Research

Journal Publications

Decision MakingPolicy Applications
"When Consumer Financial Protection Spills Over: Student Loan Borrowing under the CARD Act"
Brown, Alexander L., Daniel Grodzicki, and Paolina C. Medina
Management Science, forthcoming
Decision MakingPolicy Applications
"Influence of Message-Based Nudges on Travel Choices on Express Lanes"
Burris, Mark, Sruthi Ashraf, Musfira Rahman, Winfred Arthur, Jr., Alexander L. Brown, Susan Chrysler, Amy Benedick, Lindsay Hunker, Rick Huey, Matthew Airola, and Nick Wood
Transportation Research Record, 2680(4): 377-396, April 2026
Decision Making
"Preferences for the Resolution of Risk and Ambiguity"
Brown, Alexander L., Huiyi Guo, and Hyundam Je
Journal of Economic Theory, 232, 106151, 2026
Decision MakingEquilibriumMethodology
"Testing the Simplicity of Strategy-Proof Mechanisms"
Brown, Alexander L., Daniel G. Stephenson, and Rodrigo A. Velez
Economic Theory, 81(1-2): 13-42, 2026
Equilibrium
"The Refinement of Nash Equilibrium Based on Equilibrium Models of Imperfectly Rational Behavior"
Velez, Rodrigo A. and Alexander L. Brown
Games and Economic Behavior, 157: 516-534, 2026
Decision Making
"Social-Benefits Stigma and Subsequent Competitiveness"
Valdez Gonzalez, Natalia I., Alexander L. Brown, and Marco A. Palma
Economic Inquiry, 63(3): 903-925, July 2025
Decision MakingMethodology
"Meta-analysis of Empirical Estimates of Loss Aversion"
Brown, Alexander L., Taisuke Imai, Ferdinand M. Vieider, and Colin F. Camerer
Journal of Economic Literature, 62(2): 485-516, June 2024
Decision MakingEquilibrium
"Aggregate and Individual Effects of Additional Information in a Coordination (Traffic) Game"
Ashraf, Sruthi, Alexander L. Brown, Mark W. Burris, and Valon Vitaku
Economic Inquiry, 61(4): 818-850, October 2023
Decision MakingPolicy Applications
"Beyond Income: Dynamic Consumer Financial Vulnerability"
Salisbury, Linda Court, Gergana Y. Nenkov, Simon J. Blanchard, Ronald Paul Hill, Alexander L. Brown, and Kelly D. Martin
Journal of Marketing, 87(5): 657-678, September 2023
Distinguished Winner, AMA-EBSCO-RRBM Award for Responsible Research in Marketing, 2026
Decision MakingPolicy Applications
"Factors Influencing Traveler Use of Transit before, during, and after the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Burris, Mark, Alexander L. Brown, Hardik Gupta, Jasper Wang, Alberto M. Figueroa-Medina, Carlos A. del Valle-Gonzalez, and Adel F. del Valle-Perez
Journal of Public Transportation, 25, 100058, 2023
Decision MakingPolicy Applications
"Using Behavioral Economics to Identify Potential Managed Lane Users"
Ashraf, Sruthi, Mark W. Burris, Alexander L. Brown, and Valon Vitaku
Transportation Research Record, 2676(8): 144-158, August 2022
Equilibrium
"Breaking-Up Should Not be Hard to Do! Designing Contracts to Avoid Wars of Attrition"
Brown, Alexander L. and Matt Van Essen
European Economic Review, 143: 104059, April 2022
Equilibrium
"Playing the Field in All-pay Auctions"
Stephenson, Daniel G. and Alexander L. Brown
Experimental Economics, 24(2): 489-514, June 2021
Decision MakingEquilibriumMethodology
"Evidence of General Economic Principles of Bargaining and Trade from 2,000 Classroom Experiments"
Lin, Po-Hsuan, Alexander L. Brown, Taisuke Imai, Joseph Tao-yi Wang, Stephanie W. Wang, and Colin F. Camerer
Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 917-927, September 2020
Decision Making
"Resource Re-allocation Capabilities in Internal Capital Markets: The Value of Overcoming Inertia"
Lovallo, Dan, Alexander L. Brown, David J. Teece, and David Bardolet
Strategic Management Journal, 41(8): 1365-1380, August 2020
Decision Making
"Why Do People Volunteer? An Experimental Analysis of Preferences for Time Donations"
Brown, Alexander L., Jonathan Meer, and J. Forrest Williams
Management Science, 65(4): 1455-1468, April 2019
Equilibrium
"When Less Information Is Good Enough: Experiments with Global Stag Hunt Games"
Van Huyck, John, Ajalavat Viriyavipart, and Alexander L. Brown
Experimental Economics, 21(3): 527-548, September 2018
Decision MakingEquilibrium
"Search Deterrence in Experimental Consumer Goods Markets"
Brown, Alexander L., Ajalavat Viriyavipart, and Xiaoyuan Wang
European Economic Review, 104: 167-184, May 2018
Decision MakingMethodology
"Separated Decisions"
Brown, Alexander L. and Paul J. Healy
European Economic Review, 101: 20-34, January 2018
Decision Making
"The Effects of Relative Size, Profitability, and Growth on Corporate Capital Allocations"
Bardolet, David, Alexander L. Brown, and Dan Lovallo
Journal of Management, 43(8): 2469-2496, November 2017
Decision Making
"Social Distance and Quality Ratings in Charity Choice"
Brown, Alexander L., Jonathan Meer, and J. Forrest Williams
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 66: 9-15, February 2017
Equilibrium
"The Costs and Benefits of Symmetry in Common-Ownership Allocation Problems"
Brown, Alexander L. and Rodrigo A. Velez
Games and Economic Behavior, 96: 115-131, March 2016
Decision Making
"Small Victories: Creating Intrinsic Motivation in Task Completion and Debt Repayment"
Brown, Alexander L. and Joanna Lahey
Journal of Marketing Research, 52(6): 768-783, December 2015
Decision MakingMethodology
"Does Anonymity Affect the Willingness To Accept and Willingness To Pay Gap? A Generalization of Plott and Zeiler"
Brown, Alexander L. and Gregory Cohen
Experimental Economics, 18(2): 173-184, June 2015
Decision Making
"Do Individuals Have Preferences Used in Macro-Finance Models? An Experimental Investigation"
Brown, Alexander L. and Hwagyun Kim
Management Science, 60(4): 939-958, April 2014
Decision MakingEquilibrium
"Estimating Structural Models of Equilibrium and Cognitive Hierarchy Thinking in the Field: The Case of Withheld Movie Critic Reviews"
Brown, Alexander L., Colin F. Camerer, and Dan Lovallo
Management Science, 59(3): 733-747, March 2013
Decision MakingEquilibrium
"Behavioral Models of Managerial Decision-Making"
Goldfarb, Avi, Teck-Hua Ho, Wilfred Amaldoss, Alexander L. Brown, Yan Chen, Tony Haitao Cui, Alberto Galasso, Tanjim Hossain, Ming Hsu, Noah Lim, Mo Xiao, and Botao Yang
Marketing Letters, 23(2): 405-421, June 2012
Decision MakingEquilibrium
"To Review or Not to Review? Limited Strategic Thinking at the Movie Box Office"
Brown, Alexander L., Colin F. Camerer, and Dan Lovallo
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 4(2): 1-26, May 2012
Equilibrium
"Collusion Facilitating and Collusion Breaking Power of Simultaneous Ascending and Descending Price Auctions"
Brown, Alexander L., Charles R. Plott, and Heidi J. Sullivan
Economic Inquiry, 47(3): 395-424, July 2009
Decision Making
"Learning and Visceral Temptation in Dynamic Saving Experiments"
Brown, Alexander L., Zhikang Eric Chua, and Colin F. Camerer
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(1): 197-231, February 2009
Decision Making
"Behavior in a Simplified Stock Market: The Status Quo Bias, the Disposition Effect and the Ostrich Effect"
Brown, Alexander L. and John H. Kagel
Annals of Finance, 5(1): 1-14, January 2009

