James Andreoni
Links to Publications
2008-2011
"Beauty, Gender and Stereotypes:
Evidence From Laboratory Experiments." with Ragan Petrie.
Journal of Economic Psychology, v. 29, 2008, 73-93.
* Subjects'
Instructions for the Information-and-Photos condition.
"Partners versus Strangers: The Effect of Random Rematching in Public Goods Experiments." With Rachel Croson, in: C.R. Plott and V.L. Smith, editors, Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, Volume 1. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2008, p. 776-783.
"Analyzing Choice with Revealed Preference: Is Altruism Rational?" with John Miller, in: C.R. Plott and V.L. Smith, editors, Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, Volume 1. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2008, p. 481-487
2004-2007
"Giving Gifts to Groups: How Altruism Depends on the Number of
Recipients" Journal of Public Economics, v. 91, September
2007,1731-1749 pdf
*Subjects'
Instructions for reciprocal
matching and circular
matching conditions
*Appendix table
with CES estimates for each subject
"Twenty Surprising Years of BBV", Guest Editor's introduction to J. Andreoni and R. Kanbur, Eds., Special Issue Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Bergstrom, Blume, and Varian's 'On the Private Provision of Public Goods.' Journal of Public Economics, v. 91, September 2007, 1643-1644. pdf
"Asymmetric
Information about Rivals’ Types in Standard Auctions: An Experiment."
with Yeon-Koo Che and Jinwoo Kim, Games and Economic Behavior, v. 59,
2007, 240-259. pdf
*Subjects' Instructions:
1st Price Auction,
2nd Price Auction
"Charitable Giving." prepared for The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, 2007 pdf
"Altruism in Experiments." with William T. Harbaugh and Lise Vesterlund, prepared for The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, 2007 pdf
"Testing Subgame Perfection Apart From Fairness in Ultimatum Games." with
Emily Blanchard, Experimental Economics, v 9, December 2006, 307-321.
pdf
* Subjects' Instructions:
regular,
round-robin,
tournament
"Philanthropy." in S-C. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier, eds., Handbook of Giving, Reciprocity and Altruism, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2006, page 1201-1269. pdf
"Building Rational Cooperation" with Larry Samuelson. Journal of Economic Theory, 127, 2006, p 117-154. pdf Subjects' Instructions.
"Leadership Giving in Charitable Fund-Raising." Journal of Public Economic Theory, 8 (1), 2006, 1-22. pdf
"Book Review: What Price the Moral High Ground?, by Robert Frank." Journal of Economic Literature, September 2005.
"Experimental Approaches to Public Economics: Guest Editors' Introduction." Journal of Public Economics, 89, 2005, 1355-1359. pdf
"Public Goods Experiments Without Confidentiality: A Glimpse Into Fund-Raising." with Ragan Petrie. Journal of Public Economics, 88(7-8), 2004, 1605-1623. pdf Subjects' Instructions for the Information-and-Photos condition.
2000-2003
"What do Bargainers' Preferences
Look Like? Exploring a Convex Ultimatum Game." with Marco Castillo
and Ragan Petrie. American Economic Review, 93(3), June
2003, 672-685. pdf
Subjects' Instructions:
Convex
Game or Regular Game.
"Do
Government
Grants to Private Charities Crowd Out Giving or Fundraising?" with Abigail Payne,
August 2001. American Economic Review, 93(3), June 2003,
792-812. pdf
"The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards,
Punishments and Cooperation." with William T. Harbaugh and Lise
Vesterlund, American Economic Review, 93(3), June 2003,
893-902. pdf Subjects'
Instructions for Carrot-Stick condition.
"Charitable Giving by Married Couples: Who Decides and Why Does it Matter?" with Eleanor Brown and Isaac Rischall,
Journal of Human Resources, 38(1), Winter 2003, 111-133.
pdf
Appendix Tables
"What Makes an Allocation Fair? Some Experimental Evidence." with Paul Brown and Lise Vesterlund,
Games and Economic Behavior, 40, July 2002, 1-24. pdf
data.
"Giving According to GARP: An Experimental Test of the Consistency of Preferences for Altruism.'' with
J.H.Miller, Econometrica, v. 70, no.2, March 2002, 737-753. pdf
Subjects' Instructions Technical Appendix. data.
"The Economics of Philanthropy.'' in N. Smeltser, P. Baltes, eds., International
Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier: Oxford, 2001,
11369-11376. pdf
"The Simple Analytics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve." with Arik Levinson, Journal of Public
Economics, v. 80, May 2001, 269-286. pdf
"Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism.'' with Lise Vesterlund, Quarterly Journal of
Economics, v.116, February 2001, 293-312. pdf
data. subjects'
instructions.
1996-1999
"Pre-Play Contracting in the Prisoners' Dilemma.'' with H.R.Varian, Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, v.96, September 1999, 10933-10938. pdf
data (subjects' instructions are in the appendix to
the paper).
