Research

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

1. Chowdhury, S.M., & Marini, M. (2024). Overbidding and heterogeneous behavior in contest experiments: A meta-comment on cross-cultural differences, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 110, 102210.    (PDF)

2.          Chowdhury, S.M., & Karmakar, S. (2024). The Interrelationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Conflict Behavior: A Survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, Forthcoming.  (PDF)

3.          Chowdhury, S.M., Mukherjee, A., & Turocy, T. (2024). And the first runner-up is…: comparing winner selection procedures in multi-winner Tullock contests. Review of Economic Design, Forthcoming.  (PDF)

4.        Chowdhury, S.M., Jeon, J., & Saha, B. (2023). Eye-image as Nonverbal Social Cue has Asymmetric Gender Effects in Dictator Taking Games. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 107, 102087.   (PDF)   [Faculti research communication video]

5. Branas-Garza, P., Chowdhury, S.M., Espin, A., & Nieboer, J. (2023). ‘Born This Way’? Prenatal Exposure to Testosterone May Determine Behavior in Competition and Conflict. Journal of Economic Psychology, 96, 102623.   (PDF)

6. Chowdhury, S.M., Esteve-Gonzalez, P. & Mukherjee, A. (2023). Heterogeneity, Leveling the Playing Field, and Affirmative Action in Contests. Southern Economic Journal, 89(3), 924-974.   (PDF)

7. Baik, K.H., Chowdhury, S.M., & Ramalingam, A. (2021). Group Size and Matching Protocol in Contests. Canadian Journal of Economics, 54(4), 1716-1736.   (PDF)

8. Chowdhury, S.M., Kovenock, D., Rojo-Arjona, D., & Wilcox, N. (2021). Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests. Economic Journal, 131(636), 1593-1619.   (PDF)

9. Chowdhury, S.M., Jeon, J., Kim, C., & Kim, S. (2021).  Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence. Games, 12(2), 44.    (PDF)      [Media coverage: El Español]

10. Chowdhury, S.M., Kim, C., & Kim, S.H. (2021). Pre‐planning and its Effects on Repeated Dishonest Behavior: An Experiment. Bulletin of Economic Research, 73(2), 143-153.   (PDF)     [Lead Article]

11. Chowdhury, S.M., Grossman, P.J., & Jeon, J.Y. (2020). Gender Differences in Giving and the Anticipation Regarding Giving in Dictator Games. Oxford Economic Papers, 72(3), 772-779.   (PDF)

12. Chowdhury, S.M., & Crede, C.J. (2020). Post-Cartel Tacit Collusion: Determinants, Consequences, and Prevention. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 70, 102590.   (PDF)

13. Chowdhury, S.M., Mukherjee, A., & Turocy, T. (2020). That’s the Ticket: Explicit Lottery Randomisation and Learning in Tullock Contests. Theory and Decision, 88(3), 405-429.   (PDF)

14. Baik, K.H., Chowdhury, S.M., & Ramalingam, A. (2020). The Effects of Conflict Budget on the Intensity of Conflict: An Experimental Investigation. Experimental Economics, 23(1), 240-258.   (PDF)

15. Chowdhury, S.M., & Karakostas, A. (2020). An Experimental Investigation of the ‘Tenuous Trade-off’ between Risk and Incentives in Organizations. Theory and Decision, 88(1), 153-190.   (PDF)

16. Chowdhury, S.M. (2019). The Attack and Defense Mechanisms – Perspectives from Behavioral Economics and Game Theory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, e121.   (PDF)

17.          Chowdhury, S.M., Jeon, J.Y., & Ramalingam, A. (2018). Property Rights and Loss-aversion in Contests. Economic Inquiry, 56(3), 1492-1511.   (PDF)

18. Chowdhury, S.M., & Kim, S.H. (2017). “Small, yet Beautiful”: Reconsidering the Optimal Design of Multi-winner Contests. Games and Economic Behavior, 104, 486-493.   (PDF)

