Publications

See my research at Publons, Google Scholar and Researchgate

Peer-reviewed publications

1. Brañas-Garza, P., Chowdhury, S. M., Espín, A. M., & Nieboer, J. (2023). ‘Born this way’? Prenatal exposure to testosterone may determine behavior in competition and conflict. Journal of Economic Psychology, 96, 102623. JCR IF: 3.000 (Economics: 123/381 Q2). Journal's link

2. Brañas-Garza, P., Jorrat, D., Espín, A. M., & Sánchez, A. (2022). Paid and hypothetical time preferences are the same: Lab, field and online evidence. Experimental Economics, 1-23. JCR IF: 2.387 (Economics: 169/381 Q2). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

3. Espín, A. M., Brañas-Garza, P., Gamella, J. F., Herrmann, B., & Martín, J. (2022). Culture and group-functional punishment behaviour. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4, e35. JCR IF: n/a. Journal's link

4. Cabrales, A., Espín, A. M., Kujal, P., & Rassenti, S. (2022). Trustors’ disregard for trustees deciding quickly or slowly in three experiments with time constraints. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-13.  JCR IF: 4.997 (Multidisciplinary Sciences: 19/74 Q2). Journal's link

5. Espín, A. M., Correa, M., & Ruiz-Villaverde, A. (2022). Economics students: Self-selected in preferences and indoctrinated in beliefs. International Review of Economics Education, 100231. JCR IF: 1.880 (Economics: 189/376 Q3). Journal's link

6. Brañas-Garza, P., Jorrat, D., Alfonso-Costillo, A., Espín, A. M., García, T., & Kovářík, J. (2022). Exposure to the Covid-19 pandemic environment and generosity. Royal Society Open Science, 9(1), 210919. JCR IF: 3.653 (Multidisciplinary Sciences: 30/74 Q2). Journal's link 

7. Amador-Hidalgo, L., Brañas-Garza, P., Espín, A. M., García-Muñoz, T., & Hernández-Román, A. (2021). Cognitive abilities and risk-taking: Errors, not preferences. European Economic Review, 134, 103694. JCR IF: 1.744 (Economics 135/373 Q2). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

8. Espín, A. M., García-Muñoz, T., & Exadaktylos, F. (2020). Por qué donar y cuánto donar: Determinantes de la generosidad en el juego del dictador. Cuadernos Económicos de ICE, (99), 103-120.  JCR IF: n/a. Journal's link

9. Brañas-Garza, P., Espín, A. M., & Jorrat, D. (2019). Midiendo la paciencia. Revista de Economía Industrial, 413, 21-31. JCR IF: n/a. Journal's link 

10. Espín, A. M., Correa, M., & Ruiz-Villaverde, A. (2019). Patience predicts cooperative synergy: The roles of ingroup bias and reciprocity. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 83, 101465. JCR IF: 1.140 (Economics 199/363 Q3). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

11. Brañas-Garza, P., Espín, A. M., García-Muñoz, T., & Kovářík, J. (2019). Digit ratio (2D: 4D) and prosocial behaviour in economic games: No direct correlation with generosity, bargaining or trust-related behaviours. Biology Letters, 15(8), 20190185. JCR IF: 3.323 (Biology 17/85 Q1). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

12. Martín, J., Brañas-Garza, P., Espín, A. M., Gamella, J. F., Herrmann, B. (2019). The appropriate response of Spanish Gitanos: Short-run orientation beyond current socio-economic status. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40(1), 12-22. JCR IF: 3.623 (Behavioral Sciences 8/51 Q1). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

13. Espín, A. M., Moreno-Herrero, D., Sánchez-C., J., & Rodríguez, J. A. (2018). Do envy and compassion pave the way to unhappiness? Social preferences and life satisfaction in a Spanish city. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(2), 443-469. JCR IF: 1.946 (Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 10/95 Q1). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

14. Bouwmeester, S., Verkoeijen, P., Aczel, B., Barbosa, F., Brañas-Garza, P., Bègue, L., Burgeno, J., Calvillo, D., Chmura, T., Cornelissen, G., Delaney, P., Døssing, F., Espín, A. M. et al. (2017). Multilab direct replication of: Study 7 from Rand, D. G., Greene, J. D., & Nowak, M. A. (2012) Spontaneous giving and calculated greed. Nature, 489, 427-430. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12, 527-542. JCR IF: 7.658 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary 4/129 Q1). Journal's link 

