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Ideal Default for Resolving Disputes Efficiently (2024)
Journal Article
Anbarci, N., & Celik, G. (online). Ideal Default for Resolving Disputes Efficiently. International Economic Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12737

We study arbitration mechanisms where two parties to the dispute have single-peaked preferences over outcomes, represented by concave utility functions. The most preferred outcome of each party is her private information. By participating in an arbit... Read More about Ideal Default for Resolving Disputes Efficiently.

The Long-Run Effects of Peer Gender On Occupational Sorting and the Wage Gap (2024)
Journal Article
Getik, D., & Meier, A. N. (in press). The Long-Run Effects of Peer Gender On Occupational Sorting and the Wage Gap. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy,

We study the impact of the early gender environment on inequality in the labor market. To this end, we link primary school data to occupations and earnings. We find that women exposed to more girls at critical ages earn more later on: A 10% increase... Read More about The Long-Run Effects of Peer Gender On Occupational Sorting and the Wage Gap.

Uncovering individualised treatment effects for educational trials (2024)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., Hauser, O., Kirkwood, C., Li, D. Z., Ford, T., & Higgins, S. (2024). Uncovering individualised treatment effects for educational trials. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 22606. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73714-z

Large-scale Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) are widely regarded as “the gold standard” for testing the causal effects of school-based interventions. RCTs typically present the statistical significance of the average treatment effect (ATE), which... Read More about Uncovering individualised treatment effects for educational trials.

The inelastic demand for affirmative action (2024)
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Getik, D., Islam, M., & Samahita, M. (2024). The inelastic demand for affirmative action. European Economic Review, 170, Article 104862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104862

We study the role of financial incentives in driving support for affirmative action (AA) in a series of online experiments. Participants act as employers deciding whether to use AA in hiring. We implement three treatments to disenta... Read More about The inelastic demand for affirmative action.

Rural-Urban Divide of COVID-19 fatalities in India – Investigating the Role of Lifestyle Disorder Diseases (2024)
Journal Article
Basu, P., Das, S., Dutta Choudhury, A., Mazumder, R., & Sengupta, M. (in press). Rural-Urban Divide of COVID-19 fatalities in India – Investigating the Role of Lifestyle Disorder Diseases. Journal of Quantitative Economics,

Using data on weekly COVID-19 infections and fatalities at the district level for 19 states and 4 union territories of India, we investigate the determinants of COVID-19 deaths focusing exclusively on the second wave of infections. We include several... Read More about Rural-Urban Divide of COVID-19 fatalities in India – Investigating the Role of Lifestyle Disorder Diseases.

Intersectionality: Affirmative Action with Multidimensional Identities (2024)
Journal Article
Carvalho, J.-P., Pradelski, B. R. S., & Williams, C. (online). Intersectionality: Affirmative Action with Multidimensional Identities. Management Science, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03839

Studying the design of affirmative action policies when identities are multidimensional, we provide a formal demonstration of the importance of intersectionality. Prevailing affirmative action policies are based only on one identity dimension (e.g.,... Read More about Intersectionality: Affirmative Action with Multidimensional Identities.

Job Satisfaction and Workplace Representation in Europe (2024)
Journal Article
Addison, J., & Teixeira, P. (online). Job Satisfaction and Workplace Representation in Europe. Manchester School, https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12499

The backdrop to this inquiry into the relationship between worker job satisfaction and workplace representation in European nations is twofold. The first is that the bulk of research has focused on union membership and job satisfaction in Anglophone... Read More about Job Satisfaction and Workplace Representation in Europe.

Influencing Search (2024)
Journal Article
Janssen, M. C. W., & Williams, C. (online). Influencing Search. The RAND Journal of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12475

We show that in search markets an influencer who recommends a product to her followers improves consumer surplus and total welfare despite the firm paying for her recommendation. As consumers learn their value for the product upon search, they will n... Read More about Influencing Search.

Intelligence in Experimental Economics (2024)
Journal Article
Sofianos, A. (in press). Intelligence in Experimental Economics. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance,

The economics literature has increasingly been studying how intelligence relates to economic decision making. This has developed a large literature that aims to understand how cognitive abilities and processes relate to both individual decision makin... Read More about Intelligence in Experimental Economics.

