Selected publications

Papers in English

"Consumer impatience: a key motive for Covid-19 vaccination", with Marlène Guillon, Phu Nguyen-Van and Bruno Ventelou, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (Forthcoming).

"Effectiveness of approval mechanisms for common pool resource dilemmas: The effect of unanimity and majority rules", with Serge Yao and Emmanuelle Lavaine,  Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 109, 2024.

"Contrasting Risk Preferences in the Shadow of Volcanic Background Risk: A Field Experiment in Arequipa, Perú", with Daly Bchir, Omar Sene, Caroline Cohen, Applied Economics, 2024.

“Does age affect the relation between risk and time preferences? Evidence from a representative sample”, with Zechuan Wang and Ismaël Rafai, Southern Economic Journal  3;90:341–368.  2023.

"Stated preferences outperform elicited preferences for predicting reported compliance with Covid-19 prophylactic measures”, with Ismaël Rafaï, Thierry Blayac, Dimitri Dubois, Sébastien Duchêne, Phu Nguyen-Van, Bruno Ventelou,  Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 107, 102089, 2023.

"Beliefs and preferences as predictors of prophylactic adherence and lockdown compliance in South Africa", with Stefano Farolfi, Damien Jourdain, Eric Mungatana, Nicky Nicholls, Eleni Yitbarek (2023), Development Southern Africa,  41(1), 91–109, 2024.

“The effect of the 7R allele at the DRD4 locus on risk tolerance is independent of background risk in Senegalese fishermen”, with Clochard, GJ., Mbengue, A., Mettling, C., Diouf, B., Faurie, C., Sene, O., Chancerel, E., Guichoux, E., Hollard, G., Raymond, M., Scientific Reports 13, 622, 2023)

"Portfolio instability and socially responsible investment: experiments with financial professionals and students", with Olga Tatanikova, Sébastien Duchêne, and Patrick Sentis, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 153, 104702, 2023.

"Farmers' risk preferences in eleven European farming systems: A multi-country replication of Bocquého et al. (2014)", with Jens Rommel, Julian Sagebiel, Marieke Cornelia Baaken, Jesús Barreiro-Hurlé, Douadia Bougherara, Marija Cerjak, Tajana Čop, Mikołaj Czajkowski,María Espinosa-Goded, Julia Höhler, Laure Kuhfuss, Carl-Johan Lagerkvist, Margaux Lapierre, Marianne Lefebvre, Bettina Matzdorf, Edward Ott, Antonio Paparella, Erika Quendler, Macario Rodriguez-Entrena, Christoph Schulze, Tanja Šumrada, Annika Tensi, Sophie Thoyer, Marina Tomić Maksan, Riccardo Vecchio and Katarzyna Zagórska. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 45(3): 1374-1399, 2023. 

"The impact of a scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students: An economic experiment at the University of Pretoria, South Africa", with Eric Chikwalila, Stefano Farolfi, Eric Mungatana and Damien Jourdain. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 18(1), 39–74, 2023.

"Management of common pool resources in a nation-wide experiment", with Jean-Christian Tisserand, Astrid Hopfensitz, Serge Blondel, Youenn Loheac, César Mantilla, Julie Rosaz, Anne Rozan and Angela Sutan. Ecological Economics, 201, 107566, 2022.

"Participation in sports competition closes the gender gaps: in competition and in risk taking", with Sabrina Bravaccini and Dimitri Dubois, Journal of Sports Economics,  24(1), 97–133, 2022.

"What drives the acceptability of restrictive health policies? An economic modelling of individual preferences on anti-COVID 19 strategies", with  Thierry Blayac, Dimitri Dubois, Sébastien Duchêne, Phu Nguyen-Van and Bruno Ventelou, Economic Modelling , 116, 106047 , 2022.

"Did Mindful People Do Better during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Mindfulness Is Associated with Well-Being and Compliance with Prophylactic Measures", with Xinue Wen, Ismael Rafaï and Sébastien Duchêne, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 5051.

"Nudging for lockdown: behavioural insights from an online experiment", with Thierry Blayac, Dimitri Dubois, Sébastien Duchêne, Phu Nguyen-Van, Ismael Rafaï and Bruno Ventelou, Social Psychology , 53(3), 133–151, 2022. 

