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Rey Biel, Pedro
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at
Esade
Contracted Doctoral Professor URL
Investigador, ESADEgov - Center for Public Governance
Investigador, GLIGP Investigación en Liderazgo e Innov. en Gest. Pública
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy. University of London
- Licenciado en Economía.
Biography
Pedro Rey Biel is Associate Professor of Behavioral Economics at ESADE, Ramon Llull
University Barcelona, Spain. He obtained his Master Degree in Economics and Finance
from CEMFI Bank of Spain and a Ph.D. in Economics from University College London United
Kingdom. Before joining ESADE in April 2018, he was a tenured faculty member at Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona. Since 2008 he has held a visiting position at the Rady School
of Management at University of California San Diego UCSD, where he has taught MBA
courses on Managerial Economics and on Strategy. Pedro has also been the lead behavioral
scientist behind All of Us, the United States Precision Medicine Initiative started
by President Obama.Pedro's research combines theoretical and empirical methodologies,
as well as laboratory and field experiments to understand economic decision making
and how it is affected by the design of proper incentive schemes which take into account
the complex array of behavioral traits behind human motivation. He has published articles
in leading academic journals in economics such as The Journal of European economic
Association, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Economic Journal, and The Journal
of Public Economics and in the leading field journals such as Games and Economic Behavior,
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and Experimental Economics. His work
has also appeared regularly in popular outlets, such as The Wall Street Journal, or
The Financial Times. He is also one of the editors of the most popular blog about
Economics in Spain www.nadaesgratis.es. He currently serves on the Editorial Board
of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, NPJ Digital Medicine Nature
and Journal of Socio-Economics. Pedro also collaborates with public and private institutions
in the applications of behavioral economics to optimal organizational design and has
conducted large RCTs for several leading companies.Pedro's personal webpage can be
found here: http://www.pedroreybiel.com Pedro's complete CV is here: http://pedroreybiel.com/cv/
Selected publications
- Alfonso, J. L., Calbo, E. & Cercenado, E., Escosa, L., Fernández-Polo, A., García-Rodríguez, J., Garnacho, J., Gil-Navarro, M. V., Gil Navarro, M. V., Grau, S., Gudiol, C., Horcajada, J. P., Larrosa, N., Martínez-García, C., Molina, J., Nuvials, X., Oliver, A., Paño-Pardo, J. R., Pérez-Rodríguez, M. T., Ramírez, P., Rodríguez-Baño, J. (2023). Antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals: Expert recommendation guidance document for activities in specific populations, syndromes and other aspects PROA-2 from SEIMC, SEFH, SEMPSPGS, SEMICYUC and SEIP. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eimc.2022.05.005.
- Anaya, L., Iriberri, N. & Rey Biel, P., Zamarro, G. (2022). Understanding performance in test taking: The role of question difficulty order. Economics of Education Review, 90, 102293. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102293.
- Rey Biel, P. (2022). Behavioral strategies in public management: Nudges versus incentives. Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management, pp. 191-195. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..
- Cercenado, E., Rodríguez-Baño, J. & Alfonso, J. L., Calbo, E., Escosa, L., Fernández-Polo, A., García-Rodríguez, J., Garnacho, J., Gil-Navarro, M. V., Grau, S., Gudiol, C., Horcajada, J. P., Larrosa, N., Martínez, C., Molina, J., Nuvials, X., Oliver, A., Paño-Pardo, J. R., Pérez-Rodríguez, M. T., Ramírez, P., Vidal, P. (2022). Antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals: [{"locale":"es_ES","text":"guía de recomendaciones de expertos para actividades en poblaciones específicas, síndromes y otros aspectos PROA-2 de la SEIMC, SEFH, SEMPSPGS y SEIP. Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eimc.2022.05.005.
- Cabrales, A., Rey Biel, P. (2021). Mas allá de los nudges: políticas públicas efectivas basadas en la evidencia de las Ciencias del Comportamiento. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24965/gapp.i25.10864.
- Iriberri, N., Rey Biel, P. (2021). Brave boys and play-it-safe girls: Gender differences in willingness to guess in a large scale natural field experiment. European Economic Review, 131, 103603. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103603.
- Rey Biel, P. (2019). Richard Thaler: Razones para un nuevo Premio Nobel a la economía del comportamiento.
- Iriberri, N., Rey Biel, P. (2019). Competitive Pressure Widens the Gender Gap in Performance: Evidence from a Two-stage Competition in Mathematics. Economic Journal, 129 (620), pp. 1863-1893. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12617.
- Rey Biel, P., Sheremeta, R. & Uler, N. (2018). When income depends on performance and luck: The effects of culture and information on giving. Research in Experimental Economics, pp. 167-203. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0193-230620180000020006.
- Iriberri, N., Rey Biel, P. (2017). Stereotypes are only a threat when beliefs are reinforced: On the sensitivity of gender differences in performance under competition to information provision. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 135, pp. 99-111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.01.012.
- Iriberri, N., Rey Biel, P. (2015). Initial Responses in Strategic Situations. Experimental Economics, pp. 72-86. Palgrave MacMillan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137538192_5.
- Iriberri, N., Rey Biel, P. (2015). Initial responses in strategic situations. Experimental Economics, pp. 72-86. Palgrave MacMillan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137538192.0010.
- Gneezy, U., Rey Biel, P. (2014). On the relative efficiency of performance pay and noncontingent incentives. Journal of the European Economic Association, 12 (1), pp. 62-72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12062.
- Iriberri, N., Rey Biel, P. (2013). Elicited beliefs and social information in modified dictator games: What do dictators believe other dictators do?. Quantitative Economics, 4 (3), pp. 515-547. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3982/QE135.
- Calsamiglia, C., Franke, J. & Rey Biel, P. (2013). The incentive effects of affirmative action in a real-effort tournament. Journal of Public Economics, 98, pp. 15-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.11.003.
- Reuben, E., Rey Biel, P. & Sapienza, P., Zingales, L. (2012). The emergence of male leadership in competitive environments. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 83 (1), pp. 111-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.016.
- Iriberri, N., Rey Biel, P. (2011). The role of role uncertainty in modified dictator games. Experimental Economics, 14 (2), pp. 160-180. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-010-9261-5.
- Brañas-Garza, P., Espinosa, M. P. & Rey Biel, P. (2011). Travelers' types. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 78 (1-2), pp. 25-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2010.12.005.
- Gneezy, U., Meier, S. & Rey Biel, P. (2011). When and why incentives don't work to modify behavior. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25 (4), pp. 191-210.
- Rey Biel, P. (2009). Equilibrium play and best response to stated beliefs in normal form games. Games and Economic Behavior, 65 (2), pp. 572-585. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2008.03.003.
- Ballester, M. Á., Rey Biel, P. (2009). Does uncertainty lead to sincerity? Simple and complex voting mechanisms. Social Choice and Welfare, 33 (3), pp. 477-494. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-009-0374-8.
- Rey Biel, P. (2008). Inequity aversion and team incentives. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 110 (2), pp. 297-320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00540.x.
- Huck, S., Rey Biel, P. (2006). Endogenous leadership in teams. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 162 (2), pp. 253-261. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1628/093245606777583495.