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Working Papers

2024

1. Incentives to Vaccinate
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

2. The Gender Gap in Meaningful Work
   Working Paper Series, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research View citations (2)

2017

3. Intentions for Doing Good Matter for Doing Well: The (Negative) Signaling Value of Prosocial Incentives
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2014

4. Nudging credit scores in the field: the effect of text reminders on creditworthiness in the United States
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (7)

2012

5. Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence on Self-Help Groups and Peer Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (78)

2011

6. Did We Overestimate the Role of Social Preferences? The Case of Self-Selected Student Samples
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2010) View citations (12)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (11)

2010

7. Financial literacy and subprime mortgage delinquency: evidence from a survey matched to administrative data
   FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (54)
8. Group Membership, Competition, and Altruistic versus Antisocial Punishment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Army Groups
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
   Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2010) View citations (9)
9. Stability of Time Preferences
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (25)

2009

10. Another hidden cost of incentives: the detrimental effect on norm enforcement
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Another Hidden Cost of Incentives: The Detrimental Effect on Norm Enforcement, Management Science, INFORMS (2010) View citations (56) (2010)
11. Present-Biased Preferences and Credit Card Borrowing
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Present-Biased Preferences and Credit Card Borrowing, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (437) (2010)

2008

12. Discounting Financial Literacy: Time Preferences and Participation in Financial Education Programs
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
13. Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (20)
    Also in Public Policy Discussion Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2008) View citations (4)
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2008) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap Between the Public and the Private Sector, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2010) View citations (127) (2010)

2007

14. Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (84)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2007) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (869) (2009)
15. Impatience and credit behavior: evidence from a field experiment
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (29)
16. Overborrowing and undersaving: lessons and policy implications from research in behavioral economics
    Public and Community Affairs Discussion Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (5)
17. Selection into financial literacy programs: evidence from a field study
    Public Policy Discussion Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (6)

2006

18. A survey of economic theories and field evidence on pro-social behavior
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (22)
19. Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich (2006) View citations (4)
20. Do people behave in experiments as in the field?: evidence from donations
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Do people behave in experiments as in the field?—evidence from donations, Experimental Economics, Springer (2008) View citations (199) (2008)
21. Do subsidies increase charitable giving in the long run?: matching donations in a field experiment
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Do Subsidies Increase Charitable Giving in the Long Run? Matching Donations in a Field Experiment, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2007) View citations (177) (2007)
22. The Impact of Group Membership on Cooperation and Norm Enforcement: Evidence using Random Assignment to Real Social Groups
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (402)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2006) View citations (381)
    See also Journal Article The Impact of Group Membership on Cooperation and Norm Enforcement: Evidence Using Random Assignment to Real Social Groups, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (403) (2006)

2005

23. Deciding to Distrust
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
    Also in Public Policy Discussion Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2005) View citations (1)

2004

24. Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (25)
    Also in IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (174)
    See also Journal Article Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2008) View citations (169) (2008)
25. Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    CREMA Working Paper Series, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) View citations (17)

2001

26. Political Economists are Neither Selfish Nor Indoctrinated
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (6)

Undated

27. Do Business Students make Good Citizens?
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Do Business Students Make Good Citizens?, International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals (2004) View citations (12) (2004)
28. Do People Behave in Experiments as in the Field? � Evidence from Donations
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (22)
29. Matching Donations - Subsidizing Charitable Giving in a Field Experiment
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (8)
30. Museums between Private and Public - The Case of the Beyeler Museum in Basle
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)
31. Pro-Social Behavior, Reciprocity or Both?
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (15)
32. Selfish and Indoctrinated Economists?
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (148)
    See also Journal Article Selfish and Indoctrinated Economists?, European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer (2005) View citations (59) (2005)
33. Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior - Testing "Conditional Cooperation" in a Field Experiment
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior: Testing "Conditional Cooperation" in a Field Experiment, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (624) (2004)
34. The Economics of Museums
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (35)
    See also Chapter The Economics of Museums, Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, Elsevier (2006) View citations (33) (2006)
35. Two Concerns about Rational Choice: Indoctrination and Imperialism
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2010

1. Another Hidden Cost of Incentives: The Detrimental Effect on Norm Enforcement
   Management Science, 2010, 56, (1), 57-70 View citations (56)
   See also Working Paper Another hidden cost of incentives: the detrimental effect on norm enforcement, Working Papers (2009) View citations (9) (2009)
2. Present-Biased Preferences and Credit Card Borrowing
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2, (1), 193-210 View citations (437)
   See also Working Paper Present-Biased Preferences and Credit Card Borrowing, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
3. Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap Between the Public and the Private Sector
   Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45, (4), 998-1045 View citations (127)
   See also Working Paper Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (20) (2008)

2009

4. Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (1), 544-55 View citations (869)
   See also Working Paper Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (84) (2007)

2008

5. Do people behave in experiments as in the field?—evidence from donations
   Experimental Economics, 2008, 11, (3), 268-281 View citations (199)
   See also Working Paper Do people behave in experiments as in the field?: evidence from donations, Working Papers (2006) View citations (5) (2006)
6. Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?
   Economica, 2008, 75, (297), 39-59 View citations (169)
   See also Working Paper Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?, IZA Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (25) (2004)

2007

7. Do Subsidies Increase Charitable Giving in the Long Run? Matching Donations in a Field Experiment
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2007, 5, (6), 1203-1222 View citations (177)
   See also Working Paper Do subsidies increase charitable giving in the long run?: matching donations in a field experiment, Working Papers (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
8. When donors feel generous: economic research on prosocial behavior
   Communities and Banking, 2007, (Win), 3-5

2006

9. The Impact of Group Membership on Cooperation and Norm Enforcement: Evidence Using Random Assignment to Real Social Groups
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 212-216 View citations (403)
   See also Working Paper The Impact of Group Membership on Cooperation and Norm Enforcement: Evidence using Random Assignment to Real Social Groups, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (402) (2006)

2005

10. Does Framing Matter for Conditional Cooperation? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2005, 5, (2), 1-21 View citations (6)
11. Selfish and Indoctrinated Economists?
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 2005, 19, (2), 165-171 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Selfish and Indoctrinated Economists?, IEW - Working Papers View citations (148)

2004

12. Do Business Students Make Good Citizens?
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2004, 11, (2), 141-163 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Do Business Students make Good Citizens?, IEW - Working Papers View citations (12)
13. Pro-social behavior in a natural setting
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 54, (1), 65-88 View citations (103)
14. Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior: Testing "Conditional Cooperation" in a Field Experiment
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (5), 1717-1722 View citations (624)
    See also Working Paper Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior - Testing "Conditional Cooperation" in a Field Experiment, IEW - Working Papers View citations (7)

2003

15. Are Political Economists Selfish and Indoctrinated? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (3), 448-462 View citations (125)

Chapters

2006

1. The Economics of Museums
   Elsevier View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper The Economics of Museums, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (35)