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  • De Meza, David, Reyniers, Diane J. (2023). Insuring replaceable possessions. Economica, 90(357), 271 - 284. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12454 picture_as_pdf
  • De Meza, David, Reito, Francesco, Reyniers, Diane J. (2021). Too much trade: the hidden problem of adverse selection. Journal of Public Economics, 204, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104551 picture_as_pdf
  • De Meza, David, Reito, Francesco (2021). Macro shocks cause equilibrium price dispersion. Economics Letters, 208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110082 picture_as_pdf
  • De Meza, David, Pathania, Vikram S. (2021). Is the second-cheapest wine a rip-off? Economics Letters, 205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109965 picture_as_pdf
  • De Meza, David, Dawson, Chris (2020). Neither an optimist nor a pessimist be: mistaken expectations lower well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0), 0 - 0. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220934577 picture_as_pdf
  • De Meza, David, Reito, Francesco (2020). Too much waste, not enough rationing: the failure of stochastic, competitive markets. Journal of Economic Theory, 188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2020.105067 picture_as_pdf
  • Dawson, Christopher, de Meza, David, Henley, Andrew, Arabsheibani, G. Reza (2019). Curb your enthusiasm: optimistic entrepreneurs earn less. European Economic Review, 111, 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.08.007
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2017). False diagnoses: pitfalls of testing for asymmetric information in insurance markets. The Economic Journal, 127(606), 2358 - 2377. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12393
  • de Meza, David, Fessner, Liza C., Reyniers, Diane J. (2015). Evidence that waste aversion begets insurance aversion. Economics Letters, 126, 75-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.11.018
  • Dawson, Christopher, de Meza, David, Henley, Andrew, Arabsheibani, G. Reza (2014). Entrepreneurship: cause and consequence of financial optimism. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 23(4), 717-742. https://doi.org/10.1111/jems.12076
  • de Meza, David, Xie, Gang (2014). The deadweight gain of insurance taxation when risky activities are optional. Journal of Public Economics, 115, 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.02.004
  • de Meza, David, Reyniers, Diane J. (2013). Debiasing the Becker – DeGroot – Marschak valuation mechanism. Economics Bulletin, 33(2), 1446-1456.
  • Beyer, Max, de Meza, David, Reyniers, Diane J. (2013). Do financial advisor commissions distort client choice? Economics Letters, 119(2), 117-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2013.01.026
  • Coelho, Marta, de Meza, David (2012). Do bad risks know it? Experimental evidence on optimism and adverse selection. Economics Letters, 114(2), 168-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.10.012
  • de Meza, David, Reyniers, Diane J. (2012). Every shroud has a silver lining: The visible benefits of hidden surcharges. Economics Letters, 116(2), 151-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.02.027
  • de Meza, David, Lockwood, Ben (2010). Too much investment?: a problem of endogenous outside options. Games and Economic Behavior, 69(2), 503-511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2009.11.005
  • Coco, Giuseppe, de Meza, David (2009). In defense of usury laws. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 41(8), 1691-1703. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00274.x
  • de Meza, David, Selvaggi, Mariano (2007). Exclusive contracts foster relationship-specific investment. RAND Journal of Economics, 38(1), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2171.2007.tb00045.x
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2007). Incentive design under loss aversion. Journal of the European Economic Association, 5(1), 66-92. https://doi.org/10.1162/JEEA.2007.5.1.66
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2006). Credit rationing: Something's gotta give. Economica, 73(292), 562-578. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00533.x
  • Coelho, Marta, de Meza, David, Reyniers, Diane J. (2004). Irrational exuberance, entrepreneurial finance and public policy. International Tax and Public Finance, 11(4), 391-417. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ITAX.0000033985.96539.65
  • de Meza, David (2004). Overlending? The Economic Journal, 112(477: s), F17-F31.
  • de Meza, David, Lockwood, Ben (2004). Spillovers, investment incentives and the property rights theory of the firm. Journal of Industrial Economics, 52(2), 229-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1821.2004.00224.x
  • Collie, David, de Meza, David (2003). Comparative advantage and the pursuit of strategic trade policy. Economics Letters, 81(2), 279-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00193-9
  • Itaya, Jun-Ichi, de Meza, David, Myles, Gareth D. (2002). Income distribution, taxation, and the private provision of public goods. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 4(3), 273-297. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9779.00098
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2001). Advantageous selection in insurance markets. RAND Journal of Economics, 32(2), 249-262.
