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Working Papers

2024

1. Public discourse and socially responsible market behavior
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (3)
2. Sorting and wage premiums in immoral work
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (8)
3. The causal effect of income on market social responsibility
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (6)

2021

4. Gender preference gaps and voting for redistribution
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (6)
5. Self-serving biases in beliefs about collective outcomes
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (5)

2020

6. Are women less effective leaders than men? Evidence from experiments using coordination games
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)

2019

7. Frequent job changes can signal poor work attitude and reduce employability
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich
8. On self-serving strategic beliefs
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)

2017

9. Do Gender Preference Gaps Impact Policy Outcomes?
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (14)
   Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics (2017) View citations (10)
10. Spillover Effects of Institutions on Cooperative Behavior, Preferences and Beliefs
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)
    Also in Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) (2017) View citations (28)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (18)

2016

11. Does postponing minimum retirement age improve healthy behaviours before retirement? Evidence from middle-aged Italian workers?
    Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) View citations (1)
12. Pre-Play Communication with Forgone Costly Messages: Experimental Evidence on Forward Induction
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2014) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Pre-play communication with forgone costly messages: experimental evidence on forward induction, Experimental Economics, Springer (2017) View citations (11) (2017)

2015

13. An Experimental Study of Persuasion Bias and Social Influence in Networks
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics View citations (11)
    Also in BELIS Working Papers, BELIS, Istanbul Bilgi University (2014) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article An experimental study of persuasion bias and social influence in networks, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
14. Game form misconceptions are not necessary for a willingness-to-pay vs. willingness-to-accept gap
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (28)
15. Generosity Across Contexts
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (9)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2015) View citations (9)
16. Legitimacy, Communication and Leadership in the Turnaround Game
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics View citations (34)
    Also in BELIS Working Papers, BELIS, Istanbul Bilgi University (2014) View citations (33)
    UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) (2014) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article Legitimacy, Communication, and Leadership in the Turnaround Game, Management Science, INFORMS (2015) View citations (40) (2015)
17. Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics
    HEC Research Papers Series, HEC Paris
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2014) View citations (95)
    See also Journal Article Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (128) (2014)
18. Turning a blind eye, but not the other cheek: on the robustness of costly punishment
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich
    See also Journal Article Turning a blind eye, but not the other cheek: On the robustness of costly punishment, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

2014

19. Do Leaders Affect Ethical Conduct?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (10)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2014) View citations (26)
20. Do markets erode social responsibility?
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (21)
    Also in UBSCENTER - Working Papers, UBS International Center of Economics in Society - Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2013) View citations (2)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2013) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Do Markets Erode Social Responsibility?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2015) View citations (170) (2015)
21. Game Form Misconceptions Do Not Explain the Endowment Effect
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
22. Growing Groups, Cooperation, and the Rate of Entry
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2013)
23. Maintaining efficiency while integrating entrants from lower-performing groups: an experimental study
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Maintaining Efficiency while Integrating Entrants from Lower Performing Groups: an Experimental Study, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2017) View citations (11) (2017)
24. On the Persistence of Strategic Sophistication
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article On the persistence of strategic sophistication, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2015) View citations (105) (2015)

2013

25. Does Willful Ignorance Deflect Punishment? - An Experimental Study
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (13)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2013) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? – An experimental study, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2014) View citations (35) (2014)
26. Long-term commitment and cooperation
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (7)
27. On altruism and remittances
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich

2008

28. Identifying Social Norms Using Coordination Games: Why Does Dictator Game Sharing Vary?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article IDENTIFYING SOCIAL NORMS USING COORDINATION GAMES: WHY DOES DICTATOR GAME SHARING VARY?, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2013) View citations (599) (2013)

2007

29. The Focusing and Informational Effects of Norms on Pro-Social Behavior
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The focusing and informational effects of norms on pro-social behavior, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2009) View citations (185) (2009)

2006

30. Sorting, Prices, and Social Preferences
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)

1998

31. The Econometrics and Behavioral Economics of Escalation of Commitment: A Re-examination of Staw and Hoang's NBA Data
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article The econometrics and behavioral economics of escalation of commitment: a re-examination of Staw and Hoang's NBA data, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (1999) View citations (56) (1999)

1996

32. The Illusion of Leadership
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
33. Timing and Virtual Observability in Ultimatum Bargaining and Weak Link Coordination Games
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Timing and Virtual Observability in Ultimatum Bargaining and “Weak Link” Coordination Games, Experimental Economics, Springer (2004) View citations (46) (2004)

Undated

34. Coordination in the Presence of Asset Markets
    GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Coordination in the Presence of Asset Markets, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (29) (2011)

Journal Articles

2017

1. Maintaining Efficiency while Integrating Entrants from Lower Performing Groups: an Experimental Study
   Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (600), 417-444 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Maintaining efficiency while integrating entrants from lower-performing groups: an experimental study, ECON - Working Papers (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
2. Pre-play communication with forgone costly messages: experimental evidence on forward induction
   Experimental Economics, 2017, 20, (2), 368-395 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Pre-Play Communication with Forgone Costly Messages: Experimental Evidence on Forward Induction, CESifo Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2016

3. Coordination with decentralized costly communication
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 130, (C), 225-241 View citations (18)
4. Delegated bargaining in a competitive agent market: an experimental study
   Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2016, 2, (1), 22-35 View citations (9)
5. Motivated Bayesians: Feeling Moral While Acting Egoistically
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30, (3), 189-212 View citations (112)
6. Turning a blind eye, but not the other cheek: On the robustness of costly punishment
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 128, (C), 159-177 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Turning a blind eye, but not the other cheek: on the robustness of costly punishment, ECON - Working Papers (2015) (2015)

