Papers and Projects
Jan 2011: Explaining More Passing as a Rational Response to Decreased Risk
Working paper version of this paper: ExplainingPassing.pdf
Team data set: NFLTeamData19702009.xls
Play-by-play data set: NFLPlayData2005.xls
Aug 2010: Testing Optimization
Summer research with Ryne Weppler. We implement the lifeguard problem in an Excel workbook.
PDF of paper with description and explanation. (forthcoming)
Lifeguard Game.xls (on open, be sure to enable macros)
July 2009: Parrondo's Paradox: the puzzling fact that two losing games can be combined to yield a winning game.
"A MICROSOFT EXCEL VERSION OF PARRONDO’S PARADOX"
Parrando’s paradox is analyzed via Monte Carlo simulation and Markov chains within Microsoft Excel. The properties of individual and mixed games are clearly demonstrated. The accompanying Excel workbook, Parrondo.xls, enables the reader to replicate results, verify claims, and extend the analysis in unforeseen ways.
| Paper | Excel Workbook | Excel Macro Instructions |
|---|---|---|
| ParrondoSSRN2.pdf | Parrondo.xls | EnableMacros.doc |
June 1995: I wrote the Coase/Pigou paper below, but I never published it after a correspondence with Coase left me completely confused and unsure of my position. My review of Medema's Hesitant Hand (in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology) reminded me of this episode and since I refer to my Coase/Pigou paper in the review, I decided to make it available here. Please do not quote it without my permission.
Pigou, Coase, and Efficiency Applied to Pennsylvania Coal Mining Law
Questions and feedback: hbarreto@depauw.edu
Last Updated: 6 Jan 2011