Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique - UMR5824

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  Research Professor, CNRS (DRCE2)
Chevalier de le Légion d’honneur (2017)
Chevalier de l’Ordre national du mérite (2012)
Silver Medal of CNRS (2017)
Laureate of the Revue Economique Prize (2018)


 IZA Research Fellow, Bonn (Germany)
 Fellow of the European Association of Labour Economists
 Member of Global Labor Organization

 Former Member of the executive committee of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), former Treasurer and chair of the nomination committee
 Co-Editor in chief of Experimental Economics ; member of the board of the Journal of the Economic Science Association, and the Journal of Neurosciences, Psychology and Economics ; former co-editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ; former member of the board of Management Science, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Psychology, Australian Journal of Labour Economics.
 Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Max Plank Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance in Munich, and the Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut.
 Member of the Group of Experts on Minimum Wage
 Chaire Sécurisation des Parcours professionnels, Associate

• Education: PhD in economics, University Paris X Nanterre

Fields of interest:

• Experimental Economics
  
• Behavioral Economics
  
• Public Economics and dishonesty
  
• Personnel Economics
  
• Neuroeconomics
  

Work in progress:

-* Lying and reputation in markets, with C. Tergiman
-* Motivated beliefs, with G. Charness
-* Social norms and learning, with E. Dimant, F. Galeotti, D. Nosenzo
-* Peer effects and lying behavior, with J. van de Ven, A. Suvorov
-* Demand and suply of ignorance, with S.Shalvi, I. Sorraperra, J. van der Weele
-* Fake news: a neuro-economic approach, with J.C. Dreher

Recents books :

• Villeval, M.C. (2020). Public goods, norms and cooperation. Forthcoming in C. Monica Capra, Rachel Croson, Mary Rigdon and Tanya Rosenblat (Eds), Handbook of Experimental Game Theory, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

• Villeval, M.C. (2020). Feedback policies and peer effects at work. In Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. K. Zimmermann (Ed.). Springer.

• Villeval, M.C. (2016). L’économie comportementale du travail. Paris: Sciences Po Les Presses, collection Sécuriser l’Emploi.

Selected recent publications :

• Cooper, D., Saral, K., Villeval, M.C. (2020). Why join teams? Forthcoming in Management Science.

• Galeotti, F., Saucet, C., Villeval, M.C. (2020). Motivated memory of unethical decisions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 28 September 2020, 202011291. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011291117

• Banerjee, R., Datta Gupta, N., Villeval, M.C. (2020). Self-confidence spillovers and motivated beliefs. Games and Economic Behavior 123, 127-170.

• Charness, G. Garcia, T., Offerman, T., Villeval, M.C. (2020). Do risk preference measures in the laboratory predict behavior under risk in and outside of the laboratory? Forthcoming in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.

• Garcia, T., Massoni, S., Villeval, M.C. (2020). Uncertainty and moral wiggle room in donations. European Economic Review 124, 103412.

• Houy, N., Nicolai, J.-P., Villeval, M.C. (2020). Doing Your Best When Stakes are High? Theory and Experimental Evidence. Theory and Decision 89 (3), 249-286

• Polizzi di Sorrentino, E., Herrmann, B., Villeval, M.C. (2020). Dishonesty is more affected by BMI status than by short-term changes in glucose. Scientific Reports 10, 1-9.

• Li, Y., Météreau, E., Obeso, I., Butera, L., Villeval, M.C., Dreher, J.C. (2020). Endogenous testosterone is associated with increased striatal response to audience effects during prosocial choices. Psychoneuroendocrinology 122, 104872.

• Di Falco, S., Magdalou, B., Masclet, D., Villeval, M.C., Willinger, M. (2020). Embezzlement: Does transparency of information matter? Review of Behavioral Economics 7(2), 103-143.

• Noussair, C., Gangadharan, L., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Introduction to the Special Issue in Honor of Professor Charles Plott. Experimental Economics. 22(3), 577-584.

• Saucet, C., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Motivated Memory in Dictator Games. Games and Economic Behavior, 117, 250-275.

• Bénistant, J., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Unethical behavior and group identity in contests. Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Psychology.

• Attanasi, G., Rimbaud, C., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Embezzlement and guilt aversion. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 167, 409-429.

