Alexia Gaudeul

Joint Research Center of the European Commission

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“  Behavioural economist at the @EU_Commission.Currently working on discriminatory uses of artificial intelligence, digital food labelling, and the effect of pay transparency on gender inequality.  ”

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1.

Do Open Source Developers Respond to Competition?: The (La)Tex Case Study

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Do Open Source Developers Respond to Competition?: The (La)Tex Case Study

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2017
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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Open Source Software, Network Effects, Product Differentiation, Information Goods, Intellectual Property, Competition, Production Systems, Non-Profit, Volunteer Organizations

Do Open Source Developers Respond to Competition? The (La)TeX Case Study

Review of Network Economics, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 239-263, June 2007
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Sep 2007
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 198 (260,945)
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Open Source Software, Network Effects, Platform Competition, Product Differentiation, Information Goods, Intellectual Property, Production Systems, Competition, Non-Profit, Volunteer Organizations

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A (Micro) Course in Microeconomic Theory for MSc Students

Number of pages: 136 Posted: 27 May 2009
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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economics, microeconomics, utility theory, game theory, incentive theory, online textbook, lecture notes, study guide, MSc

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Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Oct 2008
Alexia Gaudeul, Laurence Mathieu and Chiara Peroni
Joint Research Center of the European Commission, University of East Anglia (UEA) - Centre for Competition Policy and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
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Blog, Community, Interaction, Internet, LiveJournal, Media, Network, Reciprocity, Social Network, Web 2.0

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Software Marketing on the Internet: The Use of Samples and Repositories

CCP Working Paper No. 08-23
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Jun 2008
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 334 (155,662)

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Shareware, Software, Internet, Distribution, Intermediation, Directory, Repository, Advertising, Brand, Reputation, Asymmetric Information, Search, Sample

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Do Consumers Prefer Offers that are Easy to Compare? An Experimental Investigation

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Do Consumers Prefer Offers that are Easy to Compare? An Experimental Investigation

Jena Economic Research Papers 2011 - 044
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Paolo Crosetto and Alexia Gaudeul
Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 145 (341,986)
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Bounded Rationality, Cognitive Limitations, Common Standards, Consumer Choice, Experimental Economics, Heuristics, Libertarian Paternalism, Pricing Formats, Spurious Complexity

Do Consumers Prefer Offers that are Easy to Compare? An Experimental Investigation

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2012
Paolo Crosetto and Alexia Gaudeul
Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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Bounded Rationality, Cognitive Limitations, Standards, Consumer Choice, Experimental Economics, Heuristics, Pricing Formats, Spurious Complexity

Do Consumers Prefer Offers that are Easy to Compare? An Experimental Investigation

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 11 May 2015
Paolo Crosetto and Alexia Gaudeul
Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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Bounded Rationality, Cognitive Limitations, Standards, Consumer Choice, Experimental Economics, Heuristics, Pricing Formats, Spurious Complexity

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The Role of Reciprocation in Social Network Formation, With an Application to Blogging

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The Role of Reciprocation in Social Network Formation, With an Application to Blogging

Jena Economic Research Papers 2011-015
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Mar 2011
Alexia Gaudeul and Caterina Giannetti
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of Jena
Downloads 122 (391,341)
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Bloggers, Friendship, LiveJournal, Media, Panel Data, Reciprocation, Reciprocity, Social Capital, Social Media, Social Networks

The Role of Reciprocation in Social Network Formation, with an Application to Blogging

Jena Economic Research Papers 2012 - 031
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2013
Alexia Gaudeul and Caterina Giannetti
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of Jena
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Blogs, Friendship, LiveJournal, Reciprocation, Social Capital, Social Networks

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Spurious Complexity and Common Standards in Markets for Consumer Goods

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Spurious Complexity and Common Standards in Markets for Consumer Goods

JENA Economic Research Paper No. 2009-084
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Oct 2009
Alexia Gaudeul and Robert Sugden
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of East Anglia - School of Economics
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common standard, spurious complexity, cognitive limitations

Spurious Complexity and Common Standards in Markets for Consumer Goods

CCP Working Paper No. 07-20
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Dec 2007
Alexia Gaudeul and Robert Sugden
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of East Anglia - School of Economics
Downloads 102 (446,474)
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decision-making, naïve consumers, savvy consumers, price competition, common standard effect, cognitive limitations

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Open Source Licensing in Mixed Markets, or Why Open Source Software Does Not Succeed

CCP Working Paper No. 08-2
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2013
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 212 (245,646)
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Open Source, Software, Standards, Compatibility, Network Effects, Duopoly, Mixed Markets, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Licensing

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Public Provision of a Private Good: What is the Point of the BSD License?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 185 (277,666)
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Open Source Software, Public Goods, Information Goods, Non-Profit, Volunteer Organisation, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Licensing, Innovation

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Consumer Welfare and Market Structure in a Model of Competition between Open Source and Proprietary Software

CCP Working Paper No. 08-31
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Oct 2008
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 177 (288,714)
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open source, proprietary, software industry, copyright, non-profit organization, mixed market, welfare, spatial product differentiation

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Reciprocal Attention and Norm of Reciprocity in Blogging Networks

JENA Economic Research Papers #2010-020
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2014
Alexia Gaudeul and Chiara Peroni
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
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Blogs, Bloggers, Community, Friendship, Internet, LiveJournal, Reciprocity, Social Media, Social Networks, Social Norms, Web 2.0, Weblogs

