One constraint we face as economists is not being able to observe all the relevant variables
required to test our theories or make policy prescriptions. Laboratory techniques allow us to …

Mainstream analysis of economic behavior assumes that economic incentives can shape
behavior even when individual agents have limited understanding of the environment (see …

We introduce an incentivized elicitation method for identifying social norms that uses simple
coordination games. We demonstrate that concern for the norms we elicit and for money …

We present evidence from laboratory experiments showing that individuals are “last-place
averse.” Participants choose gambles with the potential to move them out of last place that …

Using data on one-shot games, we investigate whether players' actions can be viewed as
responses to underlying expectations about their opponent's behaviour. In our laboratory …

We study how intelligence and personality affect the outcomes of groups, focusing on
repeated interactions that provide the opportunity for profitable cooperation. Our …

The evolution of many economic variables is affected by expectations that economic agents
have with respect to the future development of these variables. We show, by means of …

Macroeconomic theories have traditionally been tested using nonexperimental field data,
most often national income account data on GDP and its components. This practice follows …

Despite a large theoretical and empirical literature on public goods and common-pool
resources, a systematic comparison of these two types of social dilemmas is lacking. In fact …

We present a study on the evolution of publications about applications of proper scoring
rules. Specifically, we consider articles reporting the use of proper scoring rules when either …