Joel J. van der Weele

University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)

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Amsterdam, 1018 WB

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Tinbergen Institute

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Rotterdam, 3062 PA

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Center for Financial Studies (CFS)

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  • University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)

  • Tinbergen Institute

  • Center for Financial Studies (CFS)

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1.

Anticipatory Anxiety and Wishful Thinking

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2019-042/I
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
Jan Engelmann, Maël Lebreton, Peter Schwardmann, Peter Schwardmann, Joel J. van der Weele and Li-Ang Chang
Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Geneva, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics, University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED) and University of Amsterdam - Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision-Making (CREED)
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confidence, beliefs, anticipatory utility, anxiety, motivated cognition

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Deception and Self-Deception

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Peter Schwardmann, Peter Schwardmann and Joel J. van der Weele
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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overconfidence, belief formation, self-deception, deception

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Inconvenient Truths: Determinants of Strategic Ignorance in Moral Dilemmas

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2014
Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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strategic ignorance, prosocial behavior, dictator games

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Self-Image and Willful Ignorance in Social Decisions

Forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 24 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2015
Zachary Grossman and Joel J. van der Weele
UC Santa Barbara - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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prosocial behavior, dictator games, strategic ignorance, self-signaling

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Self-Persuasion: Evidence from Field Experiments at Two International Debating Competitions

CESifo Working Paper No. 7946
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 27 Nov 2019
Peter Schwardmann, Peter Schwardmann, Egon Tripodi and Joel J. van der Weele
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics, University of Essex and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Correcting Consumer Misperceptions About CO 2 Emissions

CESifo Working Paper No. 10138
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 21 Dec 2022
Taisuke Imai, Davide D. Pace, Peter Schwardmann and Joel J. van der Weele
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Carnegie Mellon University and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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climate change, carbon emissions, information provision, consumer behavior

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A Penny for Your Thoughts: A Survey of Methods for Eliciting Beliefs

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2014
Karl H. Schlag, James Tremewan and Joel J. van der Weele
University of Vienna - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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belief elicitation, subjective beliefs, scoring rules, experimental design

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Resisting Moral Wiggle Room: How Robust is Reciprocity?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5374
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Dec 2010
Joel J. van der Weele, Julija Kulisa, Michael Kosfeld and Guido Friebel
University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Goethe University Frankfurt and Goethe University Frankfurt
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reciprocity, moral wiggle room

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In Defense of Formal Modeling in the Social Sciences

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 30 Mar 2014
Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Methodology, mathematical modeling

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Fair Shares and Selective Attention

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2021-066/I
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 22 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2021
Dianna Amasino, Davide Pace and Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making (CREED) and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Fairness, attention, experiments, self-serving bias, mouse-tracking

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Status-Seeking in Criminal Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance

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Status-Seeking in Criminal Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5484
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Feb 2011
Robert Dur and Joel J. van der Weele
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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status concerns, street crime, subcultures, penalties, zero-tolerance, broken windows policing

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Preferences for Redistribution and Perception of Fairness: An Experimental Study

Forthcoming, Journal of the European Economic Association
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Aug 2013
Ruben Durante, Louis Putterman and Joel J. van der Weele
National University Singapore, Brown University - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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income distribution, political economy, redistribution, social preferences

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Individual and Contextual Effects of Attention in Risky Choice

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2021-031/I
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2023
Alejandro Hirmas, Jan Engelmann and Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Attention, Random, Utility Models, Eye-tracking, Loss Aversion

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Measuring Responsiveness to Feedback as a Personal Trait

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 16-043/I
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Jun 2016
Thomas Buser, Leonie Gerhards and Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), University of Hamburg - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Bayesian updating, feedback, confidence, identity, competitive behavior

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Dual-Process Reasoning in Charitable Giving: Learning from Non-results

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2016
Zachary Grossman and Joel J. van der Weele
UC Santa Barbara - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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dual-process reasoning, charitable giving, dictator games, experimental economics

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Gender and Redistribution: Experimental Evidence

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 16-063/I
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Aug 2016
Thomas Buser, Louis Putterman and Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), Brown University - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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gender, redistribution, overconfidence, risk attitudes, voting, taxation

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Curbing Carbon: An Experiment on Uncertainty and Information About CO 2 Emissions

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2020-059/I
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Nov 2020
Davide Pace and Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making (CREED) and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Emissions, Sustainable Consumption, Economic Experiments

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Beyond the State of Nature: Introducing Social Interactions in the Economic Model of Crime

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2012
Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Law and economics, social interactions, deterrence, game theory

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Bracelets of Pride and Guilt? An Experimental Test of Self-Signaling in Charitable Giving

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4674
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Mar 2014
Joel J. van der Weele and Ferdinand von Siemens
University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED) and Goethe University Frankfurt
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self-signaling, dictator games, charitable giving

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Persuasion, Justification and the Communication of Social Impact

Tinbergen Instiutute Discussion Paper 2018-067/I
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Sep 2018
Manuel Foerster and Joel J. van der Weele
Bielefeld University - Center for Mathematical Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Cheap Talk, Image Concerns, Information Aggregation, Charitable Giving, Economic Experiments

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Denial and Alarmism in Collective Action Problems

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2018-019/I
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Mar 2018
Manuel Foerster and Joel J. van der Weele
Bielefeld University - Center for Mathematical Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Cheap Talk, Cooperation, Image Concerns, Information Aggregation, Public Goods

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On Esteem-Based Incentives

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On Esteem-Based Incentives

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2018/043-I
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 May 2018 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2019
Ali Mazyaki and Joel J. van der Weele
Department of Economics; Allameh Tabataba'i University and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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prosocial behavior, signaling, incentives, esteem

On Esteem-Based Incentives

Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2019-26, Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2019-03
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Nov 2019
Ali Mazyaki and Joel J. van der Weele
Department of Economics; Allameh Tabataba'i University and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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legal sanctions, signaling, incentives, reputation

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Shooting the Messenger? Supply and Demand in Markets for Willful Ignorance

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2019-071/I
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Oct 2019
Shaul Shalvi, Ivan Soraperra, Joel J. van der Weele and Marie Claire Villeval
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), University of Amsterdam - Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision-Making (CREED), University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED) and GATE - CNRS
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self-deception, information avoidance, unethical behavior, experiment

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Peer Effects and Risk Sharing in Experimental Asset Markets

European Economic Review, Forthcoming, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2019-027/I, SAFE Working Paper No. 67
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 May 2019
Paul Gortner and Joel J. van der Weele
Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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peer effects, laboratory experiments, risk taking, asset markets

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On Delegation, Legitimacy, and State Building: A Signaling Approach

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 28 May 2011
Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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Legitimacy, Occupations, State-Building, Delegation, Signaling Games, Game Theory

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Can Sanctions Induce Pessimism? An Experiment

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Jul 2009
Roberto Galbiati, Karl H. Schlag and Joel J. van der Weele
Department of Economics, Sciences Po-CNRS, University of Vienna - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)
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sanctions, beliefs, expressive law, deterrence, coordination, minimum effort game

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Incentives for Eliciting Confidence Intervals

Posted: 30 May 2013
Karl H. Schlag and Joel J. van der Weele
University of Vienna - Department of Economics and University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)

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Belief elicitation, scoring rules, subjective probabilities, confidence intervals

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When Ignorance Is Innocence: On Information Avoidance in Moral Dilemmas

Posted: 18 May 2011 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2019
Joel J. van der Weele
University of Amsterdam - Center for Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED)

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strategic ignorance, pro-social behavior, experimental economics, signaling games