C. Monica Capra

Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University

Professor of Economic Sciences

170 E. Tenth Street

Claremont, CA 91711

United States

http://https://scholar.cgu.edu/monica-capra/

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The Impact of Simple Institutions in Experimental Economies with Poverty Traps

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 21 Apr 2005
C. Monica Capra, Tomomi Tanaka, Colin Camerer, Lauren Munyan, Veronica Sovero, Lisa wang and Charles N. Noussair
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, The World Bank, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology and Tilburg University
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Economic growth, development, experimental economics, institutions, political economy

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The Separating Role of Collateral Requirements in Credit Markets with Asymmetric Information

U of Valencia LINEEX Working Paper No. 23/01
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Sep 2001
C. Monica Capra, Matilde O. Fernandez and Irene Comeig
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, University of Valencia and University of Valencia - Department of Finance
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Credit Markets, Incentive Compatible Contracts, Asymmetric Information, Moral Hazard, Experiments

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Can Personality Type Explain Heterogeneity in Probability Distortions?

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Can Personality Type Explain Heterogeneity in Probability Distortions?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2012
C. Monica Capra, Bing Jiang, Jan Engelmann and Gregory Berns
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Department of Economics and Business, Virginia Military Institute, Amsterdam School of Economics and Emory University
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Choice under Risk, Personality, Experiments, Probability Weighting Function

Can Personality Type Explain Heterogeneity in Probability Distortions?

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, Vol 6(3), September 2013, 151-166
Posted: 22 Feb 2015
C. Monica Capra, Bing Jiang, Jan Engelmann and Gregory Berns
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Department of Economics and Business, Virginia Military Institute, Amsterdam School of Economics and Emory University

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Choice under risk, personality, experiments, probability weighting function

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Altruistic Self-Concept Mediates the Effects of Personality Traits on Volunteering: Evidence from an Online Experiment

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2021.101697
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
C. Monica Capra, Bing Jiang and Yuxin Su
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Department of Economics and Business, Virginia Military Institute and SKEMA Business School
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Charitable Donations, Volunteering, Personality, Self-concept, Experiments

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Do Pledges Lead to More Volunteering? An Experimental Study

https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13022
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
C. Monica Capra, Bing Jiang and Yuxin Su
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Department of Economics and Business, Virginia Military Institute and SKEMA Business School
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Charitable Donations, Volunteering, Pledges, Warm-Glow, Altruism, Experiment

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To Savor Consumption or To Confront Dread: The Hedonic Opportunity Cost of Attention

Number of pages: 104 Posted: 25 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2024
C. Monica Capra, Joshua Tasoff and Jin Xu
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University and Claremont Graduate University
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information preferences, information aversion, consumption, substitutes, complements JEL: C91, D80, D91

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The Sound of Cooperation and Deception in High Stakes Interactions

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The Sound of Cooperation and Deception in High Stakes Interactions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
C. Monica Capra, Matthew Gomies and Shanshan Zhang
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University and Wuhan University - Economics and Management School
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Communication, Cooperation, Deception, Voice, Machine Learning

The Sound of Cooperation and Deception in High Stakes Interactions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Nov 2023
C. Monica Capra, Matthew Gomies and Shanshan Zhang
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University and Wuhan University - Economics and Management School
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communication, cooperation, deception, Voice, Machine Learning

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The Effect of Contemporaneous Meat Consumption on Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Animal Welfare

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 May 2024 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2024
C. Monica Capra, Xi Chen, Seong-Gyu Park, Joshua Tasoff, Jin Xu and Shanshan Zhang
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Graduate University and Wuhan University - Economics and Management School
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animal welfare, motivated beliefs, cognitive dissonance, information preferences JEL Code: D83, D91, Q18

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Can Prosocial Incentives and Self-chosen Goals Improve Performance? An Online Real Effort Experiment

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 30 May 2023
Yu Cao, C. Monica Capra and Yuxin Su
World Bank, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University and SKEMA Business School
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Prosocial incentive, Self-chosen goals, Real effort tasks, Online experiment

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(When) Would You Lie to a Voicebot?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 May 2024
Shanshan Zhang, C. Monica Capra and Matthew Gomies
Wuhan University - Economics and Management School, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University and Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University
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Misreporting, Voicebot, Voice, Gender

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Appetite for Ignorance: Does eating meat cause information avoidance about its harms?

Number of pages: 117 Posted: 13 Dec 2024
Bénédicte Droz, Berno Buechel, C. Monica Capra, Xi Chen, Seong-Gyu Park, Anis Nassar, Jin Xu, Shanshan Zhang and Joshua Tasoff
University of Fribourg, University of Fribourg - Faculty of Economics and Social Science, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Claremont Graduate University, Wuhan University - Economics and Management School and Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University
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Information preferences, information avoidance, cognitive dissonance, motivated beliefs, meat paradox, animal welfare, laboratory experiment JEL Classification Codes: C91, D83, D91, Q18

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LLMs Model Non-WEIRD Populations: Experiments with Synthetic Cultural Agents

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Jan 2025
C. Monica Capra, Augusto Gonzalez-Bonorino and Emilio Pantoja
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Colleges - Pomona College and Claremont Colleges - Pitzer College
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Behavioral Games, Experiments, Large-Language Models, Small-scale societies, Synthetic Cultural Agents JEL Classification: C72, C88, C91, D90

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Drive and Confidence Characterize Entrepreneurs

In Judy Hawkins (Ed.), Personality Traits and Types: Perceptions, Gender Differences and Impact on Behavior. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (September, 2015)
Posted: 14 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2015
Bing Jiang and C. Monica Capra
Department of Economics and Business, Virginia Military Institute and Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University

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Entrepreneurs; Personality; Experiment; Surveys

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Are (Active) Entrepreneurs a Different Breed?

Jiang, B., & Capra, C. M. (2018). Are (active) entrepreneurs a different breed?. Managerial and Decision Economics, 39 (6), 613–628.
Posted: 05 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2018
Bing Jiang and C. Monica Capra
Department of Economics and Business, Virginia Military Institute and Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University

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Entrepreneurs; Experiments; Risk and Time Preferences; Personality.

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Attitudinal and Behavioral Measures of Trust: A New Comparison

Posted: 09 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 12 May 2008
C. Monica Capra, Kelli Lanier and Shireen Meer
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Emory University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Surveys, Experiments, Trust, Reciprocity, Public goods