Pablo Brañas-Garza

1. In press

   Developmental Meritocracy

   Journal of Political Economy, in press · link [pdf]

   with I. Brocas & J. Carrillo

2. In press

   Fifty-five crowd-sourced designs assessing carbon pricing support in the U.S.

   Nature Human Behaviour, in press · link

   with R. Schwaiger, A. Holzknecht, E. Blanco + 50 co-authors

3. In press

   Developmental asymmetries in equilibrium selection

   PNAS Nexus, in press · link [pdf]

   with D. Jorrat & P. Lomas

4. 2026

   Paying £1 (£5) or nothing in dictator games: unexpected differences

   International Journal of Game Theory, 55: 27, 2026 · link [OA]

   with A. Espín & D. Jorrat

5. 2026

   The private solution trap in collective action problems across 34 nations

   PNAS, 123(12): e2504632123, 2026 · link [OA]

   with E. Malthouse, C. Pilgrim, D. Sgroi, M. Accerenzi, …

6. 2025

   Perception of own centrality in social networks

   PNAS, 122(47): e2420334122, 2025 · link [OA]

   with J. Kovářík, J. Ozaita & A. Sánchez

7. 2025

   Conflicting identities and cooperation between groups: experimental evidence from a mentoring programme

   Proc. R. Soc. B, 292(2052): 20251363, 2025 · link [OA]

   with AM. Espín, M. Espinosa & M. Vázquez

8. 2025

   The baking of preferences throughout the high school

   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 118: 102396, 2025 · link [pdf]

   with A. Alfonso, D. Jorrat, B. Prissé & M.J. Vázquez

9. 2025

   Repetition undermines social inclusion at school

   Revista de Educación, 409 (1): 27-57, 2025 · link [OA]

   with D. Jorrat

10. 2025

    Diffusion of mobile banking among rural women: Incentivizing local leaders vs. a marketing campaign

    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 47: 101085, 2025 · link [pdf]

    with J. Kovářík & E. Rascón

11. 2025

    Economic preferences and cognitive abilities among teenagers in Spain

    Scientific Data, 12: 7, 2025 · link [OA]

    with M. Vasco, A. Alfonso, A. Arenas, A. Cabrales, …, A. Sánchez, MJ Vázquez

12. 2024

    The impact of generative artificial intelligence on socioeconomic inequalities and policy making

    PNAS Nexus, 3(6): pgae191, 2024 · link [OA]

    with V. Capraro, D. Acemoglu, E. Bilancini, J. F. Bonnefon, J.A.C. Everett, G. Gigerenzer, P.A.M. Van Lange, J.J. Van Bavel et al.

13. 2024

    Young teens at play: Girls are egalitarian, boys are generous

    Personality and Individual Differences, 226: 112703, 2024 · link [pdf]

14. 2024

    The complexity of climate change mitigation: an experiment with large groups

    Journal of Physics: Complexity, 5(1): 015007, 2024 · link [OA]

    with A. Alfonso, A. Cabrales & A. Sanchez

15. 2023

    Triadic influence as a proxy for compatibility in social relationships

    PNAS, 120(13): e2215041120, 2023 · link [OA]

    with M. Ruiz, J. Ozaita, M. Pereda, Alfonso, J. Cuesta, A. Sanchez

16. 2023

    The adventure of running experiments with teenagers

    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 106: 102048, 2023 · link [pdf]

    with A. Alfonso, D. Jorrat, P. Montero, B. Prissé, M. Vasco & M.J. Vázquez

17. 2023

    ‘Born this Way’? Prenatal exposure to testosterone may determine behavior in competition and conflict

    Journal of Economic Psychology, 96: 102623, 2023 · link [OA]

    with S. Chowdhury, AM. Espín & J. Nieboer

18. 2023

    Parents' knowledge and predictions about the age of menarche: experimental evidence from Honduras

