Robert Slonim

Professor Slonim came to Sydney in 2008 from the Weatherhead School of Management (CWRU) Cleveland Ohio, where he held the position of Associate Professor. He holds a PhD from Duke University and an MBA from the University of California Berkeley. Professor Slonim is best recognised as a pioneer in the area of experimental economics and has written extensively on learning, trust and the economics of education. Professor Slonim has been very innovative in his use of experimental methods that have both theoretical importance and have also represented important findings for matters of public policy. He is currently working with the Red Cross and blood donation centres around the world to better understand blood donation motivation and behaviour.

Professor Slonim has organised several conferences in Behavioural and Experimental Economics and has presented around the world in excess of seventy-five times on topics such as game theory, designing incentives, trust, learning, the economics of education, blood donor motivation and reciprocity in labour markets. Professor Slonim is an Advisory Editor for Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, has been a panellist for the National Science Foundation and has been an ad hoc Reviewer for many well respected journals including the American Economic Review, Econometrica and the Journal of Political Economy. Professor Slonim has received many prestigious grants including two from the US National Science Foundation and a discovery grant from the Australian Research Council for his research on understanding and motivating blood donations. He has also recently been invited to be research fellow with IZA, the Institute for the Study of Labor Economics.

Professional Affiliations

IZA Research Fellow

Publications

2011

Journal Article/s

Garbarino E, Slonim R and Sydnor J 2011 'Digit ratios (2D:4D) as predictors of risky decision making for both sexes', Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol.42:1, pp. 1-26

Cairns J and Slonim R 2011 'Substitution Effects in Charitable Donations', Economics Letters, vol. 111, pp. 173-175.

Lacetera N, Macis M and Slonim R (forthcoming) 'Will there be blood? Incentives and Displacement Effects in Pro-Social Behavior', American Economic Journal, Economic Policy

2010

Journal Article/s

Garbarino E, Slonim R and Sydnor J 2010 'Digit ratios predict risk aversion for both sexes', Advances in Consumer Research, vol.37

Slonim R and Guillen P 2010 'Gender selection discrimination: Evidence from a trust game', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol.76:2, pp. 385-405

2009

Journal Article/s

Garbarino E and Slonim R 2009 'The Robustness of Trust and Reciprocity across a Heterogeneous US Population', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol.69:3, pp. 226-40

Slonim R and Garbarino E 2009 'Similarities and Differences between Stockpiling and Reference Effects', Managerial and Decision Economics, vol.30:6, pp. 351-71

2008

Journal Article/s

Slonim R and Garbarino E 2008 'Increases in trust and altruism from partner selection: experimental evidence', Experimental Economics, vol.11:2, pp. 134-153

2007

Journal Article/s

Garbarino E and Slonim R 2007 'Preferences and Decision Errors in the Winner’s Curse', Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol.34:3, pp. 241-257

Bettinger E and Slonim R 2007 'Patience Among Children', Journal of Public Economics, vol.91:1-2, pp. 343-363

Erev I, Roth A, Slonim R and Barron G 2007 'Learning and equilibrium as useful approximations: accuracy of prediction on randomly selected constant sum games', Economic Theory - Special Issue: Symposium on Behavioral Game Theory, vol.33:1, pp. 29-51

Slonim R, Bettinger E and Carlson J 2007 'Possession and Discounting Behavior', Economic Letters, vol.97:3, pp. 215-221

2006

Journal Article/s

Engle-Warnick J and Slonim R 2006 'Learning to Trust in Indefinitely Repeated Games', Games and Economic Behavior, vol.54:1, pp. 95-114

Engle-Warnick J and Slonim R 2006 'Inferring Repeated Game Strategies from Actions: Evidence from Trust Game Experiments', Economic Theory, vol.28:3, pp. 603-632

Bettinger E and Slonim R 2006 'Using Experimental Economics to Measure the Effects of a Natural Educational Experiment on Altruism', Journal of Public Economics, vol.90:8-9, pp. 1625-1648

2005

Journal Article/s

Slonim R 2005 'Competing Against Experienced and Inexperienced Players', Experimental Economics, vol.8:1, pp. 55-75

2004

Book Section/s

Slonim R and Bettinger E 2004 'The Effect of Educational Vouchers on Confidence: A Field Experiment to Assess Outcomes of Educational Policy' in Research in Experimental Economics: Field Experiments in Economics, ed. Glenn W. Harrison, Jeffrey Carpenter and John A. List, JAI Press, Greenwich, United States, pp. 291-335

Journal Article/s

Engle-Warnick J and Slonim R 2004 'The Evolution of Strategies in a Trust Game', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol.55:4, pp. 553-573

2003

Journal Article/s

Garbarino E and Slonim R 2003 'Interrelationships and Distinct Effects of Internal Reference Prices on Perceived Expensiveness and Demand', Psychology & Marketing - Special Issue: Beyond Core Service, vol.20:3, pp. 227-248

Journal Article/s

2002

Erev I, Roth A, Slonim R and Barron G 2002 'Predictive Value and the Usefulness of Game Theoretic Models', The International Journal of Forecasting, vol.18:3, pp. 359-368

1999

Journal Article/s

Laskowski M and Slonim R 1999 'An Asymptotic Solution for Sealed Bid Common-Value Auctions with Bidders having Asymmetric Information', Games and Economic Behavior, vol.28:2, pp. 238-255

Slonim R 1999 'Learning Rules of Thumb or Learning More Rational Rules', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol.38, pp. 217-236

Slonim R and Garbarino E 1999 'The Effect of Price History on Demand as Mediated by Perceived Price Expensiveness', Journal of Business Research, vol.45, pp. 1-14

1998

Journal Article/s

Slonim R and Roth A 1998 'Learning in High Stakes Ultimatum Games: An Experiment in the Slovak Republic', Econometrica, vol.66, pp. 569-596

1994

Journal Article/s

Slonim R 1994 'Learning in a Search-for-the-Best Alternative Experiment', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol.25, pp. 141-165