Marie Claire Villeval

Research Fellow

CNRS

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Marie Claire Villeval is Emeritus Research Professor in economics at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and she is affiliated with the GATE (Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique) research institute at the University of Lyon, France. She has been the director of GATE from 2007 to 2016 and she is now director of the GATE-LAB experimental platform. She is former President of the Economic Science Association (ESA), former President of the French Economic Association (AFSE), and the Founding President of the French Association of Experimental Economics (ASFEE). She has been a member of the executive committee of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE). She has been a member of the French Low Wage Commission (2017-2024).

She is Department Editor at Management Science, Advisory Editor at Experimental Economics and Honorary Editor at the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. She is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of the Economic Science Association. She was formerly co-editor in chief of Experimental Economics (2017-2021), co-editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2014-2016) and she was on the boards of Management Science, the Journal of Economic Psychology, the Journal of Public Economic Theory, the Australian Journal of Labour Economics.

She is Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, the most prestigious distinction in France. She is also Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite. She is a member of the Academia Europaea, Fellow of the Economic Science Association, and Fellow of the European Association of Labour Economists. She has been awarded the Silver Medal of CNRS in 2017, the Allais Memorial Prize in Behavioral Sciences in 2024, and the Revue Economique Prize in 2018.

She obtained her PhD in economics from the University Paris X Nanterre and her Habilitation from the University of Lyon.

Her main research interests focus on experimental economics, behavioral economics, public economics, and personnel economics. They include the conduct of laboratory and field experiments on the selective treatment of information, narratives, and self-excuses morality and social norms, incentives and motivation, teamwork and leadership, punishment and cooperation, ego utility and self-image.
She has published in such economic journals as American Economic Review, Management Science, the Economic Journal, PNAS, Experimental Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, ...

