Working Papers
Strategic confidence? The gender confidence gap and anticipated discrimination in economics peer-review (with
Martina Zanella)
"Luxury beliefs”: Signaling through ideology?
Can social pressure stifle free speech? (with
Juan S. Morales)
[twitter]
Anchoring and subjective belief distributions (with
Håkan J. Holm,
Erik Wengström and
Roel van Veldhuizen)
Journal Articles
Lago, M. E., Samahita, M., &
Doyle, O. (2025).
Unraveling gender norms: Social and personal norms in the preferential promotion of women. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 115:102336.
Getik, D.,
Islam, M., & Samahita, M. (2024).
The inelastic demand for affirmative action. European Economic Review, 170:104862.
[twitter]
Samahita, M., &
Devereux, K. (2024).
Are economics conferences gender-neutral? Evidence from Ireland. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 86(1):101-118.
[podcast]
[twitter]
Devereux, K., & Samahita, M. (2023).
Gender, productivity, and promotion in the Irish economics profession. Economics Bulletin, 43(3):1225-1234.
[podcast]
Samahita, M., &
Lades, L. K. (2023).
Compliance spending aversion: An unintended consequence of charity regulation. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 6(1):1-30.
[twitter]
Conzo, P. ⓡ
Taylor, L. K. ⓡ
Morales, J. S. ⓡ Samahita, M. ⓡ
Gallice, A. (2023).
Can ♥s change minds? Social media endorsements and policy preferences. Social Media + Society, 9(2). Erratum: Figure 5 right panel should be this.
[the conversation]
[twitter]
Samahita, M., &
Holm, H. J. (2023).
No mood effects in the field: The case of car inspections. Journal of Economic Psychology, 96:102612.
[twitter]
Ek, C., & Samahita, M. (2023).
Too much commitment? An online experiment with tempting YouTube content. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 208:21-38. [online appendices]
[twitter]
Mundaca, L., & Samahita, M. (2020).
What drives home solar PV uptake? Subsidies, peer effects and visibility in Sweden. Energy Research & Social Science, 60:101319.
Samahita, M. (2020).
Pay-what-you-want in competition. The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 20(1):20180063. [pdf]
Holm, H. J., & Samahita, M. (2018).
Curating social image: Experimental evidence on the value of actions and selfies. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 148:83-104.
[radio]
Samahita, M. (2017).
Venting and gossiping in conflicts: Verbal expression in ultimatum games. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 67:111-121.
Kahsay, G. A., & Samahita, M. (2015).
Pay-what-you-want pricing schemes: A self-image perspective. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 7:17-28.
Samahita, M. (2013).
Effect of effort on self-image: Monotonically increasing self-image functions. Economics Bulletin, 33(1):152-157.
Book Chapter
Mundaca, L., Samahita, M., Sonnenschein, J. & Seidl, R. (2020).
Behavioural economics for energy and climate change policies and the transition to a sustainable energy use: A Scandinavian perspective. In M. Lopes, C. Henggeler Antunes & K. B. Janda (Eds.), Energy and Behavior: Towards a Low Carbon Future, pp. 45–87. London: Academic Press.
Selected Work in Progress
Rebalancing work: Gender perception, job design, and occupational dynamics (with
Demid Getik,
Petra Thiemann and
James Nunn)
Who is most influenced by sludge? Experimental evidence (with
Glenn McNamara and
Leonhard K. Lades)
Vulnerability to and acceptability of different types of sludge (with
Leonhard K. Lades,
Lucie Martin,
Cass Sunstein and
Martin Bækgaard)
Perceived popularity and social influence (with
Pierluigi Conzo,
Andrea Gallice and
Juan S. Morales)
