Behavioural Economics Research Group (BERG)
Human behaviour and related policy decisions are often shaped by psychological and social factors that go beyond traditional economic models. This research group investigates the behavioural aspects of economic decision-making to enhance both theoretical and applied knowledge and to inform evidence-based policy measures. Our members specialise in cutting-edge behavioural research across organisational economics, labour economics, health economics, welfare economics, industrial organisation, and related fields. We regularly collaborate with academics, the public sector, and businesses, and employ a range of methods such as formal theory, laboratory experiments, field experiments, surveys, and field data analysis.
Research group leader
Academic staff
Amairisa KoukiBert Van Landeghem
Aidas MasiliūnasJesse Matheson
PhD students
Representative publications
Eko Yogama, Daniel Gray & Matthew Rablen (2024) Nudging for prompt tax penalty payment: Evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
An Ta, Bert Van Landeghem & Aki Tsuchiya (2024) Eliciting public preferences across health and wellbeing dimensions: an equivalent income value set for SIPHER-7. Health Economics.
Andrew Burlinson, Davillas A, Giulietti M & Price CW (2024) Household energy price resilience in the face of gas and electricity market crises. Energy Economics.
Koppensteiner MF, Jesse Matheson & Plugor R (2024) The impact of improving access to support services for victims of domestic violence on demand for services and victim outcomes. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Bert Van Landeghem, Dohmen T, Hole AR & Künn-Nelen A (2024) The value of commuting time, flexibility, and job security: evidence from current and recent jobseekers in Flanders. Labour Economics.
Amairisa Kouki (2024) Work from home and the racial gap in female wages. European Economic Review.
Subhasish M. Chowdhury, Jewell S & Singleton C (2024) Can awareness reduce (and reverse) identity-driven bias in judgement? Evidence from international cricket. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Kasper M & Matthew Rablen (2023) Tax Compliance After an Audit: Higher or Lower? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Li J, Gamannossi Degl'Innocenti D & Matthew Rablen (2023) Marketed Tax Avoidance: An Economic Analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
Foureaux-Koppensteiner, M., Jesse Matheson and R. Plugor (2023). The impact of improving access to support services for victims of domestic violence on demand for services and victim outcomes, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Aidas Masiliunas (2023) Learning in Rent-Seeking Contests with Payoff Risk and Foregone Payoff Information. Games and Economic Behavior.
Del Ponte A, Aidas Masiliunas & Lim N (2023) Information about historical emissions drives the division of climate change mitigation costs. Nature Communications.
Brañas-Garza P, Subhasish M. Chowdhury, Espín AM & Nieboer J (2023) Born this Way’? Prenatal exposure to testosterone may determine behavior in competition and conflict. Journal of Economic Psychology.
Subhasish M. Chowdhury, Esteve‐González, P., & Mukherjee, A. (2023). Heterogeneity, leveling the playing field, and affirmative action in contests. Southern Economic Journal.
Subhasish M. Chowdhury, Mukherjee A & Turocy TL (2022) And the first runner-up is..: comparing winner selection procedures in multi-winner Tullock contests. Review of Economic Design
Elliott, J., & Aki Tsuchiya (2022). Do they just know more, or do they also have different preferences? An exploratory analysis of the effects of self-reporting serious health problems on health state valuation. Social Science & Medicine.
Baik, K.H., Subhasish M. Chowdhury, & Ramalingam, A. (2022). Group Size and Matching Protocol in Contests. Canadian Journal of Economics.
Brown, S., Ghosh, P., Daniel Gray, Pareek, B., & Roberts, J. (2021). Saving behaviour and health: A high-dimensional Bayesian analysis of British panel data. The European Journal of Finance.
Daniel Gray, Montagnoli, A., & Moro, M. (2021). Does education improve financial behaviors? Quasi-experimental evidence from Britain. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Daniel Gray, Pickard, H., & Munford, L. (2021). Election outcomes and individual subjective wellbeing in Great Britain. Economica.
Subhasish M. Chowdhury, Kovenock, D., Rojo-Arjona, D., & Wilcox, N.(2021) Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests. Economic Journal.
Abásolo, I., & Aki Tsuchiya (2020). Comparing aversions to outcome inequality and social risk in health and income: An empirical analysis using hypothetical scenarios with losses. Health Economics.
Aidas Masiliunas, & Nax, H. H. (2020). Framing and repeated competition. Games and Economic Behavior.
Baik, K.H., Subhasish M. Chowdhury, & Ramalingam, A. (2020). The Effects of Conflict Budget on the Intensity of Conflict: An Experimental Investigation. Experimental Economics.
McDool, E., Powell, P., Jennifer Roberts, & Karl B. Taylor (2020). The internet and children’s psychological wellbeing. Journal of Health Economics.
Subhasish M. Chowdhury, & Crede, C.J. (2020). Post-Cartel Tacit Collusion: Determinants, Consequences, and Prevention. International Journal of Industrial Organization.
Aidas Masiliunas (2019). Overcoming inefficient lock-in in coordination games with sophisticated and myopic players. Mathematical Social Sciences.
Bert Van Landeghem (2019). Stable traits but unstable measures? Identifying panel effects in self-reflective survey questions. Journal of Economic Psychology.
Adriani, F., Matthew Rablen, & Sonderegger, S. (2018). Teaching by example and induced beliefs in a model of cultural transmission. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Bert Van Landeghem, & Vandeplas, A. (2018). The relationship between status and happiness: Evidence from the caste system in rural India. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.
Feng, Y., Hole, A. R., Karimi, M., Aki Tsuchiya, & van Hout, B. (2018). An exploration of the non‐iterative time trade‐off method to value health states. Health Economics.
Aidas Masiliunas (2017). Overcoming coordination failure in a critical mass game: strategic motives and action disclosure. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Ali, S., Aki Tsuchiya, Asaria, M., & Cookson, R. (2017). How robust are value judgments of health inequality aversion? Testing for framing and cognitive effects. Medical Decision Making.
Brown, A., & Subhasish M. Chowdhury (2017). The Hidden Perils of Affirmative Action: Sabotage in Handicap Contests. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Piolatto, A., & Rablen, M. D. (2017). Prospect theory and tax evasion: a reconsideration of the Yitzhaki puzzle. Theory and Decision.
Event organization
In 2024, the group organised the 1st Annual Sheffield Workshop on Behavioural Economics. The group also organises annual internal workshops.