This is a website I have not updated since 2011.  My current personal website is located here:

https://sites.google.com/view/davidwharless/

 

David W. Harless

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

Room B3133, Department of Economics, School of Business, 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 , 2006, Vol 41, pp. 2006-2024. excerpt.

"Do Laboratory Frontal Crash Test Programs Predict Driver Fatality Risk?  Evidence From Within Vehicle-Line Variation in Test Ratings" (with George Hoffer). Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2007, Vol. 39, pp. 902-913: excerpt

 

Download data and/or unpublished/supplemental material from several of my papers: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 Below are files (in Excel 4.0 format) which contain the published (Tables 3-9) and unpublished (Tables A1-A16) tables showing the frequencies of choice patterns and showing the results of our error rate analysis.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.
  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.

 

  1. Microsoft Word file containing unpublished appendix of list of vehicle lines and model years used in the analysis in  "Do Laboratory Frontal Crash Test Programs Predict Driver Fatality Risk?  Evidence From Within Vehicle-Line Variation in Test Ratings" (with George Hoffer). Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2007, Vol. 39, pp. 902-913.

 

  1. Supplemental appendix to "California's Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation and Nurse Wages" (with Barbara Mark and Joanne Spetz), Health Affairs, 2009, Vol. 28, no. 2, pp. w326–w334.

 

  1. Supplemental appendix to "Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care With Direct Measurement of Inpatient Staffing" (with Barbara A. Mark), Medical Care, 2010, Vol 48, No. 7, pp. 659-63.

 

  1. Supplemenal appendix to "The Effect of Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation on Uncompensated Care Provided by California Hospitals," (with Kristin Reiter, George Pink, Joanne Spetz, and Barbara A. Mark), Medical Care Research and Review, 2011, Vol. 68, No. 3, 332-351.

 

  1. Supplemental appendix to "Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation and the Financial Performance of California Hospitals," (with Kristin Reiter, Barbara A. Mark, and George Pink), Health Services Research (in press).

 

  1. Report and supporting material for "A report to the faculty on the change in the distribution of student evaluation ratings accompanying the switch to online administration."  October 27, 2011.