• Qu, E., Météreau, E., Butera, L., Villeval, M.C., Dreher, J.C. (2019). Neurocomputational mechanisms at play when weighing concerns for extrinsic rewards, moral values, and social image. PLOS Biology 17 (6), e3000283

• Suchon, R., Villeval, M.C. (2019). The effects of status mobility and group identity on trust. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 163, 430-463.

• Beugnot, J., Fortin, B., Lacroix, G., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Gender and Peer Effects on Performance in Social Networks. European Economic Review 113, 207-224.

• Garbarino, E., Slonim, R., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Loss aversion and lying. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 158, 379-393.

• Solda, A., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Exclusion and Reintegration in a Social Dilemma. Economic Inquiry 58(1), 120-149.

• Brent, D.A., Gangadharan, L., Mihut, A., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Taxation, redistribution and observability in social dilemmas. Journal of Public Economic Theory 21(5), 826-846.

• Villeval, M.C. (2019). Unethical behavior and moral strategies (Comportements non-éthiques et stratégies morales). Revue Economique 70 (6).

• Sorrapera, I., Suvorov, A., van de Ven, J., Villeval, M.C. (2019). Doing bad to look good: Negative consequences of image concerns on pro-socal behavior. Revue Economique 70 (6), 909-931.

• Banerjee, R., Datta Gupta, N., Villeval, M.C. (2018). The spillover effects of Affirmative Action on Competitiveness and Unethical Behavior. European Economic Review 101, 567-604.

• Bjedov, T., Lapointe, S., Madies, T., Villeval, M.C. (2018). Does decentralization of decisions increase the stability of large groups? Social Choice and Welfare 51 (4), 681-716

• Garbarino, E., Slonim, R., Villeval, M.C. (2018). A Method to Estimate Mean Lying Rates and Their Full Distribution. Journal of the Economic Science Association 4(2), 136-150.

• Dai, Z., Galeotti, F., Villeval, M.C. (2018) Cheating in the lab predicts fraud in the field. An experiment in public transportations. Management Science 64 (3), 1081-1100

• Gangadharan, L., Nikiforakis, N., Villeval, M.C. (2017). Normative conflict and the limits of self-governance in heterogeneous populations. European Economic Review, 100, pp. 143-156

• Eriksson, T., Mao, L., Villeval, M.C. (2017). Saving face and group identity. Experimental Economics, 20, 3, pp. 622–647

• Kuhn, M.A., Kuhn, P., M.C. Villeval. (2017). Decision-Environment Effects on Intertemporal Financial Choices: How Relevant are Resource-Depletion Models? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 137, 72-89.

• He, Haoran, Villeval, M.C. (2017). Are group members less inequality averse than individual decision makers? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 138, 111-124.

• Charness, G., Villeval, M.C. (2017). Preserving hierarchy as a social norm. News and Views. Nature Human Behavior. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0137

• Dai, Z., Galeotti, F., Villeval, M.C. (2017). The efficiency of crackdowns. An experiment in public transportations. Theory and Decision. 82(2), 249-271

• Hao, L., Houser, D., Mao, L., Villeval, M.C. (2016). Migrations, risks, and uncertainty: A field experiment in China, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 131, part A, pp. 126-140

• Villeval, M.C. (2016). Can lab experiments help design personnel policies? IZA World of Labour. http://wol.iza.org/articles/can-lab-experiments-help-design-personnel-policies

• Rosaz, J., Slonim, R., Villeval, M. C. (2016). Quitting and Peer Effects at Work, Labour Economics 39, 55-67

• Bjedov, T., Madies, T., Villeval, M.C. (2016). Coordination and Conflict in a Two-Stage Game. Economic Inquiry 54(3), July, 1519–1540.

• Maggian, V., Villeval, M.C. (2016). Social preferences and lying aversion in children. Experimental Economics 19(3), 663-685.

• Levy-Garboua, L., Montmarquette, C., Vaksmann, J., Villeval, M.C. Voluntary Contributions to a Mutual Insurance Pool. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 19(1),198-218.