19. Chowdhury, S.M. (2017). The All-pay Auction with Nonmonotonic Payoff. Southern Economic Journal, 84 (2), 375-390.   (PDF)

20. Chowdhury, S.M., Jeon, J.Y., & Saha, B. (2017). Gender Differences in the Giving and Taking Variants of the Dictator Game. Southern Economic Journal, 84 (2), 474-483.   (PDF)

21. Balart, P., Chowdhury, S.M., & Troumpounis, O. (2017). Linking Individual and Collective Contests through Noise Level and Sharing Rules. Economics Letters, 155, 126-130.   (PDF)

22. Chowdhury, S.M., & Moffatt, P.G. (2017). Overbidding and Heterogeneous Behavior in Contest Experiments: A Comment on the Endowment Effect. Journal of Economic Surveys, 31(2), 572-576.   (PDF)

23. Chowdhury, S.M., & Martin, S. (2017). Exclusivity and Exclusion in Platform Markets. Journal of Economics, 120 (2), 95-118.   (PDF)    [Lead Article]

24. Brown, A., & Chowdhury, S.M. (2017). The Hidden Perils of Affirmative Action: Sabotage in Handicap Contests. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 133, 273-284.   (PDF)

25. Chowdhury, S.M., & Topolyan, I. (2016). Best-shot Versus Weakest-link in Political Lobbying: An Application of Group All-pay Auction. Social Choice and Welfare, 47 (4), 959-971.   (PDF)

26. Chowdhury, S.M., Jeon, J., & Ramalingam, R. (2016). Identity and Group Conflict. European Economic Review, 90, 107-121.   (PDF)

27. Choi, J.P., Chowdhury, S.M., & Kim, J. (2016). Group Contests with Internal Conflict and Power Asymmetry. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 118 (4), 816-840.   (PDF)

28. Chowdhury, S.M., Lee, D., & Topolyan, I. (2016). The Max-Min Group Contest: Weakest-link (Group) All-pay Auction. Southern Economic Journal, 83 (1), 105-125.   (PDF)

29. Chowdhury, S.M., & Topolyan, I. (2016). The Attack-and-Defense Group Contests: Best-shot versus Weakest-link. Economic Inquiry, 54 (1), 548-557.   (PDF)

30. Chowdhury, S.M., & Gürtler, O. (2015). Sabotage in Contests: A Survey. Public Choice, 164 (1), 135-155.   (PDF)

31. Chowdhury, S.M., & Sheremeta, R.M. (2015). Strategically Equivalent Contests. Theory and Decision, 78 (4), 587-601.   (PDF)

32. Chowdhury, S.M., & Jeon, J. (2014). Impure Altruism or Inequality Aversion?: An Experimental Investigation Based on Income Effects. Journal of Public Economics, 118, 143-150.   (PDF)    [Appeared in the ESRC Highlight]

33. Chowdhury, S.M., Sheremeta, R.M., & Turocy, T. (2014). Overbidding and Overspreading in Rent-seeking Experiments: Cost Structure and Prize Allocation Rules. Games and Economic Behavior, 87, 224-238.   (PDF)

34. Chowdhury, S.M., & Kim, S.H. (2014). A Note on Multi-winner Contest Mechanisms. Economics Letters, 125 (3), 357-359.   (PDF)

35. Chowdhury, S.M., Lee, D., & Sheremeta, R.M. (2013). Top Guns May Not Fire: Best-Shot Group Contests with Group-Specific Public Good Prizes. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 92, 94-103.   (PDF)

36. Chowdhury, S.M., Kovenock, D., & Sheremeta, R.M. (2013). An Experimental Investigation of Colonel Blotto Games. Economic Theory, 52 (3), 833-861.   (PDF)     [Lead Article]

37. Chowdhury, S.M., & Sheremeta, R.M. (2011). Multiple Equilibria in Tullock Contests. Economics Letters, 112 (2), 216-219.   (PDF)

38. Chowdhury, S.M., & Sheremeta, R.M. (2011). A Generalized Tullock Contest. Public Choice, 147 (3), 413-420.   (PDF)

Book Chapters etc.