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2003.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17892
Belief Updating About Moral Norms: Does Group Identity Matter?
David L. Dickinson, Marie Claire Villeval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17823
War and Peace: How Economic Prospects Drive Conflictuality
Shuguang Jiang, Marie Claire Villeval, Zhengping Zhang, Jie Zheng
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17822
Trust as a Social Norm? A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment with Refugees in Switzerland
Stefanie S. Baumgartner, Fabio Galeotti, Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17821
Pre-Registration and Pre-Analysis Plans in Experimental Economics
Taisuke Imai, Séverine Toussaert, Aurélien Baillon, Anna Dreber Almenberg, Seda Ertaç, Magnus Johannesson, Levent Neyse, Marie Claire Villeval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17315
Competing for Influence in Networks through Strategic Targeting
Margherita Comola, Agnieszka Rusinowska, Marie Claire Villeval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16457
Mindfulness Training, Cognitive Performance and Stress Reduction
Gary Charness, Yves Le Bihan, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 217, 207-226.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15960
Guilt Aversion in (New) Games: Does Partners' Payoff Vulnerability Matter?
Giuseppe Attanasi, Claire Rimbaud, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2023, 142, 690-717
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15929
Trust and Social Preferences in Times of Acute Health Crisis
Fortuna Casoria, Fabio Galeotti, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 154, 5-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15813
Dishonesty as a Collective-Risk Social Dilemma
Shuguang Jiang, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62, 223–241.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14931
The Way People Lie in Markets: Detectable vs. Deniable Lies
Chloe Tergiman, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Management Science, 2023, 69 (6), 3157-3758
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14014
The Distinct Impact of Information and Incentives on Cheating
Julien Benistant, Fabio Galeotti, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Competition, information, and the erosion of morals' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 204, 148-163,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13977
Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty
Fabio Galeotti, Valeria Maggian, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (638), 2508-2528.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12869
Ambiguity and Excuse-Driven Behavior in Charitable Giving
Thomas Garcia, Sebastien Massoni, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020,124, 103412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12587
Why Join a Team?
David J. Cooper, Krista Saral, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Management Science, 2021, 67 (11), 6980-6997
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12395
Do Measures of Risk Attitude in the Laboratory Predict Behavior under Risk in and outside of the Laboratory?
Gary Charness, Thomas Garcia, Theo Offerman, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2020, 60, 99-123
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12120
Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests
Julien Benistant, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 72, 128-155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12086
The Effects of Status Mobility and Group Identity on Trust
Rémi Suchon, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 163, 430-463
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12058
Motivated Memory in Dictator Games
Charlotte Saucet, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2019, 117, 250-275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11956
Embezzlement and Guilt Aversion
Giuseppe Attanasi, Claire Rimbaud, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 167, 409-429
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11798
A Method to Estimate Mean Lying Rates and Their Full Distribution
Ellen Garbarino, Robert Slonim, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2018, 4 (2), 136-150.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11364
Does Decentralization of Decisions Increase the Stability of Large Groups?
Tjaša Bjedov, Simon Lapointe, Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2018, 51 (4), 681-716
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11227
Exclusion and Reintegration in a Social Dilemma
Alice Solda, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 58 (1), 120-149
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10588
Gender and Peer Effects in Social Networks
Julie Beugnot, Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 113, 207-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10395
Loss Aversion and Lying Behavior: Theory, Estimation and Empirical Evidence
Ellen Garbarino, Robert Slonim, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Loss Aversion and Lying Behavior' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 158, 379-393
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10394
The Spillover Effects of Affirmative Action on Competitiveness and Unethical Behavior
Ritwik Banerjee, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 101, 567-604
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10175
The Tragedy of Corruption
Yefeng Chen, Shuguang Jiang, Marie Claire Villeval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9925
Can Transparency of Information Reduce Embezzlement? Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Salvatore Di Falco, Brice Magdalou, David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval, Marc Willinger
revised version published as 'Embezzlement: Does transparency of information matter?' in: Review of Behavioral Economics, 2020, 7 (2), 103-143
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9766
Doing Your Best When Stakes Are High? Theory and Experimental Evidence
Nicolas Houy, Jean-Philippe Nicolaï, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Always doing your best? Effort and performance in dynamic settings' in: Theory and Decision, 2020, 89 (3), 249-286
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9702
Cheating in the Lab Predicts Fraud in the Field: An Experiment in Public Transportations
Zhixin Dai, Fabio Galeotti, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Management Science, 2018, 64 (3), 1081-1100.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9384
Equality Concerns and the Limits of Self-Governance in Heterogeneous Populations
Lata Gangadharan, Nikos Nikiforakis, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Equality concerns and the limits of self-governance in heterogeneous populations' in: European Economic Review, 2017, 100, 143-156
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9110
Saving Face and Group Identity
Tor Eriksson, Lei Mao, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Experimental Economics, 2017, 20 (3), 622-647
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8953
Communication and Coordination in a Two-Stage Game
Tjaša Bjedov, Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54 (3), 1519–1540.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8638
Dishonesty under Scrutiny
Jeroen van de Ven, Marie Claire Villeval
published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2015, 1, 86-99
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8227
A Field Study of Chinese Migrant Workers' Attitudes toward Risks, Strategic Uncertainty, and Competitiveness
Li Hao, Daniel Houser, Lei Mao, Marie Claire Villeval
Revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, 131, 126-140
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8218
Norm Enforcement in Social Dilemmas: An Experiment with Police Commissioners
David L. Dickinson, David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval
Revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 126, 74-85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8217
Are Teams Less Inequality Averse than Individuals?
Haoran He, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Are group members less inequality averse than individual decision makers?' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 138, 111-124.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7932
Ambiguity on Audits and Cooperation in a Public Goods Game
Zhixin Dai, Robin M. Hogarth, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2015, 74, 146-162
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7857
Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children
Valeria Maggian, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Experimental Economics, 19 (3), 663-685, 2016
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7521
Social Networks and Peer Effects at Work
