Matthew Chao

Areas of Expertise

• Behavioral economics
• Applied microeconomics
• Experimental economics
• Judgment and decision-making

Education

• Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (2010 — 2015)
• B.A. Dartmouth College (2002 — 2006)
• Acton Boxborough Regional High School (1998 — 2002)

Publications

• Chao M, Larkin I. Regulating conflicts of interest through public disclosure and social image incentives: Evidence from a physician payments sunshine law. Forthcoming, Management Science (published online as an Article in Advance).

• Chao M, Fisher G. Self-interested giving: The relationship between conditional gifts, donor self-interestedness, and charitable donations. Forthcoming, Management Science (published online as an Article in Advance).

• Chao M, Chapman J. Saving face through preference signaling and obligation avoidance. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2020; 176: 569-581.

• Chao M. Intentions-based reciprocity to monetary and non-monetary gifts. Games 2018; 9, 74 (Special issue on dictator games).

• Chao M. Demotivating incentives and motivation crowding out in charitable giving. PNAS 2017; 114(28):7301-7306.

• Larkin I, Ang D, Steinhart J, Chao M, Patterson M, Sah S, Wu T, Schoenbaum M, Hutchins D, Brennan T, Loewenstein G. Association between academic medical center pharmaceutical detailing policies and physician prescribing. JAMA 2017; 3017(17):1785-95.

Working Papers

• Chao M, Larkin I. Why do goal-based incentives cause cheating? Unpacking the confounding effects of goals, social comparisons, and pay. Revise and Resubmit, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.