Working Papers
Does Racial Animus Undermine the U.S. Safety Net? with Jakina Debnam Guzman, Peter Matthews and Erin Wolcott (6/25).
Cooperative Games and Economic Behavior, with Andrea Robbett (10/24).
Time and Risk Perceptions and Support for Climate Policy, with Julia Berazneva, Delaney Sullivan and Peter Matthews (1/24).
“Still Strong:” The Effects of Hurricane Irene on the Preferences and Policy Views of Vermonters more than one decade later, with Julia Berazneva, Liza Grebenkina, Michelle McCauley, Akhil Rao and Peter Matthews (7/24).
Publications
The Effect of Information from Black Health Care Professionals on COVID Vaccination Take-up, with Martin Abel and Tanya Byker, Health Economics, forthcoming.
Auctions for Risk-Averse Charities, with Josh Foster and Peter Matthews, the Journal of Public Economics, 249(September):1-17, 2025.
Can Incorrect Beliefs about the Racial Composition of Welfare and Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries be Changed? with Jakina Debnam Guzman, Peter Matthews and Erin Wolcott, AEA Papers and Proceedings, 115(May): 445-50, 2025.
Do Losses Trigger Deliberative Reasoning, with David Munro, Judgement and Decision Making, 20: e11, https://doi.org/10.1017/jdm.2024.19, 2025.
Measuring Socially Appropriate Social Preferences, with Andrea Robbett, Games and Economic Behavior, 147(September): 517-532, 2024.
A Behaviorally Validated Warm Glow Questionnaire, with Alex Lyford and Mingfang Zhang, the Journal of the Economic Science Association, 10(March): 310-329, 2024.
Sentiment and the belief in fake news during the 2020 presidential primaries, with Christopher Adamo, Oxford Open Economics, 2: 1-9, 2023.
Tournaments and Competition, with Peter Matthews, Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (Klaus Zimmermann, ed.), 2023.
Auctions for Charity: The curse of the familiar, with Damian Damianov and Peter Matthews, the International Economic Review, 63(3): 1109-1135, 2022.
Assessing the Effect of Media Tone on Attitudes toward Muslims: Evidence from an Online Experiment and Broader Implications, with Erik Bleich and Maurits van der Veen, Politics and Religion, 15(3): 441-461, 2022.
The Shape of Warm Glow: Field experimental evidence from a fundraiser, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 191(November): 555-574, 2021.
Choice Architecture to Improve Consumer Financial Decision-Making and Welfare, with Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Peter Matthews, Andrea Robbett, Dustin Beckett and Julian Jamison, the Review of Economics and Statistics, 103(1): 102-118, 2021.
Socially Optimal Mistakes? Debiasing COVID-19 mortality risk perceptions and prosocial behavior, with Martin Abel and Tanya Byker, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 183(September): 456-480, 2021.
Preferences and Civil War in Northern Uganda: Post-Traumatic Growth Reconsidered, with Matthew Lowes and Peter Matthews, the Journal of African Economies, 29(5): 433-453, 2020.
Advanced Counter-Biasing, with Kevin Benscheidt, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 177(September): 1-18, 2020.
Political Connections and Psychosocial Wellbeing among Women’s Development Army Leaders in Rural Amhara, Ethiopia: Towards a holistic understanding of community health workers’ socioeconomic status, with Svea Closser, Kenneth Maes, Erick Gong, Neha Sharma, Yihenew Tesfaye, Rosa Abesha, Mikayla Hyman and Natalie Meyer, Social Science and Medicine, 266(December): 113373, 2020.
Real Effort Tasks, with Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, in Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Experimental Economics, Arthur Schram and Alijaz Ule, eds. (Edward Elgar), Chapter 19: 368-383 (2019).
Gender Differences in Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competitive Behavior, with Rachel Frank and Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 77(December): 170-176 (2018).
Profit Sharing and Peer Reporting, with Prottoy Akbar and Andrea Robbett, Management Science, 64(9): 4261-4276 (2018).
Compensating Differentials in Experimental Labor Markets, with Peter Matthews and Andrea Robbett, the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 69(August): 50-60 (2017).
Using Raffles to Fund Public Goods: Lessons from a field experiment, with Peter Matthews, the Journal of Public Economics, 150(1): 30-38 (2017).
The Sequencing of Gift Exchange: A field trial, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 139(1): 26-31 (2017).
Exploitation Aversion: When financial incentives fail to motivate agents, with David Dolifka, the Journal of Economic Psychology, 61(1): 213-224 (2017).
Ceding Control: An experimental analysis of participatory management, with Peter Matthews and Phil Mellizo, the Journal of the Economic Science Association, 3(1):62-74 (2017).
Progressive Taxation in a Tournament Economy, with Peter Matthews and Benjamin Tabb, the Journal of Public Economics, 143(1): 64-72 (2016).
The Labor Supply of Fixed Wage Workers: Estimates from a real effort experiment, the European Economic Review, 89(1): 85-95 (2016).
Motivating Agents: How much does the mission matter? with Erick Gong, the Journal of Labor Economics, 34(1): 211-236 (2016).
