Publications of James W. Roberts

Journal Articles

  1. Sweeting, A; Roberts, JW; Gedge, C, A model of dynamic limit pricing with an application to the airline industry (March, 2020), pp. 1148-1193
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Li, Y; Mazur, L; Park, Y; Roberts, JW; Sweeting, A; Zhang, J, Endogenous and Selective Service Choices after Airline Mergers (January, 2018)
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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)
  15. 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)
  16. Eliason, PJ; Grieco, PLE; McDevitt, RC; Roberts, JW, Strategic Patient Discharge: the Case of Long-Term Care Hospitals. (November, 2018), pp. 3232-3265
  17. 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)
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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

Working Papers

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