"Veto power and coalition formation in the commons: an experiment", with Oussama Rhouma and Klarizze Puzon, The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability, 18 (2): 23-48., 2022.

"Number sense, trading decisions and mispricing: An experiment", with Tristan Roger and Patrick Roger, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control , Volume 135, 2022, 104293.

"Does the approval mechanism induce the efficient extraction in CPR games?", with Emmanuelle Lavaine and Serge Koffi William Yao, Social Choice and Welfare , Issue 1, 2022.

"The effect of price magnitude on analysts' forecasts: Evidence from the lab", with Wael Bousselmi, Patrick Roger and Tristan Roger, Revue Economique, Volume 72, Issue 5, September 2021, 843-870 

“Impact of the Brexit vote announcement on long-run market performance”, (Figures_Tables) (Supplementary) with Wael Bousselmi and Patrick Sentis, Bankers Markets Investors (Forthcoming).

"Population preferences for inclusive COVID-19 policy responses", with Thierry Blayac, Dimitri Dubois, Sébastien Duchêne, Phu Nguyen van and Bruno Ventelou, The Lancet Public  Health, 2020.

"Can common ownership prevent the tragedy of the commons? An experimental investigation", with Klarizze Puzon, Review of Behavioral Economics, 7(3), 271-298, 2020.

“Value creation and value appropriation strategies in coopetition”, with Paul Chiambaretto & Jonathan Maurice, M@n@gement, 23(2), 61–75, 2020.

“Can transparency of information reduce embezzlement? Experimental Evidence from Tanzania”, with Salvatore Di Falco, Brice Magdalou, David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval, Review of Behavioral Economics, 7(2), 103-143, 2020.

“How do markets react to un(expected) fundamental value shocks? An experimental analysis”, with Wael Bousselmi and Patrick Sentis, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance,  23, 90-113, 2019.

“The strategic environment effect in beauty contest games”, with Nobuyuki Hanaki, Yukio Koriyama and Angela Sutan, Games and Economic Behavior, 1113, 587-610, 2019. 

“Are impatient farmers more risk-averse? Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in rural Uganda”, with Sophie Clot and Charlotte Stanton, Applied Economics 49 (2), 156-169, 2017.

“Evidence of genotypic adaptation to the exposure to volcanic risk at the dopamine receptor DRD4 locus”, with Charlotte Faurie, Clement Mettling, Mohamed Ali Bchir, Danang Sri Hadmoko, Carine Heitz, Evi Dwi Lestari, Michel Raymond, Scientific Reports (Nature), 6, 37745, 2016.

“Men increase contributions to a public good when under sexual competition”, with Arnaud Tognetti, Dimitri Dubois and Charlotte Faurie, Scientific Reports (Nature) 6, 29819, 2016.

“Who are the Voluntary Leaders? Experimental Evidence from a Sequential Contribution Game”, with Phu Nguyen Van and Raphaële Préget, Theory and Decision, 81,(4), 581-599, 2016.

“Malevolent Governance, Intra-Group Conflict and the Paradox of the Plenty: An Experiment”, with Klarizze Anne Puzon, Games, 7(1), 2016.

“Choice overload, coordination and inequality: three hurdles to the effectiveness of the compensation mechanism?”, with Estelle Midler and Charles Figuières, Social Choice and Welfare , 45 (3), 513-535, 2015.

“The trade-off between welfare and equality in a public good experiment”, with Charles Figuières and Agathe Rouaix, Social Choice and Welfare, 45(3), 601-623, 2015.

 “Are people risk-vulnerable?”, with Mickael Beaud, Management Science., 61(3), 624 - 636, 2015.

 “Incentives and managerial effort under competitive pressure: An experiment”, with Ahmed Ennasri, Research in Economics, 68, 324-337, 2014.

 “Performance of the ambient tax: does the nature of the damage matter?”, with Nasreddine Ammar and Ahmed Ennasri, Environmental and Resource Economics. , 59(3), 479-502, 2014.

