Welcome
Welcome to my personal site. I am a Professor of Economics at Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University and director of the Institute for Applied Economics and Social Value.
My main research and teaching interests broadly fall in the areas of game theory, public economics and behavioural economics. Within that, my primary expertise is in the study of coordination and cooperation within groups. For example, my research has provide insight on topics such as social norms, prejudice, leadership, public goods and networks. A current project is looking to map and understand rural farming networks in Vietnam.
I am also actively involved with a number of projects on cyber-security, applying insights from game theory and behavioural economics. One strand of work looks at ransomware. Another looks at the human aspects of cyber-security in small businesses and charities.
Since moving to De Montfort University I have become involved in a number of projects around the local economy. This includes being academic lead on a KTP with the East Midlands Chambers of Commerce to set up a business intelligence unit. I also led a project with Rob Watson from Decentered Media, on the 2021 Census, that led to the Leicester Stories website.
On this site you can find out more about my research. You can also read more about my textbooks on behavioral economics and microeconomics. If you want a copy of a paper that is not available here then just send me an email or make a request on Research Gate.
Latest updates
New paper: Game Theoretic Modelling of a Ransom and Extortion Attack on Ethereum Validators.
The Conversation Insights Series: International ransomware gangs are evolving their techniques. The next generation of hackers will target weaknesses in cryptocurrencies.
Public Lecture: Using data to inform progress towards sustainability goals.
New project: My Family, My Money, My Future.
New paper: The Economics of ransomware attacks on integrated supply chain networks. Digital Threats: Research and Practice.
New paper: Extortion of a staking pool in proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
Check out the Leicester Stories Smart City page for our Alan Turing funded project.
New Public Engagement Fund project 2022 with The Alan Turing Institute on 'A smart city that works for all'.
New piece in Central Bylines No excuses Boris. Most people obeyed lockdown rules.
Quoted in this article on Bitcoin ledger as a secret weapon in war against ransomware.
Piece in Conversation on Jack Grealish, Harry Kane and why release clauses should become standard in English football.
New grant from AHRC-ESRC for project on Community radio and lost voices: Inspiring engagement in economic and social policy.
Piece in PMP Magazine: School attendance during the lockdown: What have we learnt?
New publication: Cartwright, E., L. Xue and C. Brown (2021) Are people willing to tell Pareto white lies? A reveiw and new experimental evidence, Games.
Piece in the Conversation on Why are more children in school now than during the first lockdown.
Academic supervisor on an exciting new KTP with the East Midlands Chambers of Commerce.
Piece in the Conversation with Jonathan Rose on Paying people to self isolate saves lives and money.
Radio interview on why we need incentives for people to self-isolate.
What does the coronavirus crisis mean for employment, Huff Post interview.
Quoted in the Independent on Should you fear tax rises as the Covid bill soars.
Article in the MJ with Arianna Giovannini, Jonathan Rose and Jonathan Davies on Why devolution resonates with the public.
Piece in the Conversation Leicester economist: our city was vulnerable to a coronavirus outbreak
Piece in the Conversation with Jonathan Rose Fewer people following lockdown guidance since Dominic Cummings story broke, finds national survey
Comment for Decrypt on the impact coronavirus could have on the economy.
New publication: Cartwright, E. and M. Wooders (2020) 'Own experience bias in Evaluating the effort of others', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation.
New publication: Hernandez-Castro, J., E. Cartwright and A. Cartwright (2020) 'An economic analysis of ransomware and its welfare consequences', Royal Society Open Science.
New working paper: Cartwright, A., E. Cartwright and L. Xue (2020) 'Estimating the value of computer files using willingness to pay and willingness to accept'.
New Conference Chapter: Cartwright, A., (2019) 'Investing in prevention or paying for recovery' Lecture Notes in Computer Science 11836.
New paper: Cartwright, E., J. Hernandez-Castro and A. Cartwright (2019) 'To pay or not: game theoretic models of ransomware', Journal of Cybersecurity.
Emsisoft blogpost: Is ransomware driving up the price of ransomware.
New publication: Cartwright, A. and E. Cartwright (2019) 'Ransomware and reputation', Games
New publication: Cartwright, E., L. Xue and A. Stepanova (2019) 'Impulse balance and framing effects in threshold public good games'. Journal of Public Economic Theory.
New publication: Cartwright, E. (2019) 'Guilt aversion and reciprocity in the performance-enhancing drug game'. Journal of Sports Economics.
New publication: Cartwright, E. (2019) 'A survey of belief based guilt aversion in trust and dictator games'. Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
News: Third edition of Behavioral Economics textbook available now.
News: Co-editing a special issue of Games on public good games. Submission deadline was 25th May 2018.
New publication: Cartwright, E. and T. Singh (2018) 'Observation and contagion effects in cooperation: An experimental investigation'. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.
New working paper: Cartwright, E. and M. Wooders (2018) 'Own experience bias, prejudice and discrimination', SSRN 3095234.
New working paper: Cartwright, E. and Z. Mirza (2018) 'Charitable giving when givers are constrained to give a minimum amount', SSRN 3108527.
New working paper: Cartwright, E. and M. Leadbetter (2018) 'Coordinating on who dopes: An all pay auction approach to modelling doping in sport', SSRN 3102530.
Presentation slides: 'Impulse balance and framing effects in threshold public good games' presented at NYU-AD workshop on Public Economic Theory December 2017.
Blog post: Honesty around the world.
Blog post: Culture and dishonesty in banking.
New paper: Cartwright, E. and A. Stepanova (2017) 'Efficiency in a forced contribution threshold public good game', International Journal of Game Theory, First Online.
Presentation slides: 'First follower effect in public good games' presented at PET17 conference in Paris.
News: Second edition of Microeconomics and Behavior out now.
New working paper: Hernandez-Castro, J., E. Cartwright and A. Stepanova (2017) 'The economics of ransomware'.
Blog post: Risk aversion or loss aversion.
New paper: Cartwright, E. (2016) 'A comment on framing effects in linear public good games', Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2: 73-84.
New paper: Alberti, F. and E. Cartwright (2016) 'Full agreement and the provision of threshold public goods', Public Choice, 166: 205-233.
