Research
Publications
(Step Up 4B) The power of knowing a woman is in charge: Lessons from a randomized experiment, forthcoming Management Science [with Motta & Shanker] [Downloadable]
Determinants of early-access to retirement savings: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of the Economics of Ageing 24 (2023) [with Bateman, Liu, Newell & Thorp] [Downloadable]
Relative performance feedback in education: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial, Economic Journal 131:640 (2021) [with Faravelli, Megalokonomou & Motta] [Downloadable]
Flicking the switch: Simplifying disclosure to improve retirement plan choices , Journal of Banking & Finance 121 (2020) [with Bateman, Newell, Ortmann & Thorp] [Downloadable]
Early life conditions and financial risk-taking in older age, Journal of the Economics of Ageing 17 (2020) [with Christelis & Motta] [Downloadable]
The causal effect of social activities on cognition: Evidence from 20 European countries, Social Science & Medicine 247 (2020) [with Christelis] [Downloadable]
Retirement savings: A tale of decisions and defaults, Economic Journal 128 (2018) [with Fan, Bateman, Newell, Ortmann & Thorp] [Downloadable] [UniSuper 2012 PDS]
As easy as pie: How retirement savers use prescribed investment disclosures, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organisation 121 (2016) [with Bateman, Newell, Ortmann & Thorp] [Downloadable]
To love or to pay: Savings and health care in older age, Journal of Human Resources 50:1 (2015) [Downloadable]
What makes a critic tick? Connected authors and the determinants of book reviews, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 96 (2013) [with Motta & Luca] [Downloadable]
Why aren't developed countries saving? European Economic Review 56 (2012) [with Motta & Kotlikoff] [Downloadable]
Other work
Defaults, disclosures, advice and calculators: One size does not fit all, Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Finance 35 (2022) [with Bateman, Newell, Thorp & Wang-Ly]
Engagement with retirement savings: It’s a matter of trust, Journal of Consumer Affairs 53:3 (2019) [with Deetlefs, Bateman, Newell, Ortmann & Thorp] [Downloadable]
Learning economics concepts through game-play: An experiment, International Journal of Educational Research 69 (2015) [with Motta & Greiner] [Downloadable] [Online Appendix]
Just interested or getting involved? An analysis of superannuation attitudes and actions, Economic Record 90 (2014) [with Bateman, Deetlefs, Newell, Ortmann & Thorp] [Downloadable]
Deterministic and stochastic three-sector dynamic growth model with endogenous labor supply, Economic Record 88 (2013) [with Opris & Neamtu] [Downloadable] [Online Appendix]
Staying home or dining out? Social interactions and old-age consumption profiles, in Happiness and Relational Goods Conference Proceedings, University Ca' Foscari Venice (2010) [with Motta & Gui]
Are serious games seriously good at preparing students for clinical practice? A randomized controlled trial [with Motta, Ooi, Coffey et al] forthcoming Medical Teacher [Downloadable]
Working papers
(Step Up 1A) Can rank feedback avoid demoralization? A randomized controlled trial [with Motta, Chen & Foster] [Downloadable] R&R Labour Economics
Motivated saving: The impact of projections on retirement savings intentions [with Bateman, Newell, Smyrnis & Thorp] [Downloadable]
A fast upper envelope scan method for discrete-continuous dynamic programming [with Shanker] [Downloadable]
Eggs and baskets: Lifecycle portfolio dynamics [with Bateman, Newell, Shanker & Thorp] [Downloadable]
(Step Up 2A) The role of fun in the education production function: A randomized controlled trial [with Motta, Holden, French, Lim, Shanker & Walker] [Downloadable]
Cultural context in standardized tests [Holden, Motta, Piccoli, Roberts & Walker] [Downloadable]
Traumatic life events and financial risk-taking: The enduring impact of hunger [with Christelis] [Downloadable]
Mens sana in corpore sano: The role of physical activities in preserving elderly cognition [with Christelis] [Downloadable]
