sep 2009
Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University

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Witness Intimidation

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 39
Posted: 11 Sep 2009
Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University

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Witness Intimidation, Credibility of Threats, Value of Testimony

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Inequality and Segregation

Posted: 02 Nov 2004
Rajiv Sethi and Rohini Somanathan
Barnard College, Columbia University and University of Delhi - Department of Economics

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Uneven Development and Bilateral Conflict

Posted: 25 Jul 2001
Peter Skott and Rajiv Sethi
University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University

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