Publications
Recent studies of Lab2 researchers (2023~)
These are recent, relevant studies of Lab2-affiliated researchers who did not necessarily receive financial, technical, organizational, or any other support from Lab2.
Forthcoming
Does a Single Dose of Testosterone Increase Competitiveness, Confidence and Financial Risk-taking in Men?
Hormones and Behavior.
Amos NadlerMatthias WibralThomas DohmenArmin FalkAlessandro PreviteroBrend WeberColin CamererAnna DreberAlmenbergGideon Nave
Running replicable experiments
Handbook of Experimental Economics Methods.
Anna DreberLukas C. Coffmann
How to do replicable research.
Handbook of Experimental Methods in the Social Sciences.
Anna DreberMagnus Johannesson
Does cognitive reflection relate to economic preferences and socio-economic outcomes?
Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics.
Fossen, F. M.Neyse, L.Schröder, C.
Gratitude in fundraising: Do 'thank you in advance' and handwritten thank you notes impact fundraising success?
Experimental Economics.
M. AdenaL. Neyse S. Huck
2026
Does having daughters affect political preferences? Using meta-analytic tools on many surveys
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Yifan YangMagnus JohannessonAnna DreberFrank FossenLevent NeyseFelix Holzmeister
Huge meta-research project puts claims in social-science papers to the test
Nature.
Alfredo Sánchez-TójarJelte M. WichertsRobb Willer
Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research
Nature.
Abel BrodeurDerek MikolaNikolai CookLenka FialaThomas BraileyRyan BriggsAlexandra de GendreYannick DuprazJacopo GabaniRomain GauriotJoanne HaddadGoncalo LimaJörg Ankel-PetersAnna DreberDouglas CampbellLamis KattanDiego Marino FagesFabian MierischPu SunTaylor WrightMarie ConnollyFernando Hoces de la GuardiaMagnus Johannesson…Yaolang Zhong.
Investigating the reproducibility of the social and behavioural sciences
Nature.
Olivia MiskeAnna Lou AbatayoMason DaleyMirka DirzoNicholas FoxNoah HaberKrystal M. Hahn…Timothy M. Errington.
Investigating the replicability of the social and behavioural sciences
Nature.
Andrew H. TynermAnna Lou AbatayoMason DaleySamuel FieldNicholas FoxNoah A. HaberKrystal M. Hahn…Timothy M. Errington.
Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences
Nature.
Balazs AczelBarnabas SzasziHarry T. ClellandMarton KovacsFelix HolzmeisterDon van RavenzwaaijHannah Schulz-KümpelSabine HoffmannGustav NilsonneLivia KosaZoltan A. TormaYousuf AbdelfatahChristopher L. AbersonOguz A. AcarEnsar AcemMatus AdamkovicTimofey AdamovichKrisna AdiastoLove Ahnström…Brian A. Nosek
2025
Source Theory: a tractable and positive ambiguity theory
Management Science.
Aurélien BaillonHan BleichrodtChen Li & Peter P. Wakker
Heterogeneity in gender differences in self-reported political preferences, trust, and well-being across 39 European countries
Scientific Reports.
Yang, Y.Johannesson, M.Fossen, F. et al
Follow the money, not the majority: A mechanism predicting unresolvable events
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.
Aurélien BaillonBenjamin TereickTong V. Wang
“Try to Balance the Baseline”: A comment on “Parent–teacher meetings and student outcomes: Evidence from a developing country” by Islam (2019)
European Economic Review.
Carl BonanderOlle HammarNiklas JakobssonGunther BenschFelix HolzmeisterAbel Brodeur
A national megastudy shows that email nudges to elementary school teachers boost student math achievement, particularly when personalized
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Angela L DuckworthAhra KoKatherine L MilkmanJoseph S KayEugen DimantDena M GrometAden HalpernYoungwoo JungMadeline K PaxsonRamon A Silvera ZumaranRon BermanIlana BrodyColin F CamererElizabeth A CanningHengchen DaiMarcos GalloHal E HershfieldMatthew D HilcheyAriel KalilKathryn M KroeperAmy LyonBenjamin S ManningNina MazarMichelle MicheliniSusan E MayerMary C Murphy Philip OreopoulosSharon E Parker Renante RondinaDilip SomanChristophe Van den Bulte
Falling and failing (to learn): Evidence from a nation-wide cybersecurity field experiment with SMEs
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Aurélien Baillon
Oral contraceptives and women's preferences for facial masculinity and symmetry: Evidence from a double-blind randomized controlled trial
Evolution and Human Behavior.
