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Welcome! I am professor of economic psychology at the University of Amsterdam at the Center for Research in Experimental Economics and political Decision making (CREED).
Amasino, D. R., Oosterwijk, S., Sullivan, N. J., & van der Weele, J. (2025). Seeking or ignoring ethical certifications in consumer choice. Ecological Economics, 229, Article 108467. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108467
2024
Amasino, D. R., Pace, D. D., & van der Weele, J. J. (2024). Fair Shares and Selective Attention. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 16(4), 259–90. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20220275
Engelmann, J. B., Lebreton, M., Salem-Garcia, N. A., Schwardmann, P., & van der Weele, J. J. (2024). Anticipatory Anxiety and Wishful Thinking. American Economic Review, 114(4), 926-960. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20191068
Hirmas, A., Engelmann, J. B., & van der Weele, J. J. (2024). Individual and Contextual Effects of Attention in Risky Choice. Experimental Economics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-024-09849-7
2023
Amasino, D. R., Pace, D. D., & van der Weele, J. (2023). Self-serving Bias in Redistribution Choices: Accounting for Beliefs and Norms. Journal of Economic Psychology, 98, Article 102654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2023.102654[details]
Soraperra, I., van der Weele, J., Villeval, M.-C., & Shalvi, S. (2023). The Social Construction of Ignorance: Experimental Evidence. Games and Economic Behavior, 138, 197-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2022.12.002[details]
Vu, L., Soraperra, I., Leib, M., van der Weele, J., & Shalvi, S. (2023). Ignorance by Choice: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Underlying Motives of Wilful Ignorance and Its Consequences. Psychological Bulletin, 149(9-10), 611-635. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000398[details]
Vu, M. L., Soraperra, I., Leib, M., van der Weele, J. & Shalvi, S. (20-9-2023). Aggregated dataset and readme file. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19506658.v1
2022
Schwardmann, P., Tripodi, E., & van der Weele, J. J. (2022). Self-Persuasion: Evidence from Field Experiments at International Debating Competitions. The American Economic Review, 112(4), 1118-1146. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20200372[details]
Tripodi, E., Schwardmann, P. & van der Weele, J. (2022). Data and Code for: Self-Persuasion: Evidence from Field Experimentsat International Debating Competitions. ICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/e148242v1
2021
Foerster, M., & van der Weele, J. J. (2021). Casting Doubt: Image Concerns and the Communication of Social Impact. Economic Journal, 131(639), 2887–2919. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab014[details]
Buser, T., Grimalda, G., Putterman, L., & van der Weele, J. (2020). Overconfidence and gender gaps in redistributive preferences: Cross-Country experimental evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 178, 267-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.07.005[details]
van der Weele, J. J., & von Siemens, F. A. (2020). Bracelets of Pride and Guilt? An Experimental Test of Self-Signaling in Charitable Giving. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 172, 280-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.02.001[details]
Gortner, P. J., & van der Weele, J. J. (2019). Peer effects and risk sharing in experimental asset markets. European Economic Review, 116, 129-147. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.04.001[details]
Mazyaki, A., & van der Weele, J. (2019). On esteem-based incentives. International Review of Law and Economics, 60, Article 105848. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2019.06.001[details]
Buser, T., Gerhards, L., & van der Weele, J. (2018). Responsiveness to feedback as a personal trait. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 56(2), 165-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-018-9277-3[details]
Grossman, Z., & van der Weele, J. J. (2017). Dual-Process Reasoning in Charitable Giving: Learning from Non-results. Games, 8(3), Article 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/g8030036[details]
Schlag, K. H., Tremewan, J., & van der Weele, J. J. (2015). A penny for your thoughts: a survey of methods for eliciting beliefs. Experimental Economics, 18(3), 457-490. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-014-9416-x[details]
Durante, R., Putterman, L., & van der Weele, J. (2014). Preferences for redistribution and perceptions of fairness: An experimental study. Journal of the European Economic Association, 12(4), 1059-1086. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12082[details]
van der Weele, J., Kulisa, J., Kosfeld, M., & Friebel, G. (2014). Resisting moral wiggle room: How robust is reciprocal behavior? American Economic Journal. Microeconomics, 6(3), 256-264. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.6.3.256[details]
Dur, R., & van der Weele, J. (2013). Status-Seeking in Criminal Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15(1), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12010[details]
Galbiati, R., Schlag, K. H., & van der Weele, J. J. (2013). Sanctions that signal: an experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 94, 34-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.08.002[details]
Schlag, K. H., & van der Weele, J. J. (2013). Eliciting probabilities, means, medians, variances and covariances without assuming risk neutrality. Theoretical Economics Letters, 3(1), 38-42. https://doi.org/10.4236/tel.2013.31006[details]
van der Weele, J. (2012). Beyond the state of nature: Introducing social interactions in the economic model of crime. Review of Law and Economics, 8(2), 401-432. https://doi.org/10.1515/1555-5879.1551
van der Weele, J. (2012). The signaling power of sanctions in social dilemmas. Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 28(1), 103-126. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewp039
2024
Milan, S., & van der Weele, J. J. (2024). Upcycling democracy. [details]
Dijkstra, M. A. (Author), & van der Weele, J. J. (Author). (in press). Duopolie: Afscheid. Web publication or website http://sargasso.nl/duopolie-afscheid/
2010
van der Weele, J., & Jelsma, J. (2010). Verstandig kuddegedrag: kredietcrisis ontstaat door rationele keuze. Het Financieele Dagblad, 17.
van der Weele, J. J. (2006). Verlicht schulden onvoorwaardelijk. Financieel dagblad.
2021
Amasino, D. R., Pace, D. D., & van der Weele, J. J. (2021). Fair shares and selective attention. 17. Abstract from NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2020
Amasino, D. R., Pace, D. D., & van der Weele, J. J. (2020). Attention to luck versus effort information underlies self-serving biases in allocation decisions. Abstract from Society for Neuroeconomics.
Amasino, D. R., van der Weele, J. J., & Pace, D. D. (2020). Attention to luck versus effort information underlies self-serving biases in allocation decisions. Abstract from Virtual Process Tracing (ViProc) Conference 2020.
Others
Shalvi, S. (participant) & van der Weele, J. J. (participant) (18-10-2017). Moral behavior and calculated ambiguity Workshop (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
2023
Pace, D. D. (2023). Essays on the cognitive foundations of human behavior and on the behavioral economics of climate change. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
Buser, T., Putterman, L., & van der Weele, J. (2016). Gender and Redistribution: Experimental Evidence. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper; No. 2016-063/I). Tinbergen Institute. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2828087[details]
Grossman, Z., & van der Weele, J. (2013). Self-image and strategic ignorance in moral dilemmas. (UCSB working paper). University of California at Santa Barbara. [details]
Schlag, K. H., & van der Weele, J. J. (2012). Incentives for eliciting confidence intervals. University Vienna/J.W. Goethe University. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2271061
van der Weele, J. J. (2010). On delegation, legitimacy, and state building: a signaling approach. University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Business. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1724748
Vu, M. L., Soraperra, I., Leib, M., van der Weele, J. & Shalvi, S. (20-9-2023). Aggregated dataset and readme file. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19506658.v1
2022
Tripodi, E., Schwardmann, P. & van der Weele, J. (2022). Data and Code for: Self-Persuasion: Evidence from Field Experimentsat International Debating Competitions. ICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/e148242v1
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