2022

Melkonyan, Tigran A., Zeitoun, Hossam and Chater, Nick (2022) The cognitive foundations of tacit commitments : a virtual bargaining model of dynamic interactions. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 108 . 102640. doi:10.1016/j.jmp.2021.102640

Chater, Nick, Zeitoun, Hossam and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2022) The paradox of social interaction : shared intentionality, we-reasoning and virtual bargaining. Psychological Review, 129 (3). pp. 415-437. doi:10.1037/rev0000343

Zeitoun, Hossam, Melkonyan, Tigran A. and Chater, Nick (2022) The social contract in miniature : how virtual bargaining supports team production. Academy of Management Review . doi:10.5465/amr.2020.0229 (In Press)

2021

Melkonyan, Tigran A., Safra, Zvi and Ma, Sinong (2021) Justice in an uncertain world : evidence on donations to cancer research. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 62 (3). pp. 281-311. doi:10.1007/s11166-021-09348-7

2020

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2020) Incomplete preferences and equilibrium in contingent markets. Economica, 87 (345). pp. 108-131. doi:10.1111/ecca.12296

2019

Chater, Nick, Zeitoun, Hossam and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2019) The social character of moral reasoning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42 . e149. doi:10.1017/S0140525X18002583

Safra, Zvi, Ma, Sinong and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2019) Is allocation affected by the perception of others' irresponsible behavior and by ambiguity? Risk Analysis, 39 (10). pp. 2182-2196. doi:10.1111/risa.13319

2018

Kelsey, David and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2018) Contest with ambiguity. Oxford Economic Papers, 7 (4). pp. 1148-1169. doi:10.1093/oep/gpy020

Melkonyan, Tigran A., Zeitoun, Hossam and Chater, Nick (2018) Collusion in Bertrand versus Cournot competition : a virtual bargaining approach. Management Science, 64 (12). pp. 5599-5609. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2017.2878

2017

Melkonyan, Tigran A., Banks, Dwayne and Wendel, Jeanne (2017) Industrial policy to develop a multi-firm industry. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 17 (3). pp. 283-303. doi:10.1007/s10842-016-0242-z

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2017) Ambiguity and the economic rhetoric of climate change. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 81 . pp. 74-92. doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2016.09.007

2016

Chater, Nick, Misyak, Jennifer B., Melkonyan, Tigran A. and Zeitoun, Hossam (2016) Virtual bargaining : building the foundations for a theory of social interaction. In: Kiverstein, J., (ed.) Routledge handbook of the philosophy of the social mind. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138827691 (In Press)

Melkonyan, Tigran A. and Safra, Zvi (2016) Intrinsic variability in group and individual decision-making. Management Science, 62 (9). pp. 2651-2667. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2015.2255

2014

Misyak, Jennifer B., Melkonyan, Tigran A., Zeitoun, Hossam and Chater, Nick (2014) Unwritten rules : virtual bargaining underpins social interaction, culture, and society. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 18 (Number 10). pp. 512-519. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2014.05.010

2013

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2013) Food scares in an uncertain world. Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 11 (Number 6). pp. 1432-1456. doi:10.1111/jeea.12057

Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2013) Hybrid contests. Journal of Public Economic Theory, Volume 15 (Number 6). pp. 968-992. doi:10.1111/jpet.12052

Melkonyan, Tigran A. and Taylor, Michael H. (2013) Regulatory policy design for agroecosystem management on public rangelands. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93 (3). pp. 606-627. doi:10.1093/ajae/aas170

2012

Pingle, Mark and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2012) To believe or not believe...or not decide : a decision-theoretic model of agnosticism. Rationality and Society, Volume 24 (Number 4). pp. 408-441. doi:10.1177/1043463112453555

Melkonyan, Tigran A. and Grigorian, David A. (2012) Microeconomic implications of remittances in an overlapping generations model with altruism and a motive to receive inheritance. Journal of Development Studies, Volume 48 (Number 8). pp. 1026-1044. doi:10.1080/00220388.2011.598507

2011

Grigorian, David A. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2011) Destined to receive : the impact of remittances on household decisions in Armenia. Review of Development Economics, Volume 15 (Number 1). pp. 139-153. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9361.2010.00598.x

Shonkwiler, J. Scott, Grigorian, David A. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2011) Controlling for the underreporting of remittances. Applied Economics, Volume 43 (Number 30). pp. 4817-4826. doi:10.1080/00036846.2010.498359

2010

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2010) Regulatory policy design in an uncertain world. Journal of Public Economic Theory, Volume 12 (Number 6). pp. 1081-1107. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9779.2010.01486.x

Melkonyan, Tigran A. and Pingle, Mark (2010) Ambiguity, pessimism, and rational religious choice. Theory and Decision, Volume 69 (Number 3). pp. 417-438. doi:10.1007/s11238-009-9164-0

2009

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2009) Buy low, sell high : price gaps and neoclassical theory. Journal of Mathematical Economics, Volume 45 (Number 11). pp. 720-729. doi:10.1016/j.jmateco.2009.05.010

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2009) Smoothing preference kinks with information. Mathematical Social Sciences, Volume 58 (Number 2). pp. 173-189. doi:10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2009.03.002

Melkonyan, Tigran A. and Schubert, Jens (2009) Food safety regulations under ambiguity. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 91 (Number 5). pp. 1389-1396. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01353.x

Hueth, Brent and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2009) Standards and the regulation of environmental risk. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 36 (3). pp. 219-246. doi:10.1007/s11149-008-9082-z

2008

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2008) Eliciting beliefs. Theory and Decision, 65 (4). pp. 271-284. doi:10.1007/s11238-008-9103-5

2007

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2007) Degree of imprecision : geometric and algorithmic approaches. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 45 (1). pp. 106-122. doi:10.1016/j.ijar.2006.07.009

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2007) Pareto optimal trade in an uncertain world : GMOs and the Precautionary Principle. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89 (2). pp. 520-532. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.01015.x

2006

Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2006) Value of reputation in the chain-store game with multiple incumbents. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24 (2). pp. 425-448. doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.07.007

2005

Chambers, Robert G. and Melkonyan, Tigran A. (2005) Eliciting the core of a supermodular capacity. Economic Theory, 26 (1). pp. 203-209. doi:10.1007/s00199-004-0528-y

Melkonyan, Tigran A. and Lapan, Harvey (2005) Tariffs, quotas, and forward contracts under asymmetric information. Review of International Economics, 13 (2). pp. 311-329. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9396.2005.00506.x