A5048757045- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Game Theory and Applications
- Economic Theory and Institutions
- Economic Policies and Impacts
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Economic theories and models
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Merger and Competition Analysis
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Media Influence and Politics
Appalachian State University
2009-2024
Walker (United States)
2018-2024
University of East Anglia
2010-2018
Indiana University
2008
Abstract Norm-based accounts of social behavior in economics typically reflect tradeoffs between maximization own consumption utility and conformity to norms. Theories norm-following tend assume that there exists a single, stable, commonly known injunctive norm for given choice setting each person has stable propensity follow We collect panel data on 1468 participants aged 11–15 years Belfast, Northern Ireland Bogotá, Colombia which we measure norms the dictator game twice at 10 weeks apart....
Abundant evidence suggests that high levels of contributions to public goods can be sustained through self-governed monitoring and sanctioning. This experimental study investigates the effectiveness decentralized sanctioning institutions in alternative punishment networks. Our results show structure network significantly affects allocations good. In addition, we observe configurations are more important than capacities for good provision, imposed sanctions economic efficiency. Lastly,...
We analyze the effects of property rights and resulting loss aversion on contest outcomes. study three situations: in “gain” two players start with no prize make sunk bids to win a prize; “loss” both prizes whoever loses their “mixed” only one player starts that stays him if he wins, but is transferred rival otherwise. Since differences among treatments arise from framing, expected utility standard models predict difference across treatments. introduce model which are made salient, as result...
This proof of concept study harnesses novel transdisciplinary insights to contrast two school-based smoking prevention interventions among adolescents in the UK and Colombia. We compare schools these locations because rates norms are different, order better understand social based mechanisms action related smoking. aim to: 1) improve measurement for behaviors reveal how they spread schools; 2) characterize schools, learning lessons future intervention research. The A Stop Smoking Schools...
Why do firms exist? What is their function? managers do? the role, if any, of social motivation in market? In this paper, we address these questions with a new theory firm, which unites some major themes management, principal-agent theory, and economic sociology. We show that although market superior incentive mechanism, firm has comparative advantage respect to motivation. then efficient environments favor provision incentives, such as when subjective risk low performance easy measure. The...
We experimentally investigate the effects of conflict budget on intensity. run a between-subjects Tullock contest in which we vary from Low to Medium High, while keeping risk-neutral Nash equilibrium bid same. find non-monotonic relationship: bids increase when increases Medium, but decrease further High. This can happen for players with concave utility, if high has wealth effect that reduces marginal utility winning resulting lower bids. To test this, Wealth treatment remains contestants...
Abstract The MECHANISMS study investigates how social norms for adolescent smoking and vaping are transmitted through school friendship networks, is the first to use behavioral economics methodology assess smoking-related norms. Here, we investigate effects of selection homophily (the tendency form friendships with similar peers) peer influence (a process whereby an individual’s behavior or attitudes affected by peers acting as reference points individual) on experimentally measured norms,...
Abstract Many adolescent smoking prevention programmes target social norms, typically evaluated with self-report, susceptible to desirability bias. An alternative approach little application in public health are experimental norms elicitation methods. Using the Mechanisms of Networks and Norms Influence on Smoking Schools (MECHANISMS) study baseline data, from 12–13 year old school pupils (n = 1656) Northern Ireland Bogotá (Colombia), we compare two methods measuring injunctive descriptive...
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Abstract Little is known about the personality and cognitive traits that shape adolescents’ sensitivity to social norms. Further, few studies have harnessed novel empirical tools elicit norms among adolescent populations. This paper examines association between various using an incentivised rule-following task grounded in Game Theory. Cross-sectional data were obtained from 1274 adolescents. Self-administered questionnaires used measure as well other psychosocial characteristics....
In a principal–agent model, we find that firms may not always benefit from the relative concerns of agents if such are heterogeneous. Further, accounting for influence environment on concerns, profits reduced to no-comparisons benchmark.