    Archives of Public Health, 81: 20, 2023 · link [OA]

    with M. Accerenzi & D. Jorrat

19. 2023

    Paid and hypothetical time preferences are the same: lab, field and online evidence

    Experimental Economics, 26(2): 412–434, 2023 · link [pdf]

    with D. Jorrat, A.M Espín & A. Sanchez

20. 2023

    Social interaction and negotiation outcomes: An experimental approach

    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 102: 101948, 2023 · link [pdf]

    with A. Cabrales, G. Mateu, A Sanchez & A. Sutan

21. 2022

    Continuous and binary sets of responses differ in the field

    Scientific Reports, 12: 14376, 2022 · link [OA]

    with M. Accerenzi, M.P. Ramos-Sosa & N. Rivera-Garrido

22. 2022

    Culture and group-functional punishment behaviour

    Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4: e35, 2022 · link [OA]

    with A.M. Espín, B. Herrmann, J. Gamella & J. Martín

23. 2022

    On the transmission of democratic values

    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 200: 885–896, 2022 · link [OA]

    with M.P. Espinosa & A. Giritligil

24. 2022

    Anchors matter: Eliciting maternal expectations on educational outcomes

    Journal of Economic Psychology, 90: 102510, 2022 · link [pdf]

    with R. Ciacci & E. Rascón

25. 2022

    Does the die-under-the-cup device exaggerate cheating?

    Economics Letters, 214: 110424, 2022 · link [pdf]

    with A. Alfonso & MC. López-Martín

26. 2022

    Exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic environment and generosity

    Royal Society Open Science, 9(1): 210919, 2022 · link [OA]

    with D. Jorrat, A. Alfonso, A. Espín–Martín, T. García & J. Kovářík

27. 2021

    To pay or not to pay: Measuring risk preferences in lab and field

    Judgment and Decision Making, 16(5): 1290–1313, 2021 · link [OA]

    with D. Jorrat, L. Estepa, E. Rascón & V. Orozco

28. 2021

    Hyper-altruistic behavior vanishes with high stakes

    PLoS ONE, 16(8): e0255668, 2021 · link [OA]

    with D. Jorrat, J. Kovářík & MC. Lopez

29. 2021

    Cognitive abilities and risk-taking: Errors, not preferences

    European Economic Review, 134: 103694, 2021 · link [pdf]

    with L. Amador, A.M. Espín, T. García & A. Hernandez

30. 2021

    Exposure to inequality may cause under-provision of public goods: Experimental evidence

    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 92: 101679, 2021 · link [pdf]

    with E. Molís & L. Neyse

31. 2020

    Altruism and information

    Journal of Economic Psychology, 81: 102332, 2020 · link [pdf]

    with M. Bucheli & M.P. Espinosa

32. 2019

    Digit ratio (2D : 4D) and prosocial behaviour in economic games: no direct correlation with generosity, bargaining or trust-related behaviours

    Biology Letters, 15(8): 20190185, 2019 · link [pdf]

    with A. Espín–Martín, T. García & J. Kovářík

33. 2019

    Cognitive reflection test: Whom, how, when

    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 82: 101455, 2019 · link [pdf]

    with P. Kujal & B. Lenkei

34. 2019

    The appropriate response of Spanish Gitanos: short-run orientation beyond current socio-economic status

    Evolution and Human Behavior, 40(1): 12–22, 2019 · link [pdf]

    with AM. Espín, B. Herrmann, J. Gamella & J. Martin

35. 2018

    Experimental and self-reported measures of risk taking and digit ratio (2D:4D): Evidence from a large, systematic study

    International Economic Review, 59(3): 1131–1157, 2018 · link [OA]

    with M. Galizzi & J. Nieboer

36. 2018

    Gender differences in altruism on Mechanical Turk: Expectations and actual behaviour

    Economics Letters, 170: 19–23, 2018 · link [pdf]

    with V. Capraro & E. Rascón-Ramírez

37. 2017

    Digit ratio (2D:4D) and social integration: An effect of prenatal sex hormones

    Network Science, 5(4): 476–489, 2017 · link [pdf]

    with J. Kovářík, M. Davidson, D. Haim, S. Carcelli & J. Fowler

38. 2017

    Registered Replication Report: Rand, Greene, and Nowak (2012)

    Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(3): 527–542, 2017 · link [pdf]

    with S. Bouwmeester, P. Verkoeijen, B. Aczel et al.

