Research
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
Haruvy, Ernan, Peter Popkowski Leszczyc, Greg Allenby, Russell Belk, Catherine Eckel, Robert Fisher, Sherry Xin Li, John A. List, Yu Ma, and Yu Wang. "Fundraising design: key issues, unifying framework, and open puzzles." Marketing Letters: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-020-09534-8. June 2020.
Eckel, Catherine, Begum Guney and Neslihan Uler. “Collaborative versus Independent Fundraising.” European Economic Review 127. August 2020.
Eckel, Catherine, Benjamin A. Priday and Rick K. Wilson. “Charity Begins at Home: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment on Charitable Giving.” Games 9(4), 95, December 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/g9040095
Aksoy, Billur, Catherine Eckel and Rick Wilson, “Can I Rely on You.” Games 9(4), 81, December 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/g9040081
Candelo, Natalia, Catherine Eckel and Cathleen Johnson, “Social Distance Matters in Dictator Games: Evidence from 11 Mexican Villages.” Games9(4), 77, December 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/g9040077
Candelo, Natalia, Rachel T. A. Croson and Catherine Eckel, “Transmission of Information within Transnational Social Networks: A Field Experiment.” Experimental Economics. December 2018, Volume 21(4): 905–923. December 2018.
Candelo, Natalia, and Catherine Eckel, “The 2D:4D Ratio Does Not Always Correlate with Economic Behavior: A Field Experiment with African-Americans.” Economics and Human Biology30: 172-181. September 2018.
Aksoy, Billur, Haley Harwell, Ada Kovaliukaite, and Catherine Eckel. “Measuring Trust: A Reinvestigation.” Southern Economic Journal84(4): 992–1000. April 2018.
Charness, Gary, Catherine Eckel, Uri Gneezy, and Agne Kajackaite. “Complexity in Risk Elicitation May Affect Conclusions: A Demonstration Using Gender Differences.”Journal of Risk and Uncertainty56(1): 1–17. February 2018.
Li, Sherry Xin, Angela de Oliveira and Catherine Eckel. “Common Identity and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: An Experimental Investigation.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization142: 32-46. October 2017.
Eckel, Catherine C. and Sascha C. Füllbrunn, “Hidden vs. Known Gender Effects in Experimental Asset Markets.” Economics Letters15: 7-9. July 2017.
Eckel, Catherine C., David Herberich, and Jonathan Meer. A field experiment on directed giving at a public university. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics66: 66-71. February 2017.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip Grossman, "Comparing Rebate and Matching Subsidies Controlling for Donors' Awareness: Evidence from the Field." Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics66: 88-95. February 2017.
de Oliveira, Angela, Tammy Leonard, Kerem Shuval, Celette Sugg Skinner, Catherine Eckel, James C Murdoch. “Economic Preferences and Obesity in a Low-Income African American Community.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization131: 196-208. 2016.
Eckel, Catherine C., Enrique Fatas, Sara Godoy, and Rick K. Wilson. "Group-Level Selection Increases Cooperation in the Public Goods Game." PLoS ONE11, no. 8 (2016): e0157840.
Grossman, Philip and Catherine Eckel. “Loving the Long Shot: Risk Taking with Skewed Lotteries.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty51(3): 195-217 (lead article). December 2015.
Eckel, Catherine C., Haley Harwell and Jose Gabriel Castillo. “Four Classic Public Goods Experiments: A Replication Study.” Research in Experimental Economics18:13-40. 2015.
Banuri, Sheheryar, and Catherine Eckel. “Cracking Down on Bribery.” Social Choice and Welfare45(3): 579-600. October 2015.
Kass, Malcolm, Daniel Arce, Catherine Eckel, and Enrique Fatas. “The UN in the Lab.” Social Choice and Welfare45(3): 625-651. October 2015.
de Oliveira, Angela, Rachel Croson and Catherine Eckel. “One Bad Apple? Heterogeneity and Information in Public Good Provision.” Experimental Economics.18 (1): 116-135. March 2015.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Sascha Füllbrunn. “Thar ‘She’ Blows? Gender, Competition and Bubbles in Experimental Asset Markets.” American Economic Review105(2): 906-20. February 2015.
