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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 Assistant: Eileen Simeone eileens@andrew.cmu.edu 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 Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer. “Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor.” Journal of Public Economics. Forthcoming. pdf Christina Fong and Erzo Luttmer, "Do Race and Fairness Matter in Generosity? Evidence from a Nationally Representative Charity Experiment." Journal of Public Economics. Forthcoming. pdf Urs Fischbacher, Christina Fong and Ernst Fehr, “Fairness, Errors and the Power of Competition.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Oct. 2009, 72(1), pp. 527-545. pdf Christina Fong and Erzo Luttmer, “What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Racial Group Loyalty.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. April 2009, 1(2), pp. 64-87. pdf Giacomo Corneo and Christina Fong, “What’s the Monetary Value of Distributive Justice?” Journal of Public Economics. Feb. 2008, 92(1), pp. 289-308. pdf Christina Fong, “Evidence from an Experiment on Charity to Welfare Recipients: Reciprocity, Altruism and the Empathic Responsiveness Hypothesis.” Economic Journal. July 2007, 117(522), pp. 1008-1024. pdf Christina Fong, Samuel Bowles, and Herbert Gintis, “Strong Reciprocity and the Welfare State.” in: Serge-Christophe Kolm and Jean Mercier Ythier, eds. Handbook on the Economics of Giving, Reciprocity, and Altruism. (North-Holland/Elsevier, 2006). pdf Also in: Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, and Ernst Fehr, eds. Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life. (The MIT Press, 2005). pdf Shorter version published by invitation: Christina Fong, Samuel Bowles, and Herbert Gintis, “The Behavioural Motives for Income Redistribution.” Australian Economic Review. Sept. 2005, 38(3), pp. 285-197. pdf Christina Fong, “Social Preferences, Self-Interest, and the Demand for Redistribution.” Journal of Public Economics. Nov. 2001, 82(2), pp. 225-246. pdf Christina Fong and Kevin McCabe, “Are Decisions Under Risk Malleable?” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Sept. 1999, 96, pp. 10933-10938. pdf Revise and Resubmits Christina Fong, “Prospective Mobility, Fairness, and the Demand for Redistribution.” Journal of Public Economics. pdf |