Information provision
Credence Goods, Costly Diagnosis, and Subjective Evaluation
with H Bester, Economic Journal, 2018, DOI
The most recent unpublished version is here: Credence_EJ_forthcoming (November 2016).
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We study contracting between a consumer and an expert. Continue reading
The Enforcement of Mandatory Disclosure Rules
with P González and N Porteiro, Journal of Public Economics, 2018, DOI
The most recent unpublished version is here: DahmEtAlEnforcementDisclosure (August 2018).
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This paper examines the incentives of firms to invest in information about product risk and to disclose its findings. Continue reading
Trials, Tricks and Transparency: How Disclosure Rules Affect Clinical Knowledge
with P González and N Porteiro, Journal of Health Economics, 2009, DOI
Scandals of selective reporting of clinical trial results by pharmaceutical firms have underlined the need for more transparency in clinical trials. We provide a theoretical framework Continue reading
Side-Effects of Campaign Finance Reform
with N Porteiro, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, DOI
Because campaign finance reform is usually motivated by the concern that existing legislation cannot effectively prevent campaign contributions to “buy favors,” this article Continue reading
Informational Lobbying under the Shadow of Political Pressure
with N Porteiro, Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, DOI
We examine the incentives of an interest group to provide verifiable policy-relevant information to a political decision-maker and to exert political pressure on her. Continue reading
Biased Contests
with N Porteiro, Public Choice, 2008, DOI
We examine the effects of providing more accurate information to a political decision-maker lobbied by competing interests. Continue reading
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