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Matthew Walker's Outputs (3)

Viral social media videos can raise pro-social behaviours when an epidemic arises (2021)
Journal Article
Guo, Y., Shachat, J., Walker, M., & Wei, L. (2021). Viral social media videos can raise pro-social behaviours when an epidemic arises. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 7(2), 120-138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-021-00104-w

Access to information via social media is one of the biggest differentiators of public health crises today. During the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak in January 2020, we conducted an experiment in Wuhan, China to assess the impact of viral soc... Read More about Viral social media videos can raise pro-social behaviours when an epidemic arises.

How the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic impacted pro-social behaviour and individual preferences: Experimental evidence from China (2021)
Journal Article
Shachat, J., Walker, M., & Wei, L. (2021). How the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic impacted pro-social behaviour and individual preferences: Experimental evidence from China. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 190, 480-494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.08.001

We present experimental evidence on how pro-sociality, trust and attitudes towards risk and ambiguity evolved over the six weeks following the imposition of stringent Covid-19 related lockdown measures in the Hubei province of China. We compare incen... Read More about How the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic impacted pro-social behaviour and individual preferences: Experimental evidence from China.

The Impact of an Epidemic: Experimental Evidence on Preference Stability from Wuhan (2021)
Journal Article
Shachat, J., Walker, M., & Wei, L. (2021). The Impact of an Epidemic: Experimental Evidence on Preference Stability from Wuhan. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111, 302-306. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20211002

We examine how the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in the Hubei province of China impacted pro-social behavior and attitudes toward risk and uncertainty. The study repeatedly applies a panel of financially incentivized individual and strategic decisio... Read More about The Impact of an Epidemic: Experimental Evidence on Preference Stability from Wuhan.