Eckel, Catherine C. and William T. Smith. “The Discriminating Beta: Price and Capacity with Correlated Demands.” Southern Economic Journal81(1): 56-67. July 2014.
Donahue, Amy, Catherine Eckel and Rick Wilson. “Ready or Not: How citizens and public officials perceive risk and preparedness.” American Review of Public Administration44(4): 89S-111S. July 2014.
de Oliveira, Angela, Catherine Eckel and Rachel Croson. “Solidarity Among the Poor.” Economics Letters123 (2): 144-148. May 2014.
Arya, Shweta, Catherine Eckel and Colin Wichman. “Anatomy of the Credit Score: The Impact of Impulsivity, Risk, Time Preference and Trustworthiness.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization95: 175-185. November 2013.
Eckel, Catherine C., Cathleen Johnson and Claude Montmarquette. “Human Capital Investment by the Poor: Calibrating Policy with Laboratory Experiments.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization95: 224-239. November 2013.
Leonard, Tammy, Kerem Shuval, Angela de Oliveira, Celette Sugg Skinner, Catherine Eckel, James C. Murdoch. “Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community.” American Journal of Health Promotion. 27(4): 211-21. March 2013.
Eckel, Catherine C., Philip J. Grossman, Cathleen A. Johnson, Angela C. M. de Oliveira, Christian Rojas, and Rick Wilson. “School Environment and Risk Preferences: Experimental Evidence.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 45 (3): 265-292. December 2012.
de Oliveira, Angela, Rachel T. A. Croson and Catherine Eckel. “The Stability of Preferences in a Low-Income Neighborhood.” Southern Economic Journal. 79(1): 15-45. July 2012.
Banuri, Sheheryar and Catherine C. Eckel. “Experiments in Culture and Corruption: A Review.” In D. Serra and L. Wantchekon (eds.) New Advances in Experimental Research on Corruption.Research in Experimental Economics15:51-76, 2012.
Arce, Daniel, Sneha Bakshi, Rachel T. A. Croson, Catherine Eckel, Enrique Fatas, Malcolm Kass. “Counterterrorism Strategies in the Lab.” Public Choice149(3-4):465–478. December 2011.
Eckel, Catherine, Philip J. Grossman, Cathleen A. Johnson, Angela C.M. de Oliveira, Christian Rojas, Rick Wilson. “Social norms of sharing in high school: Teen giving in the dictator game.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization80(3): 603-612. December 2011.
Li, Sherry (Xin), Catherine Eckel, Philip Grossman and Tara Larson Brown. “Giving to Government: Voluntary Taxation in the Lab.” Journal of Public Economics95(9-10): 1190-1201.October 2011.
Eckel, Catherine C. and Ragan Petrie. “Face Value.” American Economic Review101(4): 1497-1513. June 2011.
de Oliveira, Angela, Rachel Croson and Catherine Eckel. “The Giving Type: Identifying Donors.” Journal of Public Economics95(5-6): 428-435. June 2011.
Arce, Daniel, Rachel Croson and Catherine Eckel. “Terrorism Experiments.” Journal of Peace Research48: 373-382. May 2011.
Ball, Sheryl B., Catherine C. Eckel, Maria Heracleous. “Risk Preferences and Physical Prowess: Is the Weaker Sex More Risk Averse, or Do We Just Think So?" Journal of Risk and Uncertainty41(3): 167-193. December 2010.
Dave, Chetan, Catherine Eckel, Cathleen Johnson and Christian Rojas, “Eliciting Risk Preferences: When is Simple Better?” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty41(3): 219-243.December 2010.
Eckel, Catherine C., Enrique Fatas and Rick K. Wilson. “Cooperation and Status in Organizations.” Journal of Public Economic Theory12(4): 737-762. August 2010.
Ashley, Richard, Sheryl B. Ball, and Catherine C. Eckel, “Motives for Giving: A Reanalysis of Two Classic Public Goods Experiments.” Southern Economic Journal77(1): 15-26. July 2010.
Eckel, Catherine C. and Herb Gintis, “Blaming the Messenger: Notes on the Current State of Experimental Economics.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 73 (1): 109-119, January 2010.
