Dennie van Dolder
@dvdolder
Behavioural economist. Associate Professor @UoE_economics. Director @ESSEXLab. AE at JEBO #econtwitter #firstgen
🚨 What motivates people to help others? Is it utilitarianism, helping those whose well-being will be impacted most? Or do they favor those less responsible for their predicament? We use a Dutch TV show to answer this question! Paper: ssrn.com/abstract=49466… Thread below 🧵👇
Last week, I recorded a live podcast in Munich (yes, with real humans, not AI) about our research on giving behaviour, using a Dutch TV show where people donate to those in financial need. 🎙️ Listen here: pod.link/1536444695
🔵Coming up this Monday! Join us on July 7 at 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 with @dvdolder (@Uni_of_Essex ), who will present "Impact or Responsibility? Giving Behavior in a Televised Natural Experiment" 🔗dennievandolder.com 📄dennievandolder.com/post/impact-or… #ECONM
📢New WP on networks in innovation Collaborating innovators form a network. Does the network position matter for outcomes? Is it helpful to have well-connected collaborators? Empirical answers based on over 28k corporate innovators. A summary 🧵👇 🔗papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
New paper: Applying computation tools to over 2000 years of textual data in Chinese, we test the hypothesis that the organization of families (kin-based institutions) shapes our psychology. @MohammadAtari90 @slingerland20 @KevinHong1991 @JF_Schulz
We're hiring! I'm looking for a PhD student in Economics (75%, E13) to join my team at TUM Campus Heilbronn starting Oct 2025. Work on field & survey experiments in applied micro, behavioral econ & econ of education. Deadline: June 30. Please share! Call: tinyurl.com/msdsrhv6
Presenting our work using Dutch TV show data all the way in Beijing at Peking University. A great group to visit. The paper can be downloaded here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4…
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Honestly, I think our new paper has serious implications for experimental econ 22–27% failed comprehension in the Dictator and Ultimatum games In the Trust Game and Public Goods Game, that number hit 70% and 52% These are foundational tools of exp econ doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo… 🧵
Turns out the (Dutch) public are more EA than I'd have guessed
Impact thus matters more than responsibility. This is backed up by a dominance analysis that decomposes the overall fit into the additively separate contributions of each variable. Impact is approximately 2.4 times as important as responsibility for understanding giving behavior.
🚨🚨 Does labor market discrimination drive economic gaps? Can market competition eliminate discrimination like economic theory suggests? What *kind* of discrimination are we talking about. In a new paper, @ALPWillen & I explore the question. #Econtwitter
Strong kinship networks can block trust and limit innovation. Just joined the Game Changer podcast to talk about how the Church’s marriage policies changed that in Europe—and why that reshaped cooperation, trust, and innovation. open.spotify.com/episode/5Ng158…
Serious thread: This paper has special meaning for my coauthors and me as it resonates with how we saw the world around us. While we've had the results for years, it took time to figure out the paper we ought to write. @ecmaEditors and referees provided terrific feedback. 1/4
Why do voters have a zero-sum mindset when evaluating policies? We offer a strategic rationale. Even if the decision is likely positive-sum, the fear of what others know can lead a majority of voters to vote for policies contrary to their interests econometricsociety.org/publications/e…
Accepting of Freedom of Movement in the UK in exchange for single market membership or access seems acceptable for a majority of UK citizens even among those that voted Leave in 2016. This is not surprising IMO. A narrative arising suggests that despite having taken back...
This insightful chart by @nonagonono shows how the Trump tariffs were most likely determined.
oops, fixed. Now we get that nice straight line