Ragan Petrie

Room composition effects on risk taking by gender

Marco Castillo, Greg Leo, Ragan Petrie

Journal article  |  2020  |  Experimental Economics

We present evidence of a direct social context effect on decision-making under uncertainty: the gender composition of those in the..

Farmer preferences for reforestation contracts in Brazil's Atlantic Forest

RC Richards, R Petrie, JB Christ, E Ditt, CJ Kennedy

Journal article  |  2020  |  Forest Policy and Economics

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) have been initiated throughout Brazil to encourage forest restoration on private lands, espe..

The economic effects of Facebook

R Mosquera, M Odunowo, T McNamara, X Guo, R Petrie

Journal article  |  2020  |  Experimental Economics

Social media permeates many aspects of our lives, including how we connect with others, where we get our news and how we spend our..

Discount Rates of Children and High School Graduation

M Castillo, JL Jordan, R Petrie

Journal article  |  2019  |  Economic Journal

We present direct evidence that children who are unwilling to wait for a larger reward and instead prefer a small one earlier (i.e..

The impact of a surprise donation ask

CL Exley, R Petrie

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Public Economics

Individuals frequently exploit “flexibility” built into decision environments to give less. They use uncertainty to justify option..

Children’s rationality, risk attitudes and field behavior

M Castillo, JL Jordan, R Petrie

Journal article  |  2018  |  European Economic Review

We investigate the relationship between risk attitudes, choice consistency and field behavior of children by conducting economic e..

Sleepiness, choice consistency, and risk preferences

Marco Castillo, David L Dickinson, Ragan Petrie

Journal article  |  2017  |  THEORY AND DECISION

We investigate the consistency and stability of individual risk preferences by manipulating cognitive resources. Participants are ..

Negative campaigning, fundraising, and voter turnout: A field experiment

Jared Barton, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION

Why do candidates risk alienating voters by engaging in negative campaigning? One answer may lie in the large empirical literature..

Favor trading in public good provision

Sarah Jacobson, Ragan Petrie

Journal article  |  2014  |  EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS

Favor trading is common. We do something nice for someone and they do something nice in return. Several motives might underlie suc..

Fundraising through online social networks: A field experiment on peer-to-peer solicitation

Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie, Clarence Wardell

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS

Two main reasons why people donate to charity are that they have been asked and asked by someone they care about. One would theref..