Eckel, Catherine C., Mahmoud El-Gamal and Rick K. Wilson, “Risk Loving after The Storm: A Bayesian-Network Study of Hurricane-Katrina Evacuees.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization69(2): 110-124. February 2009.
Eckel, Catherine C., Angela C. M. de Oliveira and Philip J. Grossman. “Gender and Negotiation in the Small: Are Women (Perceived To Be) More Cooperative than Men?” Negotiation Journal24(4): 429-445. October 2008.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip J. Grossman, “Forecasting Risk Attitudes: An Experimental Study Using Actual and Forecast Gamble Choices.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,68 (1): 1-17, October 2008.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Phillip J. Grossman, “Subsidizing Charitable Contributions: A Natural Field Experiment Comparing Matching and Rebate Subsidies.” Experimental Economics11(3): 234-252. September 2008.
Eckel, Catherine C., Philip J. Grossman and Angela Milano, “Is More Information Always Better? An Experimental Study of Charitable Giving and Hurricane Katrina.” Southern Economic Journal 74(2):388-411. October 2007.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Rick K. Wilson. “Social Learning in Coordination Games: Does Status Matter?” Experimental Economics, 10(3): 317-330. September 2007.
Eckel, Catherine C., “People Playing Games: The Human Face of Game Theory.” (Presidential Address). Southern Economic Journal73(4): 841-857. April 2007. Slides.
Eckel, Catherine C., C. Johnson, C. Montmarquette, and C. Rojas. “Debt Aversion and the Demand for Loans for Post-Secondary Education.” Public Finance Review 35(2): 233-262. March 2007.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip J. Grossman, “Do Donors Care About Subsidy Type: An Experimental Study.” In R. Mark Isaac and Douglas D. Davis, eds., Experiments Investigating Fundraising and Charitable Contributors. Research in Experimental Economics, Volume 11, pp. 157-176. Elsevier 2006
Wilson, Rick K., and Catherine C. Eckel, "Judging a Book by its Cover: Beauty and Expectations in a Trust Game." Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 59, No. 2 (June 2006): pp. 189-202
Ball, Sheryl B., Catherine C. Eckel and Christian Rojas. “Technology Improves Learning in Large Principles of Economics Classes: Using Our WITS.” American Economic Review 96(2): 442-446. Papers and Proceedings, May 2006.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip J. Grossman, “Subsidizing Charitable Giving with Rebates or Matching: Further Laboratory Evidence.” Southern Economic Journal 72(4): 794-807, April 2006.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Rick K. Wilson, “Internet Cautions.” Experimental Economics9(1): 53-66, April 2006
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip J. Grossman, “Managing Diversity by Creating Team Identity.”Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization58 (3): 371-392, November 2005.
Eckel, Catherine C., Philip J. Grossman, and M. Johnston. “An Experimental Test of the Crowding Out Hypothesis.” Journal of Public Economics89(8): 1543-1560. August 2005.
Eckel, Catherine C., M. McInnes, S. Solnick, et al. “Bobbing for Widgets: Compensating Wage Differentials.” Journal of Economic Education. 36(2):129-138. Spring 2005.
Eckel, Catherine C., Cathleen A. Johnson and Claude Montmarquette. “Saving decisions of the working poor: short- and long-term horizons.” Field Experiments in Economics:Research in Experimental Economics, Volume 10, edited by Jeff Carpenter, Glenn W. Harrison, and John A. List, (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press) 2005, pp. 219-260.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Rick K. Wilson, “Is Trust a Risky Decision?” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization55(4): 447-465, December 2004.
Ball, Sheryl B., and Catherine C. Eckel, “Using Technology to Facilitate Active Learning in Economics Through Experiments.” Social Science Computer Review 22(4): 469-478. Winter 2004.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip Grossman, “Giving to Secular Causes by the Religious and Nonreligious: An Experimental Test of the Responsiveness of Giving to Subsidies." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 33(2):271-289. June 2004.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip Grossman, "Rebates Versus Matching: Does How We Subsidize Charitable Contributions Matter?" Journal of Public Economics, 87(3-4): 681-701. 2003.
