{"id":368,"date":"2019-04-01T19:15:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T18:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/?page_id=368"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:27:54","slug":"behavioural-economics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/research\/behavioural-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Behavioural and Experimental Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All the members of the behavioural economics cluster share a methodological use of controlled experiments with the wider field of behavioural and experimental economics, but are distinctive in their interest in the social underpinnings of economic institutions, and how these forces generate economic disparities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-tabs\">\n<h2 class=\"tabtitle\"><strong>Our Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<p><strong>Academics at Reading<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/our-staff\/dr-diya-abraham\">Diya Abraham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/about\/staff\/s-j-bosworth.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Bosworth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/about\/staff\/j-jeon.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joo Young Jeon<\/a> (lead)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/our-staff\/dr-anwesha-mukherjee\">Anwesha Mukherjee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/our-staff\/dr-jade-siu\">Jade Siu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/our-staff\/dr-li-tang\">Li Tang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<ul>\n<li>Abraham, D., Glejtkov\u00e1, K., &amp; Kr\u010d\u00e1l, O. <em>Forthcoming in 2025<\/em>. The hidden costs of imposing minimum contributions to a global public good. <em>Ecological Economics, 227,<\/em> 108346. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecolecon.2024.108346\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecolecon.2024.108346<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Abraham, D., Greiner, B., &amp; Stephanides, M. (2023). On the Internet you can be anyone: An experiment on strategic avatar choice in online marketplaces.<em> Journal of Economic Behavior &amp; Organization, 206,<\/em> 251-261. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jebo.2022.11.033\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jebo.2022.11.033<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Abraham, D., Corazzini, L., Fi\u0161ar, M., &amp; Reggiani, T. (2023). Coordinating donations via an intermediary: The destructive effect of a sunk overhead cost. <em>Journal of Economic Behavior &amp; Organization, 211,<\/em> 287-304. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jebo.2023.05.006\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jebo.2023.05.006<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\"><strong>Funded Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<ul>\n<li>2023 \u2013 2024 BA\/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Scheme \u201cUpstream corrections and team performance\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Investigators: Diya Abraham; Co-Investigator: Maria Polipciuc (University of Jena)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Summary: The performance of a team depends on its members correcting one another. Members might refrain from doing so to avoid confrontation. This problem is heightened when it is up to subordinates to correct a supervisor. Subordinates might worry that their reputation will be damaged if they are wrong, that they are breaking a social norm or that they will suffer materially and\/or psychologically in case of an unfavorable outcome.\u00a0 We conduct two controlled experiments to explore whether and how under-correction occurs in teams and study potential ways in which it might be mitigated.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\"><strong>Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<li>The Reading Experimental and Behavioural Economics Workshop has been hosted by the cluster twice, in June 2018 (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/Unorganized\/REBEW2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Programme<\/a>) and May 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/Unorganized\/REBEW2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Programme<\/a>). Keynote speakers at these events have been Sarah Smith, Phil Grossman, Marie Claire Villeval, and Jordi Brandts. The workshop gathers a small group of behavioural economists from southeast England and beyond to present and discuss research in progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-626 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/Unorganized\/REBEW2019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"REBEW 2019\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/Unorganized\/REBEW2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/Unorganized\/REBEW2019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/Unorganized\/REBEW2019.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\"><strong>Research Led Teaching<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/modules\/document.aspx?modP=EC343&amp;modYR=1920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EC343-Behavioural Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/modules\/document.aspx?modP=EC321&amp;modYR=1920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EC321-Experimental Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background All the members of the behavioural economics cluster share a methodological use of controlled experiments with the wider field of behavioural and experimental economics, but are distinctive in their&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#101;&#99;&#111;&#110;&#111;&#109;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#47;&#98;&#101;&#104;&#97;&#118;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#97;&#108;&#45;&#101;&#99;&#111;&#110;&#111;&#109;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"coauthors":[20,27],"class_list":["post-368","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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