Applied Microeconomics

Lead: Matt Polisson

The research interests of the Applied Microeconomics group span a wide range of areas, including labour, public, health, education, development, political economy, behavioural, and experimental.

People

• Emre Aytimur
• Aris Boukouras
• Shuai Chen
• Sergio Currarini
• Sanjit Dhami
• Clive Fraser
• Mert Gumren
• Raghav Malhotra
• Agustina Martinez
• Asako Ohinato
• Matt Polisson
• David Rojo Arjona
• Paul Schaefer
• Fabio Tufano
• Vanessa Valero

Publications

Chen, S. (Forthcoming). “Unemployment, Immigration, and Populism.” Journal of Law and Economics.

Dhami, S., M. Wei, and P. Mamidi. 2024. “Religious Identity, Trust, Reciprocity, and Prosociality: Theory and Evidence.” Journal of Development Economics 166, 103192.

Aytimur, R. Emre. 2023. “Salience and Horizontal Differentiation.” Canadian Journal of Economics 56(1): 60-86.

Dhami, S., M. Wei, and A. al-Nowaihi. 2023. “Classical and Belief-Based Models of Gift Exchange: Theory and Evidence. Games and Economic Behavior 138, 171-196.

Aytimur, R. Emre. 2022. “On the Optimality of Competition within a Team.” Managerial and Decision Economics 43(3): 673-680.

Chen, S. and J. C. van Ours. 2022. “Mental Health Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization.” Health Economics 31(1), 42-56.

Dhami, S., J. Arshad, and A. al-Nowaihi. 2022. “Psychological and Social Motivations in Microfinance Contracts: Theory and Evidence. Journal of Development Economics 158, 102921.

Rojo Arjona, D., S. Sitzia, and J. Zheng. 2022. “Overcoming Coordination Failure in Games with Focal Points: An Experimental Investigation.” Games and Economic Behavior 136: 505-523.

Chowdhury, S. M., D. Kovenock, D. Rojo Arjona, and N. Wilcox. 2021. “Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-Battle Contests.” Economic Journal 131(636): 1593-1619.

Chen, S. and J. C. van Ours. 2020. “Symbolism Matters: The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 178, 44-58.

Polisson, M., J. K.-H. Quah, and L. Renou. 2020. “Revealed Preferences over Risk and Uncertainty.” American Economic Review 110(6), 1782-1820.

Working papers

Aytimur, R. Emre, and D. Kishishita. 2024. “Social Norms and the Rise of Fringe Candidates.”

Aytimur, R. Emre, and R. Suen. 2024. “Information Quality, Disagreement and Political Polarisation.”

Cortes-Corrales, S. and D. Rojo Arjona. 2024. “The Curse of Centrality in Weighted Networks.”

Dembo, A., S. Kariv, M. Polisson, and J. K.-H. Quah. 2024. “Ever Since Allais.”

Dhami, S. and P. Zeppini. 2024. “Green Technology Adoption Under Uncertainty, Increasing Returns, and Complex Adaptive Dynamics.”

Lanier, J., M. Polisson, and J. K.-H. Quah. 2024. “Money Pumps and Bounded Rationality.”

Schaefer, P. 2024. “The Effect of Social Networks on Market Efficiency.”

Dhami, S. and M. Wei. 2023. “Norms, Emotions, and Culture in Human Cooperation and Punishment: Theory and Evidence.”

Chen, S. 2022. “Rally Post-Terrorism.”

Chen, S. and E. Ge. 2022. “The Anti-Corruption Campaign and the Inter-Generational Transmission of Working in Bureaucracy: Evidence from China.”

Polisson, M. and J. K.-H. Quah. 2022. “Rationalizability, Cost-Rationalizability, and Afriat's Efficiency Index.”

Camera, G., J. Kim, and D. Rojo Arjona. 2021. “Choice Flexibility and Long-Run Cooperation.”

Schaefer, P .and R. Holler. 2021. “Norm Prevalence and Interdependence: Evidence from a Large-Scale Historical Survey of German Speaking Village Communities.”