Professor SIMON GAECHTER's Outputs (6)

Eye movements in strategic choice (2015)
Journal Article
Stewart, N., Gaechter, S., Noguchi, T., & Mullett, T. L. (2016). Eye movements in strategic choice. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 29(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.1901

In risky and other multiattribute choices, the process of choosing is well described by random walk or drift diffusion models in which evidence is accumulated over time to threshold. In strategic choices, level-k and cognitive hierarchy models have b... Read More about Eye movements in strategic choice.

Visible inequality breeds more inequality (2015)
Journal Article
Gaechter, S. (2015). Visible inequality breeds more inequality. Nature, 526, https://doi.org/10.1038/526333a

Experiments suggest that when people can see wealth inequality in their social network, this propels further inequality through reduced cooperation and reduced social connectivity. News & Views comment on Nishi et al, Nature 526, 2015, p. 426-429.

Combining ‘‘real effort’’ with induced effort costs: the ball-catching task (2015)
Journal Article
Gaechter, S., Huang, L., & Sefton, M. (2016). Combining ‘‘real effort’’ with induced effort costs: the ball-catching task. Experimental Economics, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-015-9465-9

We introduce the “ball-catching task”, a novel computerized task, which combines a tangible action (“catching balls”) with induced material cost of effort. The central feature of the ball-catching task is that it allows researchers to manipulate the... Read More about Combining ‘‘real effort’’ with induced effort costs: the ball-catching task.

Measuring the closeness of relationships: a comprehensive evaluation of the 'Inclusion of the Other in the Self' scale (2015)
Journal Article
Gaechter, S., Starmer, C., & Tufano, F. (2015). Measuring the closeness of relationships: a comprehensive evaluation of the 'Inclusion of the Other in the Self' scale. PLoS ONE, 10(6), Article e0129478. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129478

Understanding the nature and influence of social relationships is of increasing interest to behavioral economists, and behavioral scientists more generally. In turn, this creates a need for tractable, and reliable, tools for measuring fundamental asp... Read More about Measuring the closeness of relationships: a comprehensive evaluation of the 'Inclusion of the Other in the Self' scale.

Peer effects and social preferences in voluntary cooperation: a theoretical and experimental analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Thöni, C., & Gaechter, S. (2015). Peer effects and social preferences in voluntary cooperation: a theoretical and experimental analysis. Journal of Economic Psychology, 48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.03.001

Social preferences and social influence effects ("peer effects") are well documented, but little is known about how peers shape social preferences. Settings where social preferences matter are often situations where peer effects are likely too. In a... Read More about Peer effects and social preferences in voluntary cooperation: a theoretical and experimental analysis.

Stated and revealed inequality aversion in three subject pools (2015)
Journal Article
Beranek, B., Cubitt, R. P., & Gaechter, S. (2015). Stated and revealed inequality aversion in three subject pools. Journal- Economic Science Association, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-015-0007-1

This paper reports data from three subject pools (n=717 subjects) using techniques based on those of Loewenstein, et al. (1989) and Blanco, et al. (2011) to obtain parameters, respectively, of stated and revealed inequality aversion. We provide a re... Read More about Stated and revealed inequality aversion in three subject pools.