Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Eckel, Catherine"
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Je, Hyundam (2023-05-08)This dissertation comprises three chapters on behavioral economics and decision theory. Each chapter is independent. In the first chapter, I present the first experimental evidence that information receivers exhibit a ...
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Priday, Benjamin Avin (2020-07-15)The economics of altruistic behavior, and specifically the economics of charitable giving, is a large and rich field of research. This is not without cause: charitable giving is a significant household decision. We contribute ...
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Cao, Andy (2023-04-27)My dissertation consists of three essays on the topics of hate crime, media, and corruption. In the first chapter, I investigate the role news media plays in promoting hatred through the news coverage of mass shootings. I ...
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Aksoy, Billur (2019-03-20)This dissertation includes three essays in the fields of public and behavioral economics with a special focus on social preferences using both lab and field experiments. The first essay investigates the impact that information ...
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Alston, Mackenzie Jessica (2019-04-08)While there are people who gain success in life without many complications, there are many others those who struggle and must overcome challenges in order to succeed. In these three chapters, I use experimental methods to ...
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Wang, Zhengzheng (2016-04-12)This dissertation addresses three policy-relevant issues using experimental methodology. These studies illustrate the value of using experimental methods to study policy questions. First is the blood donation game, which ...
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Atkins, Asheli (2020-07-21)This dissertation addresses: (1) The strategies Black entrepreneurs construct to navigate racist and discriminatory barriers in the market; (2) The role race, ethnicity, and other aspects of identity play in the strategy ...
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Kovaliukaite, Ada (2018-05-03)This dissertation includes three experimental studies discussing the role of strategic beliefs in understanding strategic, pro-social and socially complementary behavior. The first essay, “Testing Stepwise Reasoning”, ...
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Zhan, Wei (2017-07-31)In this dissertation, I study individuals’ prosocial behaviors. I focus on the topics of charitable giving, measuring altruism, and trust. The first essay studies the effectiveness of fundraising campaigns with volunteer ...
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Peralta, Abigail-Allison M. (2018-05-03)This dissertation introduces three essays on public economics with a focus on the developing country setting. The first two essays present evidence that the accountability generated by electoral institutions positively ...
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Zhang, Yue (2015-08-03)This dissertation studies the relationship between time preference and addictive consumption. I first provide the theoretical background and the simulation results of an intertemporal choices model; then discuss the ...
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Castillo Garcia, Jose Gabriel (2015-07-28)The three essays in this thesis foster the identification of unexpected influences of different institutional arrangements on economic outcomes. The first two essays, experimental in nature, analyze the impact of two ...
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Constantin, Mary Kathryn (2021-05-19)Previous research demonstrates that status expectations for cooperation and the possibility of punishment increase contributions and decrease free riding within public goods settings. Very little work, however, examines ...