ExCEN, the EXperimental Economics CENter, was founded in 2006 to support research, teaching, and policy applications involving controlled experiments with human decision makers. Professor James C. Cox is the founding director of the Center. The Center’s central objective is to promote the development and application of economics and related academic disciplines as empirical social science. Ongoing research in the Center involves development of economic theory supported by data. To learn more about ExCEN and its college, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, visit http://excen.gsu.edu/center and https://aysps.gsu.edu.
Submissions from 2019
Audit State Dependent Taxpayer Compliance: Theory and Evidence from Colombia, James Alm, James Cox, and Vjollca Sadiraj
Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence, James Cox, John List, Michael Price, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Anya Samek
Submissions from 2018
Do People Bundle Sequences of Choices? An Experimental Investigation, George Ainslie, Glenn Harrison, Morten Lau, Don Ross, Alexander Schuhr, and Todd Swarthout
Audit State Dependent Taxpayer Compliance: Theory and Evidence from Colombia, James Alm, James Cox, and Vjollca Sadiraj
Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment, James Cox, Daniel Kreisman, and Susan Dynarski
The St. Petersburg Paradox Despite Risk-seeking Preferences: An Experimental Study, James Cox, Eike Kroll, Marcel Lichters, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Bodo Vogt
Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence, James Cox, John List, Michael Price, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Anya Samek
Incentives, James Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj
Cultural Identities and Resolution of Social Dilemmas, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Urmimala Sen
Smoking and Intertemporal Risk Attitudes, Glenn Harrison, Andre Hofmeyr, Harold Kincaid, Don Ross, and Todd Swarthout
Eye-Tracking and Economic Theories of Choice Under Risk, Glenn Harrison and Todd Swarthout
Submissions from 2017
Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence, Steffen Andersen, James Cox, Glenn Harrison, Morten Lau, Elisabet Rutstrom, and Vjollca Sadiraj
Do The Effects of Social Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments, Alec Brandon, Paul Ferraro, John List, Robert Metcalfe, Michael Price, and Florian Rundhammer
Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence, James Cox, John List, Michael Price, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Anya Samek
Tax Incidence: Do Institutions Matter? An Experimental Study, James Cox, Mark Rider, and Astha Sen
Fit as a Fiddle or Sick as a Dog: Effects of Subjective Patient Reports on Uptake of Clinical Decision Support, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, Kurt Schnier, and John Sweeney
Cultural Identities and Resolution of Social Dilemmas, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Urmimala Sen
An Experimental Game of Loss Sharing, Wulf Gaertner, Lars Schwettmann, and Yongsheng Xu
Harnessing Policy Complementarities to Conserve Energy: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment, John List, Robert Metcalfe, Michael Price, and Florian Rundhammer
Submissions from 2016
What is Trustworthiness and What Drives It?, James Cox, Rudolf Kerschbamer, and Daniel Neururer
Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence, James Cox, John List, Michael Price, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Anya Samek
Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission, James Cox, Maros Servatka, and Radovan Vadovic
The Behavioralist as Policy Designer: The Need to Test Multiple Treatments to Meet Multiple Targets, Robert Hahn, Robert Metcalfe, David Novgorodsky, and Michael Price
Cumulative Prospect Theory in the Laboratory: A Reconsideration, Glenn Harrison and Todd Swarthout
Submissions from 2015
Trust and Trustworthiness of Immigrants and Native-Born Americans, James Cox and Wafa Hakim Orman
Higher Quality and Lower Cost from Improving Hospital Discharge Decision Making, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, Kurt Schnier, and John Sweeney
Incentivizing Cost-Effective Reductions in Hospital Readmission Rates, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, Kurt Schnier, and John Sweeney
