Behavioral Economics and Organization Research Group (BEORG)
An autonomous
legal entity
contact us: BEORG.econ@gmail.com; jj-babin@wiu.edu
Mission Statement: As a center of excellence for research and teaching in behavioral fields of economics, industrial organization, and management science, BEORG strives to:
Identify behavioral or social barriers that can be leveraged to improve organizations’ effectiveness
Provide insights to augment individual decision-making
Design studies and provide analytics that rigorously test whether an intervention impacts a targeted outcome
Expand the academic knowledge base and support the development of emerging scholars
Keywords: Behavioral economics, analytics, decision-making, industrial organization, management science, research hub
Our team of experienced, like-minded academics provides the following key capabilities:
Expertise in behavioral economics incorporating rigorous research design and evaluation relevant to individual, managerial, and financial decision-making.
Ability to determine and communicate how and why an intervention works.
Scholarly advancement of the fields of specialization through research, presentations, workshops, and coordination with partners.
Consultation on primary data collection methods, survey instruments, inquiries in controlled settings, and human/organizational analytics for business decision-making.
Collaboration with private and public agencies to improve efficiency and welfare.
Provided resources:
Doctoral-level leadership on collaborations, research projects and student support
Seminar/workshops/conferences
Website/blog/social media presence – mini-blog
Public resources hub: MTurk designs, instrument templates, Python code
Special editorial support for manuscripts in behavioral economics
Faculty Affiliates:
J. Jobu Babin, Ph.D. – Experimental Economics, Behavioral Game Theory, Behavior Analytics, NLP
Haritima Chauhan, Ph.D. – Behavioral Finance, Experimental Economics, Data Analytics, and Modeling
J. Braxton Gately, Ph.D. – Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Labor, Development
Manda Tiwari, Ph.D. – Development, Health, and Education Economics; Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics.
Tara Feld, Ph.D. – Experimental Economics and Economics of Institutions
External Advisory Board:
Corporate Partners and Donors:
Recent Publications:
Babin, JJ, Chauhan, H. "Revisiting Erat and Gneezy’s White Lies Paradigm" (2024, forthcoming, Journal of Economic Psychology).
Babin, JJ, Chauhan, HS, and Kistler, SL (2024). "When Pretty Hurts: Beauty Premia and Penalties in eSports Contracts" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming).
Gately, JB (2024). “At Least I Tried: Partial Willful Ignorance, Information Acquisition, and Social Preferences.” (Forthcoming, Review of Behavioral Economics).
Tiwari, M. (2023). Financial incentives and delivery care: Evidence from the Safe Delivery Incentive Program in Nepal. Health Economics, 32(10), 2372-2389.
Babin, JJ, and Hussey, AJ (2023). "Gender Penalties and Solidarity -- Teaching Evaluation Differentials in and out of STEM." Economics Letters. Vol. 226, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111083.
Babin, JJ, Chauhan, HS (2023). "Show No Quarter: Combating Plausible Lies with Ex Ante Honesty Oaths" Journal of the Economic Science Association. 9, pp. 66-76.
Babin, JJ, Chauhan, HS (2023). "Initiating Free-flow Communication in Trust Games." Frontiers in Behavioral Economics. Vol. 2.
Babin, JJ, Chauhan, HS, and Liu, F. (2022). "You Can’t Hide Your Lying Eyes: Honesty Oaths and Misrepresentation." Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. Vol. 98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2022.101880
Babin, JJ, Foray, MP, and Hussey, AJ (2022). "Gender-based Disparities in Loneliness under Shelter in Place Orders." Applied Economics Letters. Vol. 29(12).
Babin, JJ, Foray, MP, and Hussey, AJ (2021). "Stay at Home Orders, Loneliness, and Collaborative Behavior." Economics and Human Biology, Vol. 43(1).
Guarin, G and Babin JJ. (2021). "Collaboration and Gender Focality in Stag Hunt Bargaining" Games, Vol. 12(2), 39.
Working Papers:
"AI Chatbot or Humanaut? How the Source of Advice Impacts Behavior in One-shot Social Dilemmas"
"Text Analysis of Subjects' Perceptions of the Trust Game"
"Do Only Children Behave Differently in Social Dilemmas from those with Siblings?"
"Lying, Norms, and Machiavellianism"
Behavioral and Experimental Predoctoral Research Assistantship Recipients:
2024:
2022: Steven Kistler
2021: Rabab Batool
2020: Marine Foray
2019: Emmanuel Sanchez-Tovar