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: Forbes, WNYT, Inside Higher Ed

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. "Does Domain Preference Explain Gender Gaps in Self-Evaluation?" with Ian Chadd and Boon Han Koh.  (Revise and Resubmit at European Economic Review)

2. "The (Unexpected) Gender Minority Gap in Confidence" with Christine Exley and Judd Kessler (under review)

Media Coverage: VoxEU Column 

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

4. "Patient Identity and Support for Medical Care: Evidence from List Experiments on Puberty Blockers" with Kitt Carpenter, Danya Lagos, Dario Sansone. 

Retired Working Papers:

"Revisiting Gender Differences in Economic Behavior Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic" with Ian Chadd, Elif Bike  Osun, Erkut Ozbay