"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, was featured in a USA TODAY article about tax season. Smith encouraged people to view their tax returns as learning opportunities rather than annual chores and explained how proactive financial behavior changes can reduce future tax liability. He highlighted the importance of understanding how the tax system works and described behavioral economics concepts that prevent people from taking full advantage of tax reduction strategies.
Buy-now-pay-later financing is increasingly being used by consumers to pay for travel expenses. Alexander Smith, associate professor of economics in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies, shared his thoughts with the New York Times on how the practice can affect long-term personal financial planning.
Explore the factors that make it hard to stick with a long-term financial plan. Plus, learn what students know and want to know about personal finance.
