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31
Citations
8170
World Ranking
3513
National Ranking
22

Overview

Morten I. Lau is affiliated with the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark and is active in research within decision sciences and economics. Their work spans several subfields, including general decision sciences, economics and econometrics, and management science and operations research.

Their research addresses a range of topics, with particular emphasis on decision-making and behavioral economics, economic and environmental valuation, housing market and economics, and forecasting techniques and applications.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Hong Il Yoo, Glenn W. Harrison, Hongming Zhao, and Don Ross, reflecting collaborative efforts across related research areas.

Key recent publications by Morten I. Lau include:

  • Structural Estimation of Higher Order Risk Preferences, 2025, Econometrica
  • A General Approach to Estimating Random Preference Models of Risk Attitudes, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Structural Estimation of Higher Order Risk Attitudes, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Other research appearing in notable venues involves contributions to the International Economic Review. For example, the paper titled "CONSTANT DISCOUNTING, TEMPORAL INSTABILITY, AND DYNAMIC INCONSISTENCY IN DENMARK: A LONGITUDINAL FIELD EXPERIMENT" was published in 2024 by Glenn W. Harrison in the same journal.

Morten I. Lau has multiple publications in the SSRN Electronic Journal and Econometrica, indicating active engagement with outlets specializing in economics and decision sciences.

Publication venues where Lau's work frequently appears include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Economic Review
  • Econometrica

Main fields of study associated with their research are:

  • Decision Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

More specific subfields of study are:

  • General Decision Sciences
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management Science and Operations Research

The topics that characterize their work include:

  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Forecasting Techniques and Applications

Best Publications

  • Eliciting risk and time preferences.

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Estimating Individual Discount Rates in Denmark: A Field Experiment

    Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;Melonie B. Williams

  • Elicitation using multiple price list formats

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten Igel Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Estimating risk attitudes in denmark: A field experiment

    Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Discounting behavior: A reconsideration☆

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • LOST IN STATE SPACE: ARE PREFERENCES STABLE?*

    Steffen Andersen;Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Eliciting risk and time preferences using field experiments : some methodological issues.

    Glenn W. Harrison;Morten Igel Lau;Elisabet E. Rutström;Melonie B. Sullivan

  • Risk Attitudes, Randomization to Treatment, and Self-Selection Into Experiments

    Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Approximating infinite-horizon models in a complementarity format: A primer in dynamic general equilibrium analysis

    Morten I. Lau;Morten I. Lau;Andreas Pahlke;Thomas F. Rutherford;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Preference heterogeneity in experiments: Comparing the field and laboratory ☆

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten Igel Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Individual discount rates and smoking: Evidence from a field experiment in Denmark

    Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Preferences over social risk

    Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström;Marcela Tarazona-Gómez

  • Multiattribute utility theory, intertemporal utility and correlation aversion.

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Eliciting Risk and Time Preferences

    Steffen Andersen;Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Valuation using multiple price list formats.

    Steffen Anderson;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten Lau;E. Elisabeth Rutström

  • Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence

    Steffen Andersen;James C. Cox;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau

  • Behavioral econometrics for psychologists

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten Igel Lau;Elisabet E. Rutström;Elisabet E. Rutström

  • Discounting Behaviour and the Magnitude Effect: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Denmark

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten Igel Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Risk Aversion in Game Shows

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

  • Non-linear mixed logit

    Steffen Andersen;Glenn W. Harrison;Arne Risa Hole;Morten Lau

  • Estimating Risk Attitudes in Denmark: A Field Experiment

    Glenn W. Harrison;Morten I. Lau;E. Elisabet Rutström

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn W. Harrison
Glenn W. Harrison Georgia State University
E. Elisabet Rutström
E. Elisabet Rutström Georgia State University
Panu Poutvaara
Panu Poutvaara Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Daniel Read
Daniel Read University of Warwick
Thomas F. Rutherford
Thomas F. Rutherford University of Wisconsin–Madison
Finn Tarp
Finn Tarp University of Copenhagen
James C. Cox
James C. Cox Georgia State University

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