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Homepage:http://eeecon.uibk.ac.at/~balafoutas/
Workplace:Institut für Finanzwissenschaft (Institute for Public Economics), Fakultät für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik (Faculty of Economics and Statistics), Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (Innsbruck University), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

  1. Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insurance Coverage in Credence Goods Markets
    ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany Downloads
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) Downloads View citations (6)
    ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany (2020) Downloads View citations (8)
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2020) Downloads View citations (6)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) Downloads View citations (6)
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2023) Downloads
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2020) Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Serving Consumers in an Uncertain World: A Credence Goods Experiment
    ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany Downloads
    Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2023) Downloads

2022

  1. Ostracism and Theft in Heterogeneous Groups
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2021) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Ostracism and theft in heterogeneous groups, Experimental Economics, Springer (2023) Downloads (2023)

2021

  1. Competitiveness of Entrepreneurs and Salaried Workers
    ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2021) Downloads
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) Downloads
  2. Conflict in the Pool: A Field Experiment
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2021) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Conflict in the pool: A field experiment, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2023) Downloads (2023)
  3. Predictably competitive? What faces can tell us about competitive behavior
    Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics Downloads
    See also Journal Article Predictably competitive? What faces can tell us about competitive behavior, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2023) Downloads View citations (1) (2023)
  4. Psychopathy and economic behavior among prison inmates: An experiment
    Post-Print, HAL

2020

  1. Credence goods in the literature: What the past fifteen years have taught us about fraud, incentives, and the role of institutions
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck Downloads View citations (60)
    See also Journal Article Credence goods in the literature: What the past fifteen years have taught us about fraud, incentives, and the role of institutions, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (60) (2020)
  2. Rehabilitation and social behavior: Experiments in prison
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Rehabilitation and social behavior: Experiments in prison, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (12) (2020)

2019

  1. How Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Tournaments Affect Gender Differences in Competitive Behavior
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (12)
    Also in Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2017) Downloads View citations (1)
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2019) Downloads View citations (12)
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2017) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article How uncertainty and ambiguity in tournaments affect gender differences in competitive behavior, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2019) Downloads View citations (10) (2019)

2018

  1. Impunity under pressure: On the role of emotions as a commitment
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)

2017

  1. Incentives for dishonesty: An experimental study with internal auditors
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article INCENTIVES FOR DISHONESTY: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WITH INTERNAL AUDITORS, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2020) Downloads View citations (6) (2020)

2016

  1. Affirmative action or just discrimination? A study on the endogenous emergence of quotas
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck Downloads View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Affirmative action or just discrimination? A study on the endogenous emergence of quotas, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) Downloads View citations (39) (2016)
  2. Altruistic punishment does not increase with the severity of norm violations in the field
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Altruistic punishment does not increase with the severity of norm violations in the field, Nature Communications, Nature (2016) Downloads View citations (20) (2016)
  3. The limits of guilt
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The limits of guilt, Journal of the Economic Science Association, Springer (2017) Downloads View citations (19) (2017)
  4. Trust and Communication in a Property Rights Dilemma
    Working Papers, Brown University, Department of Economics Downloads
    See also Journal Article Trust and communication in a property rights dilemma, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2018) Downloads View citations (6) (2018)

2015

  1. Strive to be First or Avoid Being Last: An Experiment on Relative Performance Incentives
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (33)
    Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2013) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Strive to be first or avoid being last: An experiment on relative performance incentives, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2015) Downloads View citations (29) (2015)
  2. The Hidden Costs of Tax Evasion: Collaborative Tax Evasion in Markets for Expert Services
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (19)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, European University Institute (2014) Downloads View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2014) Downloads View citations (1)

2014

  1. Direct and indirect punishment among strangers in the field
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (53)

2013

  1. Equality, Equity and Incentives: An Experiment
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (81)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) Downloads View citations (2)
    Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS), School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. (2010) Downloads View citations (2)
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2010) Downloads View citations (11)

    See also Journal Article Equality, equity and incentives: An experiment, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2013) Downloads View citations (74) (2013)
  2. Revealed Distributional Preferences: Individuals vs. Teams
    Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics Downloads
    Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2013) Downloads View citations (4)

