Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomics, especially in the domain of
Determinants and consequences of inequalities among individuals
Economic preferences and skills and their effects on outcomes and decisions.
The Preference Survey Module: New Evidence on Social Preferences from Tehran
Michael Kosfeld, Zahra Sharafi
Journal of the Economic Science Association 10, 2024, 152-164.
Poverty and Perseverance: The Detrimental Effect of Poverty on Effort Provision
Zahra Sharafi
Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 162:103040.
Social influence in childhood obesity interventions: a systematic review
Mohammad S Jalali, Zahra Sharafi, Hazhir Rahmandad, Alice S. Ammerman
Obesity Review, 17(9), 820-32, 2016.
Measuring Economic Preferences with Surveys and Behavioral Experiments
Corresponding author, with Michael Kosfeld, Maíra Sontag González, Na Zou
January 2025, IZA (17608 ) and CESifo (11631) discussion paper.
Distracted Minds: How Poverty Induced Distress Affects Adolescents' Cognitive Function
Zahra Sharafi
September 2024, Under review.
with Jan Zacharias, Oliver Hinz, Kevin Bauer
March 2025, R&R, PLOS One.
Pledge Donation, Communication, and Memory
with Andreas Grunewald, Christoph Oslislo, and Frederik Schwerter
Exploring Job Possibilities: The Role of Expectations and Perceptions in Immigrants' Job Search and Success
with Vincent Selz
Predictive Validity of Economic Pr eference Measures
with Christina Gravert, Michael Kosfeld
Supplier Development Strategies as a Decision-Making Problem
Zahra Sharafi, Jamshid Parvizian
International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2011