Publications

Last update: September 2026

Papers in refeered journal

1. Celse, J., Barabino, B., Carra, M. and Ventura, R. (forthcoming). Fare evasion strategies, perceived safety, and travel choices in public transport: evidence from a vignette experiment, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 214 (December).
   
   

2. Celse, J. and Chang, K. (2026). Better for self or better than others, the secret of relative position in behavior, Review of Behavioral Economics (June), pp. 1-24 [ABS 2].
   
   

3. Celse, J. and Grolleau, G. (2025). The influence of street name gender on perceptions of location quality and rental decisions, Review of Behavioral Economics, Vol. 12(3), pp. 291-310 [ABS 2] [IF 2024: 0.5].
   
   

4. Balafoutas, L., Celse, J., Karakostas, A. and Umashev, N. (2025). Incentives and the Replication Crisis in Social Sciences: A Critical Review of Open Science Practices, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics [CNRS 3; HCERES C; ABS 2; FNEGE 3] [IF 2023: 1.6].
   
   

5. Celse, J. (2025). Athletes vs. Musicians: Perceptions and Preferences in Workplace Social Programs, Managerial & Decision Economics, Vol. 46, pp. 1029-1039 [CNRS 3; HCERES B; ABS 2].
   
   

6. Celse, J. and Chang, K. (2023). Athletic participation brings more job opportunities, true or false?, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 35(7), pp. 1225-1249 [ABS 3; CNRS 3; FNEGE 2].
   
   

7. Celse, J., Davies, G. and Grolleau, G. (2023). Too Much of A Good Thing? Drawbacks of Stressing Measurement of Impact Investing, Journal of Alternative Investments, Vol. 26(2), pp. 9-27 [ABS 2; FNEGE 4].
   
   

8. Celse, J., Karakostas, A. and Zizzo, D.J. (2023). Relative Risk Taking and Social Curiosity, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 210, pp. 243-264 [ABS 3; CNRS 2].
   
   

9. Celse, J. and Grolleau, G. (2023). Fare evasion and information provision: what information should be provided to reduce fare-evasion, Transport Policy, Vol. 138, pp. 119-128 [ABS 2; CNRS 3].
   
   

10. Celse, J. and Dargnies, M.P. (2022). An experimental investigation of the impact of exogenous matching methods on contribution to public goods: do people cooperate more with same-spirit partners or same performing partners?, Revue d'Économie Politique, Vol. 132(6), pp. 1013-1035 [CNRS 2].
    
    

11. Celse, J. and Kensen, M. (2022). Can positional concerns be a threat to disaster management? Assessing the prevalence of positional concerns among socially vulnerable populations in Trinidad & Tobago, Environmental Hazards, Vol. 22(2), pp. 152-176.
    
    

12. Celse, J., Gross, J., Max, S., Steinel, W., Shalvi, S. and Valtcheva, K. (2022). (Dis)honesty in the face of uncertain gains or losses, Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 90.
    
    

13. Celse, J., Frey, B., Grolleau, G. and Mzoughi, N. (2022). The unexpected power of negative awards, Kyklos, Vol. 75(3), pp. 385-393.
    
    

14. Celse, J., Grolleau, G. and Max, S. (2022). « Le » Covid-19 est-il plus grave que « la » Covid-19 ? Impact du genre grammatical attribué à la maladie sur sa perception et sur les mesures de protection prises pour s’en prémunir, Revue d'Économie Politique, Vol. 132(4), pp. 679-695.
    
    

15. Celse, J. (2021). Disadvantageous inequalities, effort and money burning: are people willing to pay to reduce others' income when inequalities are based on individual performance or based on arbitrary decisions?, Economics Bulletin.
    
    

16. Celse, J. and Grolleau, G. (2021). Keeping up with the Joneses: Examining relative concerns in health-related domains, Journal de Gestion et d'Économie de la Santé.
    
    

17. Celse, J., Chang, K. and Max, S. (2021). Employees' lying behavior and the role of self-awareness, International Journal of Organizational Analysis. DOI: 10.1108/IJOA-12-2020-2513.
    
    

18. Celse, J., Ayal, S. and Hochman, G. (2021). Crafting messages to fight dishonesty: a field investigation of the effects of social norms and watching eye cues on fare evasion, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 166, pp. 9-19.
    
    

19. Celse, J., Max, S., Steinel, W., Soraperra, I. and Shalvi, S. (2019). Uncertain Lies: How payoff uncertainty affects dishonesty, Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 71, pp. 117-125.
    
    

20. Celse, J. and Chang, K. (2019). Politicians lie so do I?, Psychological Research, Vol. 83, pp. 1311-1325.
    
    

21. Celse, J. (2018). Do you enjoy having more than others or more than another? Exploring the relationship between relative concerns and the size of the reference group, Social Indicators Research, Vol. 138(3), pp. 1089-1118.
    
    

22. Celse, J., Nicolas, M. and Schilling, P. (2017). Are athletes more cooperative? A laboratory experiment, Managerial & Decision Economics, Vol. 38(8), pp. 1248-1261.
    
    

23. Celse, J., Galia, F. and Max, S. (2017). Are (negative) emotions to blame for being positional? An experimental investigation of the impact of emotional states on status preferences, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 67, pp. 122-130.
    
    

24. Celse, J. (2017). An experimental investigation of the impact of absolute and relative inequalities on individual satisfaction, Journal of Happiness Studies, Vol. 18(4), pp. 939-958.
    
    

25. Celse, J. (2016). Will Joe the plumber envy Bill Gates? The impact of absolute and relative inequalities on individual satisfaction and behavior, Revue d'Économie Politique, Vol. 126(2), pp. 65-92.
    
    

26. Celse, J., Chang, K., Max, S. and Quinton, S. (2016). The reduction of employee lying behaviour: Inspiration from a study of envy in part-time employees, Journal of Strategy and Management, Vol. 9(2), pp. 1-20.
    
    

27. Celse, J., Heintz, C., Giardini, F. and Max, S. (2015). Facing expectations: those that we prefer to fulfil and those that we disregard, Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 10(5), pp. 442-455.
    
    

28. Celse, J. (2012). Is the positional bias an artefact? Distinguishing positional concerns from egalitarian concerns, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 41, pp. 277-283.

Chapters in books

• Celse, J. (2018). The behavioural economics of envy and its implications in the workplace, In U. Merlone, M. Duffy, M. Perini, & R. Smith (Eds.). Envy at Work and in Organizations: Research, Theory, and Applications. Oxford University Press.

Other

    Celse, J. (2007). Enjeux économiques, aménagements, politiques publiques et outils de gouvernance, Les dossiers d’Agropolis International, Vol. 6, pp. 50-58.

 Media Coverage:

• Tous fraudeurs?, La tribune (link )

• Economie sous influence, Les Echos Judiciaires (link )

• Les hommes politiques sont des menteurs, The Huffington Post (Link)

• Sarkozy nous rendrait moins honnête que Hollande... aux jeux d'argent!, Slate (Link)

• Réduire à moindre coût la fraude en entreprise, c'est possible!, Le cercle Les Echos, with S. Max and M.C. Villeval (Link).