    See also Journal Article Revealed distributional preferences: Individuals vs. teams, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2014) Downloads View citations (29) (2014)
  3. Second-Degree Moral Hazard in a Real-World Credence Goods Market
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads
    Also in Economics Working Papers, European University Institute (2013) Downloads
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) Downloads View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2013) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Second‐Degree Moral Hazard In A Real‐World Credence Goods Market, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2017) Downloads View citations (38) (2017)
  4. Strive to be first and avoid being last: An experiment on relative performance incentives
    VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association Downloads

2012

  1. Norm enforcement in the city: A natural field experiment
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck Downloads View citations (66)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2012) Downloads View citations (62)
    Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne (2011) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article Norm enforcement in the city: A natural field experiment, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2012) Downloads View citations (65) (2012)
  2. Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (54)
    Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2012) Downloads View citations (54)
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (54)

    See also Journal Article Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (2012) Downloads View citations (54) (2012)
  3. Security of Property as a Public Good: Institutions, Socio-Political Environment and Experimental Behavior in Five Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2012) Downloads View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Banco de México (2012) Downloads View citations (3)
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2012) Downloads View citations (2)
  4. The optimal allocation of prizes in tournaments of heterogeneous agents
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article THE OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OF PRIZES IN TOURNAMENTS OF HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2017) Downloads View citations (13) (2017)

2011

  1. Distributional Preferences and Competitive Behavior
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Distributional preferences and competitive behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2012) Downloads View citations (138) (2012)
  2. Public beliefs and corruption in a repeated psychological game
    Post-Print, HAL Downloads View citations (20)
    Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2009) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article Public beliefs and corruption in a repeated psychological game, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2011) Downloads View citations (22) (2011)
  3. What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2011) Downloads View citations (10)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2013) Downloads View citations (151) (2013)

2010

  1. Gender, Competition and the Efficiency of Policy Intervention
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (19)
    Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2010) Downloads View citations (20)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) Downloads View citations (20)

2009

  1. How much income redistribution? An explanation based on vote-buying and corruption
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck Downloads
    See also Journal Article How much income redistribution? An explanation based on vote-buying and corruption, Public Choice, Springer (2011) Downloads View citations (3) (2011)

2008

  1. Households in Transition: The BSEC-CA Experience
    OECD Development Centre Policy Insights, OECD Publishing Downloads
  2. Ménages en transition: l'expérience des pays de la mer Noire et de l'Asie centrale
    Centre de développement de l'OCDE - Repères, OECD Publishing Downloads
  3. Transition, Globalisation and Labour in the Black Sea Economic Co-operation and Central Asian Regions
    OECD Development Centre Policy Insights, OECD Publishing Downloads
  4. Transition, mondialisation et travail dans les pays de la Coopération économique de la mer Noire et d'Asie centrale
    Centre de développement de l'OCDE - Repères, OECD Publishing Downloads

Journal Articles

2023

  1. Conflict in the pool: A field experiment
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 215, (C), 60-73 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Conflict in the Pool: A Field Experiment, Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (1) (2021)
  2. Ostracism and theft in heterogeneous groups
    Experimental Economics, 2023, 26, (1), 193-222 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Ostracism and Theft in Heterogeneous Groups, Post-Print (2022) (2022)
  3. Predictably competitive? What faces can tell us about competitive behavior
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2023, 142, (C), 931-940 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Predictably competitive? What faces can tell us about competitive behavior, Discussion Papers (2021) Downloads (2021)

2022

  1. Religious worship and discrimination
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 197, (C), 91-102 Downloads

2021

  1. Exposure to conspiracy theories in the lab
    Economic and Political Studies, 2021, 9, (1), 90-112 Downloads

2020

  1. Credence goods in the literature: What the past fifteen years have taught us about fraud, incentives, and the role of institutions
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2020, 26, (C) Downloads View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Credence goods in the literature: What the past fifteen years have taught us about fraud, incentives, and the role of institutions, Working Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (60) (2020)
  2. INCENTIVES FOR DISHONESTY: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WITH INTERNAL AUDITORS
    Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58, (2), 764-779 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Incentives for dishonesty: An experimental study with internal auditors, Working Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (2) (2017)
  3. Rehabilitation and social behavior: Experiments in prison
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2020, 119, (C), 148-171 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Rehabilitation and social behavior: Experiments in prison, Post-Print (2020) View citations (10) (2020)

2019

  1. How uncertainty and ambiguity in tournaments affect gender differences in competitive behavior
    European Economic Review, 2019, 118, (C), 1-13 Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper How Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Tournaments Affect Gender Differences in Competitive Behavior, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) Downloads View citations (12) (2019)
  2. Self-Governance and Punishment: An Experimental Study among Namibian Forest Users
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019, 67, (4), 935 - 967 Downloads View citations (3)