Julie Beugnot, Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, Marie Claire Villeval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7273
The Importance of the Cognitive Environment for Intertemporal Choice
Michael A. Kuhn, Peter J. Kuhn, Marie Claire Villeval
Revised version published as "Decision-Environment Effects on Intertemporal Financial Choices: How Relevant are Resource-Depletion Models?" in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 137, 72-89, 2017.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6851
Trust and Trustworthiness under the Prospect Theory: A Field Experiment in Vietnam
Quang Nguyen, Marie Claire Villeval, Hui Xu
revised version published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 64 (3), 545-572
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6642
Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval, Malgorzata Wasmer
revised version published as 'Intergenerational Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition' in: European Economic Review, 2013, 61, 153-168.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6590
Moral Hypocrisy, Power and Social Preferences
Aldo Rustichini, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 107, 10-24.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6530
Ingratiation and Favoritism: Experimental Evidence
Stéphane R. Robin, Agnieszka Rusinowska, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 66, 16-38.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6475
Quitting and Peer Effects at Work
Julie Rosaz, Robert Slonim, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 39, 55-67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5999
Do Women Prefer a Co-operative Work Environment?
Peter J. Kuhn, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Are Women More Attracted to Co-operation Than Men?' in: Economic Journal, 2014, 125, 115-140.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5884
Lies and Biased Evaluation: A Real-Effort Experiment
Julie Rosaz, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 84 (2), 537-549.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5609
Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and "The Broken Windows" Effect: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Mathieu Lefèbvre, Pierre Pestieau, Arno Riedl, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Tax Evasion and Social Information: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2014, 22, 401-425.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5592
Emotions, Sanctions and Cooperation
Mateus Joffily, David Masclet, Charles N. Noussair, Marie Claire Villeval
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2014, 80(4), 1002-1027.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5206
Threat and Punishment in Public Good Experiments
David Masclet, Charles N. Noussair, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (2), 1421-1441
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5200
Respect as an Incentive
Tor Eriksson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Respect and relational contracts' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 81 (1), 286–298
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5103
Intermittent Reinforcement and the Persistence of Behavior: Experimental Evidence
Robin M. Hogarth, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Ambiguous Incentives and the Persistence of Effort: Experimental Evidence' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 100, 1-19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5034
Competitive Preferences and Status as an Incentive: Experimental Evidence
Gary Charness, David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'The dark side of competition for status' in: Management Science, 2014, 60 (1), 38–55
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4546
The Ratio Bias Phenomenon: Fact or Artifact?
Mathieu Lefèbvre, Ferdinand M. Vieider, Marie Claire Villeval
published in: Theory and Decision, 2011, 71(4), 615-641
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4545
Incentive Effects on Risk Attitude in Small Probability Prospects
Mathieu Lefèbvre, Ferdinand M. Vieider, Marie Claire Villeval
published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 109 (2), 115-120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3784
Competition and the Ratchet Effect
Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (3), 513-547
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3440
Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence
Tor Eriksson, Anders Poulsen, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (6), 679-688
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3205
The Peter Principle: An Experiment
David L. Dickinson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Job allocation rules and sorting efficiency: Experimental Outcomes in a Peter Principle Environment.' in: Southern Economic Journal, 2012, 78 (3), 842-859
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3103
Tax Evasion: Cheating Rationally or Deciding Emotionally?
Giorgio Coricelli, Mateus Joffily, Claude Montmarquette, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as "Cheating, Emotions, and Rationality: An Experiment on Tax Evasion" in: Experimental Economics, 2010, 13(2), 226-247
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3041
Individual Responsibility and the Funding of Collective Goods
Louis Lévy-Garboua, Claude Montmarquette, Marie Claire Villeval
revised and augmented version published as 'Voluntary Contributions to a Mutual Insurance Pool' in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19 (1), 198-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2732
Endogenous Leadership: Selection and Influence
Emrah Arbak, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Voluntary leadership: motivation and influence' in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2013, 40 (3), 635-662.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2574
Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment
Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (3), 956–978
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2296
Competition, Hidden Information and Efficiency: An Experiment
Antonio Cabrales, Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Hidden information, bargaining power, and efficiency: an experiment' in: Experimental Economics, 2011, 14, (2), 133-159.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2169
Effort and Comparison Income: Experimental and Survey Evidence
Andrew E. Clark, David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2010, 63 (3), 407-426.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2119
Punishment, Inequality and Emotions
David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Punishment, inequality, and welfare : a public good experiment' in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, 31 (3), 475–502.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1983
Self-Selection and the Efficiency of Tournaments
Tor Eriksson, Sabrina Teyssier, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2009, 47(3), 530-548.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1833
Male and Female Competitive Behavior: Experimental Evidence
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Anders Poulsen, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Gender Matching and Competitiveness: Experimental Evidence' in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (1), 816–835.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1762
The Choice of the Agenda in Labor Negotiations: Efficiency and Behavioral Considerations
Manfred Königstein, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Efficiency and Behavioral Considerations in Labor Negotiations' in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (4), 599-611.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1359
Tax Evasion and Social Interactions
Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (11-12), 2089-2112.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1222
Does Monitoring Decrease Work Effort? The Complementarity Between Agency and Crowding-Out Theories
David L. Dickinson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2008, 63 (1), 56-76.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1191
Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay – An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Tor Eriksson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Performance-pay, sorting and social motivation ' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (2), 412-421.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1057
Redesigning Teams and Incentives in a Merger: An Experiment with Managers and Students
Claude Montmarquette, Jean-Louis Rullière, Marie Claire Villeval, Romain Zeiliger
revised version published in: Management Science, 2004, 50 (10), 1379-1389.
IZA World of Labor Article
Can lab experiments help design personnel policies?
Marie Claire Villeval
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