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Itai Sher

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA 01003

United States

http://https://sites.google.com/site/itaisher/

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

9

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17

Scholarly Papers (9)

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1.

Persuasion and Limited Communication

Minnesota Economic Research Reports No. 2008-02
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2009
Itai Sher
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Downloads 143 (521,245)
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communication, optimal persuasion rules, credibility, commitment, evidence, maximum flow problem

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Evaluating Allocations of Freedom

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Feb 2015
Itai Sher
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Downloads 131 (554,631)
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freedom, preference for flexibility, diversity measures, menus of lotteries, efficiency

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Optimal Shill Bidding in the VCG Mechanism

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 30 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 26 May 2009
Itai Sher
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Downloads 110 (640,165)
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shill bidding, VCG mechanism, combinatorial auctions, winner determination problem, collusion

4.

Freedom and Voting Power

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 30 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2020
Itai Sher
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Downloads 84 (777,583)
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Voting power, Banzhaf power, multicandidate elections, pivotality, freedom of choice

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Neutral Freedom and Freedom as Control

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2018
Itai Sher
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Downloads 80 (803,225)
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freedom, neutrality, control, preference for flexibility

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Most Individuals Prefer to Compromise among Competing Normative Principles of Taxation

Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Working Paper No. 22-013
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Sep 2021
Itai Sher and Matthew Weinzierl
University of Massachusetts Amherst and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
Downloads 76 (830,555)

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Partial Identification of Heterogeneity in Preference Orderings Over Discrete Choices

NBER Working Paper No. w17346
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Itai Sher, Jeremy T. Fox, Kyoo il Kim and Patrick Bajari
University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
Downloads 64 (924,743)
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Identification of Demand Models of Multiple Purchases

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 14 Nov 2012
Itai Sher and Kyoo il Kim
University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Downloads 57 (989,921)

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Multiple Discrete Choice, Multiple Purchase, Nonparametric Identification, Distribution of Utility Functions, Individual Heterogeneity, Submodularity, Gross Substitutes

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Tax Salience: How Requiring Transparency Affects the Price of Equality

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Tax Salience: How Requiring Transparency Affects the Price of Equality

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Jun 2026
Ashley C. Craig and Itai Sher
Australian National University (ANU) and University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Optimal Taxation, Salience, Normative Economics, Inequality, Internalities