Eva RanehillNiklas ZethraeusCoren L. ApicellaLiselott BlombergBo von SchoultzAngelica Lindén HirschbergMagnus JohannessonAnna Dreber
A protocol for structured robustness reproductions and replicability assessments
Q Open.
Jörg Ankel-PetersAbel BrodeurAnna DreberMagnus JohannessonFlorian NeubauerJulian Rose
How much do we learn? Measuring symmetric and asymmetric deviations from Bayesian updating through choices
Quantitative Economics.
Ilke AydoganAurélien BaillonEmmanuel KemelChen Li
Reply to Krefeld-Schwalb et al.: Measuring population heterogeneity requires upholding good scientific practice
PNAS.
Felix HolzmeisterMagnus JohannessonRobert BöhmAnna DreberJürgen HuberMichael Kirchler
Uncertainty about carbon impact and the willingness to avoid CO emissions
Ecological Economics.
Davide D. PaceTaisuke ImaiPeter SchwardmannJoël J. van der Weele
Comprehension in economic games
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Lina KoppelDavid AnderssonMagnus JohannessonEirik StrømlandGustav Tinghög
Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socio-economic health gradient
nature human behavior.
Hyeokmoon KweonCasper AP BurikYuchen NingRafael AhlskogCharley XiaErik AbnerYanchun BaoLaxmi BhattaTariq O FaquihMaud de FeijterPaul FisherAndrea GelemanovićAlexandros GiannelisJouke-Jan HottengaBita KhaliliYunsung LeeRuifang Li-GaoJaan MassoRonny MyhreTeemu PalviainenCornelius A RietveldAlexander TeumerRenske M VerweijEmily A WilloughbyEsben AgerboSven BergmannDorret I BoomsmaAnders D BørglumBen M BrumptonNeil Martin DaviesTõnu EskoScott D GordonGeorg HomuthM Arfan IkramMagnus JohannessonJaakko KaprioMichael P KiddZoltán KutalikAlex SF KwongJames J LeeAnnemarie I LuikPer MagnusPedro Marques-VidalNicholas G MartinDennis O Mook-KanamoriPreben Bo MortensenSven OskarssonEmil M PedersenOzren PolašekFrits R RosendaalMelissa C SmartHarold SniederPeter J van der MostPeter VollenweiderHenry VölzkeGonneke WillemsenJonathan P BeauchampThomas A DiPreteRichard Karlsson LinnérQiongshi LuTim T MorrisAysu OkbayK Paige HardenAbdel AbdellaouiW David HillRonald de VlamingDaniel J BenjaminPhilipp D Koellinger
2024
Predicting the replicability of social and behavioural science claims in COVID-19 preprints
Nature Human Behavior.
Alexandru MarcociDavid P. WilkinsonAns VercammenBonnie C. WintleAnna Lou AbatayoErnest BaskinHenk BerkmanErin M. BuchananSara CapitánTabaré CapitánGinny ChanKent Jason G. ChengTom CoupéSarah DryhurstJianhua DuanJohn E. EdlundTimothy M. ErringtonAnna FedorFiona FidlerJames G. FieldNicholas FoxHannah FraserAlexandra L. J. FreemanAnca HaneaFelix HolzmeisterSanghyun HongRaquel HugginsNick Huntington-KleinMagnus JohannessonAngela M. JonesHansika KapoorJohn KerrMelissa Kline StruhlMarta KołczyńskaYang LiuZachary LoomasBrianna LuisEsteban MéndezOlivia MiskeFallon ModyCarolin NastBrian A. NosekE. Simon ParsonsThomas PfeifferW. Robert ReedJon RoozenbeekAlexa R. SchlyfestoneClaudia R. SchneiderAndrew SohZhongchen SongAnirudh TagatMelba TutorAndrew H. TynerKarolina Urbanska & Sander van der Linden
Examining the replicability of online experiments selected by a decision market
Nature Human Behavior.