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Does Nudging Intentions Translate into Action? Why Nudging Pledges to Charities Does Not Result in Increased Donations

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Aug 2017
Alexia Gaudeul and Magdalena Kaczmarek
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of Jena
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Attitudes, Decision Making, Charity Giving, Defaults, Intentions, Nudges, Pro-Social Behaviour, Selection Effect

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Financial Return and Environmental Impact Information Promotes ESG Investments: Evidence from a Large, Incentivized Online Experiment

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Marcel Seifert, Katharina Gangl, Florian Spitzer, Simone Haeckl, Alexia Gaudeul, Erich Kirchler and Stefan Palan
Institute for Advanced Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Stavanger, Joint Research Center of the European Commission, University of Vienna - Faculty of Psychology and University of Graz
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Sustainable investments, ESG investments, socially responsible investments, investor behavior, financial return information, environmental impact information, incentivized experiment

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Choosing Whether to Compete: Price and Format Competition with Consumer Confusion

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2014
Paolo Crosetto and Alexia Gaudeul
Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 123 (387,301)
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tacit collusion, obfuscation, price comparison, shrouding, spurious differentiation, standardization, transparency

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The Relation between Privacy Protection and Risk Attitudes, with a New Experimental Method to Elicit the Implicit Monetary Value of Privacy

CEGE Discussion Papers, Number 296 - November 2016
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Nov 2016
Alisa Frik and Alexia Gaudeul
International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) / University of California Berkeley and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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privacy, disclosure, risk, control, personal information, experiment

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Testing the Strength and Robustness of the Attraction Effect in Consumer Decision Making

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 11 May 2015
Paolo Crosetto and Alexia Gaudeul
Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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Asymmetric Dominance Editing, Attraction Effect, Comparability, Consumer Choice, Experimental Economics, Pricing Formats

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Social Preferences Under Risk: Ex-Post Fairness vs. Efficiency

Jena Economic Research Papers 2015-010
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Jul 2015
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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Altruism, Choice under risk, Efficiency, Experiment, Fairness, Inequality aversion, Lotteries, Social lotteries, Social preferences

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Social Preferences Under Risk: Minimizing Collective Risk vs. Reducing Ex-Post Inequality

Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research, Discussion Paper No. 283
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 May 2016
Alexia Gaudeul
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 76 (532,537)
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Altruism, Collective Risk, Experimental Economics, Fairness, Inequality, Risk, Social Lotteries, Social Preferences

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Does the Gender Mix Among Employers Influence Who Gets Hired? A Labor Market Experiment

Jena Economic Research Papers 2015-007
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2015
Alexia Gaudeul, Ayu Okvitawanli and Marian Panganiban
Joint Research Center of the European Commission, University of Jena and Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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discrimination, hiring, IAT, implicit attitudes, gender quotas, labor markets, employment

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Privacy Protection, Risk Attitudes, and the Need for Control: An Experimental Study

CEEL Working Paper 1-16
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 08 Mar 2016
Alisa Frik and Alexia Gaudeul
International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) / University of California Berkeley and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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privacy, risk, lotteries, valuation, individual choice, experiment

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'Many a Slip between the Cup and the Lip': The Effect of Default-Based Nudges on Prosocial Behavior and Attitudes

cege discussion papers, number 297, 2016
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Dec 2016
Alexia Gaudeul and Magdalena Kaczmarek
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of Jena
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Nudging, defaults, decision making, prosocial behavior, charity giving, behavioral economics

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An Experimental Method for the Elicitation of Implicit Attitudes to Privacy Risk

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Jul 2018
Alisa Frik and Alexia Gaudeul
International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) / University of California Berkeley and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 62 (593,549)
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privacy, attitudes, disclosure, risk, control, personal information, laboratory experiment

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Of the Stability of Partnerships When Individuals Have Outside Options, or Why Allowing Exit is Inefficient

Jena Economic Research Papers 2015 - 001
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 17 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2015
Alexia Gaudeul, Paolo Crosetto and Gerhard Riener
Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory and Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
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barriers to exit, cooperation, outside option, imperfect public monitoring, partnerships, public good game, repeated game, social risk

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Privacy, Trust and Social Network Formation

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 Dec 2015
Alexia Gaudeul and Caterina Giannetti
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of Jena
Downloads 53 (639,925)
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privacy, social networks, public goods, trust

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The Social Preferences of Democratically Elected Decision Makers and the Conflict between Wealth Generation and Distribution

CEGE - Number 327 – November 2017
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Nov 2017
Alexia Gaudeul and Claudia Keser
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of Goettingen (Göttingen)
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altruism, democracy, earned role, efficiency, elitism, entitlement effect, inequality, majority-rule, meritocracy, social preferences

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Trade-Offs in the Design of Financial Algorithms

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Apr 2023
Alexia Gaudeul and Caterina Giannetti
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of Pisa
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algorithm aversion, disposition effect, robo-advisers, sophisticated investors, stock-trading

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The Evolution of Morals Under Indirect Reciprocity

Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research - Discussion Papers No. 370, June 2019
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Jun 2019
Alexia Gaudeul, Claudia Keser and Stephan Müller
Joint Research Center of the European Commission, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen)
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Indirect reciprocity, Cooperation, Evolution, Experiment

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Using QR codes to access food information: a behavioural study with European consumers

Number of pages: 62
Alexia Gaudeul and Michal Krawczyk
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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digital access; qr codes; consumer choice; information display; labelling