I am a behavioral economist working as an assistant professor in the department of Microeconomics and Public Economics of Maastricht University. I study peoples' decisions using laboratory and field experiments. My research focuses on individual decision making, especially decisions under risk, social preferences and libertarian paternalism.
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Publications
The effect of quantity and quality of information in strategy tournaments, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, with Daniel Gietl, Joep Sonnemans, & Jan Tuinstra
Expected Utility and Political Decision Making, Oxford Encyclopedia of Political Decision Making, Oxford University Press, 2020
‘Good Nudge Lullaby’: Choice Architecture and Default Bias Reinforcement, The Economic Journal, 2018, with Thomas de Haan
Do politicians take risks like the rest of us? An experimental test of prospect theory under MPs, Political Psychology, 2017, with Barbara Vis
Tuition Fees as a Commitment Device, The Economic Journal, 2016, with Nadine Ketel, Hessel Oosterbeek, & Bas van der Klaauw
Decisions under risk in a social and individual context: The limits of social preferences?, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2015, with Joep Sonnemans
Strategies and evolution in the minority game: A multi-round strategy experiment, Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, with Jan Tuinstra & Joep Sonnemans
Social comparison and risky choices, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2012, with Joep Sonnemans
Ongoing projects
Risk preference measurement and risk communication – A large-scale comparison of methods and its implications for the pension industry, with Anouk Festjens, Thomas Meissner, & Peter Werner
TeamElo, with Thomas de Haan
Anchoring in Bargaining, with Thomas de Haan
Risk and ambiguity preferences under pressure, with Fan Rao & Arno Riedl
Understanding and improving pension savings by combining incentivized experiments, surveys, and administrative big data – A general employed population sample with a focus on the selfemployed, Netspar Theme Project with Seun Adekunle, Paul Bokern, Michel Dumontier, Hans Schmeets, Arno Riedl, & Peter Werner
Stacking of Choices, Netspar Topicality Project, with Ingrid Rohde
The Relative Impact of Wealth and Income Inequality on Social and Political Trust: A Global Analysis, with Wahideh Achbari, Brian Burgoon, & Bertjan Doosje
Social preferences, aspiration levels, and risk, with Hyemi Jin & Matthias Wibral
Dutch language publications
Voorstel keuzearchitectuur pensioensparen voor zelfstandigen, Netspar Design Paper 132, 2019
Spaargedrag zelfstandigen kan worden gestimuleerd via keuzearchitectuur, Economisch Statistische Berichten 104(4777), 2019
Maken politici dezelfde keuzes onder situaties van onzekerheid als wij?, Stuk rood vlees, 2016
Samen onzeker: tussen risico- en sociale voorkeuren, TPE Digitaal, 2010
Reactie op: Economen in het laboratorium, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 2010, with Adrian de Groot Ruiz and Thomas de Haan