15. Alguacil, S., Madrid, E., Espín, A. M., & Ruz, M. (2017). Facial identity and emotional expression as predictors during economic decisions. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 17(2), 315-329. JCR IF: 3.263 (Behavioral Sciences 12/51 Q1). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

16. Capraro, V., Corgnet, B., Espín, A. M., & Hernán-González, R. (2017). Deliberation favours social efficiency by making people disregard their relative shares: Evidence from US and India. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 160605. JCR IF: 2.243 (Multidisciplinary Sciences 17/64 Q2). Journal's link

17. Espín, A. M., Reyes-Pereira, F., & Ciria, L. F. (2017). Organizations should know their people: A behavioral economics approach. Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 1(S), 41-48. JCR IF: n/a. Journal's link

18. Brañas-Garza, P., Espín, A. M., & Lenkei, B. (2016). BMI is not related to altruism, fairness, trust or reciprocity: Experimental evidence from the field and the lab. Physiology & Behavior, 156, 79-93. JCR IF: 2.461 (Behavioral Sciences 24/51 Q2). Journal's link

19. Espín, A. M., Exadaktylos, F., & Neyse, L. (2016). Heterogeneous motives in the Trust Game: A tale of two roles. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 728. JCR IF: 2.463 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary 29/129 Q1). Journal's link 

20. Corgnet, B., Espín, A. M., Hernán-González, R., Kujal, P., & Rassenti, S. (2016). To trust, or not to trust: Cognitive reflection in trust games. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 64, 20-27. JCR IF: 0.627 (Economics 218/344 Q3). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

21. Barrós-Loscertales, A., Espín, A. M., & Perales, J. C. (2016). Social comparisons are associated with poorer and riskier financial decision making, no matter whether encounters are sporadic or repeated. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 19, E57. JCR IF: 0.493 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary 105/129 Q4). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

22. Corgnet, B., Espín, A. M., & Hernán- González, R. (2016). Creativity and cognitive skills among millenials: Thinking too much and creating too little. Frontiers in Psychology, 7,1626. JCR IF: 2.463 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary 29/129 Q1). Journal's link 

23. Brañas-Garza, P., Espín, A. M., Herrmann, B., Kujal, P., & Nagel, R. (2016). Editorial: Prosocial and antisocial behavior in economic games. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10, 243. JCR IF: 3.392 (Behavioral Sciences 6/51 Q1). Journal's link 

24. Espín, A. M., Exadaktylos, F., Herrmann, B., & Brañas-Garza, P. (2015). Short-and long-run goals in ultimatum bargaining: Impatience predicts spite-based behavior. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, 214. JCR IF: 3.392 (Behavioral Sciences 6/51 Q1). Journal's link 

25. Corgnet, B., Espín, A. M., & Hernán-González, R. (2015). The cognitive basis of social behavior: Cognitive reflection overrides antisocial but not always prosocial motives. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, 287. JCR IF: 3.392 (Behavioral Sciences 6/51 Q1). Journal's link 

26. Bosch-Domènech, A., Brañas-Garza, P., & Espín, A. M. (2014). Can exposure to prenatal sex hormones (2D: 4D) predict cognitive reflection?. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 43, 1-10. JCR IF: 4.944 (Neurosciences 44/252 Q1). Journal's link 

27. Brañas-Garza, P., Espín, A. M., & Neuman, S. (2014). Religious pro-sociality? Experimental evidence from a sample of 766 Spaniards. PloS one, 9(8), e104685. JCR IF:  3.234 (Multidisciplinary Sciences 9/57 Q1). Journal's link

28. Brañas-Garza, P., Espín, A. M., Exadaktylos, F., & Herrmann, B. (2014) Fair and unfair punishers coexist in the Ultimatum Game. Scientific Reports 4: 6025. JCR IF: 5.578 (Multidisciplinary Sciences 5/57 Q1). Journal's link

