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Instinctiveness and reflexivity in behavioural type variability

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102322

Gianna Lotito , Matteo Migheli , Guido Ortona

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The effects of large-scale, racially-charged violence on labor productivity and racial identity: The riots of 1967–68 and outcomes in Major League Baseball

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102324

Sebastian Anti , Andrew W. Nutting , Andrew E. Sfekas

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Social learning under ambiguity—An experimental study

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102323

Sara le Roux , Fabian Bopp

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A longitudinal study on the association between financial scarcity and feelings of societal exclusion

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102319

Marret K. Noordewier , Frank T. Doolaard , Gert-Jan Lelieveld , Eric van Dijk , Leon P. Hilbert , Susanne Marr , Ilja van Beest , Marcello Gallucci , Wilco W. van Dijk

{"title":"A longitudinal study on the association between financial scarcity and feelings of societal exclusion","authors":"Marret K. Noordewier , Frank T. Doolaard , Gert-Jan Lelieveld , Eric van Dijk , Leon P. Hilbert , Susanne Marr , Ilja van Beest , Marcello Gallucci , Wilco W. van Dijk","doi":"10.1016/j.socec.2024.102319","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.socec.2024.102319","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We tested the association between financial scarcity (i.e., the experience of lacking needed monetary resources) and feelings of societal exclusion using longitudinal data from a large probability sample of the Dutch population. We report preregistered analyses of two time points (almost two years apart) and exploratory robustness checks of seven time points (spanning four years). As hypothesized, results of a Cross-Lagged Panel Model indicated that financial scarcity was associated with increased feelings of societal exclusion over time and vice versa, feelings of societal exclusion were associated with increased financial scarcity over time. In addition, results showed that financial scarcity was associated with perceived lack of social participation, perceived stigmatization, and weaker social networks. These factors did not mediate the association between financial scarcity and feelings of societal exclusion. We discuss the potential implications of these findings for the temporal dynamics of financial scarcity and feelings of societal exclusion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 102319"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143163540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Incentives and the replication crisis in social sciences: A critical review of open science practices

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102327

Loukas Balafoutas , Jeremy Celse , Alexandros Karakostas , Nicholas Umashev

{"title":"Incentives and the replication crisis in social sciences: A critical review of open science practices","authors":"Loukas Balafoutas , Jeremy Celse , Alexandros Karakostas , Nicholas Umashev","doi":"10.1016/j.socec.2024.102327","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.socec.2024.102327","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The replication crisis in the social sciences has revealed systemic issues undermining the credibility of research findings, primarily driven by misaligned incentives that encourage questionable research practices (QRPs). This paper offers a comprehensive and critical review of recent empirical evidence on the effectiveness of Open Science initiatives—such as replication studies, reproducibility efforts, pre-registrations, and registered reports—in addressing the root causes of the replication crisis. Building upon and extending prior reviews, we integrate recent theoretical models from economics with empirical findings across several social science disciplines to assess how these practices impact research integrity. Our review demonstrates that while measures like pre-registration and data sharing have advanced transparency, they often fall short in mitigating QRPs due to persistent incentive misalignments. In contrast, registered reports and megastudies show greater promise by fundamentally reshaping the incentive structure, shifting the focus from producing statistically significant results to emphasizing methodological rigor and meaningful research questions. We argue that realigning incentives is crucial for fostering a culture of integrity and offer policy recommendations involving key stakeholders—including authors, journals, editors, reviewers, and institutions—to promote practices that enhance research reliability and credibility across the social sciences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 102327"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143163542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Speaking between the lines: Speakers’ role in framing effect

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102337

Sára Laníková , Vojtěch Zíka

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A comment on ‘growth and inequality in public good provision’: Testing the robustness and generalizability of dynamic public good games

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102333

Hauke Roggenkamp

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Unraveling gender norms: Social and personal norms in the preferential promotion of women

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102336

Manuel E. Lago, Margaret Samahita, Orla Doyle

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Hunger for money: Early-life hunger experiences increase individual's desire for money

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102335

Xin Huang , Zhiyi Li

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Are employers happy to hire happy candidates? Happiness and Employability Sources

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102334

Arie Sherman , Erga Atad , Zeev Shtudiner

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