Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Behavioural Economics group is a pioneer of experimental and behavioural economics.
UEA has been a leading centre of experimental economics since the 1980s, conducting some of the earliest economics experiments in the UK.
Members of our group developed some of the earliest behavioural theories of choice under risk and uncertainty, and made signal contributions to the problem of how to meaningfully measure how people value quality of life, the environment, and other goods and services which are not priced by market trading.
Our group continues to develop rigorous foundations for behavioural economics and the role of decision-making experiments in understanding how people make decisions. We are developing a new “science of the behavioural consumer”, understanding how, when and why consumers do or do not engage in searching in markets.
We are developing new models of consumer reactions to time-limited offers, common pricing standards, choice overload and perceptions of fairness of the behaviour of firms. These have novel implications for industry regulation with the behavioural consumer at its heart. We have active research programmes studying how people negotiate, and how people understand information that is given to them.
We work directly with users of behavioural economics research nationally and internationally, via knowledge transfer partnerships, consultancy, and the co-production of research with stakeholders ranging from local groups and charities to governmental and international development agencies.
Network
Profiles
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Sheheryar Banuri
- School of Economics - Associate Professor in Economics
- Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science - Member
- Behavioural Economics - Member
- Environment, Resources and Conflict - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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John Billings
- School of Economics - Associate Tutor
- Behavioural Economics
Person: Research Group Member, Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Tutor
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Developing a behaviour change toolkit in a coastal change environment
6/02/23 → 5/08/24
Project: Research
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Better Targeting Behaviour Change Interventions Using Decision-Making Characteristics
Patel, A., Borcan, O. & Turocy, T.
1/09/22 → 29/02/24
Project: Research
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Borrowing to keep up (with the Joneses): Inequality, debt, and conspicuous consumption
Banuri, S. & Nguyen, H., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 206, p. 222-242 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effort and Social Comparison: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
D'Exelle, B., Habraken, R. & Verschoor, A., 15 Mar 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Economic Development and Cultural Change.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gender and gambling preference
Bacon, P. M., Conte, A. & Moffatt, P. G., 26 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Economics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Joseph B Gittler Award 2019
Sugden, Robert (Recipient), 9 Jul 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Journal of Social Ontology (Journal)
Robert Sugden (Peer reviewer)
1 Jan 2014 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Journal of Institutional Economics (Journal)
Robert Sugden (Peer reviewer)
1 Jan 2004 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Journal of Economic Psychology (Journal)
Robert Sugden (Peer reviewer)
1 Jan 2002 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
Press/Media
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Taking the New Year’s Resolution Test seriously: eliciting individuals’ judgements about self-control and spontaneity’
31/01/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Lahore School of Economics hosts third online ADE seminar
23/07/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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