39. 2017

    The emergence of altruism as a social norm

    Scientific Reports, 7: 9684, 2017 · link [OA]

    with M. Pereda, I. Rodriguez-Lara & A. Sanchez

40. 2017

    Strategic risk and response time across games

    International Journal of Game Theory, 46(2): 511–523, 2017 · link [pdf]

    with D. Meloso & L. M. Miller

41. 2017

    Eliciting real-life social networks: a guided tour

    Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 1(1): 33-39, 2017 · link [OA]

    with N. Jiménez & G. Ponti

42. 2017

    Humans expect generosity

    Scientific Reports, 7: 42446, 2017 · link [OA]

    with I. Rodriguez-Lara & A. Sanchez

43. 2016

    Self-identified obese people request less money: a field experiment

    Frontiers in Psychology, 7: 1454, 2016 · link [OA]

    with A. Proestakis

44. 2016

    BMI is not related to altruism, fairness, trust or reciprocity: Experimental evidence from the field and the lab

    Physiology & Behaviour, 156: 79–93, 2016 · link [OA]

    with A.M. Espín & B. Lenkei

45. 2015

    Context-dependent cheating: Experimental evidence from 16 countries

    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 116: 379–386, 2015 · link [OA]

    with D. Pascual, TR. Fosgaard, JC. Cardenas, P. Kujal, R. Veszteg, B. Gil, …, A. Antinyan, J. Delnoij, A. Proestakis, MD. Tira, Y. Pratomo, T. Jaber

46. 2015

    Strategic behaviour in Schelling dynamics: Theory and experimental evidence

    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 57: 134–147, 2015 · link [pdf]

    with J. Benito, P. Hernandez & J. Sanchis

47. 2015

    Short- and long-run goals in ultimatum bargaining: impatience predicts spite-based behavior

    Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9: 214, 2015 · link [OA]

    with A.M. Espín, F. Exadaktylos & B. Herrmann

48. 2014

    Can exposure to prenatal sex hormones (2D:4D) predict cognitive reflection?

    Psychoneuroendocrinology, 43: 1–10, 2014 · link [OA]

    with A. Bosch-Domènech & A.M. Espín

49. 2014

    Fair and unfair punishers coexist in the Ultimatum Game

    Scientific Reports, 4: 6025, 2014 · link [OA]

    with A.M. Espín, F. Exadaktylos & B. Herrmann

50. 2014

    Religious pro-sociality? Experimental evidence from a sample of 766 Spaniards

    PLoS ONE, 9(8): e104685, 2014 · link [OA]

    with A.M. Espín & S. Neuman

51. 2013

    Experimental subjects are not different

    Scientific Reports, 3: 1213, 2013 · link [OA]

    with F. Exadaktylos & A.M. Espín

52. 2013

    Second-to-fourth digit ratio has a non-monotonic impact on altruism

    PLoS ONE, 8(4): e60419, 2013 · link [OA]

    with J. Kovářík & L. Neyse

53. 2013

    Moral cleansing and moral licenses: experimental evidence

    Economics & Philosophy, 29(2): 199–212, 2013 · link [pdf]

    with M. Bucheli, M.P. Espinosa & T. García

54. 2013

    Determinants of disaffiliation: an international study

    Religions, 4(1): 166–185, 2013 · link [OA]