Constant Discounting, Temporal Instability and Dynamic Inconsistency in Denmark: A Longitudinal Field Experiment (2024)
Journal Article
Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I., & Yoo, H. I. (online). Constant Discounting, Temporal Instability and Dynamic Inconsistency in Denmark: A Longitudinal Field Experiment. International Economic Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12729

Claims that individuals have dynamically inconsistent preferences are usually made by studying individual discount rates over different time delays, but where those discount rates are elicited at a single point in time. However, to test dynamic incon... Read More about Constant Discounting, Temporal Instability and Dynamic Inconsistency in Denmark: A Longitudinal Field Experiment.

The Spectral Approach to Linear Rational Expectations Models (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Sadoon, M. (in press). The Spectral Approach to Linear Rational Expectations Models. Econometric Theory,

This paper considers linear rational expectations models in the frequency domain. The paper characterizes existence and uniqueness of solutions to particular as well as generic systems. The set of all solutions to a given system is shown to be a fini... Read More about The Spectral Approach to Linear Rational Expectations Models.

Trilemma or Trinity? The nexus of economic growth, circular economy and net zero (2024)
Journal Article
Basu, P., Jamasb, T., & Sen, A. (2024). Trilemma or Trinity? The nexus of economic growth, circular economy and net zero. Energy Economics, 138, Article 107844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107844

How can economies achieve economic growth without causing negative environmental externalities? There are two aspects to the long-standing debate on 'sustainable growth'. A …rst-best solution is for economies to replace fossil fuels with renewable en... Read More about Trilemma or Trinity? The nexus of economic growth, circular economy and net zero.

Institutional 'gaming' involving staff turnover during recent research evaluation exercises by UK Russell Group universities (2024)
Journal Article
Harris, R., Mate-Sanchez-Val, M., & Marín, M. R. (online). Institutional 'gaming' involving staff turnover during recent research evaluation exercises by UK Russell Group universities. Oxford Economic Papers, https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpae032

There is limited evidence on the extent to which UK universities institutionally 'game' the system with respect to periodic research assessment exercises (i.e. RAE/REF), i.e., the hiring (and leaving) of staff before the cutoff census date to enhance... Read More about Institutional 'gaming' involving staff turnover during recent research evaluation exercises by UK Russell Group universities.

Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events (2024)
Journal Article
Becker, C. K., Melkonyan, T., Proto, E., Sofianos, A., & Trautmann, S. T. (2024). Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events. Journal of the European Economic Association,

Bayesian updating is the dominant theory of learning. However, the theory is silent about how individuals react to events that were previously unforeseen. We study how decision makers update their beliefs if unforeseen events materialize, and under w... Read More about Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events.

Intelligence Disclosure and Cooperation in Repeated Interactions (2024)
Journal Article
Lambrecht, M., Proto, E., Rustichini, A., & Sofianos, A. (2024). Intelligence Disclosure and Cooperation in Repeated Interactions. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 16(3), 199-231. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20220245

How does the information on players’ intelligence affect strategic behavior? Game theory, based on the assumption of common knowledge of rationality, does not provide useful predictions. We experimentally show that in the Prisoners’ Dilemma disclosur... Read More about Intelligence Disclosure and Cooperation in Repeated Interactions.

Stated preferences for new HIV prevention technologies among men who have sex with men in India: A discrete choice experiment (2024)
Journal Article
Cameron, M. P., Newman, P. A., Chakrapani, V., Shunmugam, M., Roungprakhon, S., Rawat, S., Baruah, D., Nelson, R., Tepjan, S., & Scarpa, R. (2024). Stated preferences for new HIV prevention technologies among men who have sex with men in India: A discrete choice experiment. PLoS ONE, 19(7), Article e0289396. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289396

Introduction: India has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world. Despite successes in epidemic control at the population level, a concentrated epidemic persists among gay and other men who have sex with men (MSM). However, India lags in implemen... Read More about Stated preferences for new HIV prevention technologies among men who have sex with men in India: A discrete choice experiment.

Relative Income and Mental Health in Couples (2024)
Journal Article
Getik, D. (online). Relative Income and Mental Health in Couples. The Economic Journal, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae071

The share of couples where the wife out-earns the husband is increasing globally. In this paper, I examine how this dynamic affects mental health. Using data on the 2001 marital cohort in Sweden, I show that while mental health is positively associat... Read More about Relative Income and Mental Health in Couples.

Interpersonal independence of knowledge and belief (2024)
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Lehrer, E., & Samet, D. (2024). Interpersonal independence of knowledge and belief. Synthese, 204, Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-024-04607-x

We show that knowledge satisfies interpersonal independence, meaning that a non-trivial sentence describing one agent’s knowledge cannot be equivalent to a sentence describing another agent’s knowledge. The same property of interpersonal independence... Read More about Interpersonal independence of knowledge and belief.