Fun in education [with Holden, Motta & Wong] [Downloadable]
(Step Up 4A) The effect of female presidents: Evidence from an economic simulation [with Feld & Motta] [Downloadable]
Serious games versus traditional tutorials in the pandemic: A randomized controlled trial [with Motta, Ooi, Coffey et al]
Work in progress
(Step Up 3A) The role of verifiability in the education production function [with Motta & Kazmierczak]
The causal effect of facemask-wearing on symptomatic infection from COVID-19: Observational data evidence from 26 European countries and Israel [with Christelis & Sanz-de-Galdeano]
The long reach of retirement projections: Lessons from a randomized experiment [with Bateman, Motta, Newell, Shanker & Thorp]
(Step Up 5A) Wisdom of the crowds: Does it work in higher education? [with Motta & Shanker]
Old age savings and bequests: The importance of being family
Chapters in books
The predictive power of big data in education (2022) in Mendolia, O'Brien, Yerokhin and Paloyo (eds): Critical Perspectives on Economics of Education and Education Policy. Routledge [with Motta & Scriven]
The link to the past and the post-communist welfare state (2019) in Börsch-Supan, Bristle, Andersen-Ranberg, Brugiavini, Just, Litwin and Weber (eds): "Health and Socio-economic Status Over the Life Course: First Results from SHARE Waves 6 and 7". De Gruyter: Berlin/Boston [with Andries]
The HRS around the world surveys (2016) in Woodland and Pigott (eds): "Handbook of the Economics of Population Ageing" Vol. 1A. Elsevier [with Smith]
The impact of childhood health and cognition on portfolio choice (2011) in Börsch-Supan, Brandt, Hank and Schröder (eds): "The Individual and the Welfare State. Life Histories in Europe." Springer: Heidelberg [with Christelis & Motta]
Book reviews
Discoveries in the economics of aging. David A. Wise (Eds), Journal of Pension Economics & Finance 15:1 (2016) 113-115
Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe: First results from SHARE after the economic crisis. Axel Bosch-Supan, Martina Brandt, Howard Litwin, Guglielmo Weber (Eds.), Journal of Pension Economics & Finance 13:4 (2014) 465-467
Textbooks
The Economic and Legal Principles of Business Decision Making (2020) 1st ed., eBook (retrievable via www.unsw.edu.au) [with Motta, French, Manwaring & Taylor]
Principles of Economics (2016) 4th ed., eBook (retrievable via www.playconomics.com, includes educational videogame and videos) [with Motta & McWhinnie]
Playconomics: Principles of Microeconomics (2015) 4th ed., eBook (retrievable via www.playconomics.com, includes educational videogame and videos) [with Motta, Faravelli & McWhinnie]
Maths publications
Papers:
Asset price dynamics in a chartist-fundamentalist model with time-delays, Discrete Dynamics in Nature & Society 4907468 (2016) [with Neamtu & Mircea] [Downloadable]
Bifurcation and chaos analysis in a discrete-delay dynamic model for a stock market, International Journal of Bifurcations & Chaos 23:9 (2013) [with Opris & Neamtu] [Downloadable]
Neimark-Sacker bifurcation for the discrete-delay Kaldor model, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 40 (2009) [with Opris] [Downloadable]
Neimark-Sacker bifurcation for the discrete-delay Kaldor- Kalecki model, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 41 (2009) [with Opris] [Downloadable]
A dynamic economic model with discrete time and consumer sentiment, Discrete Dynamics in Nature & Society 509561 (2009) [with Opris, Neamtu & Ciurdariu] [Downloadable]
Chapters:
A close look at consumption in deterministic and stochastic business cycle models (2013) in Nelson (ed): Advances in Business and Management. Vol. 6. Nova Science: New York [with Opris & Neamtu]
Hick Samuelson Keynes dynamic economic model with discrete time and consumer sentiment (2010) in Skiadas and Dimotikalis (eds): Chaotic Systems, Theory and Applications. World Scientific: London [with Opris & Neamtu]
The stock market dynamic model with discrete timing and delay (2008) in Neamtu and Opris (eds): Economic Games. Discrete Economic Dynamics: Applications. Timisoara: Mirton [with Opris]