Sander Onderstal receives NWO grant for research on Behavioral mechanism design
Research fellow Sander Onderstal (University of Amsterdam) has been awarded funding from The Dutch Research Council (NWO) as part of the Open Competition - SSH L. Onderstal’s research project aims to answer what is the best way to shape economic institutions when the common assumption that people are selfish is relaxed.
Abstract
What is the best way to shape economic institutions like markets, legal frameworks, and incentive schemes? Economists tend to address this question assuming the people are selfish. However, do the rules of the game still work for people who care about others, about their social image, and about behaving in line with social norms? This is the question we aim at addressing in this project. We do so developing a new framework in which people have social preferences. We will test the predictions of the new framework using randomized experiments in the areas of charitable fundraising and cooperation in teams.
About the NWO Open Competition – SSH L
With the NWO Open Competition-SSH, NWO Social Sciences and Humanities wants to offer researchers the opportunity to carry out research into a subject of their own choosing without any thematic constraints. The funding instrument aims to serve a broader group of researchers in different stages of their academic careers.
More awarded projects
In total three fellows of the Tinbergen Institute have been awarded funding in this round as part of the Open Competition - SSH. Find more information about the other projects here: Bas van der Klaauw (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Jos van Ommeren (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Marleen Huysman, faculty member of the Research Master Business Data Science at Tinbergen Institute, also receives funding during this round. All projects can be found on the website of The Dutch Research Council (NWO).