    with T. García & S. Neuman

55. 2012

    Patient and impatient punishers of free-riders

    Proc. R. Soc. B, 279(1749): 4923–4928, 2012 · link [pdf]

    with B. Herrmann, A.M. Espín & J. Gamella

56. 2012

    Cognitive effort in the Beauty Contest Game

    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 83(2): 254–260, 2012 · link [pdf]

    with T. García & R. Hernán

57. 2012

    Prosocial norms and degree heterogeneity in social networks

    Physica A, 391(3): 849–853, 2012 · link [pdf]

    with R. Cobo-Reyes, M.P. Espinosa, N. Jiménez, J. Kovářík & G. Ponti

58. 2012

    Favouring friends

    Bulletin of Economic Research, 64(2): 172–178, 2012 · link [pdf]

    with M. Duran & M. P. Espinosa

59. 2012

    Time discounting (δ) and pain anticipation: Experimental evidence

    Revista Internacional de Sociología, 70(Extra_1): 73–81, 2012 · link [OA]

    with M. P. Espinosa & M. Repollés

60. 2011

    Sequential versus simultaneous Schelling models: experimental evidence

    Journal of Conflict Resolution, 55(1): 60–84, 2011 · link [pdf]

    with J. Benito, P. Hernandez & J. Sanchis

61. 2011

    Organizing effects of testosterone and economic behavior: not just risk taking

    PLoS ONE, 6(12): e29842, 2011 · link [OA]

    with A. Rustichini

62. 2011

    Unraveling public good games

    Games, 2(4): 434–451, 2011 · link [OA]

    with M. P. Espinosa

63. 2011

    Travelers’ types

    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 78(1-2): 25–36, 2011 · link [pdf]

    with M.P. Espinosa & P. Rey–Biel

64. 2011

    Intergenerational transmission of religious capital: Evidence from Spain

    Revista Internacional de Sociología, 69(3): 649–677, 2011 · link [OA]

    with T. García & S. Neuman

65. 2010

    Altruism and social integration

    Games and Economic Behavior, 69(2): 249–257, 2010 · link [pdf]

    with R. Cobo-Reyes, M.P. Espinosa, N. Jiménez, J. Kovářík & G. Ponti

66. 2010

    The big carrot: High‐stakes incentives revisited

    Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 23(3): 288–313, 2010 · link [pdf]

    with T. García & S. Neuman

67. 2010

    Religious favoritism in Europe: A political competition model

    Rationality and Society, 22(3): 333–352, 2010 · link [pdf]

    with A. Solano

68. 2010

    Discounting future pain: Effects on self-reported pain

    Neuroscience & Medicine, 01(01): 14–19, 2010 · link [OA]

    with M. P. Espinosa & M. Repolles

69. 2010

    Personal identity: a theoretical and experimental analysis

    Journal of Economic Methodology, 17(3): 261–275, 2010 · link [pdf]

    with F. Aguiar, M. P. Espinosa & L. Miller

70. 2010

    Inducing efficient conditional cooperation patterns in public goods games, an experimental investigation

    Journal of Economic Psychology, 31(6): 872–883, 2010 · link [pdf]

    with E. Fatas & P. Guillén

71. 2009

    Are women expected to be more generous?

    Experimental Economics, 12(1): 93–98, 2009 · link [OA]

    with F. Aguiar, R. Cobo-Reyes, N. Jiménez & L. Miller

72. 2009

    Individual’s religiosity enhances trust: Latin American evidence for the puzzle

    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 41(2-3): 555–566, 2009 · link [pdf]

    with M. Rossi & D. Zaclicever

73. 2009

    The role of personal involvement and responsibility in unfair outcomes: a classroom investigation

