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Christina Fong
 Senior Research Scientist 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. In November 2008, Fong was featured on Carnegie Mellon's homepage for her work in understanding how psychological motives affect economic behavior. Read the story. |