Research

1. Aksoy, Billur, Lester Lusher, and Scott Carrell "From Distraction to Dedication: Commitment and Incentives Against Phone Use in the Classroom" Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 236 (2025): 107082. NBER (April 2025)

Media Coverage: WNYT

2. Aksoy, Billur, Angela De Oliveira, and Catherine Eckel. “Workers’ Response to Monetary Incentives in For-Profit and Non-Profit Jobs" Economic Inquiry (2025). 

3. Aksoy, Billur and Ian Chadd “Competitiveness at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation”  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 233 (2025): 106987.

4. Aksoy, Billur, Kitt Carpenter, and Dario Sansone. "Understanding Labor Market Discrimination Against Transgender People in the US: Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey" Management Science. 71.1 (2025): 659-677. NBER (Sep 2022), IZA (Sep 2022) 

Media Coverage: Faculti

5. Aksoy, Billur, Ian Chadd, and Boon Han Koh. “Sexual Identity, Gender, and Anticipated Discrimination in Prosocial Behavior” European Economic Review. 154 (2023): 104427. 

Media Coverage: NPR's 51 Percent Podcast.

6. Aksoy, Billur, Kitt Carpenter, and Dario Sansone. “Knowledge About Federal Employment Nondiscrimination Protections on the Basis of Sexual Orientation” AEA Papers and Proceedings 113 (2023): 541–545.

7. Aksoy Billur and  Silvana Krasteva. "When Does Less Information Translate into More Giving to Public Goods?" Experimental Economics 23 (2020): 1148-1177.

8. Aksoy Billur and Marco Palma. "The Effects of Scarcity on In-Group Favoritism and Cheating.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 165 (2019): 100-117. 

Media Coverage: The Eagle San Antonio Express News, Houston Chronicle, ScienceDaily

9. Aksoy, Billur, Haley Harwell, Ada Kovaliukaite, and Catherine Eckel. “Measuring Trust: A Reinvestigation.” Southern Economic Journal 84.4 (2018): 992-1000.

10. Aksoy, Billur, Catherine Eckel and Rick Wilson. "Can I Rely on You?” Games 9.4 (2018): 81.

“Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" with Ian Chadd, Brit Grosskopf, and Boon Han Koh. Accepted to Handbook of Experimental Gender Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. Editors: Maria Cubel and Christiane Schwieren.

1. "Revisiting Gender Differences in Economic Behavior Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic" with Ian Chadd, Elif Bike Osun, Erkut Ozbay (Under Review)

2. "The Gender Minority Gaps in Confidence and Self-Evaluations" with Christine Exley and Judd Kessler 

Media Coverage: VoxEU Column (Under Review)

3. "Unlocking Insights into Prolific: Research Implications, Participant Behavior and Motivations" with Saggi Nevo (Under Review)