Publications

1. “Local Signals, Global Stakes: Groups with Aligned Interests Struggle to Coordinate when Information is Noisy and Shared Locally”, Social Networks, 86, 423-430, 2026,
   (with J. Carrillo). Publication
2. “Young children build consensus in networks with local information”, Human Nature Behavior, 2026 (with J. Carrillo and U. Rios) . Publication

3. “Academic achievement helps coordination on mutually advantageous outcomes”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (14) e2420306122, 2025 (with J. Carrillo). Publication

4. “Why do children pass in the centipede game? Cognitive limitations v. risk calculations”, Games and Economic Behavior, 150, 295-311, 2025, (with J. Carrillo). PDF
5. “Dynamic coordination in efficient and fair strategies: a developmental perspective”, Economic Theory, 80, 827–861, 2025 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
6. “The neural correlates of value representation: from single items to bundles”, Human Brain Mapping, 44(4), 1476-1495, 2023 (with K. Zyuzin, D. Combs, J. Malrose, N. Kodaverdian, C. Leather,  J. Carrillo, and J. Monterosso). PDF 
7. “Adverse Selection and Contingent Reasoning in Preadolescents and Teenagers”, Games and Economic Behavior, 133, 331-351, 2022 (with J. Carrillo). PDF 
8. “The development of randomization and deceptive behavior in mixed strategy games”, Quantitative Economics, 13(2), 825-862, 2022 (with J. Carrillo) PDF
9. “Value computation and modulation: a neuroeconomic theory of self-control as constrained optimization”,  Journal of Economic Theory, 198, 105366, 2021 (with J. Carrillo). PDF 
10. “Self-serving, altruistic and spiteful lying in the schoolyard”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,187, 159-175, 2021(with J. Carrillo). PDF
11. “Steps of reasoning in children and adolescents”,  Journal of Political Economy, 129 (7), 2067-2111, 2021 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
12. “Shaming as an incentive mechanism against stealing: behavioral and physiological evidence”, Journal of Public Economics, 194, 104351, 2021 (with J. Carrillo and M. Montgomery).PDF
13. “Young children use commodities as an indirect medium of exchange”,Games and Economic Behavior, 125, 48-61, 2021 (with J. Carrillo).  PDF
14. “The development of social strategic ignorance and other regarding behavior from childhood to adulthood”, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 85, 101524, 2020 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
15. “Studying decision-making in children: challenges and opportunities”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 179, 777-783, 2020 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
16. “The evolution of choice and learning in the two-person beauty contest game from kindergarten to adulthood”, Games and Economic Behavior, 120, 132-143, 2020 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
17. “The development of consistent decision-making across economic domains”, Games and Economic Behavior, 116, 217-240, 2019 (with J. Carrillo, D. Combs and N. Kodaverdian). PDF
18. “Consistency in Simple vs. Complex Choices over the Life Cycle”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 157, 580-601, 2019 (with J. Carrillo, D. Combs and N. Kodaverdian). PDF
19. “Risk Aversion in a Dynamic Asset Allocation Experiment”, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 54(5), 2209-2232, 2019 (with J. Carrillo, A. Giga and F. Zapatero). PDF
20.  “Iterative dominance in young children: experimental evidence in simple two-person games”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 179, 623-637, 2020 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
21. “Heuristic to Bayesian: the Evolution of Reasoning from Childhood to Adulthood”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 159, 305-322, 2019 (with J. Barash, J. Carrillo and N. Kodaverdian). PDF
22. “A Neuroeconomic Theory of (Dis)honesty”, Journal of Economic Psychology, 71, 4-12, 2019 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
23. “A Neuroeconomic Theory of Mental Time Travel”, Frontiers in Neuroscience, section Perception Science, 12, 2018 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
24. “The Path to Equilibrium in Sequential and Simultaneous Games: a Mousetracking Study”, Journal of Economic Theory, 178, 246-274, 2018 (with J. Carrillo and A. Sachdeva). PDF
25. “How long is a minute?”, Games and Economic Behavior, 111, 305-322, 2018 (with J. Carrillo and J. Tarraso). PDF
26. “The Determinants of Strategic Thinking in Preschool Children”, PLOS One, 13(5), 2018 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
27. “Sequential Auctions with Capacity Constraints: an Experimental Investigation”, Games, 9(1), 15, 2018 (with J. Carrillo and F.J. Otamendi). PDF
28. “Self awareness in time perception”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 148, 1-19, 2018 (with J. Carrillo and J. Tarraso). PDF
29. “Stress induces contextual blindness in lotteries and coordination games”, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11, 2017 (with, J. Carrillo and R. Kendall). PDF
30. “Second-price common value auctions with uncertainty, private and public information: experimental evidence”, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 67, 28-40, 2017 (with J. Carrillo and M. Castro). PDF
