Mailing Address:
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Economics
508-1 Evans Hall #3880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

Tel No. (510) 643-8428
Fax No. (510) 642-0638

E-mail Address:

• Economics 242, Spring 2005
• Economics C103, Fall 2003
• Economics 242, Fall 2003
• Economics 240B, Spring 2003
• Economics 242, Fall 2002
• Economics 240B, Fall 2002

Recent Working Papers

• Foundations of Welfare Economics and Product Market Applications, Working Paper, June 2017


• The New Science of Pleasure, Working Paper, December 2012.


• The Human Side of Mechanism Design, A Tribute to Leo Hurwicz and Jean-Jacque Laffont , Working Paper, December 2008.


• Consumer-Directed Health Care: Can Consumers Look After Themselves? , with F. Heiss and J. Winter, July 2008.


• Mind the Gap! Consumer Perceptions and Choices of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, with F. Heiss and J. Winter, November, 2007.


• The behavioral science of transportation, Transport Policy 14, July 2007, p. 269-274


• Maximal Uniform Convergence Rates in Parametric Estimation Problems with Walter Beckert, October 2007.


• Who Failed to Enroll in Medicare Part D, and Why? Early Results, with J. Winter and F. Heiss. Health Affairs, doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w344, August 2006.


• Medicare prescription drug coverage: Consumer information and preferences with J. Winter, R. Balza, F. Caro, F. Heiss, B. Jun and R. Matzkin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2006.


• Statistical Analysis of Choice Experiments and Surveys with A. Bemmaor, F. Caro, J. Dominitz, B. Jun, A. Lewbel, R. Matzkin, F. Molinari, N. Schwarz, R. Willis and J. Winter, Marketing Letters, 16, December 2005


• The Economics of Social Security Reform


• The Browser War - Econometric Analysis of Markov Perfect Equilibrium in Markets with Network Effects, with Mark Jenkins, Paul Liu and Rosa Matzkin, April 2004; revised December 2004.


• Subjective Mortality Risk and Bequests, NBER Working Paper #10789, September 2004


• Foundations of Economic Survey Research


• Welfare Economics at the Extensive Margin Giving Gorman Polar Consumers Some Latitude, Working Paper, June 2004


• Revealed Stochastic Preference: A Synthesis, 2004.