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Sandra Polanía-Reyes
I completed my Ph.D. degrees in Economics at University College London and University of Siena both in August 2015.
My research interests are behavioral and experimental economics in the context of development economics.
I will be available for interviews in Chicago in January 2017.
Primary
- Experimental Economics
- Development Economics
Secondary
- Behavioral Economics
- Microeconomics
- Applied microeconometrics
Disentangling Social Capital: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence on Coordination, Networks and Cooperation
Abstract
My job market paper examines the role of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program in overcoming coordination failures. I design and conduct a laboratory economic experiment in the field based on a ‘Weak-link’ Coordination game. By estimating a structural choice model of the individual decision to coordinate, I identify beliefs about others’ behavior as the main determinant of equilibrium effort: high effort is only sustained under high beliefs. I also estimate the effect of exposure to the CCT program on the coordination effort: longer exposure to the program increases the likelihood to exert the highest level of effort.
- Orazio Attanasio - UCL
- Samuel Bowles - Santa Fe Institute, USiena
- Syngjoo Choi - UCL