• Nguyen, Q., Villeval, M.C., Xu, H. (2015). Trust under the Prospect Theory and Quasi-Hyperbolic Preferences: A Field Experiment in Vietnam. Journal of Economic Development and Cultural Change, 64(3), April, 545-572. halshs-0118275

• Dickinson, D., Masclet, D., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Norm enforcement in social dilemmas: An experiment with police commissionners. Journal of Public Economics, 126, pp. 74–85 doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.03.012 halshs-01137702

• Dai, Z., Hogarth, R.M., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Ambiguity on Audits and Cooperation in a Public Goods Game. European Economic Review, 74, pp. 146-162 doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.11.009 halshs-01089700

• Irlenbusch, B., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Behavioral ethics: how psychology influenced economics and how economics might inform psychology? Current Opinion in Psychology 6, 87–92. halshs-01159696

• Van de Ven, J., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Dishonesty under scrutiny. Journal of the Economic Science Association 1, 86-99. halshs-01137676

• Kuhn, P., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Are women more attracted by cooperative work environments? Economic Journal 125(582), 115-140. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12122. halshs-00911560

• Lefebvre, M., Pestieau, P., Riedl, A., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Tax Evasion and Social Information: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. International Tax and Public Finance 22, 401-425. doi:10.1007/s10797-014-9318-z. halshs-01155326

• Villeval M.C. (2014). Professional identity can increase dishonesty, Nature, News and Views, 516 (7529). halshs-01089693

• Rustichini, A., Villeval, M.C. (2014). Moral hypocrisy, power and social preferences. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 107, 10-24. halshs-01080999

• Charness, G., Masclet, D., Villeval M.C. (2014). The dark side of competition for status. Management Science, 60(1), 38–55. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2013.1747. halshs-00799499

• Robin, S., Rusinowska, A., Villeval, M.C. (2014). Ingratiation: Experimental Evidence. European Economic Review, 66, 16-38. halshs-00911556

• Joffily, M., Masclet, D., Noussair, C., Villeval M.C. (2014). Emotions, sanctions and cooperation. Southern Economic Review, 80(4), 1002–1027. doi:10.4284/0038-4038-2012.067. halshs-00862782

• Hogarth, R.M., Villeval M.C. (2014). Ambiguous Incentives and the Persistence of Effort: Experimental Evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 100, 1-19. halshs-01098750

• Coricelli, G., Rusconi, E., Villeval, M.C. (2014). Tax Evasion and emotions in repeated interactions: An empirical test of re-integrative shaming theory. Journal of Economic Psychology, 40, 49-61. halshs-00781057

• Lefebvre, M., Pestieau, P., Riedl, A., Villeval, M.C. (2013). Les attitudes sont-elles différentes face à la Fraude fiscale et à la fraude sociale ? Economie et Prévision, 202-203/1-2, 147-165. halshs-00724736

• Madies, T., Villeval, M.C., Wasmer M. (2013). Intergenerational Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank. European Economic Review, 61, 153-168. halshs-00807436

• Masclet, D., Noussair, C., Villeval, M.C. (2013). Threats and punishment in public goods experiments. Economic Inquiry, 51(2), 1421–1441.halshs-00753478

• Datta Gupta, N., Poulsen, A., Villeval, M.C. (2013). Gender Matching and Competitiveness. Experimental Evidence. Economic Inquiry 51(1), 816–835. halshs-00661770

• Arbak, E., Villeval, M.C. (2013). Voluntary Leadership: Selection and Influence. Social Choice and Welfare, 40(3), 635-662. Lead article. halshs-00664830

• Rosaz, J., Villeval, M.C. (2012). Lies and Biased Evaluation: A Real-Effort Experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 84(2), 537-549. halshs-00617120

• Eriksson, T., Villeval, M.C. (2012). Respect and relational contracts. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 81, 286– 298. halshs-00642527

• Dickinson, D., Villeval, M.C. (2012). Job allocation rules and sorting efficiency: Experimental Outcomes in a Peter Principle Environment. Southern Economic Journal, 78(3), 842-859. halshs-00664665

• Villeval, M.C. (2012). Ready, Steady, Compete. Commentary. Science, 335, 3 February, 544-545. halshs-00665521

• Villeval, M.C. (2012). Contribution au bien public et préférences sociales. Conférence présidentielle, 60ème Congrès de l’Association Française de Science Economique (AFSE). Revue Economique, 63 (3), 389-420. halshs-00681348

• Cabrales, A., Charness, G., Villeval, M.C. (2011). Hidden Information, Bargaining Power and Efficiency: An Experiment. Experimental Economics, 14(2), 133-159. halshs-00614472

• Charness, G., Kuhn, P., Villeval, M.C. (2011). Competition and the ratchet effect: Experimental Evidence. Journal of Labor Economics, 29(3), 513-547. halshs-00333590

