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Christina Fong
 Assistant Research Professor Ph.D.: University of Massachusetts Office: Porter Hall 223-I Phone: (412) 268-8168 Fax: (412) 268-6938 View personal website Centers Center for Behavioral Decision Research View list of all SDS faculty |
Research Interests Public economics, experimental economics, behavioral economics; more specifically, much of my research focuses on the role of fairness in redistributive attitudes and behavior. Selected Publications Fong, C. & Luttmer E. (forthcoming). What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Racial Group Loyalty. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Corneo, G. & Fong, C. (2008). What's the Monetary Value of Distributive Justice? Journal of Public Economics, 92(1), 289-308. Fong, C. 2007. Evidence from an Experiment on Charity to Welfare Recipients: Reciprocity, Altruism and the Empathic Responsiveness Hypothesis. Economic Journal, 117(522), 1008-1024. Fong, C., Bowles, S. & Gintis, H. (2006) Strong Reciprocity and the Welfare State. In S.-C. Kolm and J. M. Ythier (Eds), Handbook on the Economics of Giving, Reciprocity, and Altruism. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Also in H. Gintis, S. Bowles, R. Boyd, and E. Fehr (Eds), Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life. Cambridge: The MIT Press. Shorter version published by invitation: Fong, C., Bowles, S., & Gintis, H. (2005) The Behavioural Motives for Income Redistribution. Australian Economic Review, 38(3), 285-297. Fong, C. (2001) Social Preferences, Self-Interest, and the Demand for Redistribution. Journal of Public Economics, 82(2), pp. 225-246. Fong, C. & McCabe, K. (1999) Are Decisions Under Risk Malleable? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96, 10933-10938. Working papers Fong, C. (2006) Prospective Mobility, Fairness, and the Demand for Redistribution. Invited for revise and resubmit to Journal of Public Economics Fischbacher, U., Fong, C., & Fehr, E. (2005) Fairness, Errors and the Power of Competition. Invited for revise and resubmit to Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Fong, C. Which Beliefs Matter? Target-specific Beliefs versus General Beliefs and the Demand for Redistribution. Fong, C. & Oberholzer, F. Willingness to Pay for Justice: Evidence from an Experiment on Giving to the Poor. |