University of Exeter Business School

Professor Brit Grosskopf

Professor Brit Grosskopf

Professor of Economics

 B.Grosskopf@exeter.ac.uk

 5976

 +44 (0) 1392 725976

 Streatham Court 1.27

 

Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK

Overview

Brit Grosskopf joined the University of Exeter Business School as a Professor of Economics in September 2013. She was Head of the Economics Department from September 2014 until December 2022. Originally from Germany, Brit did her undergraduate degree in economics at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She completed her PhD dissertation Social Preferences and Learning in Experimental Games under the supervision of Rosemarie Nagel at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in 2000. She then spent three years at Harvard Business School, where she was a post-doc with Al Roth (Nobel Laureate, Economics 2012). Brit then took a tenure-track job at Texas A&M University where she was granted tenure in 2009. She moved to the University of Birmingham as a Professor in Experimental Economics in 2011, where she founded the Birmingham Experimental Economics Laboratory (BEEL) of which she was the Director until she joined Exeter.

Brit’s research interests lie at the intersection of economics and psychology. She uses experimental methods to study individual and group behaviour with a particular interest in social preferences, reasoning, learning, reputation, identity and happiness. Brit has obtained research support from the National Science Foundation, the British Academy and the Russell Sage Foundation.

Nationality: German

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Publications

Journal articles

Balafoutas L, Fornwagner H, Grosskopf B (In Press). Predictably competitive? What faces can tell us about competitive behavior. Games and Economic Behavior
Derbyshire D, Spencer AE, Grosskopf B, Blackmore T (In Press). The Importance of Disability Representation to Address Implicit Bias in the Workplace. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences Abstract.
Balafoutas L, Fornwagner H, Grosskopf B (2023). Predictably Competitive? What Faces can Tell Us About Competitive Behavior.
Fornwagner H, Grosskopf B, Lauf A, Schöller V, Städter S (2022). On the robustness of gender differences in economic behavior. Sci Rep, 12(1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Everett JAC, Colombatto C, Awad E, Boggio P, Bos B, Brady WJ, Chawla M, Chituc V, Chung D, Drupp MA, et al (2021). Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis. Nat Hum Behav, 5(8), 1074-1088. Abstract.  Author URL.
Drouvelis M, Grosskopf B (2021). The impact of smiling cues on social cooperation. Southern Economic Journal, 87(4), 1390-1404. Abstract.
Grosskopf B, Pearce G (2020). Do you mind me paying less? Measuring Other-Regarding Preferences in the Market for Taxis. Management Science Abstract.
Grosskopf B, Pearce G, Lacomba J, Liu T, Cobo-Reyes R, Lagos F, Garcia-Quero F (2019). The development of social preferences. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Grosskopf B, Sarin R, Rentschler L (2017). An experiment on first-price common-value auctions with asymmetric information structures: the blessed winner. Games and Economic Behavior, 109, 40-64.
Grosskopf B, Pearce G (2017). Discrimination in a Deprived Neighbourhood: an Artefactual Field Experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Drouvelis M, Grosskopf B (2016). The effects of induced emotions on pro-social behaviour. Journal of Public Economics, 134, 1-8. Abstract.
Grosskopf B, Sarin R, Watson E (2015). An experiment on case-based decision making. Theory and Decision, 79(4), 639-666. Abstract.
Grosskopf B (2014). New Perspectives on Emotions in Finance: the Sociology of Confidence, Fear and Betrayal. Journal of Economic Literature, 52(3), 862-864.
Bereby-Meyer Y, Moran S, Grosskopf B, Chugh D (2013). Choosing Between Lotteries: Remarkable Coordination Without Communication. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 26(4), 338-347.
Bereby-Meyer Y, Moran S, Grosskopf B, Chugh D (2013). Choosing between lotteries: Remarkable coordination without communication. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 26(4), 338-347. Abstract.
Grosskopf B, Sarin R (2010). Is reputation good or bad? an experiment. American Economic Review, 100(5), 2187-2204. Abstract.
Grosskopf B, Roth AE (2009). If you are offered the Right of First Refusal, should you accept? an investigation of contract design. Games and Economic Behavior, 65(1), 176-204. Abstract.
Coats JC, Gronberg TJ, Grosskopf B (2009). Simultaneous versus sequential public good provision and the role of refunds - an experimental study. Journal of Public Economics, 93(1-2), 326-335. Abstract.
Bereby-Meyer Y, Grosskopf B (2008). Overcoming the winner's curse: an adaptive learning perspective. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 21(1), 15-27. Abstract.
Grosskopf B, Nagel R (2008). The two-person beauty contest. Games and Economic Behavior, 62(1), 93-99. Abstract.
Grosskopf B, Bereby-Meyer Y, Bazerman M (2007). On the robustness of the winner's curse phenomenon. Theory and Decision, 63(4), 389-418. Abstract.
Grosskopf B, Erev I, Yechiam E (2006). Foregone with the wind: Indirect payoff information and its implications for choice. International Journal of Game Theory, 34(2), 285-302. Abstract.
Bereby-Meyer Y, Grosskopf B (2004). How manipulable are fairness perceptions? the effect of additional alternatives. Research on Economic Inequality, 11, 43-53. Abstract.
Idson LC, Chugh D, Bereby-Meyer Y, Moran S, Grosskopf B, Bazerman M (2004). Overcoming focusing failures in competitive environments. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 17(3), 159-172. Abstract.
Asker J, Grosskopf B, McKinney CN, Niederle M, Roth AE, Weizsäcker G (2004). Teaching auction strategy using experiments administered via the internet. Journal of Economic Education, 35(4), 330-342. Abstract.
Charness G, Grosskopf B (2004). What makes cheap talk effective? Experimental evidence. Economics Letters, 83(3), 383-389. Abstract.
Grosskopf B (2003). Reinforcement and directional learning in the ultimatum game with responder competition. Experimental Economics, 6(2), 141-158. Abstract.
Charness G, Grosskopf B (2001). Relative payoffs and happiness: an experimental study. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 45(3), 301-328. Abstract.

Chapters

Grosskopf B, Nagel R (2021). An experimental analysis of ultimatum bargaining (by Werner Güth, Rolf Schmittberger, and Bernd Schwarze). In  (Ed) The Art of Experimental Economics, Taylor & Francis, 37-52.
Grosskopf B (2012). Contracting. In  (Ed) The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, Oxford University Press (OUP), 216-222.

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External Engagement and Impact

External positions

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics

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Teaching

Modules

2023/24

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