New publication: The evolution of zero-sum and positive-sum worldviews
Sergey Gavrilets and I have a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National …
Recent research
This page will direct you to the themes of my current research. Some themes have …
PUBLISHED IN MAY 2024: The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power and People
Book events: AALIMS conference in Princeton, 11th April 2025. The book was published by Princeton …
Research on the economics of religion
In the last few years I have been involved in a range of research on …
New working paper: Alcohol, Behavioral Norms and Sexual Violence on U.S. College Campuses
This paper, joint with Julia Hoefer, is Discussion Paper number 17147 by the Centre for …
Publication: What Do Parents Want? Parental Spousal Preferences in China
This paper, with Eva Raiber, Weiwei Ren, Jeanne Bovet and Charlotte Wang, is published in …
Publication: “The old boy network: are the professional networks of female executives less effective than men’s for advancing their careers?”
This paper, joint with Marie Lalanne, has now been published in The Journal of Institutional …
New working paper: Establishment and Outsiders : Can Political Incorrectness and Social Extremism work as a Signal of Commitment to Populist Policies?
This is my new paper with Jérôme Gonnot which has just been issued as a …
Research on behavioral decision-making
In the last few years I have undertaken a number of projects on individual decision-making …
Research on gender, networks and marriage markets
In the last few years I have undertaken a number of projects with co-authors Sylvie …