Abstract

Alex Imas is currently a Fellow in the Social Decision Sciences department at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests include behavioural and experimental economics, particularly how social concerns and emotions influence decision making and preferences. His current research examines the effectiveness of pro-social incentive schemes across a variety of domains and how subtle changes in social norms can have a large effect on behaviour. He is also working on exploring the relationship between self-imposed mental accounts and risk attitudes. Alex completed his graduate studies in economics at the University of California, San Diego and earned a BA in economics and chemistry at Northwestern University.