Search Results - "Oxoby, Robert J."
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Attitudes, current behaviours and barriers to public health measures that reduce COVID-19 transmission: A qualitative study to inform public health messaging
Published in PloS one (19-02-2021)“…Public health measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission include masking in public places, physical distancing, staying home when ill, avoiding high-risk…”
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Mine and yours: Property rights in dictator games
Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01-03-2008)“…We conduct experiments on earned wealth effects in dictator games. In addition to a standard treatment in which wealth was determined by the experimenter, we…”
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Attitudes, behaviours and barriers to public health measures for COVID-19: a survey to inform public health messaging
Published in BMC public health (21-04-2021)“…Public support of public health measures including physical distancing, masking, staying home while sick, avoiding crowded indoor spaces and contact…”
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Drivers of downloading and reasons for not downloading COVID-19 contact tracing and exposure notification apps: A national cross-sectional survey
Published in PloS one (15-07-2022)“…Background Bluetooth-enabled smartphone apps have been developed and implemented in different sites globally to help overcome capacity limitations of…”
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The Demands of Performance Generating Systems on Executive Functions: Effects and Mediating Processes
Published in Frontiers in psychology (29-07-2020)“…Performance generating systems (PGS) are rule- and task-based approaches to improvisation on stage in theater, dance, and music. These systems require…”
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Characterization of non-adopters of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions through a national cross-sectional survey to assess attitudes and behaviours
Published in Scientific reports (05-11-2021)“…Adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) remains critical to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Using self-reported adherence to NPIs in Canada,…”
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COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Attitudes and Beliefs in Canada: National Cross-sectional Survey and Cluster Analysis
Published in JMIR public health and surveillance (23-12-2021)“…There are concerns that vaccine hesitancy may impede COVID-19 vaccine rollout and prevent the achievement of herd immunity. Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in…”
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Analyzing Social Media to Explore the Attitudes and Behaviors Following the Announcement of Successful COVID-19 Vaccine Trials: Infodemiology Study
Published in JMIR infodemiology (01-01-2021)“…The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has brought vaccine hesitancy to the forefront in managing this pandemic. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is fundamentally…”
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Challenges and recommendations for COVID-19 public health messaging: a Canada-wide qualitative study using virtual focus groups
Published in BMJ open (13-04-2022)“…ObjectivesTo understand Canadian’s attitudes and current behaviours towards COVID-19 public health measures (PHM), vaccination and current public health…”
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A CLEAR AND PRESENT MINORITY: HETEROGENEITY IN THE SOURCE OF ENDOWMENTS AND THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS
Published in Economic inquiry (01-10-2013)“…We conduct public goods experiments in which participant groups are heterogeneous in regards to the source of their endowments. We find that this dimension of…”
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Persuasive Messages for Improving Adherence to COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors: Randomized Online Experiment
Published in JMIR human factors (13-02-2023)“…Adherence to nonpharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19, including physical distancing, masking, staying home while sick, and avoiding crowded indoor spaces,…”
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Measuring impatience: Elicited discount rates and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale
Published in Personality and individual differences (01-08-2007)“…We explore the extent to which elicited discount rates and self-reported impulsivity measure the same behavioral characteristic. We elicit discount rates using…”
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Asset integration and risk‐taking in the laboratory
Published in The Canadian journal of economics (01-08-2022)“…We report on a laboratory experiment designed to assess risk preferences in a decision environment where real losses can occur. Specifically, we utilize an…”
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Sequential decision and strategy vector methods in ultimatum bargaining: evidence on the strength of other-regarding behavior
Published in Economics letters (01-09-2004)“…Comparisons of ultimatum game results elicited using the strategy vector method against results from sequential decision protocol and recommended play…”
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Social interactions and the salience of social identity
Published in Journal of economic psychology (01-02-2011)“…We explore the effect of identity salience on behaviour in a simple social interaction. Specifically, we compare ultimatum bargaining across three treatments:…”
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An earned presence: studying the effect of multi-task improvisation systems on cognitive and learning capacity
Published in Connection science (02-01-2017)“…In this article, we articulate preliminary insights from two pilot studies. These studies contribute to an ongoing process of developing empirical,…”
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Social inference and occupational choice: Type-based beliefs in a Bayesian model of class formation
Published in Journal of behavioral and experimental economics (01-08-2014)“…•We develop a model of belief formation where social information affects beliefs.•We delineate cases where social information can bias belief about one's own…”
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Partisan Competition, Growth, and the Franchise
Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01-08-2005)“…We present an argument for changes in the franchise in which an elite split along economic interests uses the suffrage to influence implemented policies…”
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Cognitive dissonance, status and growth of the underclass
Published in The Economic journal (London) (01-10-2004)“…We present a model of cognitive adaptation to examine the growth and behaviours of the underclass. In the model, individuals experiencing cognitive dissonance…”
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Paretian dictators: constraining choice in a voluntary contribution game
Published in Constitutional political economy (01-06-2013)“…We explore individuals’ preferences over limiting the choice sets of others in an environment with externalities. Specifically, we conduct public goods games…”
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