http://www.stir.ac.uk/people/connywollbrant
I specialize in Behavioural and Experimental Economics and both my teaching, student supervision and research focuses on this area. Much of my work I concerned with self-control, altruism and the relationship between the two. I am also interested in judgment and decision making in general and recent work explores how aspects of bounded rationality can result in suboptimal equilibrium behaviours and long-term outcomes, in particular related to retirement savings, environmental sustainability and health. I joined Stirling Management School and the Division of Economics in 2017 having previously held a tenured appointment at the University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
My research areas are: Behavioural and Experimental Economics, Self-Control, Cooperation, Game Theory
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Kvarven A, Strømland E, Wollbrant C, Andersson D, Johannesson M, Tinghög G, Västfjäll D & Myrseth KOR (2020) The Intuitive Cooperation Hypothesis Revisited: A Meta-analytic Examination of Effect Size and Between-study Heterogeneity. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 6, p. 26–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-020-00084-3
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Gender differences in altruism: Evidence from a natural field experiment on matched donations
Knutsson M, Martinsson P, Persson E & Wollbrant C (2019) Gender differences in altruism: Evidence from a natural field experiment on matched donations. Economics Letters, 176, pp. 47-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.12.029
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Cognitive foundations of cooperation revisited: Commentary on Rand et al. (2012, 2014)
Myrseth KOR & Wollbrant CE (2017) Cognitive foundations of cooperation revisited: Commentary on Rand et al. (2012, 2014). Commentary on: Rand, D. G. et al. Social heuristics shape intuitive cooperation. Nat. Commun. 5:3677 doi: 10.1038/ncomms4677 (2014) and Rand, D. G. et al. Spontaneous giving and calculated greed. Nature. 489:427-430 doi: 10.1038/nature11467 (2012).. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 69, pp. 133-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2017.01.005
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Registered replication report: Rand, Greene and Nowak (2012)
Bouwmeester S, Verkoeijen P, Aczel B, Barbosa F, Bègue L, Brañas-Garza P, Chmura T, Cornelissen G, Døssing F, Espín A, Evans A, Ferreira-Santos F, Fiedler S, Flegr J & Wollbrant C (2017) Registered replication report: Rand, Greene and Nowak (2012). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12 (3), pp. 527-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617693624
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Strong, bold and kind: Self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas
Kocher M, Martinsson P, Myrseth KO & Wollbrant C (2017) Strong, bold and kind: Self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas. Experimental Economics, 20 (1), pp. 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-015-9475-7
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Commentary: Fairness is intuitive
Myrseth KOR & Wollbrant C (2016) Commentary: Fairness is intuitive. Commentary on: Cappelen, A. W., Nielsen, U. H., Tungodden, B., Tyran, J.-R., and Wengström, E. (2015). Fairness is intuitive, Exp. Econ. doi: 10.1007/s10683-015-9463-y. [Epub ahead of print].. Frontiers in Psychology, 1 (7), Art. No.: 654. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00654
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Models inconsistent with altruism cannot explain the evolution of human cooperation
Myrseth KOR & Wollbrant CE (2016) Models inconsistent with altruism cannot explain the evolution of human cooperation. Commentary on: Bear A, Rand DG (2016) Intuition, deliberation, and the evolution of cooperation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113(4):936–941. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1517780113. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (18), pp. E2472-E2472. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1602463113
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The role of beliefs, trust and risk preferences in contributions to a public good
Kochera MG, Martinsson P, Matzat D & Wollbrant C (2015) The role of beliefs, trust and risk preferences in contributions to a public good. Journal of Economic Psychology, 51, pp. 236-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.10.001
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Myrseth KOR & Wollbrant C (2015) Depletion Influences Restraint, But Does It Influence Conflict Identification? Expanding on Osgood and Muraven (2015). Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 37 (5), pp. 292-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2015.1071708
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Cooperation and social classes: Evidence from Colombia
Martinsson P, Villegas-Palacio C & Wollbrant C (2015) Cooperation and social classes: Evidence from Colombia. Social Choice and Welfare, 45 (4), pp. 829-848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-015-0886-3
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Myrseth KO & Wollbrant C (2015) Less cognitive conflict does not imply choice of the default option: Commentary on Kieslich and Hilbig (2014). Commentary on: Kieslich, P. J., & Hilbig, B. E. (2014). Cognitive conflict in social dilemmas: An analysis of response dynamics. Judgment and Decision Making, 9(6), 510–522.. Judgement and Decision Making, 10 (3), pp. 277-279. http://journal.sjdm.org/14/141214/jdm141214.pdf
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Myrseth KOR & Wollbrant C (2015) Less cognitive conflict does not imply choice of the default option: Commentary on Kieslich and Hilbig (2014). Commentary on: Kieslich, P. J., & Hilbig, B. E. (2014). Cognitive conflict in social dilemmas: An analysis of response dynamics. Judgment and Decision Making, 9(6), 510–522.. Judgment and Decision Making, 10 (3), pp. 277-279. http://journal.sjdm.org/14/141214/jdm141214.pdf
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Tangible Temptation in the Social Dilemma: Cash, Cooperation, and Self-Control
Myrseth KOR, Riener G & Wollbrant C (2015) Tangible Temptation in the Social Dilemma: Cash, Cooperation, and Self-Control. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 8 (2), pp. 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1037/npe0000035
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Social dilemmas: When self-control benefits cooperation
Martinsson P, Myrseth KOR & Wollbrant C (2014) Social dilemmas: When self-control benefits cooperation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 45, pp. 213-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2014.09.004
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Knutsson M, Martinsson P & Wollbrant C (2013) Do people avoid opportunities to donate?: A natural field experiment on recycling and charitable giving. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93, pp. 71-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.07.015
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A theory of self-control and naïveté: The blights of willpower and blessings of temptation
Myrseth KOR & Wollbrant CE (2013) A theory of self-control and naïveté: The blights of willpower and blessings of temptation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 34, pp. 8-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2012.11.003
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Reconciling pro-social vs. selfish behavior: On the role of self-control
Martinsson P, Myrseth KOR & Wollbrant C (2012) Reconciling pro-social vs. selfish behavior: On the role of self-control. Judgment and Decision Making, 7 (3), pp. 304-315. http://journal.sjdm.org/11/111202/jdm111202.pdf