29. Staffiero, G., Exadaktylos, F., & Espín, A. M. (2013). Accepting zero in the ultimatum game does not reflect selfish preferences. Economics Letters, 121(2), 236-238. JCR IF: 0.457 (Economics 241/333 Q3). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

30. Proestakis, A., Espín, A. M., Exadaktylos, F., Cortés Aguilar, A., Oyediran, O. A., & Palacio, L. A. (2013). The separate effects of self-estimated and actual alcohol intoxication on risk taking: A field experiment. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 6(2), 115. JCR IF: 1.121 (Economics 124/333 Q2). Journal's link - Pre/postprint

31. Exadaktylos, F., Espín, A. M., & Branas-Garza, P. (2013). Experimental subjects are not different. Scientific Reports, 3, 1213. JCR IF: 5.078 (Multidisciplinary Sciences 5/55 Q1). Journal's link 

32. Espín, A. M., Brañas-Garza, P., Herrmann, B., & Gamella, J. F. (2012). Patient and impatient punishers of free-riders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279: 4923-4928. JCR IF: 5.683 (Biology 8/83 Q1). Journal's link 

Books & chapters

1. Espín, A. M., Reyes, F., Pascual-Ezama, D., & Martínez-Brocal, J. (2019). Behavioral Assessments Applications – Agile Teamwork: A Case Study. The Behavioral Economics Guide 2019, 58-62. Link

2. Espín, A. M., Reyes, F., Pascual-Ezama, D., & Martínez-Brocal, J. (2019). Behavioral Economics Assessments for Employees: A Novel and Powerful Concept. The Behavioral Economics Guide 2019, 50-57. Link

3. Espín, A. M. (2015) Relative positioning. In Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Ed.: Morris Altman. Praeger ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, USA, pp. 362-363. ISBN: 978-14-4082-815-7. Link

4. Espín, A. M., Martos García, J.J. (2015) Las deducciones autonómicas por discapacidad en el IRPF: Un modelo econométrico. In Las Medidas Fiscales Como Instrumento de Protección de las Personas con Necesidades Especiales. Ed.: Juan López Martínez. Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain, pp. 259-288. ISBN: 978-84-9053-799-2.

5. Espín, A. M. (2015) Las ayudas por dependencia y discapacidad y la satisfacción de sus beneficiarios: Un estudio de campo. In Las Medidas Fiscales Como Instrumento de Protección de las Personas con Necesidades Especiales. Ed.: Juan López Martínez. Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain, pp. 551-591. ISBN: 978-84-9053-799-2.

6. Espín Estrella, A., Aznar Dols, F., Manzano, E.R., Espín, A. M. (2009) Luminotecnia básica para ingenieros. Ed.: Copicentro Granada, University of Granada, Spain. ISBN: 978-84-92680-10-8.

Working papers & submitted

1. Espín A. M., Espinosa M. P., Vázquez-De Francisco, M. J., & Brañas-Garza, P. (2023). Natural identities overcome the minimal group paradigm. Link

2. Espín A. M., Capraro, V., Corgnet, B., Gächter, S., Hernán-González, R., Kujal, P., & Rassenti, S. (2021). Differences in cognitive reflection mediate gender differences in social preferences. Link

3. Arechar, A. A., Espín, A. M., Nieboer, J., Starmer, C., & Gächter, S. (2021). Low-cost social control for sustaining the common good. Link (soon)

4. Brañas-Garza, P., Caldentey, P., Espín, A. M., García, T., & Hernández, A. (2020). Exposure to economic inequality at the age of 8 enhances prosocial behaviour in adult life. Link

5. Espín, A. M., García-Muñoz, T. M., & Martín, J. (2019) Does intergroup discrimination undermine the future? Cross-country evidence of a link between group grievance and short-run orientation. Link

6. Cabrales, A., Espín, A. M., Kujal, P., & Rassenti, S. (2017). Humans’(incorrect) distrust of reflective decisions. Link - Column in Vox EU

7. Espín, A. M., Sánchez, A., & Herrmann, B. (2017). Economic preferences 2.0: Connecting competition, cooperation and inter-temporal preferences. Link