Felix HolzmeisterMagnus JohannessonColin F. CamererYiling ChenTeck-Hua HoSuzanne HoogeveenJuergen HuberNoriko ImaiTaisuke ImaiLawrence JinMichael KirchlerAlexander LyBenjamin MandlDylan ManfrediGideon NaveBrian A. NosekThomas PfeifferAlexandra SarafoglouRene SchwaigerEric-Jan WagenmakersViking WaldénAnna Dreber
Heterogeneity in effect size estimates
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Felix HolzmeisterMagnus JohannessonRobert BöhmAnna DreberJürgen HuberMichael Kirchler
Subjective evidence evaluation survey for many-analysts studies
Royal Society Open Science.
Alexandra SarafoglouSuzanne HoogeveenDon Van Den BerghBalazs AczelCasper J AlbersTim AlthoffRotem Botvinik-NezerNiko A BuschAndrea M CataldoBerna DevezerNoah NN Van DongenAnna DreberEiko I FriedRink HoekstraSabine HoffmanFelix HolzmeisterJürgen HuberNick Huntington-KleinJohn IoannidisMagnus JohannessonMichael KirchlerEric LokenJan-Francois ManginDora MatzkeAlbert J MenkveldGustav NilsonneDon Van RavenzwaaijMartin SchweinsbergHannah Schulz-KuempelDavid R ShanksDaniel J SimonsBarbara A SpellmanAndrea H StoevenbeltBarnabas SzasziDarinka TrübutschekFrancis TuerlinckxEric L UhlmannWolf VanpaemelJelte WichertsEric-Jan Wagenmakers
Adding household surveys to the behavioral economics toolbox: insights from the SOEP innovation sample
Journal of the Economic Science Association.
Urs FischbacherLevent NeyseDavid RichterCarsten Schröder
Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies
Scientific Reports.14, Article 5591.
Andersson, P. A.Vartanova, I.Västfjäll, D.Tinghög, G.Strimling, P.Wu, J.Hazin, I.Akotia, C. S.Aldashev, A.Andrighetto, G.Anum, A.Arikan, G.Bagherian, F.Barrera, D.Basnight-Brown, D.Batkeyev, B.Berezina, E.Björnstjerna, M....Fiedler, S....Eriksson, K.
Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countries
Nature Communications.5, Article 1436.
Andrighetto, G.Szekely, A.Guido, A.Gelfand, M.Abernathy, J.Arikan, G.Aycan, Z.Bankar, S.Barrera, D.Basnight-Brown, D.Belaus, A.Berezina, E.Blumen, S.Boski, P.Bui, H. T. T.Cárdenas, J. C.Čekrlija, D.de Barra, M.de Zoysa, P....Fiedler, S....Eriksson, K.
Promoting reproducibility and replicability in political science
Research & Politics.11(1).
Brodeur, A.Esterling, K.Ankel-Peters, J.Bueno, N. S.Desposato, S.Dreber, A.Genovese, F.Green, D. P.Hepplewhite, M.Hoces de la Guardia, F.Johannesson, M.Kotsadam, A.Miguel, E.Velez, Y. R.Young, L.
Can large language models help predict results from a complex behavioural science study?
R. Soc. Open Sci..
Steffen LippertAnna DreberMagnus JohannessonWarren TierneyWilson Cyrus-LaiEric Luis UhlmannEmotion Expression Collaboration and Thomas Pfeiffer
Meta-analysis of Empirical Estimates of Loss Aversion
Journal of Economic Literature.
Alexander L. BrownTaisuke ImaiFerdinand M. VieiderColin F. Camerer
How to increase public support for carbon pricing with revenue recycling
Nature Sustainability.
Andrej WoernerTaisuke ImaiDavide D. PaceKlaus M. Schmidt
The causal effect of genetic variants linked to cognitive and non-cognitive skills on education and labor market outcomes
Labour Economics.
