Research group in Social Choice/Experiments

Research topics

The research in this group follows three distinct avenues. First, using economic experiments, it studies how individual choices are affected by normative considerations. In particular, the research group has looked at issues of fairness and responsibility, conducting experiments with various subject groups and international experiments where the subjects interact via the internet. An important part of this research program has been to structurally estimate random utility models that can explain the observed behaviour. Second, the research group also considers how different theories of justice can be justified through axiomatic analysis, and how these theories relate to inequality and poverty measurement. Third, the research group studies important policy issues related to distributive justice, including global income inequality, redistributive tax policies and health care. 
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Networks

The group collaborates with many international researchers, including researchers at the World Bank, Harvard University, Yale University, University of California Berkeley, Loyola Marymount University, University of Copenhagen, University of Gent, University of Oslo, and Statistics Norway. 

Research output

The research output of the group is very good and the members of this group have published in top economic journals, including American Economic Review, Science, Journal of Political Economy, Economic Journal, and Economic Theory; in top philosophy journals, including Journal of Philosophy and Economics and Philosophy; and in many excellent field journals. 

Researchers

Ingvild Almås C43, D03, D31, D63, E01, I32, O11
Alexander W. Cappelen D03, D31, D63, D71, H21, H87, I18
Erik Øiolf Sørensen C2, C3, C43, D31, D63, I32, J2
Bertil Tungodden D03, D31, D63, D71, H21, I32, 012
 

Faculty members related to the research group in social choice/experiments also include

PhD students working together with this research group include Trond Halvorsen and Sebastian Fest.