Scharleman, Jorn, Catherine C. Eckel, Alex Kacelnik and Rick Wilson. “The Value of a Smile: Game Theory with a Human Face.” Journal of Economic Psychology22: 617-640. 2001. Reprinted in Trust, edited by E.L. Khalil. A volume in the seriesCritical Studies in Economic Institutions." series editor: Geoffrey M. Hodgson. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar 2003.
Eckel, Catherine C., Martin Johnson and Rick K. Wilson, “Fairness and Rejections in the Ultimatum Bargaining Game.” Political Analysis10(4): 376-393. 2002.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip Grossman, “Sex Differences and Statistical Stereotyping in Attitudes Toward Financial Risk.” Evolution and Human Behavior23(4): 281-295.2002
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip Grossman, "Chivalry and Solidarity in Ultimatum Games." Economic Inquiry 39(2): 171-188, April 2001
Ball, Sheryl, Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman and W. Zame. "Status in Markets." Quarterly Journal of Economics116(1): pp. 161-181. February 2001.
Scharleman, Jorn, Catherine C. Eckel, Alex Kacelnik and Rick Wilson. “The Value of a Smile: Game Theory with a Human Face.” Journal of Economic Psychology22: 617-640. 2001.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip J. Grossman, “Volunteers and Pseudo-Volunteers: The Effect of Recruitment Method on Subjects’ Behavior in Experiments.” Experimental Economics3(2): 107-120. December 2000.
Eckel, Catherine C., “Commentary on 'The Effects of Financial Incentives in Experiments: A Review and Capital-Labor Production Framework.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 19(1-3): 47-48. December 1999.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip J. Grossman, “Are Women Less Selfish Than Men?: Evidence from Dictator Games.” The Economic Journal 108(448): 726-735. May, 1998.
Ball, Sheryl B., and Catherine C. Eckel, “The Economic Value of Status.” Journal of Socio-Economics, 27(4): 495-514, 1998.
Eckel, Catherine C., Douglas W. Eckel and Vijay Singal, "Privatization and Efficiency: Industry Effects of the Sale of British Airways." Journal of Financial Economics, 43(2): 275-98, 1997
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip Grossman, “Altruism in Anonymous Dictator Games.” Games and Economic Behavior16:181-191, 1996.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip Grossman, “The Relative Price of Fairness: Gender Differences in a Punishment Game,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization30(2):143-158. 1996.
Sheryl Ball and Catherine C. Eckel, “Buying Status: Experimental Evidence on Status in Negotiation.” Psychology and Marketing, 13(4):381-405. 1996.
Eckel, Catherine C., and William T. Smith II, "Price Discrimination with Correlated Demands." Southern Economic Journal59(1):58-65, July, 1992.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Charles A. Holt, "Strategic Voting in Agenda-Controlled Committee Experiments." American Economic Review79(4):763-773, September 1989.
Eckel, Catherine C., "Customer Class Price Discrimination by Electric Utilities." Journal of Economics and Business, 39:19-33, February, 1987.
Boardman, Anthony, Ruth Freedman, and Catherine C. Eckel, "The Price of Government Ownership: A Study of the Domtar Takeover." Journal of Public Economics, 31(3):269-286, December 1986. Reprinted in Privatisation and Corporate Performance, edited by David Parker, in the series, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, series editor, Mark Blaug. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd.
Eckel, Catherine C., and Theo Vermaelen, "Internal Regulation: The Effects of Government Ownership on the Value of the Firm." Journal of Law and Economics 29(2): 381-404, October 1986.
Eckel, Catherine C., "A General Model of Customer Class Pricing." Economics Letters 17 (1985):285-289.
Eckel, Catherine C., and A. Vining, "Elements of a Theory of Mixed Enterprise." Scottish Journal of Political Economy 32(1):82-94, 1985.
Eckel, Catherine C., and M. Goldberg, "Regulation and Deregulation of the Brewing Industry: The British Columbia Example." Canadian Public Policy10(3):316-327, 1984
Boardman, Anthony, Catherine C. Eckel, Marianne Linde, and Aidan Vining, "An Overview of Mixed Enterprises in Canada." Business Quarterly48(2):101-106. Summer 1983. Reprinted in Government and Enterprise in Canada, edited by K. J. Rea and Nelson Wiseman, Methuen, 1985.