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Rebecca McDonald

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston, B15 2TT

United Kingdom

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

9

DOWNLOADS

934

TOTAL CITATIONS

16

Scholarly Papers (9)

1.

Improving Compliance with COVID-19 Guidance: A Workplace Field Experiment

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jan 2021
University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - Birmingham Business School and University of Birmingham
Downloads 290 (261,408)
Citation 6

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Social norms, pledge, field experiment, COVID-19, pandemic, workplace-safety

2.

Patience Decreases With Age for the Poor but Not for the Rich: An International Comparison

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2021
Giovanni Burro, Rebecca McDonald, Daniel Read and Umar Taj
SUNY at Binghamton, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Downloads 203 (375,182)
Citation 7

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Time Discounting, Aging, Income, World

3.

Beyond Social Influence: Examining the Efficacy of Non-Social Recommendations

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Danae Arroyos-Calvera, Johannes Lohse and Rebecca McDonald
University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham - Birmingham Business School and University of Birmingham
Downloads 99 (694,528)
Citation 1

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social norms, recommendations, anchoring, license, behaviour change

4.

Discrimination during Brexit?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Feb 2025
University of Birmingham - Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham and University of Birmingham
Downloads 74 (860,052)

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Brexit, Labor Market, Discrimination

5.

The Shadow Prices of Voluntary Caregiving: Using Panel Data of Well-Being to Estimate the Cost of Informal Care

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11545
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 May 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Rebecca McDonald and Nattavudh Powdthavee
University of Birmingham and University of Warwick
Downloads 70 (875,328)

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permanent income, compensation variations, well-being, informal care, happiness, shadow prices

6.

What Do Information Choices Tell Us About Generosity? Preference Revelation vs. Preference Construction and Self-Image vs. Social Image

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Dec 2023
University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 63 (970,490)

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information avoidance, generosity, self-image, moral wiggle room, dictator game

7.

Experimental Tests of the Robustness of Health Decisions Using the EQ-5D

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 Apr 2020
Rebecca McDonald and Timothy L. Mullett
University of Birmingham and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Downloads 56 (1,000,027)

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QALY; EQ5D; Health Economics; Health Valuation

8.

Absolute groupishness and the demand for information

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 May 2025
Rebecca McDonald and Johannes Lohse
University of Birmingham and University of Birmingham - Birmingham Business School
Downloads 48 (1,086,013)

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Group Identity, Information, Beliefs, Sender-Receiver Games, Lying

9.

Does the Allais Paradox Survive with Non-Monetary Consequences?

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 01 Aug 2024
University of Birmingham, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, University of Warwick and University of Birmingham
Downloads 31 (1,304,549)
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common ratio effect, Allais paradox, consumer goods, risk attitudes