Thomas BuserRafael AhlskogMagnus JohannessonPhilipp KoellingerSven Oskarsson
Evaluating the Impact of a Game (Inner Dragon) on User Engagement Within a Leading Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial
JMIR Serious Games.
Justin S WhiteSéverine ToussaertBethany R RaiffMarie K SalemAmy Yunyu ChiangDavid CraneEdward WarrenderCourtney R LylesLorien C AbromsJ Lee WestmaasJohannes Thrul
Evaluating science: A comparison of human and AI reviewers
Judgement and Decision Making.
Anna ShcherbiakHooman HabibniaRobert BöhmSusann Fiedler
A framework for evaluating reproducibility and replicability in economics
Economic Inquiry.
Anna DreberMagnus Johannesson
Is economics self-correcting? Replications in the American Economic Review
Economic Inquiry.
Ankel-Peters, J.Fiala, N.Neubauer, F.
Meta-analysis of empirical estimates of loss-aversion
Journal of Economic Literature.
Brown, A. L.Imai, T.Vieider, F. M.Camerer, C. F.
Selective reporting of placebo tests in top economics journals
Economic Inquiry.
Dreber, A.Johannesson, M.Yang, Y.
Entrepreneurship, management, and cognitive reflection: A pre-registered replication study with extensions
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice.
Fossen, F. M.Neyse, L.
Non-standard errors
Journal of Finance.
Menkveld, A. J.Dreber, A.Holzmeister, F.Huber, J.Johanneson, M.Kirchler, M.Razen, M.Weitzel, U.Abad, D.Abudy, M.Adrian, T.Ait-Sahalia, Y.Akmansoy, O.Alcock, J.Alexeev, V.Aloosh, A.Amato, L.Amaya, D.Angel, J. J....Wu, Z.
Computational reproducibility in finance: Evidence from 1,000 tests
Review of Financial Studies.
Pérignon, C.Akmansoy, O.Hurlin, C.Dreber, A.Holzmeister, F.Huber, J.Johanneson, M.Kirchler, M.Menkveld, A. J.Razen, M.Weitzel, U.
2023
Reproducibility in Management Science
Management Science.70(3), 1343-1356.
Fišar, M.Greiner, B.Huber, C.Katok, E.Ozkes, A. I.Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration
Eleven strategies for making reproducible research and open science training the norm at research institutions
eLife.12, Article e89736.
Kohrs, F. E.Auer, S.Bannach-Brown, A.Fiedler, S.Haven, T. L.Heise, V.Holman, C.Azevedo, F.Bernard, R.Bleier, A.Bössel, N.Cahill, B. P.Castro, L. J.Ehrenhofer, A.Eichel, K.Frank, M.Frick, C.Friese, M.Gärtner, A....Weissgerber, T. L.
On the trajectory of discrimination: A meta-analysis and forecasting survey capturing 44 years of field experiments on gender and hiring decisions
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.179, Article 104280.
Schaerer, M.du Plessis, C.Nguyen, M. H. B.van Aert, R. C.M.Tiokhin, L.Lakens, D.Clemente, E. G.Pfeiffer, T.Dreber, A.Johannesson, M.Clark, C. J.Gender Audits Forecasting CollaborationUhlmann, E. L.
Do economists replicate?
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.212, 219–232.
Ankel-Peters, J.Fiala, N.Neubauer, F
Changes in risk attitudes vary across domains throughout the life course
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.212, 534-563.
Murray, N.Neyse, L.Schröder, C.
Competition and moral behavior: A meta-analysis of forty-five crowd-sourced experimental designs
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.120(23), Article e2215572120.
Huber, C.Dreber, A.Huber, J.Johannesson, M.Kirchler, M.Weitzel, U.Abellán, M.Adayeva, X.Ay, F. C.Barron, K.Berry, Z.Bönte, W.Brütt, K. Bulutay, M.Campos-Mercade, P. Cardella, E.Claassen, M. A.Cornelissen, G.Dawson, I. G. J.Delnoij, J.Demiral, E. E.Dimant, E.Doerflinger, J. T.Dold, M....Neyse, L....Fiedler, S....Holzmeister, F.