• Lefebvre, M., Vieider, F., Villeval, M.C. (2011). The Ratio Bias Phenomenon: Fact or Artifact? Theory and Decision, 71 (4), 615-641. halshs-00435956

• Plott, C., Rulliere, J.L., Villeval, M.C.. (2011). Introduction to the special issue on Behavioral and Experimental Public Economics. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13 (5), 631-637. halshs-00661261 .
• Clark, A., Masclet, D., Villeval, M.C. (2010). Effort and Comparison Income: Experimental and Survey Evidence. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 63(3), 407-426. halshs-00459777

• Coricelli, G., Joffily, M., Montmarquette, C., Villeval, M.C. (2010). Cheating, emotions, and rationality: an experiment on tax evasion. Experimental Economics, 13, 226-247. doi:10.1007/s10683-010-9237-5. halshs-00462067

• Koenigstein, M., Villeval, M.C. (2010). Efficiency and behavioral considerations in labor negotiations. Journal of Economic Psychology, 31, 599-611. halshs-00550466

• Lefebvre, M., Vieider, F., Villeval, M.C. (2010). Incentive Effects on Risk Attitude in Small Probability Prospects. Economics Letters, 109, 115-120. halshs-00550469

• G. Charness, M.C. Villeval. (2009). Cooperation and Competition in Intergenerational Experiments in the Field and in the Laboratory. American Economic Review, 99(3), 956-978. halshs-00371984

• T. Eriksson, A. Poulsen, M.C. Villeval. (2009). Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence. Labour Economics, 16, 679−688. halshs-00451557

• T. Eriksson, S. Teyssier, M .C. Villeval. (2009). Self-Selection and the Efficiency of Tournaments. Economic Inquiry, 47(3), 530-548. halshs-00451600

• D. Dickinson, M.C. Villeval. (2008). Does Monitoring Decrease Work Effort? The Complementarity between Agency and Crowding-Out Theories. Games and Economic Behavior, 63 (1), 56-76. halshs-00276284

• T. Eriksson, M.C. Villeval. (2008). Performance Pay, Sorting and Social Motivation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 68(2), 412−421. hal-00630791

• D. Masclet, M.C. Villeval. (2008). Punishment, Inequality and Welfare: A Public Good Experiment. Social Choice and Welfare, 31(3), 475-502. doi:10.1007/s00355-007-0291-7. halshs-00196567

• C. Montmarquette, L. Lévy-Garboua, M.C. Villeval. (2008). Responsabilité individuelle et fiscalité. Economie et Prévision, 182 (1), 19−31. halshs-00276094

• B. Fortin, G. Lacroix et M.C. Villeval. (2007). Tax Evasion and Social Interactions. Journal of Public Economics. 91, 2089–2112. Lead article. halshs-00238448

• M.C. Villeval. (2007). Experimental Economics: Contributions, Recent Developments, and New Challenges. French Politics, Palgrave, 5, 178-186. doi:10.1057/palgrave.fp.8200119. halshs-00175179

• A. Clark, D. Masclet, M.C. Villeval. (2006). Effort, revenu et rang. Une étude expérimentale. Revue Economique, 57(3), 635-644. halshs-00104905

• M.C. Villeval. (2005). Nouvelles conditions de travail : satisfaction ou résignation? Revue Economique, 56, 2, 237-244. halshs-00157177

• P. Malgrange, J.L. Rullière, M.C. Villeval. (2004). L’économie des Ressources Humaines – Pouvoir et Limites des Incitations, Economie et Prévision, 164-165 (3-4), 1-15. halshs-00175242

• C. Montmarquette, J.L. Rullière, M.C. Villeval, R. Zeiliger. (2004). Redesigning Teams and Incentives in a Merger: An Experiment with Managers and Students, Management Science, 50(10), 1379-1389. halshs-00161723

• F. Tournadre, M.C. Villeval. (2004). Learning from Strikes, Labour Economics, 11, 243-264. halshs-01182330

• C. Keser, J.L. Rullière, M.C. Villeval. (2004). Le paradoxe de l’adhésion syndicale: une approche en termes de biens publics, Economie et Prévision, 164-165 (3-4), 81-92. halshs-00175203

• D. Masclet, C. Noussair, S. Tucker, M.C. Villeval. (2003). Monetary and Non-Monetary Punishment in the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism, American Economic Review, 93 (1), 366-380. halshs-00175251

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