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Catherine C. Eckel

Catherine C. Eckel

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
61
Citations
22894
World Ranking
772
National Ranking
483

Overview

Catherine C. Eckel is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the social sciences. Their work primarily spans areas such as experimental behavioral economics, taxation and compliance, cultural and economic development, decision-making, financial markets, political conflict, and psychology related to moral and emotional judgment.

Their research output includes publications in prominent venues with a significant focus on experimental and behavioral economic studies. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • European Economic Review
  • Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • Experimental Economics

Major fields of study covered in their research are social sciences with notable subfields in safety research, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, demography, and general decision sciences.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Subsidizing unit donations: matches, rebates, and discounts compared, 2021, Experimental Economics
  • Independent vs. Coordinated Fundraising: Understanding the Role of Information, 2020, European Economic Review
  • Heterogeneity of Beliefs and Trading Behavior: A Reexamination, 2023, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • Heterogeneity of Beliefs and Trading Behavior - A Reexamination, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Democratic Peace: An experimental test of a causal relation and of underlying mechanisms, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Catherine C. Eckel has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Philip J. Grossman
  • Lata Gangadharan
  • Rick K. Wilson
  • Christopher Hoy
  • Lionel Page

Their work covers main topics reflecting interests in experimental behavioral economics studies, taxation and compliance studies, culture, economy and development studies, decision-making and behavioral economics, financial markets and investment strategies, political conflict and governance, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Best Publications

  • Altruism in Anonymous Dictator Games

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • Men, Women and Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence

    Catherine Eckel;Philip Grossman

  • Sex differences and statistical stereotyping in attitudes toward financial risk

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • Are Women Less Selfish Than Men?: Evidence From Dictator Experiments

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • Chivalry and solidarity in ultimatum games

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • Forecasting risk attitudes: An experimental study using actual and forecast gamble choices

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • Chapter 113 Men, Women and Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • Differences in the Economic Decisions of Men and Women: Experimental Evidence

    Catherine Eckel;Philip Grossman

  • Managing diversity by creating team identity

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • The value of a smile: Game theory with a human face

    Jörn P.W Scharlemann;Catherine C Eckel;Alex Kacelnik;Rick K Wilson

  • Is trust a risky decision

    Catherine C. Eckel;Rick K. Wilson

  • Eliciting risk preferences: When is simple better?

    Chetan Dave;Catherine C. Eckel;Cathleen A. Johnson;Christian Rojas

  • Status in Markets

    Sheryl Ball;Catherine Eckel;Philip J. Grossman;William Zame

  • Rebate versus matching: does how we subsidize charitable contributions matter?

    Catherine C Eckel;Philip J Grossman

  • Judging a Book by its Cover: Beauty and Expectations in the Trust Game

    Rick K. Wilson;Catherine C. Eckel

  • Risk loving after the storm: A Bayesian-Network study of Hurricane Katrina evacuees

    Catherine C. Eckel;Mahmoud A. El-Gamal;Rick K. Wilson

  • The relative price of fairness: gender differences in a punishment game'

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • An experimental test of the crowding out hypothesis

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman;Rachel M. Johnston

  • Privatization and efficiency: Industry effects of the sale of British Airways☆

    Catherine Eckel;Doug Eckel;Vijay Singal

  • Chapter 57 Differences in the Economic Decisions of Men and Women: Experimental Evidence

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • Rebates Versus Matching: Does How We Subsidize Charitable Contributions Matter?

    Catherine C. Eckel;Philip J. Grossman

  • The Value of a Smile: Game Theory with a Human Face

    Catherine C. Eckel;Rick K. Wilson;Jorn Scharlemann;Alex Kacelnik

  • Status in Markets

    Catherine C. Eckel;Sheryl B. Ball;Philip J. Grossman;William R. Zame

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. Grossman
Philip J. Grossman Monash University
Rachel Croson
Rachel Croson University of Minnesota
Herbert Gintis
Herbert Gintis Santa Fe Institute
Charles A. Holt
Charles A. Holt University of Virginia
James C. Murdoch
James C. Murdoch The University of Texas at Dallas
J. Lawrence Aber
J. Lawrence Aber New York University
Emilio F. Moran
Emilio F. Moran Michigan State University
Sandra L. Hofferth
Sandra L. Hofferth University of Maryland, College Park
Uri Gneezy
Uri Gneezy University of California, San Diego

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