David W. Harless

e-mail: dwharles@vcu.edu phone: 804/828-7190 fax: 804/828-8884

Department of Economics, Box 844000, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284

List of publications and working papers

Read excerpts from

"The Predictive Utility of Generalized Expected Utility Theories" (with Colin F. Camerer), Econometrica, Vol. 62, 1994, pp. 1251-1289: excerpt.

"The Persistence of Poorly Performing Mutual Funds" (with Steven P. Peterson), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 37, 1998, pp. 257-276: excerpt.

“The Antilock Braking System Anomaly:  A Drinking Driver Problem?” (with George E. Hoffer), Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 34, 2002, pp.333-341: excerpt.

“Do Women Pay More the New Motor Vehicles?  Evidence from Transactions Price Data” (with George E. Hoffer), American Economic Review, Vol. 92, March 2002, pp. 270-279: excerpt.

"Addressing Measurement Error Bias in Nurse Staffing Research" (with Barbara A. Mark), Health Services Research , forthcoming: excerpt.

Download raw data and/or unpublished material from several of my papers:

  1. "The Predictive Utility of Generalized Expected Utility Theories " (with Colin F. Camerer), Econometrica, Vol. 62, 1994, pp. 1251-1289. Below are files (in Excel 4.0 format) which contain the published (Tables 3-9) and unpublished (Tables A1-A16) tables showing the frequencies of choice patterns and showing the results of our error rate analysis. (Refer to the paper for details.)

Reanalysis of data from Battalio, Kagel, and Jiranyakul (1990): "Testing Between Alternative Models of Choice Under Uncertainty: Some Initial Results," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 3, 25-50. bkjtabls.xls

Reanalysis of data from Camerer (1989): "An Experimental Test of Several Generalized Utility Theories," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2, 61-104, and Camerer (1992): "Recent Tests of Generalizations of EU Theories," in Utility: Theories, Measurement and Applications, edited by W. Edwards. Dordrecht: Kluwer. cctabls.xls

Reanalysis of data from Chew and Waller (1986): "Empirical Tests of Weighted Utility Theory," Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 30, p. 55-62 (data set augmented with additional subjects recruited from Wharton—see footnote 15 in "Predictive Utility . . ."). c&wtabls.xls

Reanalysis of data from Harless (1992): "Predictions About Indifference Curves in the Unit Triangle: A test of Variants of Expected Utility Theory," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 18, p. 391-404. hartabls.xls

Reanalysis of data from Sopher and Gigliotti (1993): "A Test of Generalized Expected Utility," Theory and Decision, 35, 75-. s&gtabls.xls

  1. "Group versus Individual Performance in a Price-Searching Experiment" (with Douglas D. Davis), Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 66, 1996, pp. 215-227. The raw data for all periods and all sessions is contained in the Excel 4.0 file obhdpdat.xls .
  1. "Predictions About Indifference Curves Inside the Unit Triangle: A Test of Variants of Expected Utility Theory," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 18, August 1992, pp. 391-414. Choice patterns of individuals for gains, losses, and mixed outcomes are shown in Table 2 of the paper. But I have had a couple of requests to see the data grouped by subject – that is, showing the choice of each individual over all lotteries. jebo92.xls
  1. "Using the Contingent Valuation Method to Measure Patron Benefits of a Reference Desk Service in an Academic Library" (with Frank R. Allen), College & Research Libraries, Volume 60, January 1999, pp. 56-69.
  • This research is funded by The Council on Library and Information Resources through a Mellon Small Grant on the Economics of Information.
  • Read the abstract: cvreflibab.html
  • View the student version of the Contingent Valuation survey
  • View the faculty version of the Contingent Valuation survey
    Warning: A good deal of the formatting in the original survey document was lost or changed on conversion to html format. Please e-mail or call me for a copy of the original survey for students and faculty.
  1. I have received requests for information on the "author affiliation index" that was adopted at the VCU School of Business as a way of rating journals for purposes of qualifying faculty members for Ph.D. faculty status. There are several files of interest.
    • This MS Word file contains the document written by the VCU School of Business Ph.D. committee which explains the revision of the "journal list" for doctoral designation using the author affiliation index. The document explains what happened at our school, details on calculation of the author affiliation index, and so on: jourrep4.doc
    • This MS Excel file contains data on many journals which were part of the previous "journal list" for doctoral designation at the VCU School of Business. The file contains the author affiliation index number for about 140 journals. jourdat.xls
    • This MS Excel file contains a template that provides an easy means to enter data for calculation of the author affiliation index for a journal; the file automatically calculates the index. aaientry.xls

 

  1. Microsoft Word file containing the unpublished appendix to David W. Harless and George E. Hoffer, Testing for Offsetting Behavior and Adverse Recruitment Among Drivers of Airbag-Equipped Vehicles, Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2003, Vol. 70, No. 4, 629-650.