31. “A Neuroeconomic Theory of Memory Retrieval”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 130, 198-205, 2016 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
32. “The nature of information and its effect on bidding behavior: laboratory evidence in a first-price common value auction”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 109, 26-40, 2015 (with J. Carrillo and M. Castro). PDF
33. “Imperfect Choice or Imperfect Attention? Understanding Strategic Thinking in Private Information Games”, Review of Economic Studies, 81, 944-970, 2014 (with C. Camerer, J. Carrillo and S. Wang). PDF
34. “Resource allocation in the brain”, Review of Economic Studies, 81(2), 501-534, 2014. (with R. Alonso and J. Carrillo). PDF
35. “Countervailing incentives in allocation mechanisms with type-dependent externalities”, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 50, 22-33, 2014. PDF
36. “Dual-process theories of decision-making: a selective survey”, Journal of Economic Psychology, 41, 45-54, 2014 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
37. “Selling an asset to a competitor”, European Economic Review, 57, 39-62, 2013. PDF
38. “Optimal allocation mechanisms with type-dependent negative externalities”, Theory and Decision, 75(3), 359-387, 2013. PDF
39. “The neurobiology of opinions: can judges and juries be impartial?”, Southern California Law Review, 86, 421-448, 2013 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
40. “Information processing and decision-making: evidence from the brain sciences and implications for Economics”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 83(3), 292-310, 2012. PDF
41. “From perception to action: an economic model of brain processes”, Games and Economic Behavior, 75(1), 81-103, 2012 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
42. “Information gatekeepers: theory and experimental evidence”, Economic Theory, 51(3), 649-676, 2012 (with J. Carrillo and T. Palfrey). PDF
43. “Dynamic inconsistency and choice”, Theory and Decision, 71(3), 343-364, 2011. PDF
44. “Information acquisition and choice under uncertainty”, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 18(2), 423-455, 2009 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
45. “Theories of the mind”, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 98(2), 175-80, 2008 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
46. “The brain as a hierarchical organization”, American Economic Review, 98(4), 1312-1346, 2008 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
47. “Optimal choice of characteristics for a non-excludable good”, RAND Journal of Economics, 39(1), 283-304, 2008. PDF
48. “Influence through ignorance”, RAND Journal of Economics, 38(4), 931-947, 2007 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
49. “Designing auctions in R&D: optimal licensing of an innovation”, Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy, 6(1), Article 11, 2006. PDF
50. “Regulation under asymmetric information in water utilities”, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 96(2), 62-66, 2006 (with K. Chan and I. Perrigne). PDF
51. “Multi-stage contracting with applications to R&D and insurance policies”, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 7(2), 317-346, 2005. PDF
52. “A theory of haste” (lead article), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 56(1), 1-23, 2005 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
53. “Entrepreneurial boldness and excessive investment”, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 13, 321-50, 2004 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
54. “Optimal regulation of cooperative R&D under incomplete information”, Journal of Industrial Economics, 52(1), 81-119, 2004. PDF
55. “Do the ‘three-point victory’ and ‘golden goal’ rules make soccer more exciting?”,
    Journal of Sports Economics, 5, 169-185, 2004 (with J. Carrillo). Reviewed in The New Scientist, April 13, 2002). PDF
56. “Endogenous entry in auctions with negative externalities”, Theory and Decision, 54(2), 125-149, 2003. PDF
57. “Vertical integration and incentives to innovate” (lead article), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 21(4), 457-488, 2003. PDF
58. “Les enjeux de la règlementation de la recherche et développement”, Revue d’Economie Politique, 113(1), 125-148, 2003.
59. “Rush and procrastination under hyperbolic discounting and interdependent activities”, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 22(2), 141-164, 2001 (with J. Carrillo). PDF
60. “The value of information when preferences are dynamically inconsistent”, European Economic Review, 44, 1104-1115, 2000 (with J. Carrillo). PDF

Contributions to Collective Volumes

• “Information and self-control”, in I. Brocas and J. Carrillo eds, The Psychology of Economic Decisions. Vol. 1: Rationality and Well-being, 2003, Oxford University Press.
• “Commitment devices under self-control problems: a review”, with J. Carrillo and M. Dewatripont, in I. Brocas and J. Carrillo eds, The Psychology of Economic Decisions. Vol. 2: Reasons and Choices, 2004, Oxford University Press.

Volumes Edited & Books