Morten I. Lau

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Morten I. Lau is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Morten I. Lau has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in General Decision Sciences, 36 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Morten I. Lau's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (38 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (23 papers) and Housing Market and Economics (12 papers). Morten I. Lau is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (38 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (23 papers) and Housing Market and Economics (12 papers). Morten I. Lau collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Morten I. Lau's co-authors include Glenn W. Harrison, E. Elisabet Rutström, Steffen Andersen, Thomas F. Rutherford, Andreas Pahlke, Panu Poutvaara, Andreas Wagener, Hong Il Yoo, Don Ross and J. Todd Swarthout and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Econometrica and The Review of Economics and Statistics.

In The Last Decade

Morten I. Lau

52 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Estimating Individual Discount Rates in Denmark: A Field ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Estimating Individual Discount Rates in Denmark: A Field Experiment
    2002 652 citations Glenn W. Harrison, Morten I. Lau et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Morten I. Lau United Kingdom 23 1.5k 1.3k 678 302 259 52 2.6k
Charles Sprenger United States 20 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 634 0.9× 600 2.0× 290 1.1× 39 2.6k
Steffen Andersen Denmark 22 1.2k 0.8× 858 0.6× 677 1.0× 466 1.5× 317 1.2× 53 2.2k
Stefan T. Trautmann Germany 24 975 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 818 1.2× 410 1.4× 486 1.9× 82 2.6k
E. Elisabet Rutström United States 30 2.1k 1.3× 1.9k 1.5× 1.3k 2.0× 229 0.8× 366 1.4× 76 3.6k
Gijs van de Kuilen Netherlands 20 744 0.5× 752 0.6× 490 0.7× 246 0.8× 255 1.0× 37 1.6k
Lisa R. Anderson United States 18 661 0.4× 439 0.3× 674 1.0× 307 1.0× 498 1.9× 38 1.8k
Peter G. Moffatt United Kingdom 18 816 0.5× 631 0.5× 596 0.9× 76 0.3× 243 0.9× 63 1.7k
Stephen V. Burks United States 18 593 0.4× 572 0.4× 862 1.3× 206 0.7× 467 1.8× 55 2.0k
Ferdinand M. Vieider Germany 21 453 0.3× 600 0.5× 394 0.6× 133 0.4× 217 0.8× 48 1.2k
Anke Becker Germany 11 626 0.4× 400 0.3× 672 1.0× 224 0.7× 644 2.5× 17 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harrison, Glenn W., Morten I. Lau, & Hong Il Yoo. (2024). CONSTANT DISCOUNTING, TEMPORAL INSTABILITY, AND DYNAMIC INCONSISTENCY IN DENMARK: A LONGITUDINAL FIELD EXPERIMENT. International Economic Review. 66(1). 363–392. 2 indexed citations
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Lau, Morten I. & Hong Il Yoo. (2023). A General Approach to Estimating Random Preference Models of Risk Attitudes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Harrison, Glenn W., Morten I. Lau, & Don Ross. (2019). The Risk of Gambling Problems in the General Population: A Reconsideration. Journal of Gambling Studies. 36(4). 1133–1159. 13 indexed citations
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Harrison, Glenn W., Morten I. Lau, & Hong Il Yoo. (2019). Risk Attitudes, Sample Selection, and Attrition in a Longitudinal Field Experiment. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 102(3). 552–568. 28 indexed citations
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Harrison, Glenn W., et al.. (2017). Disordered Gambling Prevalence: Methodological Innovations in a General Danish Population Survey. Journal of Gambling Studies. 34(1). 225–253. 12 indexed citations
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Tang, Jianjun, George Hutchinson, Susan Chilton, et al.. (2016). Exponential or Hyperbolic? Identifying and Testing the Predictive Power of Time Preference Over Unhealthy Behaviours. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Antoniou, Constantinos, Glenn W. Harrison, Morten I. Lau, & Daniel Read. (2014). Information Characteristics and Errors in Expectations: Experimental Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Andersen, Steffen, et al.. (2014). Risk and time preferences of entrepreneurs: evidence from a Danish field experiment. Theory and Decision. 77(3). 341–357. 27 indexed citations
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Harrison, Glenn W., Morten I. Lau, & E. Elisabet Rutström. (2013). Identifying Time Preferences With Experiments: Comment. Örebro University Library (Örebro University). 18 indexed citations
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Harrison, Glenn W., Morten I. Lau, & E. Elisabet Rutström. (2010). Individual discount rates and smoking: Evidence from a field experiment in Denmark. Journal of Health Economics. 29(5). 708–717. 75 indexed citations
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Andersen, Steffen, Glenn W. Harrison, Morten I. Lau, & E. Elisabet Rutström. (2008). LOST IN STATE SPACE: ARE PREFERENCES STABLE?*. International Economic Review. 49(3). 1091–1112. 182 indexed citations
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Harrison, Glenn W., et al.. (2006). Eliciting risk and time preferences using field experiments: Some methodological issues. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Andersen, Steffen, Glenn W. Harrison, Morten I. Lau, & E. Elisabet Rutström. (2006). Elicitation using multiple price list formats. Experimental Economics. 9(4). 383–405. 411 indexed citations
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Harrison, Glenn W., Morten I. Lau, & E. Elisabet Rutström. (2005). Dynamic Consistency in Denmark: A Longitudinal Field Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 29 indexed citations
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Andersen, Steffen, Glenn W. Harrison, Morten I. Lau, & E. Elisabet Rutström. (2005). Valuation Using Multiple Price List Formats. CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School). 4 indexed citations
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Harrison, Glenn W., Morten I. Lau, & E. Elisabet Rutström. (2005). Risk Attitudes, Randomization to Treatment, and Self-Selection into Experiments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 23 indexed citations
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Lau, Morten I., Panu Poutvaara, & Andreas Wagener. (2004). Dynamic Costs of the Draft. German Economic Review. 5(4). 381–406. 22 indexed citations
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Lau, Morten I., et al.. (2004). Efficiency and Equity Aspects of Alternative Social Security Rules. FinanzArchiv Public Finance Analysis. 60(3). 325–358. 15 indexed citations
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Poutvaara, Panu & Morten I. Lau. (2001). Social Security Incentives and Human Capital Investment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Lau, Morten I.. (2000). Assessing Tax Reforms When Human Capital is Endogenous. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 203–223. 8 indexed citations

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