An Introduction to “Bucket Auctions” for Charity, with Jessica Holmes and Peter Matthews, Games and Economic Behavior, 88(1): 260-276 (2014).
Workplace Democracy in the Lab, with Peter Matthews and Phil Mellizo, Industrial Relations Journal, 45(4): 313-328 (2014).
Peer Monitoring and Microcredit: Field experimental evidence from Paraguay, with Tyler Williams, Oxford Development Studies, 42(1): 111-135 (2014).
Overconfidence is a Social Signaling Bias, with Stephen Burks, Lorenz Goette and Aldo Rustichini, the Review of Economic Studies, 80(3): 949-983 (2013).
Cognitive Ability and Strategic Sophistication, with Michael Graham and Jesse Wolf, Games and Economic Behavior, 80(1): 115-130 (2013).
Risk Attitudes and Well-being in Latin America, with Juan Camilo Cardenas, the Journal of Development Economics, 103(2): 52-61 (2013).
Self-Selection and Variations in the Laboratory Measurement of Other-Regarding Preferences across Subject Pools: Evidence from one college student and two adult samples, with Jon Anderson, Stephen Burks, Lorenz Goette, Karsten Maurer, Daniele Nosenzo, Ruth Potter, Kim Rocha and Aldo Rustichini, Experimental Economics, 16(2): 170-189, (2013) (Editor award winner for 2013).
Network Architecture, Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments, with Shachar Kariv and Andrew Schotter, the Review of Economic Design, 16(2): 93-118 (2012).
Which Measure of Time Preference Best Predicts Outcomes: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment, with Stephen Burks, Lorenz Goette and Aldo Rustichini, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 84(1): 308-320 (2012).
Crying Over Spilt Milk: Sunk costs, fairness norms and the hold-up problem, with Peter Matthews, the Journal of Microeconomics, (lead Article), 1(1): 1-22 (2012); reprinted in Studies in Microeconomics, 1(2): 113-129 (2013).
Norm Enforcement: Anger, Indignation or Reciprocity, with Peter Matthews, the Journal of the European Economic Association, 10(3): 555-572 (2012).
An Inter-Cultural Examination of Cooperation in the Commons, with Juan-Camilo Cardenas, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, 55(4): 632-651 (2011).
Dopamine Receptor Genes Predict Risk Preferences, Time Preferences and Related Economic Choices, with Justin Garcia and J. Koji Lum, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 42(3): 233-261 (2011).
Jumping and Sniping at the Silents: Does it matter for charities? with Jessica Holmes and Peter Matthews, the Journal of Public Economics, 95(5-6): 395-402 (2011).
Do Social Preference Increase Productivity? Field experimental evidence from fishermen in Toyama Bay, with Erika Seki, Economic Inquiry, 49(2): 612-630 (2011).
Why Volunteer? Evidence on the role of altruism, reputation and incentives, with Caitlin Myers, the Journal of Public Economics, 94(11-12): 911-920 (2010).
Endogenous Participation in Charity Auctions, with Jessica Holmes and Peter Matthews, the Journal of Public Economics, 94(11-12): 921-935 (2010).
Tournaments and Office Politics: Evidence from a real effort experiment, with Peter Matthews and John Schirm, American Economic Review, 100(1): 504–17 (2010).
Charity Auctions in the Experimental Lab, with Jessica Holmes and Peter Matthews in Charity with Choice, (Emerald Group Publishing Limited series – Research in Experimental Economics, vol. 13), eds. Mark Isaac and Douglas Norton pp.201-249 (2010).
Norm Enforcement: The Role of Third Parties, with Peter Matthews, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 166(2): 239-58 (2010).
They Come to Play: Supply effects in an economic experiment, with Allison Liati and Brian Vickery, Rationality and Society, 22(1): 83-102 (2010).
Cognitive Skills Affect Economic Preferences, Strategic Behavior and Job Attachment, with Stephen Burks, Lorenz Goette and Aldo Rustichini, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 12, 106(19): 7745-7750 (2009).
What Norms Trigger Punishment? with Peter Matthews, Experimental Economics, 12(3): 272-288 (2009).
Strong Reciprocity and Team Production, with Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis and Sung-Ha Hwang, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 71(2): 221-232 (2009).
Performance Pay and the Erosion of Worker Cooperation: Field experimental evidence, with Stephen Burks and Lorenz Goette, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 70(3): 458-469 (2009).
Altruistic Behavior in a Representative Dictator Experiment, with Cristina Connolly and Caitlin Myers, Experimental Economics, 11(3): 282-298 (2008).
Behavioral Development Economics: Lessons from field labs in developing countries, with Juan-Camilo Cardenas, the Journal of Development Studies, 44(3): 337-364 (2008).
Charity Auctions: A Field Experiment, with Jessica Holmes and Peter Matthews, the Economic Journal, 118(January): 92-113 (2008). Reprinted in The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume 2: Fundraising and the Sociality of Giving, James Andreoni, ed., Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 16 (2015).
