DOI 10.1007/s00199-007-0213-z SYMPOSIUM (2008)
Yan Chen, Laura Razzolini, Theodore L. Turocy, Y. Chen (b, L. Razzolini, T. L. Turocy, ...
Congestion allocation for distributed networks: an experimental study
Improving Ef ® ciency of On-Campus Housing: An Experimental Study (2008)
Julie Cullen, David Pennock, Laura Razzolini, Larry Samuelson, Sara Solnick, ...
This paper investigates a class of matching problems—the assignment of indivisible items to agents where some agents have prior claims to some of the items. As a running example, we will refer to...
On the Third Law of Demand (2003)
Razzolini, Laura, Shughart, William F., Tollison, Robert D.
The Alchian and Allen theorem predicts that it will be harder to find “good” apples in the State of Washington, a prime apple‐growing region, than in, say, New York City, where the...
Essays in public economics :--a game-theoretic approach /--by Laura Razzolini. (1994)
Thesis (Ph. D. in Economics)--Southern Methodist University.
Hiding in Plain Sight – Using Signals to Detect Terrorists
Atin Basuchoudhary, Laura Razzolini
In this paper, we study the interaction between a governmental security agency, such as the Transportation Security Agency, or the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and a terrorist...
An Experimental Evaluation of the Serial Cost Sharing Rule
Laura Razzolini, Michael Reksulak, Robert Dorsey
This paper proposes an experimental test of the strategic equilibrium properties of the serial cost sharing rule originally proposed by Shenker (1990) and then analyzed by Moulin and Shenker (1992)....
Raising Revenues for Charity: Auctions versus Lotteries
Douglas D. Davis, Laura Razzolini, Robert Reilly, Bart J. Wilson
We report an experiment conducted to gain insight into factors that may affect revenues in English auctions and lotteries, two commonly used charity fund-raising formats. In particular, we examine...
Matthew O. Jackson, Laura Razzolini
We provide an overview of the workings of the National Science Foundation and the proposal review process, as well as some guidance in writing proposals for funding.
Bureaucratic choice and nonoptimal provision of public goods: Theory and evidence
Kathy Hayes, Laura Razzolini, Leola Ross
Local governments' allocation decisions are modeled in the context of a slack maximizing bureaucrat who produces public goods according to a production function that includes both provision and the...
Hiding in plain sight – using signals to detect terrorists
Atin Basuchoudhary, Laura Razzolini
This paper studies the interaction between a governmental security agency, as the Transportation Security Agency, or the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and a terrorist organization, like Al...
Explaining Overbidding in First Price Auctions Using Controlled Lotteries
Robert Dorsey, Laura Razzolini
In this paper, we study the behavior of individuals when facing two different, but incentive-wise identical, institutions. We pair the first price auction with an equivalent lottery. Once a subject...
On the (Relative) Unimportance of a Balanced Budget.
This paper explores the reasoning underlying Milton Friedman's preference for a small, unbalanced budget over a large, balanced one. Because the marginal return from government spending is less than...
An Experimental Evaluation of the Serial Cost Sharing Rule
Laura Razzolini, Michael Reksulak, Robert Dorsey
cost sharing rule, experiments,
Production and Gains from Trade
Lisa R. Anderson, Emily Blanchard, Kelly Chaston, Charles Holt, Laura Razzolini, Robert Singleton
This paper describes a classroom game in which students make production and trade decisions. Each student represents a country and decides how much of two goods to produce, how much to exchange with...
Matthew O. Jackson, Laura Razzolini
We provide an overview of the workings of the National Science Foundation and the proposal review process, as well as some guidance in writing proposals for funding.
Bureaucratic Choice and Nonoptimal Provision of Public Goods: Theory and Evidence.
Hayes, Kathy J, Razzolini, Laura, Ross, Leola B
Local governments' allocation decisions are modeled in the context of a slack maximizing bureaucrat who produces public goods according to a production function that includes both provision and the...
This is the official journal of the Southern Economic Association
Congestion allocation for distributed networks: an experimental study
Yan Chen, Laura Razzolini, Theodore Turocy
Serial cost sharing, Congestion allocation, Experiment, C91, D83,
Laura Razzolini, William F. Shughart, Robert D. Tollison
The Alchian and Allen theorem predicts that it will be harder to find "good" apples in the State of Washington, a prime apple-growing region, than in, say, New York City, where the addition of...
Rajat Deb, Laura Razzolini, Tae Seo
Strategy proof, Serial cost sharing, Pivotal mechanism, Asymptotic welfare loss, Efficient surplus, H41, C72, D78,
Centralized versus decentralized decision-making in a county government setting
Gökhan R. Karahan, Laura Razzolini
During the November 1988 election cycle, the residents of Mississippi's 82 counties were allowed to choose whether or not to switch to an alternative system for governing the construction and repair...
No Pretense to Honesty: County Government Corruption in Mississippi
Gökhan Karahan, Laura Razzolini, William Shughart
Corruption, Rent seeking, County governments, Operation Pretense, D73, K42,
Experimental Evidence on Inequality Aversion: Dictators Give to Help the Less Fortunate
Korenok Oleg, Edward L. Millner, Laura Razzolini
We design an experiment to identify the motivation underlying dictators’ behavior. In the typical dictator game, the recipient’s payoff is completely determined by the amount passed. We give an...