    Rationality and Society, 21(2): 225–248, 2009 · link [pdf]

    with M. Duran & M.P. Espinosa

74. 2008

    Moral distance in dictator games

    Judgment and Decision Making, 3(4): 344–354, 2008 · link [pdf]

    with F. Aguiar & L. Miller

75. 2008

    Math skills and risk attitudes

    Economics Letters, 99(2): 332–336, 2008 · link [pdf]

    with P. Guillén & R. López

76. 2007

    Promoting helping behavior with framing in dictator games

    Journal of Economic Psychology, 28(4): 477–486, 2007 · link [pdf]

77. 2007

    Parental religiosity and daughters’ fertility: the case of Catholics in southern Europe

    Review of Economics of the Household, 5(3): 305–327, 2007 · link [pdf]

    with S. Neuman

78. 2007

    Effects of gender and age on retrospective time judgements

    Time & Society, 16(1): 99–118, 2007 · link [pdf]

    with L. Espinosa & R. Serrano

79. 2007

    Direct and indirect effects of pathological gambling on risk attitudes

    Judgment and Decision Making, 2(2): 126–136, 2007 · link [pdf]

    with N. Georgantzís & P. Guillén

80. 2006

    “Si él lo necesita”: Gypsy fairness in Vallecas

    Experimental Economics, 9(3): 253–264, 2006 · link [pdf]

    with R. Cobo–Reyes & A. Domínguez

81. 2006

    Poverty in dictator games: Awakening solidarity

    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 60(3): 306–320, 2006 · link [pdf]

82. 2006

    Teaching Nash equilibrium and dominance: a classroom experiment on the beauty contest

    Journal of Economic Education, 37(3): 305–322, 2006 · link [pdf]

    with V. Alba, F. Jiménez & J. Rodero

83. 2006

    Cambridge and the Spanish connection: the contribution of Germán Bernácer

    History of Political Economy, 38(3): 407–436, 2006 · link [pdf]

    with M. Boianovsky, H. A. Dar & J. Presley

84. 2006

    Altruism with social roots: an emerging literature

    Desarrollo & Sociedad, 58: 245-260, 2006 · link [pdf]

    with M.P. Espinosa

85. 2004

    Analyzing religiosity within an economic framework: the case of Spanish Catholics

    Review of Economics of the Household, 2(1): 5–22, 2004 · link [pdf]

    with S. Neuman

86. 2004

    Communication, coordination and competition in the beauty contest game: eleven classroom experiments

    Central European Journal of Operations Research, 12(4): 369–387, 2004 · link [pdf]

    with V. Alba, F. Jiménez & J. Rodero

87. 2004

    Strategic uncertainty and risk attitudes: The Experimental connection

    Cuadernos de Economía, 27(75): 139–152, 2004 · link [pdf]

    with F. Jiménez & A. J. Morales

88. 2004

    Church attendance in Spain (1930–1992): gender differences and secularization

    Economics Bulletin, 26(1): 1-9, 2004 · link [OA]

89. 2002

    The North-South divide and house price islands: the case of Córdoba (Spain)

    International Journal of Housing Policy, 2(1): 45–63, 2002 · link [pdf]

    with J. Rodero & J. R. Presley

90. 2002

    Believe or not believe: generalising the Azzi-Ehrenberg model

    Cuadernos de Economía, 25(69): 33–44, 2002 · link [pdf]

    with J. Rodero, A. Gourlay & A. Lorca

91. 2000

    Hotelling and the Olympus: modelling differences in religious prices

    Central European Journal of Operations Research, 8(4): 265–283, 2000 · link [pdf]

