Nisvan Erkal

Putting Relational Contract Theory to the Test: Experimental Evidence

Nisvan Erkal, Steven Y Wu, Brian E Roe

Journal article  |  2021  |  Experimental Economics

We investigate a number of canonical predictions that arise from relational contract theory. Employing an experimental design with..

Replication: Belief elicitation with quadratic and binarized scoring rules

Nisvan Erkal, Lata Gangadharan, Boon Han Koh

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Economic Psychology

Researchers increasingly elicit beliefs to understand the underlying motivations of decision makers. Two commonly used methods are..

Aggregative games and oligopoly theory: short‐run and long‐run analysis

Simon Anderson, Nisvan Erkal, Daniel PICCININ

Journal article  |  2020  |  The RAND Journal of Economics

We compile an IO toolkit for aggregative games and use inclusive best reply functions to deliver oligopoly comparative statics and..

Monetary and Non-Monetary Incentives in Real-effort Tournaments

N Erkal, L Gangadharan, BH Koh

Journal article  |  2018  |  European Economic Review

Results from laboratory experiments using real-effort tasks provide mixed evidence on the relationship between monetary incentives..

Reimagining innovation theory: Suzanne Scotchmer and the ideas model

N Erkal, SM Maurer, D Minehart

Book Chapter  |  2017

Impact of Rebates and Refunds on Contributions to Threshold Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Matthew Donazzan, Nisvan Erkal, Boon Han Koh

Journal article  |  2016  |  Southern Economic Journal

Welfare Receipt and the Intergenerational Transmission of Work-Welfare Norms

Juan D Baron, Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Nisvan Erkal

Journal article  |  2015  |  Southern Economic Journal

Cultural integration: Experimental evidence of convergence in immigrants' preferences

Lisa Cameron, Nisvan Erkal, Lata Gangadharan, Marina Zhang

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Cultural integration: Experimental evidence of convergence in immigrants’ preferences

Lisa Cameron, Nisvan Erkal, Lata Gangadharan, Marina Zhang

Report  |  2015  |  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Cultural traits play a significant role in the determination of economic outcomes and institutions. This paper presents evidence f..

Strategic Incomplete Contracts: Theory and Experiments

N Erkal, Steven Y WU, Brian E Roe

Report  |  2014

We develop a model of strategic contractual incompleteness that identifies conditions under which principals might omit even costl..