“Sharing rules for a Common-Pool Resource with private alternatives”, with Marianne Lefebvre, Mabel Tidball and Sophie Thoyer, Environmental Modelling and Assessment. 19, 111–125, 2014.

“Are trust and reciprocity related within individuals?”, with Tamás Kovács, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 13 (1), 2013.

“Weak moral motivation leads to the decline of voluntary contributions”, with Charles Figuières and David Masclet, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15 (5), 745–772;2013. 

“Income redistribution and public good provision: an experiment", with Jonathan Maurice and Agathe Rouaix, International Economic Review, 54 (3), 957-975, 2013.

“Does a membership fee foster successful public good provision? An experimental investigation of the provision of a step-level collective good?”, with Mohamed Ali Bchir, Public Choice, 157, 25–39, 2013.

“Designing economic experiments for evaluation purposes”, Revista Brasileiro de Inovaçao, 11, 219-238, 2012

“Does higher trust lead to higher performance?”, with Mohamed Ali  Bchir and Anne Rozan, Economics Bulletin, 32 (3), 1873-1877, 2012.

“Optimization incentive and relative riskiness in experimental stag-hunt games”, with Dimitri Dubois and Phu Nguyen Van, International Journal of Game Theory, 41 (2), 369-380, 2012.

“Does players’ identification affect trust and reciprocity: an experimental investigation“, with Dimitri Dubois and Thierry Blayac, Journal of Economic Psychology, 33, 303-317, 2012.

“Vanishing leadership and declining reciprocity in a sequential contribution experiment”, with Charles Figuières and David Masclet, Economic Inquiry, 50(3), 567–584, 2012.

“Do static externalities offset dynamic externalities? An experimental study of the exploitation of substitutable common-pool resources”, with Gaston Giordana and Marielle Montginoul, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, vol. 39 (2), 05-323, 2010.

“Do binding agreements solve the social dilemma?”, with Sylvie Thoron and Emmanuel Sol, Journal of Public Economics, 93 (11-12), 1271-1282, 2009.

“Guessing with negative feedback: an experiment”, with Angela Sutan, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 33 (5), 1123-1133, 2009.

“The determinants of trusting and reciprocal behaviour: evidence from an intercultural experiment”, with Csongor Csukás, Paulo Fracalanza and Tamás Kovács, Journal of Economic Development, 33 (1), 2008.

“Theories of Behavior in principal-agent relationships with hidden action”, with Claudia Keser, European Economic Review, 51 (6), 1514-1533, 2007.

“The efficiency of nonpoint source pollution instruments: An experimental approach”, with François Cochard and Anastasios Xepapadeas, Environmental and Resource Economics, 30 (4), 393-422, 2005.

“Fair offers in a repeated principal–agent relationship with hidden actions”, with François Cochard, Economica, 72, 225-240, 2005.

“Willingness-to-pay for food safety: an experimental investigation of quality certification on bidding behavior”, with Anne Rozan and Anne Stenger, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 31 (4), 409-425, 2004.

“Trusting behavior in a repeated investment game”, with François Cochard and Phu Nguyen Van, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 55, 1, 31-44, 2004.

“A comparison of trust and reciprocity between France and Germany: experimental investigation based on the investment game”, with C. Keser, C. Lohmann and J.-C. Usunier, Journal of Economic Psychology, 24 (4), 447-466, 2003. 

“On the observability of plans in dynamic choice problems involving risk: Comments about J. Hey”, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 27, 23-30, 2002.

“Strength of the social dilemma in a public goods experiment: an exploration of the error hypothesis”, with Anthony Ziegelmeyer, Experimental Economics, 4, 131-134, 2001.

“Principals' Principles when agents' actions are hidden”, with C. Keser, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 18, 163-185, 2000.

“Preservation value for groundwater quality in a large aquifer: a contingent valuation study of the Alsatian aquifer”, with Anne Stenger, Journal of Environmental Management, 53, 177-193, 1998.

“Experimental evidence on the irreversibility-effect”, with Alexandra Rauchs, Theory and Decision, 40(1), 51-78, 1996.

“Risk-aversion and the value of information”, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 61(2), June 1989, 320-328 (N.B. a first uncorrected version was mistakenly published in 61(1), March 1989, 104-112).