research

Journal Publications

Breaking the norm: An empirical investigation into the unraveling of good behavior (with Ruth Vargas Hill and Eduardo Maruyama), Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming, 2012 (Paper, Instructions, Citation). A previous version of this paper appeared as IFPRI Discussion Paper 948.
A field experiment on the impact of weather shocks and insurance on risky investment (with Ruth Vargas Hill), Experimental Economics, forthcoming, 2012 (Paper, Instructions, Citation). A previous version of this paper appeared as IFPRI Discussion Paper 974.

Other publications

Treating the field as a lab: A basic guide on conducting economic field experiments for policymaking, March 2012 (First Draft). Disclaimer: This version is under early release and has yet to be edited. Please check back for the final version which is to be published by IFPRI. For the time being, cite as "Viceisza, A. C. G. 2012. Treating the field as a lab: A basic guide on conducting economic field experiments for policymaking. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute."

Working papers (RePEc Page, SSRN Page)

To remit, or not to remit: that is the question. A remittance field experiment (with Máximo Torero), December 2011 (Paper).
Comprehension and risk elicitation in the field: Evidence from rural Senegal (with Gary Charness, UCSB), October 2011 (Paper incl. Instructions).
Potential collusion and trust: Evidence from a field experiment in Vietnam (with Máximo Torero), August 2011 (Paper, Instructions). A version of this paper appeared as IFPRI Discussion Paper 1100.
The effect of irrelevant information on adverse selection in a signaling game, March 2011 (Paper, Instructions, Quizzes). This is a substantially revised version of a paper that formerly circulated under the title: An experimental inquiry into the effect of yardstick competition on corruption, IFPRI Discussion Paper 774.
Lost in the mail: A field experiment on crime (with Marco Castillo, Ragan A. Petrie and Máximo Torero), George Mason University and IFPRI, January 2011 (Paper).

In progress

Rationalizability of choice correspondences by game trees (with Yongsheng Xu, GSU)
Working together for market access: Strengthening rural producer organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa (with researchers from IFPRI, Hohenheim and IZA)

Non-peer reviewed publications

Behavioral Field Experiments for the Study of HPAI Prevention and Control, Africa/Indonesia Region Report No. 12, October 2008 (Paper)
Georgia’s Aging Population: What to expect and how to cope? (with Glenn Landers, Clare Richie, Sally Wallace and David Sjoquist), FRC Report/Brief No. 116, October 2005 (Paper)
The Culture of Fear, article published as part of book compiled and edited by prof. dr. ing. Valdemar Marcha and prof. dr. Paul Verweel, University of the Netherlands Antilles and University of Utrecht, January 2003 (Paper [in Dutch])
“ATM: On the road to success” Library and Press of the University of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao, May 2000

Presentations, speeches and opinions

Annual IFPRI Toastmasters (Chatmasters International) Address, Washington, DC, April 23, 2009 (Presentation)
Mini-lecture on Experimental Economics Methods at the University of Hohenheim under auspices of prof. dr. Manfred Zeller, Hohenheim, November 2008 (Syllabus)
IFPRI Activities on Compensation, presented at the Western Hemisphere on Poultry Compensation--A Critical Component for Avian Influenza Control organized by the FAO, OIE, USDA and US DOD, Gamboa, Panamá, July 2008 (Presentation)
Three Anecdotes and A Couple of Quotes, speech held at the eleventh annual Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Honors Dinner, GSU, April 2007 (Speech)
Kòrsou, n’unda bo tesoro ta?, article discussing the self-fulfilling prophecies of Curaçao macroeconomics, local associated press, Curaçao, June 2003 (Article [in Papiamento])