MERT GÜMREN
I am a lecturer (assistant professor) at the University of Leicester.
My research interests are experimental and behavioral economics, and economics of education.
Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting
University of Leicester
266 London Rd, Leicester LE2 1RQ
PUBLICATIONS
Building Social Cohesion in Ethnically Mixed Schools: An Intervention on Perspective Taking
(with Sule Alan, Ceren Baysan and Elif Kubilay)
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2021). PRE-PRINT PUBLICATIONDemand for Decision Autonomy and the Desire to Avoid Responsibility in Risky Environments: Experimental Evidence
(with Seda Ertaç and Mehmet Yigit Gurdal)
Journal of Economic Psychology (2020) PRE-PRINT PUBLICATIONCheating and Incentives in a Performance Context: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Children
(with Seda Ertaç and Sule Alan)
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2020) PRE-PRINT PUBLICATIONStrategic Feedback in Teams: Theory and Experimental Evidence
(with Seda Ertaç and Levent Kockesen)
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2019) PRE-PRINT PUBLICATION
OTHER WORK
"National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic." (Jay J. Van Bavel, et al.)
Nature communications (2022)"Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning." (Tomislav Pavlović et al.) PNAS nexus (2022)
WORKING PAPERS
Impact of Advice on Behavior Change: Experimental Evidence from Children PAPER
Gender Difference in Allocation of Cognitive Tasks PAPER
The Impact of Covid-19 on the Willingness to Work in Teams (with Sunduz Divle and Seda Ertac) PAPER
Son Preference and the Value of Daughters: A Social Norms Intervention in Georgia (with Ana Maria Munoz Boudet and Lourdes Rodriguez Chamussy) (2019) PAPER
WORK IN PROGRESS
Randomized Educational Interventions on Social Interactions and Incentives in the Classroom Environment (ERC project with Seda Ertac)