Brian Roberson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4386019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Roberson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Roberson |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7422-5929 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Public Leaderboard Feedback in Sampling Competition
We investigate the role of performance feedback, in the form of a public leaderboard, in a sequential-sampling contest with costly observations. We show theoretically that for contests with a fixed ending date (i.e., finite horizon), providing public performance feedback may result in fewer expected observations and a lower expected value of the winning observation. We conduct a controlled laboratory experiment to test the theoretical predictions…
The attack and defense of weakest-link networks
Inefficient redistribution and inefficient redistributive politics
Is the 50-State Strategy Optimal
In 2005, the Democratic National Committee adopted the 50-state strategy in lieu of the strategy of focusing solely on battleground states. The rationale given for this move is that campaign expenditures are durable outlays that impact both current and future campaigns. This article investigates the optimality of the 50-state strategy in a simple dynamic game of campaign resource allocation in which expenditures act as a form of investment. Neith…
Electoral Poaching and Party Identification
This article studies electoral competition in a model of redistributive politics with deterministic voting and heterogeneous voter loyalties to political parties. We construct a natural measure of `party strength' based on the sizes and intensities of a party's loyal voter segments and demonstrate how party behavior varies with the two parties' strengths. In equilibrium, parties target or `poach' a strict subset of the opposition party's loyal vo…
The Shaping of the Current Islamic Reformation
It is an uncertain business understanding the impact of political Islam and salafism in today’s Middle East. It is particularly difficult to plug into the region and fully understand the dialogue or the discourse that is found there. This discourse will be peppered with referents, concepts, ‘code’ words that appear esoteric, backward, archaic and irrelevant to the issues and problems besetting the peoples in the region. This has contributed to th…
The Shaping of the Current Islamic Reformation
The challenges to Lebanon in the future middle east
(1998). The challenges to Lebanon in the future middle east: An introduction. Mediterranean Politics: Vol. 3, The Challanges to Lebanon in the Future Middle East, pp. 1-9
Muslim fundamentalism in Israel
Journal Article Muslim fundamentalism in Israel Get access Muslim fundamentalism in Israel. By Raphael Israeli. London: Brassey's. 1993. 203pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 0 08 041793 0. B. A. Roberson B. A. Roberson 1University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 1, January 1994, Pages 177–178, https://doi.org/10.2307/2620800 Published: 01 January 1994
South Asian Insecurity and the Great Powers
Electoral Poaching and Party Identification
This article studies electoral competition in a model of redistributive politics with deterministic voting and heterogeneous voter loyalties to political parties. We construct a natural measure of `party strength' based on the sizes and intensities of a party's loyal voter segments and demonstrate how party behavior varies with the two parties' strengths. In equilibrium, parties target or `poach' a strict subset of the opposition party's loyal vo…
Muslim fundamentalism in Israel
Journal Article Muslim fundamentalism in Israel Get access Muslim fundamentalism in Israel. By Raphael Israeli. London: Brassey's. 1993. 203pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 0 08 041793 0. B. A. Roberson B. A. Roberson 1University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 1, January 1994, Pages 177–178, https://doi.org/10.2307/2620800 Published: 01 January 1994
Is the 50-State Strategy Optimal
In 2005, the Democratic National Committee adopted the 50-state strategy in lieu of the strategy of focusing solely on battleground states. The rationale given for this move is that campaign expenditures are durable outlays that impact both current and future campaigns. This article investigates the optimality of the 50-state strategy in a simple dynamic game of campaign resource allocation in which expenditures act as a form of investment. Neith…
The attack and defense of weakest-link networks
Inefficient redistribution and inefficient redistributive politics
The Shaping of the Current Islamic Reformation
South Asian Insecurity and the Great Powers
Muslim fundamentalism in Israel
Journal Article Muslim fundamentalism in Israel Get access Muslim fundamentalism in Israel. By Raphael Israeli. London: Brassey's. 1993. 203pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 0 08 041793 0. B. A. Roberson B. A. Roberson 1University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 1, January 1994, Pages 177–178, https://doi.org/10.2307/2620800 Published: 01 January 1994
The challenges to Lebanon in the future middle east
(1998). The challenges to Lebanon in the future middle east: An introduction. Mediterranean Politics: Vol. 3, The Challanges to Lebanon in the Future Middle East, pp. 1-9
The Shaping of the Current Islamic Reformation
The Shaping of the Current Islamic Reformation
It is an uncertain business understanding the impact of political Islam and salafism in today’s Middle East. It is particularly difficult to plug into the region and fully understand the dialogue or the discourse that is found there. This discourse will be peppered with referents, concepts, ‘code’ words that appear esoteric, backward, archaic and irrelevant to the issues and problems besetting the peoples in the region. This has contributed to th…
Electoral Poaching and Party Identification
This article studies electoral competition in a model of redistributive politics with deterministic voting and heterogeneous voter loyalties to political parties. We construct a natural measure of `party strength' based on the sizes and intensities of a party's loyal voter segments and demonstrate how party behavior varies with the two parties' strengths. In equilibrium, parties target or `poach' a strict subset of the opposition party's loyal vo…
Inefficient redistribution and inefficient redistributive politics
Is the 50-State Strategy Optimal
In 2005, the Democratic National Committee adopted the 50-state strategy in lieu of the strategy of focusing solely on battleground states. The rationale given for this move is that campaign expenditures are durable outlays that impact both current and future campaigns. This article investigates the optimality of the 50-state strategy in a simple dynamic game of campaign resource allocation in which expenditures act as a form of investment. Neith…
The attack and defense of weakest-link networks
Public Leaderboard Feedback in Sampling Competition
We investigate the role of performance feedback, in the form of a public leaderboard, in a sequential-sampling contest with costly observations. We show theoretically that for contests with a fixed ending date (i.e., finite horizon), providing public performance feedback may result in fewer expected observations and a lower expected value of the winning observation. We conduct a controlled laboratory experiment to test the theoretical predictions…
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