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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A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures
Tierney W, Hardy J, Ebersole CR, Viganola D, Clemente EG, Gordon M, Hoogeveen S, Haaf J, Dreber A, Johannesson M, Pfeiffer T, Huang JL, Vaughn LA, DeMarree K & Collaboration C&WMF (2021) A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 93, Art. No.: 104060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060
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Gender and cooperative preferences
Furtner NC, Kocher MG, Martinsson P, Matzat D & Wollbrant C (2021) Gender and cooperative preferences. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 181, pp. 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.11.030
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Creative destruction in science
Tierney W, Hardy III J, Ebersole C, Leavitt K, Viganola D, Clemente EG, Gordon M, Dreber A, Johannesson M, Pfeiffer T, Hiring Decisions Forecasting Collaboration & Uhlmann EL (2020) Creative destruction in science. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 161, pp. 291-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.07.002
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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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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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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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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
Commentary
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