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Thomas R. Palfrey

Global rank #149 99%

Institution: California Institute of Technology

Primary Field: Theory (weighted toward more recent publications)

First Publication: 1983

Most Recent: 2025

RePEc ID: ppa1164 ↗

Publication Scores

Scores use coauthorship adjustment: α/n credit per paper, where n = number of authors. α = 2.01: calibrated so average adjusted count equals average raw count (a zero-sum adjustment).

Period S (4x) A (2x) B (1x) C (½x) Total
Last 5 Years 1.01 2.01 1.68 0.00 9.72
Last 10 Years 2.01 4.19 5.70 0.00 22.12
All Time 15.75 24.30 27.65 0.00 139.25

Publication Statistics

Raw Publications 73
Coauthorship-Adjusted Count 67.99

Publications (73)

Year Article Journal Tier Authors
2025 Welfare in the volunteer’s dilemma Journal of Public Economics A 2
2024 Organizing for Collective Action: Olson Revisited Journal of Political Economy S 2
2024 Cognitive hierarchies for games in extensive form Journal of Economic Theory A 2
2022 Games Played by Teams of Players American Economic Journal: Microeconomics B 3
2021 Trading votes for votes: A laboratory study Games and Economic Behavior B 2
2020 The Political Economy of Public Debt: A Laboratory Study Journal of the European Economic Association A 3
2020 The effects of income mobility and tax persistence on income redistribution and inequality European Economic Review B 2
2019 Trading Votes for Votes. A Dynamic Theory Econometrica S 2
2019 Communication Among Voters Benefits the Majority Party Economic Journal A 2
2018 External validation of voter turnout models by concealed parameter recovery Public Choice B 2
2017 How cheap talk enhances efficiency in threshold public goods games Games and Economic Behavior B 3
2016 The Dynamic Free Rider Problem: A Laboratory Study American Economic Journal: Microeconomics B 3
2016 Quantal response and nonequilibrium beliefs explain overbidding in maximum-value auctions Games and Economic Behavior B 3
2016 Static and dynamic underinvestment: An experimental investigation Journal of Public Economics A 4
2015 Equilibrium tax rates and income redistribution: A laboratory study Journal of Public Economics A 2
2015 Erratum to: Quantal response equilibria for extensive form games Experimental Economics A 2
2014 Dynamic Free Riding with Irreversible Investments American Economic Review S 3
2014 Vote trading with and without party leaders Journal of Public Economics A 3
2014 Symmetric play in repeated allocation games Journal of Economic Theory A 3
2012 The dynamics of distributive politics Economic Theory B 2
2012 Information gatekeepers: theory and experimental evidence Economic Theory B 3
2012 Competitive Equilibrium in Markets for Votes Journal of Political Economy S 3
2011 No trade Games and Economic Behavior B 2
2011 Network architecture, salience and coordination Games and Economic Behavior B 4
2010 The Swing Voter's Curse in the Laboratory Review of Economic Studies S 3
2009 The Compromise Game: Two-Sided Adverse Selection in the Laboratory American Economic Journal: Microeconomics B 2
2009 On eliciting beliefs in strategic games Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization B 2
2009 Heterogeneous quantal response equilibrium and cognitive hierarchies Journal of Economic Theory A 3
2008 Information Aggregation in Standing and Ad Hoc Committees American Economic Review S 4
2008 Information Aggregation and Strategic Abstention in Large Laboratory Elections American Economic Review S 3
2008 Endogenous entry and self-selection in private value auctions: An experimental study Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization B 2
2007 Self-Correcting Information Cascades Review of Economic Studies S 4
2007 A general characterization of interim efficient mechanisms for independent linear environments Journal of Economic Theory A 2
2006 An experimental study of storable votes Games and Economic Behavior B 3
2006 An equilibrium voting model of federal standards with externalities Journal of Public Economics A 2
2006 Social learning with private and common values Economic Theory B 3
2005 Regular Quantal Response Equilibrium Experimental Economics A 3
2005 Special issue of Games and Economic Behavior in honor of Richard D. McKelvey Games and Economic Behavior B 1
2005 An experimental comparison of collective choice procedures for excludable public goods Journal of Public Economics A 2
2003 Risk averse behavior in generalized matching pennies games Games and Economic Behavior B 3
2003 Corrigendum to "Voluntary implementation": J. Econ. Theor. 98 (2001) 1-25 Journal of Economic Theory A 2
2002 Mixed Equilibrium in a Downsian Model with a Favored Candidate Journal of Economic Theory A 2
2002 Quantal Response Equilibrium and Overbidding in Private-Value Auctions Journal of Economic Theory A 3
2002 The approximation of efficient public good mechanisms by simple voting schemes Journal of Public Economics A 2
2001 Voluntary Implementation Journal of Economic Theory A 2
2000 Federal Mandates by Popular Demand Journal of Political Economy S 2
2000 The effects of payoff magnitude and heterogeneity on behavior in 2 x 2 games with unique mixed strategy equilibria Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization B 3
1998 Quantal Response Equilibria for Extensive Form Games Experimental Economics A 2
1997 Anomalous Behavior in Public Goods Experiments: How Much and Why? American Economic Review S 2
1997 Endogeneity of Alternating Offers in a Bargaining Game, Journal of Economic Theory A 2
1996 In or out?: Centralization by majority vote European Economic Review B 2
1996 Altuism, reputation and noise in linear public goods experiments Journal of Public Economics A 2
1995 Ratifiable Mechanisms: Learning from Disagreement Games and Economic Behavior B 2
1995 Vertigo: Comparing structural models of imperfect behavior in experimental games Games and Economic Behavior B 2
1995 Introduction Games and Economic Behavior B 2
1995 Quantal Response Equilibria for Normal Form Games Games and Economic Behavior B 2
1994 Learning in Experimental Games. Economic Theory B 3
1994 Undominated Nash Implementation in Bounded Mechanisms Games and Economic Behavior B 3
1994 Voting and Lottery Drafts as Efficient Public Goods Mechanisms Review of Economic Studies S 2
1994 Repeated Play, Cooperation and Coordination: An Experimental Study Review of Economic Studies S 2
1991 Testing for effects of cheap talk in a public goods game with private information Games and Economic Behavior B 2
1991 Efficient trading mechanisms with pre-play communication Journal of Economic Theory A 2
1989 Mechanism Design with Incomplete Information: A Solution to the Implementation Problem. Journal of Political Economy S 2
1988 Private incentives in social dilemmas : The effects of incomplete information and altruism Journal of Public Economics A 2
1987 The Downsian model of electoral participation: Formal theory and empirical analysis of the constituency size effect Public Choice B 3
1987 On Bayesian Implementable Allocations Review of Economic Studies S 2
1986 Private information in large economies Journal of Economic Theory A 2
1986 Comments on the papers by Austen-Smith and Shepsle Public Choice B 1
1985 Uncertainty Resolution, Private Information Aggregation and the Cournot Competitive Limit Review of Economic Studies S 1
1984 Futures Markets and Informational Efficiency: A Laboratory Examination. Journal of Finance A 3
1984 Participation and the provision of discrete public goods: a strategic analysis Journal of Public Economics A 2
1984 Spatial Equilibrium with Entry Review of Economic Studies S 1
1983 A strategic calculus of voting Public Choice B 2