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2000). Does credit rationing imply insufficient lending? Journal of Public Economics, 78(3), 215-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00099-7
  • de Meza, David, Arabshabani, G., Maloney, J., Pearson, Bernard (2000). And a vision appeared unto them of a great profit: evidence of self-deception among the self-employed. Economics Letters, 67(1), 35-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(99)00242-6
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (1999). Wealth, enterprise and credit policy. The Economic Journal, 109(455), 153-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00424
  • de Meza, David, Southey, C. (1999). Too much monitoring, not enough performance pay. The Economic Journal, 109(454), 126-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00421
  • de Meza, David, Lockwood, Ben (1998). Does asset ownership always motivate managers? The property rights theory of the firm and outside options. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113(2), 361-386. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355398555621
  • de Meza, David, Black, J. (1997). Everyone may benefit from subsidsing entry to risky occupations. Journal of Public Economics, 66(3), 409-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00048-0
  • de Meza, David, Itaya, Jun-ichi, Myles, Gareth D. (1997). In praise of inequality: income distribution and the private provision of public goods. Economics Letters, 57(3), 289-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(97)00179-1
  • de Meza, David (1997). Product diversity under monopoly: two high-quality results. Bulletin of Economic Research, 49(2), 169-171. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8586.00033
  • de Meza, David, Southey, Clive (1996). The borrower's curse: optimism, finance and entrepreneurship. The Economic Journal, 106(435), 375-386.
  • de Meza, David, Black, J, Jeffreys, D (1996). House prices, the supply of collateral and the enterprise economy. The Economic Journal, 106(434), 60-75.
  • de Meza, David, Lockwood, Ben, Myles, Gareth D (1995). On the European Union VAT proposals: the superiority of origin over destination taxation. Fiscal Studies, 16(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5890.1995.tb00214.x
  • de Meza, David, Maloney, John, Myles, Gareth D. (1995). Price reducing taxtion. Economics Letters, 47(1), 77-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(94)00508-Y
  • Estrin, Saul, de Meza, David (1995). Unnatural monopoly. Journal of Public Economics, 57(3), 471-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2727(95)80007-V
  • de Meza, David, Black, Jane (1994). The nature of credit market failure. Economics Letters, 46(3), 243-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(94)00473-0
  • de Meza, David, Lockwood, B., Myles, Gareth D. (1994). The equivalence between destination and non-reciprocal restricted origin tax regimes. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 96(3), 311-328.
  • de Meza, David, Lockwood, Ben, Myles, Gareth D. (1994). When are origin and destination regimes equivalent? International Tax and Public Finance, 1(1), 5-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00874086
  • de Meza, David, Black, Julia, Levi, M. (1993). Creating a good atmosphere: minimum participation for tackling the 'greenhouse effect'. Economica, 60(239), 281-293.
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (1992). Efficent credit rationing. European Economic Review, 36(6), 1277-1290. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-2921(92)90032-R
  • de Meza, David, Gould, J. R. (1992). The social efficiency of private decisions to enforce property rights. Journal of Political Economy, 100(3), 561-580.
  • de Meza, David, Black, Julia (1992). Price differences between successive auctions are no anomaly. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 1(4), 607-628. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1430-9134.1992.00607.x
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (1990). Risk, asymmetric information and capital market failure. The Economic Journal, 100(399), 206-214.
  • de Meza, David, Carabjo, J., Seidmann, D. (1990). A strategic motivation for commodity bundling. Journal of Industrial Economics, 38(3), 283-298.
  • de Meza, David, Natale, P. (1989). Efficient job creation in LDCs requires a tax on employment. The Economic Journal, 99(398), 1112-1122.
  • de Meza, David, La Manna, M., McLeod, R. (1989). The case for permissive patents. European Economic Review, 33(7), 1427-1443. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-2921(89)90056-1
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (1989). The role of interest rate taxes in credit markets with divisible projects and asymmetric information. Journal of Public Economics, 39(1), 33-44.
