Stephen M. Garcia

University of Michigan

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies

741 Dennison Hall

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

United States

http://www.sitemaker.umich.edu/stephen.garcia

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Fairness and the Willingness to Accept Plea Bargain Offers

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 97-116, March 2010, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 May 2009 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2012
Avishalom Tor, Oren Gazal-Ayal and Stephen M. Garcia
Notre Dame Law School, University of Haifa - Faculty of Law and University of Michigan
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Fairness, Decision Making, Judgment, Experimental, Behavioral, self-serving bias, risk, prospect theory, law, criminal procedure, plea bargaining

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The N-Effect: More Competitors, Less Competition

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The N-Effect: More Competitors, Less Competition

Psychological Science, Vol. 20, pp. 871-877, 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2009
Stephen M. Garcia and Avishalom Tor
University of Michigan and Notre Dame Law School
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Social comparison, competition, motivation, behavioral economics

The N-Effect: More Competitors, Less Competition

Psychological Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 May 2009
Stephen M. Garcia and Avishalom Tor
University of Michigan and Notre Dame Law School
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Social Comparison, Competition, Motivation

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The Psychology of Competition: A Social Comparison Perspective

Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(6), 634-650 (2013), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1459
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2014
Stephen M. Garcia, Avishalom Tor and Tyrone Schiff
University of Michigan, Notre Dame Law School and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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social comparison, competition, competitive behavior, cooperation

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Ranks and Rivals: A Theory of Competition

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1030, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 32, pp. 970-982, 2006
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Feb 2006
Stephen M. Garcia, Avishalom Tor and Richard Gonzalez
University of Michigan, Notre Dame Law School and Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Competition, Social Comparison, Decision Making, Social Capital, Behavioral, Economics

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Profit Maximization Versus Disadvantageous Inequality: The Impact of Self-Categorization

Harvard PON Working Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Feb 2005
Stephen M. Garcia, Avishalom Tor, Max H. Bazerman and Dale T. Miller
University of Michigan, Notre Dame Law School, Harvard Business School - Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Preference Reversals, Decision Making, Social Categories

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Maximizing Joint Gains: Transaction Utility within and between Groups

Harvard PON Working Paper No. 05-113, HBS Working Paper No. 05-082
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Jun 2005
Stephen M. Garcia, Dale T. Miller and Max H. Bazerman
University of Michigan, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School - Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit
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Choice, Decision Making, Social Categories, Transaction Utility

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People Accounting: Social Category-Based Choice

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Sep 2006
Stephen M. Garcia and Oscar Ybarra
University of Michigan and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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Social Categories, Decision Making, Allocations, Fairness, Affirmative Action, Competition

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Rankings, Standards, and Competition: Task vs. Scale Comparisons

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 102, pp. 95-108, 2007
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2009
Stephen M. Garcia and Avishalom Tor
University of Michigan and Notre Dame Law School
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Decision Making, Choice Behavior, Social Comparison

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The N-Effect: Beyond Winning Probabilities

Psychological Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2010
Avishalom Tor and Stephen M. Garcia
Notre Dame Law School and University of Michigan
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Motivation, Competition, Judgement, Social Comparison

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The Price of Equality: Suboptimal Resource Allocations Across Social Categories

Harvard PON Working Paper No. 1442078
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2011
Stephen M. Garcia, Max H. Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, Avishalom Tor and Dale T. Miller
University of Michigan, Harvard Business School - Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Notre Dame Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Profit Maximization, Choice, Decision Making, Social Categories, Transaction Utility, Ethical Dilemmas

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Social Comparison Before, During, and After the Competition

In J. Suls, R. Collins & L. Wheeler (Eds), Social Comparison, Judgment and Behavior, Oxford University Press (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Dec 2018
Stephen M. Garcia, Zachary A. Reese and Avishalom Tor
University of Michigan, University of Michigan and Notre Dame Law School
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competition, rivalry, decision making, social comparison, entry decisions

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Social Categories and Group Preference Disputes: The Aversion to Winner-Take-All Solutions

GROUP PROCESSES AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS, Sage Publications, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Jul 2007
Stephen M. Garcia and Dale T. Miller
University of Michigan and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Social categories, decision making, group disputes, behavioral economics, competition, social comparison, distributive justice