Cognitive reflection and 2D:4D: Evidence from a large population sample
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.209, 288-307.
Neyse, L.Fossen, F. M.Johanneson, M.Dreber, A.
Quality research needs good working conditions
Nature Human Behaviour.7(2), 164-167.
Rahal, R. M.Fiedler, S.Adetula, A.Berntsson, R. P.-A.Dirnagl, U.Feld, G. B.Fiebach, C. J.Himi, S. A.Horner, A. J.Lonsdorf, T. B.Schönbrodt, F.Silan, M. A. A.Wenzler, M.Azevedo, F.
Delegation Decisions in Finance
Management Science.
Felix HolzmeisterMartin HolménMichael KirchlerMatthias StefanErik Wengström
Economic Preferences and Personality Traits Among Finance Professionals and the General Population
The Economic Journal.
Felix HolzmeisterMartin HolménMichael KirchlerMatthias StefanErik Wengström
Approximate Expected Utility Rationalization
Journal of the European Economic Association.
Federico EcheniqueTaisuke ImaiKota Saito
Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the FADS locus
nature human behavior.
Iain MathiesonFelix R DayNicola BarbanFelix C TropfDavid M BrazeleQTLGen ConsortiumBIOS Consortium van Heemst Diana 47Ahmad VaezNatalie van ZuydamBárbara D BitarelloEugene J GardnerEvelina T AkimovaAjuna AzadSven BergmannLawrence F BielakDorret I BoomsmaKristina BosakMarco BrumatJulie E BuringDavid CesariniDaniel I ChasmanJorge E ChavarroMassimiliano CoccaMaria Pina ConcasGeorge Davey SmithGail DaviesIan J DearyTõnu EskoJessica D FaulFinnGen StudyOscar FrancoAndrea GannaAudrey J GaskinsAndrea GelemanovicEco JC de GeusChristian GiegerGiorgia GirottoBamini GopinathHans Jörgen GrabeErica P GundersonCaroline HaywardChunyan HeDiana van HeemstW David HillEva R HoffmannGeorg HomuthJouke Jan HottengaHongyang HuangElina HyppӧnenM Arfan IkramRick JansenMagnus JohannessonZoha KamaliSharon LR KardiaMaryam KavousiAnnette KifleyTuomo KiiskinenPeter KraftBrigitte KühnelClaudia LangenbergGerald LiewLifelines Cohort Study van der Most Peter J. 8Penelope A LindJian’an LuanReedik MägiPatrik KE MagnussonAnubha MahajanNicholas G MartinHamdi MbarekMark I McCarthyGeorge McMahonSarah E MedlandThomas MeitingerAndres MetspaluEvelin MihailovLili MilaniStacey A MissmerPaul MitchellStine MøllegaardDennis O Mook-KanamoriAnna MorganPeter J van der MostRenée de MutsertMatthias NauckIlja M NolteRaymond NoordamBrenda WJH PenninxAnnette PetersPatricia A PeyserOzren PolašekChris PowerAjka PribisalicPaul RedmondJanet W Rich-EdwardsPaul M RidkerCornelius A RietveldSusan M RingLynda M RoseRico RueediVallari ShuklaJennifer A SmithStasa StankovicKári StefánssonDoris StöcklKonstantin StrauchMorris A SwertzAlexander TeumerGudmar ThorleifssonUnnur ThorsteinsdottirA Roy ThurikNicholas J TimpsonConstance TurmanAndré G UitterlindenMelanie WaldenbergerNicholas J WarehamDavid R WeirGonneke WillemsenJing Hau ZhaoWei ZhaoYajie ZhaoHarold SniederMarcel den HoedKen K OngMelinda C MillsJohn RB Perry
Developing a Game (Inner Dragon) Within a Leading Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation: Design and Feasibility Evaluation Study
JMIR Serious Games.
Justin S WhiteMarie K SalemSéverine ToussaertJ Lee WestmaasBethany R RaiffDavid CraneEdward WarrenderCourtney LylesLorien AbromsJohannes Thrul