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Ben Grodeck

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1995Rising activity
Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Publications

17

Citations

19

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

32

Publishing since 1995

Research summary
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Ben Grodeck studies why and when people give to charity or cooperate with others, using controlled behavioral experiments. His work examines topics such as how guilt, moral arguments, positive reinforcement (like emojis), and performance-based incentives affect charitable giving, as well as trust and cooperation in markets and across generations. This research falls within experimental and behavioral economics.

Charitable giving and pro-social behaviorExperimental behavioral economicsTrust and cooperation in marketsMoral judgment and guilt in decision-makingIntergenerational and reciprocal cooperation

Publication output has grown from no recorded outputs before 2020 to a steady pace of roughly 2-4 papers per year since 2022.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
1718192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 4 publications4222023: 3 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 3 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×8
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)×2
  • Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics×1
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization×1
  • European Economic Review×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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