Brian Roberson

Journal Articles

• Hudja, S.G, Roberson, B., & Rosokha, Y. (2023). "Public Leaderboard Feedback in Sampling Competition: an Experimental Investigation." Review of Economics and Statistics | Related Website |
• Gelder, A, Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B. (2022). "All-Pay Auctions with Ties." Economic Theory vol. 74 pages1183–1231. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D., Roberson, B. & Sheremeta, R. (2019). "The attack and defense of weakest-link networks." Public Choice | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B (2018). "The Optimal Defense of Networks of Targets." Economic Inquiry | Related Website |
• Boyer, P, Konrad, K. & Roberson, B. (2017). "Targeted campaign competition, loyal voters, and supermajorities." Journal of Mathematical Economics | Related Website |
• Rietzke, D. & Roberson, B (2013). "The Robustness of 'Enemy-of-My-Enemy-is-My-Friend' Alliances." Social Choice and Welfare vol. 40 (4), 937-956. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B (2012). "Strategic Defense and Attack for Series and Parallel Reliability Systems: Rejoinder." Defence & Peace Economics vol. 23 521-524. | Related Website |
• Arce, D.G., Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B (2012). "Weakest-Link Attacker-Defender Games with Multiple Attack Technologies." Naval Research Logistics vol. 59 (6), 457-469. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B (2012). "Strategic Defense and Attack for Series and Parallel Reliability Systems: Comment." Defence & Peace Economics vol. 23 507-515. | Related Website |
• Roberson, B. & Kvasov, D (2012). "The Non-Constant-Sum Colonel Blotto Game." Economic Theory (51), 397-434. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B (2012). "Coalitional Colonel Blotto Games with Application to the Economics of Alliances." Journal of Public Economic Theory vol. 14 (4), 653-676. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B (2011). "A Blotto Game with Multi-Dimensional Incomplete Information." Economics Letters vol. 113 (3), 273-275. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B (2011). "Non-Partisan 'Get-Out-the-Vote' Efforts and Policy Outcomes." European Journal of Political Economy vol. 27 (4), 728-739. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D., Mauboussin, M.J. & Roberson, B (2010). "Asymmetric Conflicts with Endogenous Dimensionality." Korean Economic Review vol. 26 (2), 287-305. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B. (2009). "Inefficient Redistribution and Inefficient Redistributive Politics." Public Choice vol. 139 263-272. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B. (2009). "Is the 50-State Strategy Optimal?" Journal of Theoretical Politics vol. 21 213-236. | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B. (2008). "Electoral Poaching and Party Identification." Journal of Theoretical Politics vol. 20 275-302. | Related Website |
• Roberson, B. (2008). "Pork-Barrel Politics, Targetable Policies, and Fiscal Federalism." Journal of the European Economic Association vol. 6 819-844. | Related Website |
• Roberson, B. (2006). "The Colonel Blotto Game." Economic Theory vol. 29 1-24. | Related Website |

Book Chapters

• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B (2012). "Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields." Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict (edited by Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas) | Related Website |
• Roberson, B (2011). "Allocation Games." Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science | Related Website |

Working Papers

• Roberson, B "Errata: The Colonel Blotto Game." | Download |
• Kovenock, D., Roberson, B. & Sheremeta, R "The Attack and Defense of Weakest-Link Networks." | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B "The Optimal Defense of Network Connectivity." | Related Website |
• Kovenock, D. & Roberson, B "Generalizations of the General Lotto and Colonel Blotto Games." | Related Website |
• Hummels, D., Cistea, A. & Roberson, B. "Estimating the Gains from Liberalizing Services Trade: The Case of Passenger Aviation." | Related Website |

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