Subjective Belief Distributions and the Characterization of Economic Literacy, Amalia Di Girolamo, Glenn Harrison, Morten Lau, and Todd Swarthout
Reduction of Compound Lotteries with Objective Probabilities: Theory and Evidence, Glenn Harrison, Jimmy Martínez-Correa, and Todd Swarthout
Submissions from 2014
What is Trustworthiness and What Drives It, James Cox, Rudolf Kerschbamer, and Daniel Neururer
Asymmetrically Dominated Choice Problems, the Isolation Hypothesis and Random Incentive Mechanisms, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Ulrich Schmidt
Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice under Risk, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Ulrich Schmidt
Higher Quality and Lower Cost from Improving Hospital Discharge Decision Making, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, Kurt Schnier, and John Sweeney
Eliciting Subjective Probability Distributions with Binary Lotteries, Glenn Harrison, Jimmy Martínez-Correa, Todd Swarthout, and Eric Ulm
Submissions from 2013
Let Me Vote! An experimental study of vote rotation in committees, R. Bosman, P. Maier, V. Sadiraja, and F. van Winden
Tax Incidence: Do Institutions Matter? An Experimental Study, James Cox, Mark Rider, and Astha Sen
Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission, James Cox, Maroš Servátka, and Radovan Vadovic
Characterizing Financial and Statistical Literacy, Amalia Girolamo, Glenn Harrison, Morten Lau, and Todd Swarthout
Scoring Rules for Subjective Probability Distributions, Glenn Harrison, Jimmy Martínez-Correa, Todd Swarthout, and Eric Ulm
The Impact of CMS CoP on Kidney Transplant Waiting Times, K. Schnier, C. McIntyre, V. Sadiraja, T. Pearson, A. Kirk, and N. Turgeon
Auctioning the right to play ultimatum games and the impact on equilibrium selection, Jason Shachat and Todd Swarthout
Submissions from 2012
Cooperating to Resist Coercion: An Experimental Study, Lucy Ackert, Ann Gillette, and Mark Rider
Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence, Steffen Andersen, James Cox, Glenn Harrison, Morten Lau, Elisabet Rutström, and Vjollca Sadiraj
Provision versus Appropriation in Symmetric and Asymmetric Social Dilemmas, James Cox, Elinor Ostrom, Vjollca Sadiraj, and James Walker
Tax Incidence: Do Institutions Matter? An Experimental Study, James Cox, Mark Rider, and Astha Sen
Asymmetrically Dominated Choice Problems, the Isolation Hypothesis and Random Incentive Mechanisms, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Ulrich Schnier
Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice under Risk, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Ulrich Schnier
Is There a Plausible Theory for Decision under Risk? A Dual Calibration Critique, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, Bodo Vogt, and Utteeyo Dasgupta
Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission, James Cox, Maroš Servátka, and Radovan Vadovic
Reduction of Compound Lotteries with Objective Probabilities: Theory and Evidence, Glenn Harrison and Jimmy Martínez-Correa
Eliciting Subjective Probabilities with Binary Lotteries, Glenn Harrison, Jimmy Martínez-Correa, and Todd Swarthout
Inducing Risk Neutral Preferences with Binary Lotteries: A Reconsideration, Glenn Harrison, Jimmy Martínez-Correa, and Todd Swarthout
Scoring Rules for Subjective Probability Distributions, Glenn Harrison, Jimmy Martínez-Correa, and Todd Swarthout
The Independence Axiom and the Bipolar Behaviorist, Glenn Harrison and Todd Swarthout
Increasing Organ Donation via Changes in the Default Choice or Allocation Rule, Zackary Hawley, Danyang Li, and Kurt Schnier
Avoiding the Curves: Direct Elicitation of Time Preferences, Susan Laury, Melayne McInnes, Todd Swarthout, and Erica Nessen
Avoiding the Curves: Direct Elicitation of Time Preferences, Susan Laury, Melayne McInnes, Todd Swarthout, and Erica Von Nessen
Probabilistic Risk Attitudes and Local Risk Aversion: a Paradox, Vjollca Sadiraj
A hidden Markov model for the detection of pure and mixed strategy play in games, Jason Shachat, Todd Swarthout, and Lijia Wei
Submissions from 2011
Are Benevolent Dictators Altruistic in Groups? A Within-Subject Design, Lucy Ackert, Jimmy Martinez-Vazquez, Ann Gillette, and Mark Rider
Bosses and Kings: Asymmetric Power in Paired Common Pool and Public Good Games, James Cox, Elinor Ostrom, and James Walker
Risk Aversion as Attitude towards Probabilities: A Paradox, James Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj
Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice under Risk, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Ulrich Schnier
Do Landlords Discriminate in the Rental Housing Market? Evidence from an Internet Field Experiment in U.S. Cities, Andrew Hanson and Zackary Hawley
Can Intertemporal Choice Experiments Elicit Time Preferences for Consumption? Yes, Glenn Harrison and Todd Swarthout
Man versus Nash An experiment on the self-enforcing nature of mixed strategy equilibrium, Jason Shachat, Todd Swarthout, and Lijia Wei
Submissions from 2010
Inferring Beliefs as Subjectively Uncertain Probabilities, Steffen Andersen, John Fountain, Glenn Harrison, Arne Hole, and Elisabet Rutström
Estimating Subjective Probabilities, Steffen Andersen, John Fountain, Glenn Harrison, and Elisabet Rutström
Latent Process Heterogeneity in Discounting Behavior, Maribeth Coller, Glenn Harrison, and Elisabet Rutström
Trust with Private and Common Property: Effects of Stronger Property Right Entitlements, James Cox and Daniel Hall
Arms or Legs: Isomorphic Dutch Auctions and Centipede Games, James Cox and Duncan James
Direct Tests of Individual Preferences for Efficiency and Equity, James Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj
Is There a Plausible Theory for Decision under Risk? A Dual Calibration Critique, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, Bodo Vogt, and Utteeyo Dasgupta
The Methodological Promise of Experimental Economics, Glenn Harrison
Theory, Experimental Design and Econometrics Are Complementary (And So Are Lab and Field Experiments), Glenn Harrison, Morten Lau, and Elisabet Rutström
Characterizing Risk Attitudes of Industrial Managers, Glenn Harrison, Sebastian Mortiz, and Richard Pibernik
The Methodologies of Neuroeconomics, Glenn Harrison and Don Ross
Identification of Voters with Interest Groups Improves the Electoral Chances of the Challenger, Vjollca Sadiraj, Jan Tuinstra, and Frans van Winden
Submissions from 2009
Risk Tolerance, Self-Interest, and Social Preferences, Lucy Ackert, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Ann Gillette, and Mark Rider
Lost in the Mail: A Field Experiment on Crime, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie, Maximo Torero, and Angelino Viceisza
Some Issues of Methods, Theories, and Experimental Designs, James Cox
On the Coefficient of Variation as a Criterion for Decision under Risk, James Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj
On the Coefficient of Variation as a Measure of Risk Sensitivity, James Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj
On the Empirical Relevance of St.Petersburg Lotteries, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Bodo Vogt
Saliency of Outside Options in the Lost Wallet Game, James Cox, Maroš Servátka, and Radovan Vadovič
An Experimental Test of the Pigovian Hypothesis, Jason Delaney
Play to Learn? An Experiment, Martin Dufwenberg and Todd Swarthout
Procurement Auctions for Differentiated Goods, Jason Shachat and Todd Swarthout
Submissions from 2008
Your Place in Space: Classroom Experiment on Spatial Location Theory, Margo Bergman, Dirk Mateer, Michael Reksulak, Jonathan Rork, Rick Wilson, and David Zirkle
The Today and Tomorrow of Kids, Marco Castillo, Paul Ferraro, Jeff Jordan, and Ragan Petrie
Rationality and the Nature of the Market, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie, and Maximo Torero
Trust and Reciprocity: Implications of Game Triads and Social Contexts, James Cox
Risky Decisions in the Large and in the Small: Theory and Experiment, James Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj
On the Empirical Relevance of St. Petersburg Lotteries, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, and Bodo Vogt
Is There a Plausible Theory for Decision under Risk?, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, Bodo Vogt, and Utteeyo Dasgupta
Face Value, Catherine Eckel and Ragan Petrie
Competition Between Auctions, Ernan Haruvy, Peter Popkowski Leszczyc, Octavian Carare, James Cox, Eric Greenleaf, and Wolfgang Jank
Insurance Decisions for Low-Probability Losses, Susan Laury, Melayne McInnes, and Todd Swarthout
Insurance Purchase for Low-Probability Losses, Susan Laury, Melayne McInnes, and Todd Swarthout
How do people play against Nash opponents in games which have a mixed strategy equilibrium?, Jason Shachat and Todd Swarthout