  • de Meza, David (1989). Not even strategic trade theory justifies export subsidies. Oxford Economic Papers, 41(1), 720-736.
  • de Meza, David (1988). Package size and the suppression of variety. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 6(3), 363-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-7187(88)80017-1
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (1988). Credit market efficiency and tax policy in the presence of screening costs. Journal of Public Economics, 36(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2727(88)90020-5
  • de Meza, David (1988). The efficacy of effluent charges. Canadian Journal of Economics, 21(1), 182-186.
  • de Meza, David, Gould, J. R. (1987). Free access vs private property: income distributions compared. Journal of Political Economy, 95(6), 1317-1325.
  • de Meza, David (1987). The migration multiplier. Bulletin of Economic Research, 39(3), 243-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1987.tb00245.x
  • de Meza, David (1987). The optimum tariff and quota when the terms of trade are random. Oxford Economic Papers, 39(2), 412-417.
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (1987). Too much investment: a problem of asymmetric information. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 102(2), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.2307/1885064
  • de Meza, David, van der Ploeg, F. (1987). Production flexibility as a motive for multinationality. Journal of Industrial Economics, 35(3), 343-351.
  • de Meza, David (1986). Immiserising invention: the private and social returns to R&D under oligopoly. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 4(4), 409-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-7187(86)90013-5
  • de Meza, David (1986). The efficiency of liability law. International Review of Law and Economics, 6(1), 107-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/0144-8188(86)90043-8
  • de Meza, David (1986). Do consumers benefit from quantity discounts? Economics Letters, 21(4), 307-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(86)90193-X
  • de Meza, David (1986). Export subsidies and high productivity: cause or effect? Canadian Journal of Economics, 19(2), 347-350.
  • de Meza, David, Klette, T. (1986). Is the market biased against risky R&D? RAND Journal of Economics, 17(1), 133-139.
  • de Meza, David (1986). Safety in conformity but profits deviance. Canadian Journal of Economics, 19(2), 261-269.
  • de Meza, David (1985). Effluent charges and environmental damage: a clarification. Oxford Economic Papers, 37(4), 700-702.
  • de Meza, David, Gould, J. R. (1985). Free access vs private ownership: a comparison. Journal of Economic Theory, 36(2), 387-391. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(85)90113-9
  • de Meza, David, Mohr, E. (1985). Price deregulation and the production of depletable resources. International Economic Review, 26(1), 213-218.
  • de Meza, David, Perlman, M. (1985). Increasing returns and the foundation of unemployment theory. Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, 7(3), 385-395.
  • de Meza, David (1984). Wage uncertainty, expected utility, and occupational choice. International Economic Review, 25(3), 757-762.
  • de Meza, David, Dickinson, P. T. (1984). Risk preferences and transaction costs. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 5(2), 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(84)90019-2
  • de Meza, David (1984). Private disclosure - is honesty enough? European Economic Review, 24(3), 203-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-2921(84)90108-9
  • de Meza, David (1984). The 4th commandment - is it pareto efficient? The Economic Journal, 94(2), 379-383.
  • de Meza, David (1983). Health insurance and the demand for medical care. Journal of Health Economics, 2(1), 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-6296(83)90011-5
  • de Meza, David (1983). Multinational companies and national welfare. Australian Economic Papers, 22(44), 491-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8454.1983.tb00441.x
  • de Meza, David (1983). A growth-model for a tenured-labor-managed firm - comment. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 98(3), 539-542. https://doi.org/10.2307/1886028
  • de Meza, David (1983). The simple welfare economics of monopolistic competition. Journal of Economic Studies, 10(1), 60-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb002552
  • de Meza, David (1983). The transfer problem in a many-country world - is it better to give than receive? Manchester School, 51(3), 266-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9957.1983.tb00753.x
  • de Meza, David (1982). Generalised oligopoly derived demand with an application to tax induced entry. Bulletin of Economic Research, 34(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1982.tb00432.x
  • de Meza, David, von Ungern-Sternberg, T. (1982). Monopoly, product diversity and welfare. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 12(3), 313-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-0462(82)90021-7
  • de Meza, David (1981). 'Perverse' short-run and long-run factor demand curves. Economica, 48(191), 299-303.
