Research
Job Market Paper
Do Emotional Carryover Effects Carry Over?
(with Chris Starmer and Tim Lloyd), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, forthcoming
Existing research has demonstrated carryover effects whereby emotions generated in one context influence decisions in other, unrelated ones. We examine the carryover effect in relation to valuations of risky and ambiguous lotteries with a novel focus on the comparison of carryovers arising from a targeted stimulus (designed to elicit a specific emotion) with those arising from a naturalistic stimulus (designed to produce a more complex emotional response). We find carryover effects using both types of stimuli, but they are stronger for the naturalistic stimulus and in the context of ambiguity, providing a proof of concept that carryover effects can be observed when moving away from highly stylised settings. These effects are also gender specific with only males being susceptible. To probe the emotional foundations of the carryover effect, we conduct analysis relating individual self-reports of emotions to valuation behaviour. Our results cast doubt on some previously claimed links between specific incidental emotions and risk taking.
Publications
The Behavioural Economics of Music: Systematic Review and Future Directions (2023), Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 76(5), 1177-1194 (with Manuel Anglada-Tort, Daniel Mullensiefen, Adrian North and Jochen Steffens)
The Relationship between Smoking and Unemployment: New Avenues for Interdisciplinary Research (2015), International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 61(6), p. 613-614 (with João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia)
Work in Progress
Popularity Breeds Contempt: Competition Avoidance in the Dating Market (with Jeroen Nieboer)
The Relationship between Individual Pain Perception and Pro-Social Behaviour (with Hritik Gupta)
The Impact of Music Education on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills during Adolescence (with Hsin-Rui Lin and Daniel Müllensiefen)
Supportive vs Hostile Crowds in Penalty Shootouts (with Shanshan Xie)
Money Worries and Mistrust: The Role of Economic Insecurity Threat on Racial Discrimination (with Ken Clark and Ingrid Storm)