When does communication improve coordination?
T Ellingsen, R Östling - American Economic Review, 2010 - aeaweb.org
We study costless pre-play communication of intentions among inexperienced players.
Using the level-k model of strategic thinking to describe players' beliefs, we fully characterize …
Using the level-k model of strategic thinking to describe players' beliefs, we fully characterize …
Political polarization and the size of government
E Lindqvist, R Östling - American Political Science Review, 2010 - cambridge.org
In this article, we study the relationship between political polarization and public spending
using the dispersion of self-reported political preferences as our measure of polarization …
using the dispersion of self-reported political preferences as our measure of polarization …
Identity and redistribution
E Lindqvist, R Östling - Public Choice, 2013 - Springer
This paper models the interaction between individuals' identity choices and redistribution.
Both redistributive policies and identity choices are endogenous, and there might be …
Both redistributive policies and identity choices are endogenous, and there might be …
Economic influences on moral values
R Östling - The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2009 - degruyter.com
This paper extends standard consumer theory to account for endogenous moral motivation.
Building on cognitive dissonance theory, I show how moral values are affected by changes …
Building on cognitive dissonance theory, I show how moral values are affected by changes …