James Peck

Department of Economics

The Ohio State University

Phone: 614-292-0182 Fax: 292-3906    
Office: 440 Arps Hall
Email:   Peck.33@osu.edu

James Peck, Professor, joined the department in 1992.

Curriculum Vita

Selected Papers

Misbehavior in Common-Value Auctions, by: Dan Levin and James Peck, December 17, 2019

A Diamond-Dybvig Model in which the Level of Deposits is Endogenous, by: James Peck and A. Setayesh, revised August 16, 2019.

Competing Mechanisms with Multi-Unit Consumer Demand, working paper version of 2018 JET paper. The previous version of this paper was titled, "Ski-Lift Pricing with Imperfect Competition: An Exercise in Competing Mechanisms." Here is the on-line Appendix

Optimal Monopoly Mechanisms with Demand Uncertainty, by: James Peck and Jeevant Rampal, October 31, 2019.

Temporary Boycotts as Self-Fulfilling Disruptions of Markets, working paper version of JET 2017 paper.

Durable Goods Monopoly with Quality Improvements and a Continuum of Consumer Types, by: Andrzej Baranski and James Peck, December 2013.

Separating Bayesian Updating from Non-Probabilistic Reasoning: An Experimental Investigation, by: Dan Levin, James Peck, and Asen Ivanov, working paper version of AEJ Micro 2016 paper.

A Battle of Informed Traders and the Market Game Foundations for Rational Expectations Equilibrium, working paper version of GEB 2014 paper.

A Bank Runs Model with a Continuum of Types, by: Yaron Azrieli and James Peck, working paper version of JET 2012 paper.

Behavioral Biases, Informational Externalities, and Efficiency in Endogenous-Timing Herding Games: An Experimental Study, by: Asen Ivanov, Dan Levin, and James Peck, November 2012.  

Hindsight, Foresight, and Insight:  An Experimental Study of a Small-Market Investment Game with Common and Private Values, by: Asen Ivanov, Dan Levin, and James Peck, working paper version of AER 2009 paper.

Investment Cycles, Strategic Delay, and Self-Reversing Cascades, by: James Peck and Huanxing Yang, working paper version of IER 2011 paper.

Dynamic Competition with Random Demand and Costless Search: A Theory of Price Posting, by: Raymond Deneckere and James  Peck, working paper version of Econometrica 2012 paper.  Web Appendix.

Quality Disclosure and Competition, by:  Dan Levin, James Peck, and Lixin Ye, working paper version of JIE 2009 paper.

Investment Dynamics with Common and Private Values, by: Dan Levin and James Peck, working paper version of JET 2008 paper.

Ambiguity Aversion, Games Against Nature, and Dynamic Consistency, by: Emre Ozdenoren and James Peck, working paper version of GEB 2008 paper.

Large Market Games with Demand Uncertainty, working paper version of JET 2003 paper.

Equilibrium Bank Runs, by:  James Peck and Karl Shell, working paper version of JPE 2003 paper.

To Grab for the Market or to Bide One's Time: A Dynamic Model of Entry, by: Dan Levin and James Peck, Rand Journal, 2003.

A Note on Competing Mechanisms and the Revelation Principle,  August 1997.

Course Links

Economics H200 Principles of Microeconomics (honors, old quarter course)

Economics 501.02  Intermediate Microeconomics (calculus, old quarter course)

Economics 5001 Introduction to Game Theory (undergraduate)

Econ 8712 Microeconomic Theory 1B

Economics 8817  Game Theory (graduate)

Economics 8818 Economics of Information (graduate)