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Professor John Wooders

Distinguished Research Professor, Economics
Core Member, Centre for the Study of Choice

BSC, PHD

Email: John.Wooders@uts.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9514 3206
Fax: +61 2 9514 7722
Room: CM05D.02.29 (map)
Mailing address: PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

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Biography

John Wooders joined UTS in June 2011 from the University of Arizona. His personal web page can be accessed by clicking here.

Research

Research interests

Strategic behavior in games and markets, game theory, mixed-strategy Nash equilibrium, effect of seller reputation on auction prices, incentives of bidders to enter auctions, "mini-micro" foundations of competitive equilibrium

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Garratt, R., Walker, M. & Wooders, J. 2012, 'Behavior in second-price auctions by highly experienced eBay buyers and sellers', Experimental Economics, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 44-57.
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Moreno Ruiz, D. & Wooders, J. 2011, 'Auctions with heterogeneous entry costs', Rand Journal Of Economics, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 313-336.
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Walker, M., Wooders, J. & Amir, R. 2011, 'Equilibrium play in matches: Binary Markov games', Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 487-502.
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Garratt, R. & Wooders, J. 2010, 'Efficiency in Second-Price Auctions: A New Look at Old Data', Review Of Industrial Organisation, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 43-50.
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Moreno Ruiz, D. & Wooders, J. 2010, 'Decentralised Trade Mitigates The Lemons Problem', International Economic Review, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 383-399.
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Wooders, J. 2010, 'Does Experience Teach? Professionals and Minimax Play in the Lab', Econometrica, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 1143-1154.
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Reynolds, S. & Wooders, J. 2009, 'Auctions with a buy price', Economic Theory, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 9-39.
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Houser, D.E. & Wooders, J. 2006, 'Reputation in auctions: Theory, and evidence from eBay', Journal Of Economics & Management Strategy, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 353-369.
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Amir, R., Evstigneev, I. & Wooders, J. 2003, 'Noncooperative versus cooperative R&D with endogenous spillover rates', Games And Economic Behavior, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 183-207.
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Moreno Ruiz, D. & Wooders, J. 2002, 'Prices, delay, and the dynamics of trade', Journal Of Economic Theory, vol. 104, no. 2, pp. 304-339.
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Walker, M. & Wooders, J. 2001, 'Minimax play at Wimbledon', American Economic Review, vol. 91, no. 5, pp. 1521-1538.
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Wooders, J. & Shachat, J. 2001, 'On the irrelevance of risk attitudes in repeated two-outcome games', Games And Economic Behavior, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 342-363.
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Amir, R. & Wooders, J. 2000, 'One-way spillovers, endogenous innovator/imitator roles, and research joint ventures', Games And Economic Behavior, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1-25.
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Amir, R. & Wooders, J. 1999, 'Effects of one-way spillovers on market shares, industry price, welfare, and R & D cooperation', Journal Of Economics & Management Strategy, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 223-249.
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Amir, R. & Wooders, J. 1998, 'Cooperation vs. competition in R & D: the role of stability of equilibrium', Journal of Economics, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 63-73.
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Moreno Ruiz, D. & Wooders, J. 1998, 'An experimental study of communication and coordination in noncooperative games', Games And Economic Behavior, vol. 24, no. 1-2, pp. 47-76.
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Wooders, J. 1998, 'Matching and bargaining models of markets: approximating small markets by large markets', Economic Theory, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 215-224.
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Wooders, J. 1998, 'Walrasian equilibrium in matching models', Mathematical Social Sciences, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 245-259.
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Wooders, J. 1997, 'Equilibrium in a Market with Intermediation is Walrasian', The Review of Economic Design 3, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 75-89.
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