2018

  1. Closing the gender gap in competitiveness through priming
    Nature Communications, 2018, 9, (1), 1-6 Downloads View citations (23)
  2. Impunity under pressure: On the role of emotions as a commitment device
    Economics Letters, 2018, 168, (C), 112-114 Downloads View citations (2)
  3. Trust and communication in a property rights dilemma
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 149, (C), 413-433 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Trust and Communication in a Property Rights Dilemma, Working Papers (2016) Downloads (2016)

2017

  1. On the nature of guilt aversion: Insights from a new methodology in the dictator game
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2017, 13, (C), 9-15 Downloads View citations (20)
  2. Second‐Degree Moral Hazard In A Real‐World Credence Goods Market
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (599), 1-18 Downloads View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Second-Degree Moral Hazard in a Real-World Credence Goods Market, CESifo Working Paper Series (2013) Downloads (2013)
  3. THE OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OF PRIZES IN TOURNAMENTS OF HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS
    Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55, (1), 461-478 Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper The optimal allocation of prizes in tournaments of heterogeneous agents, Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (12) (2012)
  4. The limits of guilt
    Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2017, 3, (2), 137-148 Downloads View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper The limits of guilt, Working Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (2) (2016)

2016

  1. Affirmative action or just discrimination? A study on the endogenous emergence of quotas
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 127, (C), 87-98 Downloads View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Affirmative action or just discrimination? A study on the endogenous emergence of quotas, Working Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (39) (2016)
  2. Altruistic punishment does not increase with the severity of norm violations in the field
    Nature Communications, 2016, 7, (1), 1-6 Downloads View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Altruistic punishment does not increase with the severity of norm violations in the field, Natural Field Experiments (2016) Downloads View citations (22) (2016)
  3. Cancelling out early age gender differences in competition: an analysis of policy interventions
    Experimental Economics, 2016, 19, (2), 412-432 Downloads View citations (50)
  4. Securing property rights: A dilemma experiment in Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States
    Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 143, (C), 115-124 Downloads View citations (8)

2015

  1. Strive to be first or avoid being last: An experiment on relative performance incentives
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2015, 94, (C), 39-56 Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Strive to be First or Avoid Being Last: An Experiment on Relative Performance Incentives, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (33) (2015)
  2. The hidden costs of tax evasion
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 129, (C), 14-25 Downloads View citations (9)

2014

  1. Revealed distributional preferences: Individuals vs. teams
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 108, (C), 319-330 Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Revealed Distributional Preferences: Individuals vs. Teams, Discussion Papers in Economics (2013) Downloads (2013)
  2. Third-party punishment and counter-punishment in one-shot interactions
    Economics Letters, 2014, 122, (2), 308-310 Downloads View citations (23)

2013

  1. Equality, equity and incentives: An experiment
    European Economic Review, 2013, 60, (C), 32-51 Downloads View citations (74)
    See also Working Paper Equality, Equity and Incentives: An Experiment, Munich Reprints in Economics (2013) View citations (81) (2013)
  2. What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80, (3), 876-891 Downloads View citations (151)
    See also Working Paper What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods, CESifo Working Paper Series (2011) Downloads View citations (8) (2011)

2012

  1. Distributional preferences and competitive behavior
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 83, (1), 125-135 Downloads View citations (138)
    See also Working Paper Distributional Preferences and Competitive Behavior, Working Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (8) (2011)
  2. Norm enforcement in the city: A natural field experiment
    European Economic Review, 2012, 56, (8), 1773-1785 Downloads View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper Norm enforcement in the city: A natural field experiment, Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (66) (2012)
  3. Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    Kyklos, 2012, 65, (4), 425-441 Downloads View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (54) (2012)

2011

  1. How much income redistribution? An explanation based on vote-buying and corruption
    Public Choice, 2011, 146, (1), 185-203 Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper How much income redistribution? An explanation based on vote-buying and corruption, Working Papers (2009) Downloads (2009)
  2. Public beliefs and corruption in a repeated psychological game
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 78, (1-2), 51-59 Downloads View citations (22)
    Also in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 78, (1), 51-59 (2011) Downloads View citations (22)

    See also Working Paper Public beliefs and corruption in a repeated psychological game, Post-Print (2011) Downloads View citations (20) (2011)
 
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