Research

 

Research Interest

Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Game theory, Institutional Economics, Microeconomics.

 


Recent Working Papers


Selected Publications

“Truth and Lie Detection in Bluffing”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming (working paper version: abstract+paper).

“Double-Blind In Light of Internet – Note on Review Processes”, Information Economics and Policy, forthcoming (article, appendix)

“Face-to-Face Lying – an experimental study in Sweden and Japan”, Journal of Economic Psychology, forthcoming (co-author: Toshiji Kawagoe, article).

 “Endogenous Communication and Tacit Coordination in Market Entry Games – an explorative experimental study”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, forthcoming (co-author: Ola Andersson, article).

“Collective Trust Behavior”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 112(1), 25-53, 2010 (co-author Paul Nystedt).

“Trust in Surveys and Games – a methodological contribution on the influence of money and location”, Journal of Economic Psychology, 29(4), 522-42, 2008. (co-author Paul Nystedt).

“Markets Are More than Bits”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 63 (2), 256-261, 2007.

“Do You Trust Your Brethren? Eliciting Trust Attitudes and Trust Behavior in a Tanzanian Congregation,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 62(2), 255-71, 2007. (co-author Anders Danielson).

"Choosing Bargaining Partners - An Experimental Study on the Impact of Gender and Income", Experimental Economics, 8:3, 183-216, 2005 (co-author Peter Engseld)

"Tropic Trust versus Nordic Trust. Experimental Evidence from Tanzania and Sweden", Economic Journal, 115, 505-532, 2005. (co-author Anders Danielson)

”Intra-Generational Trust - a Semi-Experimental Study of Trust Among Different Generations”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 58(3), 403-419, 2005. (co-author Paul Nystedt)

"Rights and Decentralized Computation", Metroeconomica, 55: 2-3, 290-317, 2004.

"Can Economic Theory Explain Piracy Behavior?", Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy, 3 (1), 2003.

“The Demand for Information Services and the Market Structure", Journal of Economics, 77:2, 155-83, 2002.

"Gender Based Focal Points" Games and Economic Behavior 32, 292-14, 2000.

"Transparency Preference and Economic Behavior", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 37, 349-56, 1998. (co-author Fredrik Andersson)

"Genetic Information and Investment in Human Capital", Journal of Health Economics 16, 435-52, 1997.

"Prisoners' Dilemma or the Jury's Dilemma : a story with a dubious name", Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, (Zeitschrift für die gesamte Staatswissenschaft), 151, 699-702, 1995.

"Computational Cost of Verifying Enforceable Contracts", International Review of Law and Economics, 15, 127-40, 1995.

"Predicting the Effects of Intervention and Sabotage in a Boundedly Complex Game", Mathematical Social Sciences, 24, 321-42, 1992.