Fairness and Freight-Handlers: a test of fair-wage theory in a trucking firm, with Stephen Burks and Eric Verhoogen, the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 60(4): 477-498 (2007).
Social Preferences, in the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, (Palgrave McMillan), eds. Steven Durlauf and Lawrence Blume, (2008).
Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments at a Firm: The context and design of the truckers and turnover project, with Stephen Burks, Lorenz Goette, Kristen Monaco, Aldo Rustichini and Kay Saager, in The Analysis of Firms and Employees: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches, (the University of Chicago Press), S. Bender, J. Lane, K. Shaw, F. Andersson and T. von Wachter eds., (2008).
Punishing Free-Riders: How group size affects mutual monitoring and the provision of public goods, Games and Economic Behavior, 60(1): 31-51 (2007).
The Demand for Punishment, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 62(4): 522-542 (2007).
Space, Trust, and Communal Action: Results from field experiments in Southeast Asia, with Amrita Daniere and Lois Takahashi, Journal of Regional Science, 46(4): 681-705 (2006).
Competitive Work Environments and Social Preferences: Field experimental evidence from a Japanese fishing community, with Erika Seki, Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, BE Press, 5(2), Article 2 (January 2006).
No Switch Backs: rethinking aspiration-based dynamics in the ultimatum game, with Peter Matthews, Theory and Decision, 58(4): 351-385 (June 2005).
The Effect of Stakes in Distribution Experiments, with Stephen Burks and Eric Verhoogen, Economics Letters, 86: 393-398 (March 2005).
Endogenous Social Preferences, Review of Radical Political Economics, 37(1): 63-84 (Winter 2005).
Field Experiments in Economics: An Introduction, with Glenn Harrison and John List, in Field Experiments in Economics, (Elsevier-JAI series – Research in Experimental Economics, vol. 10), eds. Jeffrey Carpenter, John List, and Glenn Harrison, (Spring 2005).
Three Themes on Field Experiments and Economic Development, with Juan Camilo Cardenas, in Field Experiments in Economics, (Elsevier-JAI series – Research in Experimental Economics, vol. 10), eds. Jeffrey Carpenter, John List, and Glenn Harrison, (Spring 2005).
Comparing Students to Workers: the effects of social framing on Behavior in Distribution Games, with Stephen Burks and Eric Verhoogen, in Field Experiments in Economics, (Elsevier-JAI series – Research in Experimental Economics, vol. 10), eds. Jeffrey Carpenter, John List, and Glenn Harrison, (Spring 2005).
Cooperation, Trust and Social Capital in Southeast Asian Urban Slums, with Amrita Daniere and Lois Takahashi, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 55(4): 533-551 (December 2004).
Why Punish? Social Reciprocity and the Enforcement of Prosocial Norms, with Peter Matthews and Okomboli Ong’Ong’a, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 14(4): 407-429 (October 2004).
When in Rome: Conformity and the provision of Public Goods, Journal of Socio-Economics, 33(4): 395-408 (September 2004).
Social Capital and Trust in Southeast Asian Cities, with Amrita Daniere and Lois Takahashi, Urban Studies, 41(4): 853-874 (April 2004).
Is Fairness Used Instrumentally? Evidence from Sequential Bargaining, Journal of Economic Psychology, 24(4): 467-489 (August 2003).
Fairness, Escalation, Deference, and Spite: Strategies used in Labor-Management Bargaining Experiments with Outside Options with McAndrew Rudisill, Labour Economics, 10(4): 427-442 (August 2003).
Playing Both Roles in the Trust Game with Stephen Burks and Eric Verhoogen, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 51(2): 195-216 (June 2003).
Beliefs, Intentions, and Evolution: the New versus the Old Psychological Game Theory with Peter Matthews, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 26(2): 158-159 (April 2003).
Bargaining Outcomes as the Result of Coordinated Expectations: an experimental study of sequential bargaining, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47(2): 119-139 (April 2003).
Evolutionary Models of Bargaining: Comparing agent-based computational and analytical approaches to understanding convention evolution, Computational Economics, 19(1): 25-49 (April 2002).
Information, Fairness, and Reciprocity in the Best Shot Game, Economics Letters, 75(2): 243-248 (April 2002).
Measuring Social Capital: Adding Field Experimental Methods to the Analytical Toolbox in Social Capital, Economic Development and the Environment, (Edward Elgar), eds. Jonathan Isham, Thomas Kelly, and Sunder Ramaswamy, (Fall 2002).
Coevolving Social Institutions: An Example of Status and Markets in Economy and Society, (Montreal: Black Rose) eds. Fikret Adaman and Pat Devine, (Spring 2002).
Negotiation in the Commons: Incorporating Field and Experimental Evidence into a Theory of Local Collective Action, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 156(4): 661-683 (December 2000).
Blurring the Line Between Rationality and Evolution (reprinted in) Evolutionary Origins of Morality: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives (Imprint Academic), ed. Leonard D. Katz, (March 2000).
Blurring the Line Between Rationality and Evolution, Journal of Consciousness Studies, 7(1-2) (January/February 2000).