Other Publications

Decision MakingPolicy Applications
"Examining the Impact of Stress and Fear of COVID-19 on Transit Travel"
Burris, Mark, Alexander L. Brown, Hardik Gupta, Jasper Wang, Kartikeya Jha, Michael Walk, Alberto M. Figueroa-Medina, Daniel Rodríguez-Román, Carlos del Valle-González, Luis Nieves-Díaz, Janilet Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Adel del Valle-Pérez, and Marianna Defendini
National Institute for Congestion Reduction, Final Report, 2023
EquilibriumMethodology
"Experiments in Continuous Time"
Brown, Alexander L. and Daniel G. Stephenson
In Handbook of Experimental Game Theory, 95-124, 2020
Decision MakingEquilibrium
"Asymmetric Information"
Brown, Alexander L.
In The New Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, 2015

Working Papers

Decision MakingEquilibrium
"Incentive Mechanisms for AI: Theory and Evidence"
Brown, Alexander L., Rupert Freeman, and Korok Ray
Decision MakingEquilibrium
"Peer Evaluations: Exploiting Meritocratic Norms to Overcome Social Dilemmas"
Brown, Alexander L., Matt Van Essen, and John Wooders
Equilibrium
"Biometric Responses to Unjustified and Justified-Envy in School Choice Allocations"
Vitaku, Valon, Alexander L. Brown, and Marco A. Palma
EquilibriumPolicy Applications
"Asymmetric Information Undermines Coasian Bargaining in Common (Oil) Pool Resources"
Brown, Alexander L., Catherine C. Eckel, Steven N. Wiggins, and Sijia Zhang
Decision Making
"Benign vs. Self-Serving Information Reduction: Do Individuals Understand the Difference?"
Brown, Alexander L. and Daniel Fragiadakis
Methodology
"Testing Strategy-Proofness and Simplicity Refinements in Elicitation Mechanisms"
Brown, Alexander L., Jinliang Liu, and Michael Tsoi
Decision MakingEquilibrium
"Lies, Labels and Mechanisms"
Brown, Alexander L., Ethan Park, and Rodrigo A. Velez
Equilibrium
"Empirical Bias of Extreme-Price Auctions: Experimental Evidence"
Brown, Alexander L. and Rodrigo A. Velez
Equilibrium
"Empirical Bias of Extreme-Price Auctions: Analysis"
Velez, Rodrigo A. and Alexander L. Brown
Equilibrium
"Characterizing Persistent Disequilibrium Dynamics: Imitation or Optimization?"
Stephenson, Daniel G. and Alexander L. Brown
Equilibrium
"Empirical Strategy-Proofness"
Velez, Rodrigo A. and Alexander L. Brown