  • de Meza, David, von Ungern-Sternberg, T. (1980). Market structure and optimal stockholding: a note. Journal of Political Economy, 88(2), 395-399.
  • de Meza, David (1980). LDC policy towards multinationals: a case for payroll taxes and capital subsidies. Economics Letters, 5(4), 367-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(80)90134-2
  • de Meza, David (1979). Commercial policy towards multinational monopolies: reservations on Katrak. Oxford Economic Papers, 31(2), 334-337.
  • de Meza, David (1979). Exploitation in neoclassical general equilibrium. Economics Letters, 3(2), 103-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(79)90100-9
  • de Meza, David (1979). A theory of multinationals choice of technique and location decisions. Economics Letters, 2(1), 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(79)90207-6
  • de Meza, David (1978). Invention and the pursuit of antitrust. Australian Economic Papers, 17(30), 103-109. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8454.1978.tb00614.x
  • de Meza, David, von Ungern-Sternberg, T. (1978). Uncertainty, extraction costs and the order of resource depletion. Economics Letters, 1(3), 265-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(78)90036-8
  • de Meza, David (1977). Multinational corporations in LDCs: a comment. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 39(3), 237-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1977.mp39003007
    • Book
  • de Meza, David, Osborne, Michael (1982). Problems in price theory. University of Chicago Press.
    • Chapter
  • Estrin, Saul, de Meza, David (2003). Unnatural monopoly. In Mudami, S.R (Ed.), Privatization and Globalization: the Changing Role of the State in Business . Edward Elgar.
  • de Meza, David, Itaya, Jun-Ichi, Myles, Gareth D (2000). Who should pay for public goods? In Hammond, Peter, Myles, Gareth D (Eds.), Incentives, Organisation and Public Economics; Papers in Honour of Sir James Mirrlees . Oxford University Press.
  • de Meza, David, Itaya, Jun-ichi, Myles, Gareth D (2000). Who should provide public goods? In Incentives, Organisation and Public Economics: Papers in Honour of Sir James Mirrlees (pp. 123-150). Oxford University Press.
  • de Meza, David (1992). Insurance markets. In Newman, P., Milgate, M., Eatwell, J. (Eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Finance . Palgrave Macmillan.
  • de Meza, David (1992). Signalling and screening equilibria. In Newman, P., Milgate, M., Eatwell, J. (Eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance . Palgrave Macmillan.
  • de Meza, David, Estrin, Saul (1991). Delivering letters: should it be decriminalised? In Crew, M., Kleindorfter, P. (Eds.), Competition and Innovation in Postal Services . Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Estrin, Saul, de Meza, David (1991). Deregulation and competition in the British post office. In Kleindorfer, P, Crewe, M (Eds.), Competition and Innovation in Postal Services . Kluwer Academic Publishers.
    • Report
  • de Meza, David, Irlenbusch, Bernd, Reyniers, Diane (2008). Financial capability: a behavioural economics perspective. (Consumer research 69). The Financial Services Authority.
  • de Meza, David, Irlenbusch, Bernd, Reyniers, Diane J. (2007). Information versus persuasion: experimental evidence on salesmanship, mandatory disclosure and the purchase of income and loan payment protection insurance. The Financial Services Authority.
  • Estrin, Saul, de Meza, David (1988). Should the Post Office's statutory monopoly be lifted? London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • Online resource
  • de Meza, David (2017). Self-employment attracts the optimist.
  • de Meza, David, Reyniers, Diane J. (2017). Motivating consumers to make better financial decisions through behavioural economics.
  • de Meza, David (2015). Self-employment attracts people with an optimistic personality.
    • Working paper
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2006). Incentive design under loss aversion. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 571). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2003). Principal agent problems under loss aversion: an application to executive stock options. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 478). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2003). The near impossibility of credit rationing. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 459). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • de Meza, David, Webb, David C. (2001). Saving eliminates credit rationing. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 391). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Coco, Giuseppe, de Meza, David (2001). In defence of usury laws. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 369). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • de Meza, David, Lockwood, Ben (1998). The property-rights theory of the firm with endogenous timing of asset purchase. (TE 364). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.