Publications of James W. Roberts

Journal Articles

  1. Roberts, JW; Sweeting, A, When Should Sellers Use Auctions?, American Economic Review, vol. 103 no. 5 (2013), pp. 1830-1861, American Economic Association, ISSN 0002-8282
  2. Roberts, JW, Unobserved heterogeneity and reserve prices in auctions, The Rand Journal of Economics, vol. 44 no. 4 (December, 2013), pp. 712-732, WILEY, ISSN 0741-6261
  3. Mcdevitt, RC; Roberts, JW, Market structure and gender disparity in health care: Preferences, competition, and quality of care, The Rand Journal of Economics, vol. 45 no. 1 (March, 2014), pp. 116-139, WILEY, ISSN 0741-6261
  4. Bhattacharya, V; Roberts, JW; Sweeting, A, Regulating bidder participation in auctions, The Rand Journal of Economics, vol. 45 no. 4 (December, 2014), pp. 675-704, WILEY
  5. Bayer, PJ; Geissler, C; Mangum, K; Roberts, JW, Speculators and Middlemen: The Strategy and Performance of Investors in the Housing Market, Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (Erid) Working Paper no. 93 (January, 2015)
  6. Roberts, JW; Sweeting, A, Bailouts and the preservation of competition: The case of the federal timber contract payment modification act, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, vol. 8 no. 3 (January, 2016), pp. 257-288, American Economic Association
  7. Bayer, P; Mangum, K; Roberts, JW, Speculative Fever: Investor Contagion in the Housing Bubble, Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (Erid), vol. 111 no. 211 (February, 2016), pp. 51 pages
  8. Li, Y; Mazur, L; Park, Y; Roberts, JW; Sweeting, A; Zhang, J, Endogenous and Selective Service Choices after Airline Mergers (January, 2018)
  9. Eliason, PJ; Grieco, PLE; McDevitt, RC; Roberts, JW, Strategic Patient Discharge: the Case of Long-Term Care Hospitals. (November, 2018), pp. 3232-3265
  10. Bayer, P; Geissler, C; Mangum, K; Roberts, JW, Speculators and middlemen: The strategy and performance of investors in the housing market (January, 2020), pp. 5212-5247, Oxford University Press (OUP)
  11. Eliason, PJ; Heebsh, B; McDevitt, RC; Roberts, JW, How Acquisitions Affect Firm Behavior and Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 135 no. 1 (February, 2020), pp. 221-267
  12. Sweeting, A; Roberts, JW; Gedge, C, A model of dynamic limit pricing with an application to the airline industry (March, 2020), pp. 1148-1193
  13. Cerullo, M; Yang, KK; Roberts, J; McDevitt, RC; Offodile, AC, Private Equity Acquisition And Responsiveness To Service-Line Profitability At Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals., Health Affairs, vol. 40 no. 11 (November, 2021), pp. 1697-1705
  14. League, RJ; Eliason, P; McDevitt, RC; Roberts, JW; Wong, H, Variability in Prices Paid for Hemodialysis by Employer-Sponsored Insurance in the US From 2012 to 2019., Jama Network Open, vol. 5 no. 2 (February, 2022), pp. e220562
  15. Li, S; Mazur, J; Park, Y; Roberts, J; Sweeting, A; Zhang, J, Repositioning and market power after airline mergers, The Rand Journal of Economics, vol. 53 no. 1 (March, 2022), pp. 166-199
  16. Cerullo, M; Yang, K; Joynt Maddox, KE; McDevitt, RC; Roberts, JW; Offodile, AC, Association Between Hospital Private Equity Acquisition and Outcomes of Acute Medical Conditions Among Medicare Beneficiaries., Jama Network Open, vol. 5 no. 4 (April, 2022), pp. e229581
  17. Bhattacharya, V; Ordin, A; Roberts, JW, Bidding and Drilling under Uncertainty: An Empirical Analysis of Contingent Payment Auctions, Journal of Political Economy, vol. 130 no. 5 (May, 2022), pp. 1319-1363
  18. League, RJ; Eliason, P; McDevitt, RC; Roberts, JW; Wong, H, Assessment of Spending for Patients Initiating Dialysis Care., Jama Network Open, vol. 5 no. 10 (October, 2022), pp. e2239131
  19. Eliason, PJ; McDevitt, RC; Roberts, JW, Physicians as Owners and Agents-A Call for Further Study., Jama Internal Medicine, vol. 182 no. 12 (December, 2022), pp. 1276-1277
  20. Garrett, D; Ordin, A; Roberts, JW; Suárez Serrato, JC, Tax Advantages and Imperfect Competition in Auctions for Municipal Bonds, Review of Economic Studies, vol. 90 no. 2 (March, 2023), pp. 815-851, Oxford University Press (OUP)

Working Papers

  1. Seda Ertac, Ali Hortacsu, and James W. Roberts, Entry into Auctions: An Experimental Analysis (June, 2009)
  2. James W. Roberts, Can Warranties Substitute for Reputations? (June, 2009)
  3. with Ryan C. McDevitt, Gender Disparity in Urology: Preferences, Competition and Quality of Care (October, 2009)
  4. James W. Roberts, Unobserved Heterogeneity and Reserve Prices in Auctions (November, 2009)
  5. Ben Handel, Kanishka Misra, and James W. Roberts, Robust Firm Pricing with Panel Data (December, 2009)