2015

7. An experimental study of persuasion bias and social influence in networks
   European Economic Review, 2015, 80, (C), 214-229 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper An Experimental Study of Persuasion Bias and Social Influence in Networks, Working Papers (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
8. Do Markets Erode Social Responsibility?
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130, (1), 219-266 View citations (170)
   See also Working Paper Do markets erode social responsibility?, ECON - Working Papers (2014) View citations (21) (2014)
9. Legitimacy, Communication, and Leadership in the Turnaround Game
   Management Science, 2015, 61, (11), 2627-2645 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper Legitimacy, Communication and Leadership in the Turnaround Game, Working Papers (2015) View citations (34) (2015)
10. On the persistence of strategic sophistication
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2015, 159, (PA), 369-400 View citations (105)
    See also Working Paper On the Persistence of Strategic Sophistication, CESifo Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

2014

11. Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? – An experimental study
    European Economic Review, 2014, 70, (C), 512-524 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Does Willful Ignorance Deflect Punishment? - An Experimental Study, CESifo Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (13) (2013)
12. Rethinking Reciprocity
    Annual Review of Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 849-874 View citations (30)
13. Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (3), 49-70 View citations (128)
    See also Working Paper Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics, HEC Research Papers Series (2015) (2015)

2013

14. IDENTIFYING SOCIAL NORMS USING COORDINATION GAMES: WHY DOES DICTATOR GAME SHARING VARY?
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (3), 495-524 View citations (599)
    See also Working Paper Identifying Social Norms Using Coordination Games: Why Does Dictator Game Sharing Vary?, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (30) (2008)
15. Implicit vs. explicit deception in ultimatum games with incomplete information
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 93, (C), 337-346 View citations (37)
16. License to Cheat: Voluntary Regulation and Ethical Behavior
    Management Science, 2013, 59, (10), 2187-2203 View citations (44)
17. The effects of time delay in reciprocity games
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2013, 34, (C), 20-35 View citations (23)

2012

18. Sorting in Experiments with Application to Social Preferences
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (1), 136-63 View citations (231)
19. Whom do you distrust and how much does it cost? An experiment on the measurement of trust
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2012, 74, (1), 285-298 View citations (27)

2011

20. Coordination in the Presence of Asset Markets
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (2), 927-47 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Coordination in the Presence of Asset Markets, GSIA Working Papers View citations (1)

2010

21. Meaningful learning and transfer of learning in games played repeatedly without feedback
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 68, (2), 716-730 View citations (35)
22. Self-Interest through Delegation: An Additional Rationale for the Principal-Agent Relationship
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (4), 1826-46 View citations (207)
23. Self-serving interpretations of ambiguity in other-regarding behavior
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 68, (2), 614-625 View citations (119)

2009

24. The focusing and informational effects of norms on pro-social behavior
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2009, 30, (3), 307-320 View citations (185)
    See also Working Paper The Focusing and Informational Effects of Norms on Pro-Social Behavior, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (2) (2007)

2007

25. Exploiting moral wiggle room: experiments demonstrating an illusory preference for fairness
    Economic Theory, 2007, 33, (1), 67-80 View citations (808)
26. How effective is advice from interested parties?: An experimental test using a pure coordination game
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2007, 62, (4), 591-604 View citations (28)
27. Letting the good times roll: A theory of voter inference and experimental evidence
    Public Choice, 2007, 130, (3), 293-310 View citations (10)
28. Solving coordination failure with “all-or-none” group-level incentives
    Experimental Economics, 2007, 10, (3), 285-303 View citations (47)

2006

29. Agreeing to fight: an explanation of the democratic peace
    Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2006, 5, (3), 305-320 View citations (1)
30. Managing Growth to Achieve Efficient Coordination in Large Groups
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (1), 114-126 View citations (169)
31. Misperceiving the value of information in predicting the performance of others
    Experimental Economics, 2006, 9, (3), 281-295 View citations (22)
32. “Behavioral experiments” in economics
    Experimental Economics, 2006, 9, (3), 187-192 View citations (6)

2004

33. Timing and Virtual Observability in Ultimatum Bargaining and “Weak Link” Coordination Games
    Experimental Economics, 2004, 7, (1), 25-48 View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper Timing and Virtual Observability in Ultimatum Bargaining and Weak Link Coordination Games, Working Papers (1996) (1996)

2003

34. 'Learning' with no feedback in a competitive guessing game
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2003, 44, (1), 134-144 View citations (103)
35. Cultural Conflict and Merger Failure: An Experimental Approach
    Management Science, 2003, 49, (4), 400-415 View citations (169)

2001

36. Behavior and Learning in the “Dirty Faces” Game
    Experimental Economics, 2001, 4, (3), 229-242 View citations (9)
37. The Illusion of Leadership: Misattribution of Cause in Coordination Games
    Organization Science, 2001, 12, (5), 582-598 View citations (97)

2000

38. The effects of payoff magnitude and heterogeneity on behavior in 2 x 2 games with unique mixed strategy equilibria
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2000, 42, (4), 523-548 View citations (58)

1999

39. The econometrics and behavioral economics of escalation of commitment: a re-examination of Staw and Hoang's NBA data
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1999, 39, (1), 59-82 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper The Econometrics and Behavioral Economics of Escalation of Commitment: A Re-examination of Staw and Hoang's NBA Data, Working Papers (1998) (1998)

Chapters

2013

1. Organizational formation and change: lessons from economic laboratory experiments
   Chapter 14 in Handbook of Economic Organization, 2013

2012

2. Experimental Organizational Economics
   A chapter in The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (14)

2008

3. Growing Organizational Culture in the Laboratory
   Elsevier View citations (2)