Professor William S. Neilson
Department of Economics
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Education
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
B.A. Rice University

Research areas
Economic theory
Decision theory
Behavioral economics
Game theory

Publications since Retirement
"Comparative Risk Apportionment," with Paan Jindapon and Liqun Liu, Economic Theory Bulletin, forthcoming.

"The Participation Puzzle with Reference-dependent Expected Utility Preferences," with Jianli Wang and Liqun Liu, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 93, July 2020, 278-287.

"Cybercrime and Punishment," with Ye Hong, Journal of Legal Studies 49, June 2020, 431-466.

"Alternative Approaches to Comparative nth-Degree Risk Aversion,” with Liqun Liu, Management Science 65, August 2019, 3824-3834.

"Added Surplus and Lost Bargaining Power in Long-term Contracting,” with Michael Price and Bruno Wichmann, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 76, October 2018, 7-22.

"Shareholder Protection and Agency Costs: An Experimental Analysis,” with Jacob LaRiviere and Matthew McMahon, Management Science 64, July 2018, 3108-3128.

"Equilibrium Vaccination Patterns in Incomplete and Heterogeneous Networks,” with Yancheng Xiao, European Economic Review 105, June 2018, 174-192.

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