"How to Follow the 6 Rules of Building Wealth: A Behavioral Economist’s Advice about Personal Finance" Book Manuscript
de Oliveira, Angela C. M., Alexander Smith, and John Spraggon (2017). "Reward the Lucky? An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Agency and Luck on Bonuses." Journal of Economic Psychology, 62(1), 87 - 97.
Chaudhuri, Ananish, Tirnud Paichayontvijit, and Alexander Smith (2017). "Belief Heterogeneity and Contributions Decay among Conditional Cooperators in Public Goods Games." Journal of Economic Psychology, 58(1), 15 - 30.
Smith, Alexander (2013). "Estimating the Causal Effect of Beliefs on Contributions in Repeated Public Good Games." Experimental Economics, 16(3), 414 - 425.
Smith, Alexander (2012). "Group Composition and Conditional Cooperation." Journal of Socio-Economics, 40(5), 616 - 622.
Alexander Smith, associate professor of economics in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies, shared insights with WalletHub for an article that explains the personal finance trend of loud budgeting, how it can be effective in controlling spending, and its potential drawbacks.
Alexander Smith, associate professor in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies, provided analysis for a Spectrum News 1 report on the impact of rising gas prices on Americans. Smith explained why the impacts differ for lower-income and higher-income households. The story aired on Spectrum News channels in Worcester, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Birmingham, Alabama, and Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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