39. Chowdhury, S.M., Kovenock, D., & Mukherjee, A. (Forthcoming). Experimental Research on Contests. In the Encyclopedia of Experimental Social Science, Edward Elgar. (PDF) 

40. Ghosh, S., & Chowdhury, S.M. (Forthcoming). Monetisation of Indian Cricket: The Market Takes Over. In S. Mukhopadhyay & L. Dasgupta (Eds.) Sports in Contemporary India: Society, Culture and Governance. Routledge, London.   (PDF) 

41. Chowdhury, S.M. (2021). The Economics of Identity and Conflict. In the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, Oxford University Press.   (PDF)     [Utilized by Pollack Peacebuilding]

42. Chowdhury, S.M., & Wandschneider, F. (2018). Anti-trust and the ‘Beckerian Proposition’: the Effects of Investigation and Fines on Cartels. In Victor Tremblay, Elizabeth Schroeder, Carol Horton Tremblay, (Eds.), Handbook of Behavioral Industrial Organization. Edward Elgar, Massachusetts, 368-403.   (PDF)

Editorials

43. Caruso, R., & Chowdhury, S.M. (2021). 4th Walter Isard Annual Award for the Best Article in Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy. Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy, 27(1), 1-2.   (PDF)

44. Balafoutas, L., Chowdhury, S.M., & Plessner, H. (2019). Applications of Sports Data to Study Decision Making. Journal of Economic Psychology, 75(B), 1-5.   (PDF)

45. Chowdhury, S.M., & Malueg, D. (2018). Introduction to the Symposium – Contests: Theory and Evidence. Economic Inquiry, 56(3), 1445-1446.   (PDF)

Other Publications

46. Chowdhury, S.M. (2020). Conflict in the Time of (post-) Corona: Some Assessments from Behavioral Economics. Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy, 26(3), 20200052.   (PDF)

47. Chowdhury, S.M., Datta, D., & Dhar, S. (2019). Auction versus Posted Price Mechanisms in Online Sales: The Roles of Impatience and Dissuasion. Studies in Microeconomics, 7(1), 75-88.   (PDF)

48. Chowdhury, S.M., & Datta, D. (2009). Indian Telecom: Regulation, Spectrum Allocation and Dispute Management. IIMB Management Review, 21(4), 287-296.   (PDF)    [Cited by the Govt. of India]

UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

1. Identity, Communication, and Conflict: An Experiment (w/ S. Bhaumik, R. Dimova, & H. Fromell)   (PDF)

2. In-group versus Out-group Preferences in Intergroup Conflict: An Experiment (w/ A. Mukherjee, & R. Sheremeta)   (PDF)

3. The Lifecycle of Affirmative Action Policies and Its Effect on Effort and Sabotage Behavior (w/ A. Danilov, and M. Kocher)   (PDF)

4. A Combinatorial Contest with Package Designer Preferences (w/ A. Mukherjee, & D. Kovenock)   (PDF)

5.         The Central Influencer Theorem: Spatial Voting Contests with Endogenous Coalition Formation (w/ S. Kim)   (PDF)

6.         The Substitutability of the Magnitude and Likelihood of Anti-Trust Fines under Avoidance: An Experiment (w/ J. Jeon, & F. Wandschneider)   (PDF)

7. An Experimental Analysis of Anti-trust Enforcements under Avoidance (w/ F. Wandschneider)   (PDF)

8. Product Quality and Business Contracts: Intermediary Crude Oil Pricing in a Southwest-US Regional Market (w/ O. De, J. Jeon, & S. Martin)   (PDF)

9. Innovation Races with the Possibility of Failure (w/ S. Martin)   (PDF)

10.         Can Awareness Reduce (and Reverse) Identity-driven Bias in Judgement? Evidence from International Cricket (w/ S. Jewell, & C. Singleton)   (PDF) 

11.         Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Necessarily Escalate Intimate Partner Violence? Results from a National-level Survey in India (w/ U. Das, & S. Saha)    (PDF)