    with J. Rodero

1. 2010

   Sensibilidad, resistencia y expresión del dolor

   Revista de la Sociedad Española del Dolor, 17(7): 304-11

   with M. Repollés

2. 2009

   Expectativas sobre comportamiento egoista

   Cuadernos Económicos de ICE, 77:33-43

   with M.P. Espinosa & T. García

3. 2009

   Aproximaciones experimentales a la felicidad

   Cuadernos Económicos de ICE, 77:183-197

   with V. Ateca & C. Ballester

4. 2008

   Acciones y creencias religiosas: regularidades españolas

   Revista Internacional de Sociología, 49: 33-45

   with S. Neuman

5. 2003

   El consumo de bienes religiosos: Una introducción económica al caso Español

   Revista Internacional de Sociología, 35: 155-175

6. 2001

   Sistemas de ciudades: un modelo de diferenciación de producto

   Estudios Económicos del Colegio de México, 16(1): 73-104

   with J. L. Sáez

7. 2001

   Capital humano y crecimiento en el mediterráneo

   ICE Revista de Economía, 792: 169-182

   with J. Rodero; D. Martínez; M. Cabañes & A Lorca

8. 2000

   Dinámica exportadora de una región menos favorecida: el caso de Andalucía

   Revista Asturiana de Economía, 18: 171-189

   with E. Moral

9. 1999

   Economía y contratos islámicos

   Estudos de Economía/Portuguese Economic Journal, 19(4): 22-39

   with J. Rodero & A. Lorca

10. 1996

    Demanda de características de la vivienda en Córdoba

    Revista de Estudios Regionales, 46(3): 139-153

    with J. M. Caridad

1. 2023

   Submissions, decision times, and impact

   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 104: 101996

2. 2016

   Editorial: Prosocial and antisocial behavior in economic games ↗

   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh00243

   with A. Espín–Martín, B. Herrmann, P. Kujal & R. Nagel

3. 2016

   Editorial: Cognitive abilities and economic behavior

   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 64: 1-4

   with J. Smith

Non-refereed contributions

1. 2019

   Midiendo la paciencia

   Revista de Economía Industrial, 413: 21-31

   with D. Jorrat & A. Espín

2. 2017

   Exposición fetal a la testosterona, D2:D4 y altruismo estratégico

   Revista de Economía Industrial, 403: 103-110

3. 2011

   Economía experimental y del comportamiento

   Papeles del Psicólogo, 32(2): 185-193

   with M. P. Espinosa

4. 2005

   Demanda de atributos de vivienda según renta: Una aproximación cuantitativa

   Cuadernos Aragoneses de Economía, 15(1):39-54

   with J. Rodero

5. 2001

   Economía urbana: Una disciplina emergente en España

   Revista de Estudios Empresariales, 8: 11-18

   with A. Lorca

6. 1999

   Demanda de vivienda y de localización: antecedentes teóricos

   Revista de Estudios Empresariales, 7: 89-113

   with M. Alcántara & I. Fernández

1. 2015

   Experiments in economics

   “Experimental Economics I: Decisions ”(Eds.: P Branas-Garza, A. Cabrales): 1-16, 2015, London: Palgrave–Macmillan

   with Ivan Barreda

2. 2015

   The strategy method

   “Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics”(Ed.: Morris Altman): 347-350, 2015, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO

3. 2015

   Public good games

   “Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics”(Ed.: Morris Altman): 347-350, 2015, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO

4. 2009

   Preferencias por los demás

   “Sobre la Economía y sus métodos”(Ed.: JC. García Bermejo): 197-208, 2009, Madrid: Trotta

   with N. Jiménez

5. 2008

   Secularization and fertility: Evidence from Spain

   “Demographic Economics Research Perspectives” (Ed.: PE. Gordeev): 43-74, 2008, NYC: Nova Science Publishers

   with S. Neuman

1. 2023

   Imperfect Perception and Stochastic Choice in Experiments

   75 pages, 2023, NYC:Cambridge University Press

   with J. Smith

2. 2015

   Experimental Economics I: Decisions

   208 pages, 2015, London: Palgrave–Macmillan

   with A. Cabrales

3. 2015

   Experimental Economics II: Applications

   240 pages, 2015, London: Palgrave–Macmillan

   with A. Cabrales

4. 2011

   Economía Experimental y del Comportamiento

   401 pages, 2011, Barcelona: Antoni Bosch Editor