"Toward a Theory of Charitable Fundraising.'' Journal of Political Economy,
v.106, no.6, December 1998, 1186-1213. pdf
"An Econometric Analysis of Charitable Giving with Interdependent Preferences.'' with
J.K. Scholz. Economic Inquiry, v.36, July 1998, 410-428. pdf
"Tax Compliance.'' with B.Erard and J.Feinstein. Journal of Economic
Literature, v.36, June 1998, 818-860. pdf
[Reprinted in S. James, ed., Taxation: Critical Perspectives on the World
Economy, Routledge: London 2002, Volume III, p.3-55]
"Do Government Subsidies Increase the Private Supply of Public Goods?'' with T.C. Bergstrom,
Public Choice, v.88, no.3-4, 1996, 295-308. pdf
"Cooperation in Public Goods Experiments: Kindness or Confusion?'' American
Economic Review, v.85, no.4, September 1995, 891-904. pdf
data (subjects' instructions are in the appendix to
the paper)
[Reprinted in T.Cowen and E.Crampton, eds., New Theories in Market Failure: A Critical
Examination, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002.]
1992-1995
"Auctions with Adaptive Artificial Agents.'' with J.H. Miller, Games and
Economic Behavior, v.10, no.1, 1995, 39-64. pdf
"Warm-Glow versus Cold-Prickle: The Effects of Positive and Negative Framing on Cooperation in Experiments.''
Quarterly Journal of Economics, v.110, no.1, February 1995, 1-21. pdf
data subjects'
instructions.
"Criminal Deterrence in the Reduced Form: A New Perspective on Ehrlich's Seminal Study.''
Economic Inquiry, v.33, no.3, 1995, 476-483. pdf
"Auction Experiments in Artificial Worlds.'' with J. H. Miller, Cuadernos
Economicos, special issue on experimental economics, M. Boldrin and M. Santos, Eds.,
v.54, no.2, 1994, 211-221.
"An Experimental Test of the Public Goods Crowding-Out Hypothesis.'' American
Economic Review, v.83, no.5, December 1993, 1317-1327. pdf
data subjects'
instructions.
"Identifying the Free Riders: A Simple Algorithm for Determining Who Will Contribute to a Public Good,'' with Martin C. McGuire.
Journal of Public Economics, v.51, no.3, July 1993, 447-454. pdf
"Rational Cooperation in the Finitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma: Experimental Evidence.'' with
J.H.Miller. Economic Journal, v.103, May 1993, 570-585. pdf
data. (subjects' instructions are in the appendix to
the paper)
"IRS as Loan Shark: Tax Compliance with Borrowing Constraints.'' Journal of
Public Economics, v.49, no.1, October 1992, 35-46. pdf
1988-1991
"Reasonable Doubt and the Optimal Magnitude of Fines: Should the Penalty Fit the Crime?''
RAND Journal of Economics, v.22, no.3, Autumn 1991, 385-395. pdf
"The Desirability of a Permanent Tax Amnesty.'' Journal of Public Economics,
v.45, no. 2, July 1991, 143-160. pdf
"Can Evolutionary Dynamics Explain Free Riding in Experiments?'' with
J.H.Miller. Economics Letters, v.36, 1991, 9-15. pdf
"Impure Altruism and Donations to Public Goods: A Theory of Warm-Glow Giving.''
Economic Journal, v.100, June 1990, 464-477. pdf
[Reprinted in N.Barr, ed., Economic Theory and the Welfare State, London: Edward Elgar, 2001.]
"Giving with Impure Altruism: Applications to Charity and Ricardian Equivalence.''
Journal of Political Economy, v.97, December 1989, 1447-58. pdf
"Why Free Ride? Strategies and Learning in Public Goods Experiments.'' Journal
of Public Economics, v.37, no. 3, December 1988, 291-304. pdf
data. subjects'
instructions
[Reprinted in E.L. Khalil, Trust: Critical Studies in Economic Institutions, London: Edward
Elgar, 2002.
Also reprinted in J.D.Hey and G.Loomes, eds., Recent Developments in
Experimental Economics, London: Edward Elgar, 1993.]
"Privately Provided Public Goods in a Large Economy: The Limits of Altruism.''
Journal of Public Economics, v.35, February 1988, 57-73. pdf
Notes and Comments:
"Comment" in A.H. Munnell and A. Sunden, ed., Death and
Dollars: The Role of Gifts and Bequests in America, Brookings Institution: Washington, D.C.,
2003.
"Private Giving to Public Goods.'' Proceedings, from the 1987 Annual Conference of the National Tax
Association-Tax Institute of America, 1988, 69-74. pdf
"Exact Consumer's Surplus and Deadweight Loss: A Comment.'' with R.
Haveman and M. Gabay, American Economic Review, v. 77, June 1987, 494-495.
pdf