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Christina Fong

Research Scientist

Ph.D.: University of Massachusetts - 2000

208 Porter Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Office: PH 223I
Phone: 412.268.8168
Fax: 412.268.6938
email: fong2@andrew.cmu.edu


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Teaching and Research Interests
Behavioral economics, public economics and political economy.

Highly Referred Journal Articles
Evidence From an Experiment on Charity to Welfare Recipients: Reciprocity, Altruism and the Empathic Responsiveness Hypothesis Economic Journal, Forthcoming.

Social Preferences, Self-Interest, and the Demand for Redistribution Journal of Public Economics - 82, 2001; 225-246.

"Are Decisions Under Risk Malleable?" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10927-10932, (1999) ( With: - K. McCabe )


Other Select Publications
"Reciprocity and the Welfare State" in Jean Mercier-Ythier (ed.), Handbook On The Economics Of Giving, Altruism, and Reciprocity, Volume 2. (North-Holland/Elsevier, 2006). ( With: - S. Bowles - H. Gintis )

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.

Bowles, S., Fong, C., & Gintis, H. Strong Reciprocity and the Welfare State, In Mercier-Ythier, J., Kolm, S. & Andr'e L. (eds.), Handbook On The Economics Of Giving, Reciprocity And Altruism, (North-Holland/Elsevier). Forthcoming.

Fischbacher, U., Fong, C., & Fehr, E. How Much Competition is Needed to Undermine Fairness? Working paper.