Pedro Rey‐Biel

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Pedro Rey‐Biel is a scholar working on Safety Research, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro Rey‐Biel has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Safety Research, 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Pedro Rey‐Biel's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (19 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (5 papers). Pedro Rey‐Biel is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (19 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (5 papers). Pedro Rey‐Biel collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Pedro Rey‐Biel's co-authors include Uri Gneezy, Stephan Meier, Nagore Iriberri, Paola Sapienza, Ernesto Reuben, Luigi Zingales, Steffen Huck, Caterina Calsamiglia, Jörg Franke and Pablo Brañas‐Garza and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, The Journal of Economic Perspectives and Journal of Public Economics.

In The Last Decade

Pedro Rey‐Biel

24 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

When and Why Incentives (Don't) Work to Modify Behavior 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. When and Why Incentives (Don't) Work to Modify Behavior
    2011 1.1k citations Uri Gneezy, Stephan Meier et al. The Journal of Economic Perspectives profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pedro Rey‐Biel Spain 13 838 538 424 333 190 26 1.7k
Stephen V. Burks United States 18 862 1.0× 593 1.1× 467 1.1× 572 1.7× 273 1.4× 55 2.0k
Robert Slonim Australia 25 1.2k 1.5× 612 1.1× 670 1.6× 498 1.5× 323 1.7× 78 2.3k
John Beshears United States 21 256 0.3× 982 1.8× 310 0.7× 467 1.4× 248 1.3× 63 2.3k
Morten I. Lau United Kingdom 23 678 0.8× 1.5k 2.9× 259 0.6× 1.3k 4.0× 165 0.9× 52 2.6k
Tor Eriksson Denmark 25 540 0.6× 845 1.6× 674 1.6× 168 0.5× 181 1.0× 83 2.4k
Alessandro Bucciol Italy 19 250 0.3× 471 0.9× 210 0.5× 176 0.5× 146 0.8× 78 1.3k
Michèle Bélot United Kingdom 24 298 0.4× 1.0k 1.9× 713 1.7× 96 0.3× 234 1.2× 72 2.4k
Bernard M. S. van Praag Netherlands 27 228 0.3× 1.5k 2.8× 1.2k 2.9× 360 1.1× 209 1.1× 59 3.5k
Christian Traxler Germany 17 378 0.5× 701 1.3× 330 0.8× 96 0.3× 84 0.4× 50 1.2k
Sarah Brown United Kingdom 30 196 0.2× 1.0k 1.9× 512 1.2× 66 0.2× 311 1.6× 133 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Pedro Rey‐Biel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pedro Rey‐Biel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pedro Rey‐Biel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pedro Rey‐Biel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pedro Rey‐Biel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pedro Rey‐Biel. Pedro Rey‐Biel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Iriberri, Nagore, et al.. (2026). Gender differences in willingness to guess revisited: Heterogeneity in a high stakes professional setting. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 242. 107415–107415.
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Rey‐Biel, Pedro, et al.. (2025). Economic consequences of gender differences in behavior. Journal of Economic Psychology. 109. 102818–102818.
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Iriberri, Nagore & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2020). Brave boys and play-it-safe girls: Gender differences in willingness to guess in a large scale natural field experiment. European Economic Review. 131. 103603–103603. 23 indexed citations
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Iriberri, Nagore & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2017). Stereotypes are only a threat when beliefs are reinforced: On the sensitivity of gender differences in performance under competition to information provision. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 135. 99–111. 30 indexed citations
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Rey‐Biel, Pedro, et al.. (2017). When Income Depends on Performance and Luck: The Effects of Culture and Information on Giving. Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park). 6 indexed citations
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Rey‐Biel, Pedro, et al.. (2015). When Income Depends on Performance and Luck: The Effects of Culture and Information on Giving. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Gneezy, Uri & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2014). ON THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF PERFORMANCE PAY AND NONCONTINGENT INCENTIVES. Journal of the European Economic Association. 12(1). 62–72. 30 indexed citations
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Iriberri, Nagore & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2013). Elicited beliefs and social information in modified dictator games: What do dictators believe other dictators do?. Quantitative Economics. 4(3). 515–547. 47 indexed citations
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Reuben, Ernesto, Pedro Rey‐Biel, Paola Sapienza, & Luigi Zingales. (2011). The emergence of male leadership in competitive environments. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 83(1). 111–117. 90 indexed citations
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Gneezy, Uri & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2011). On the Relative Efficiency of Performance Pay and Social Incentives. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Rey‐Biel, Pedro, et al.. (2011). (Bad) Luck or (Lack of) Effort?: Sharing Norms in the US and Europe *. 2 indexed citations
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Brañas‐Garza, Pablo, Marı́a Paz Espinosa, & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2011). Travelers’ types. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 78(1-2). 25–36. 29 indexed citations
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Gneezy, Uri, Stephan Meier, & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2011). When and Why Incentives (Don't) Work to Modify Behavior. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 25(4). 191–210. 1082 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sheremeta, Roman M., et al.. (2011). (Bad) Luck or (Lack of) Effort?: Comparing Social Sharing Norms between US and Europe. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Iriberri, Nagore & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2010). The role of role uncertainty in modified dictator games. Experimental Economics. 14(2). 160–180. 67 indexed citations
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Reuben, Ernesto, Pedro Rey‐Biel, Paola Sapienza, & Luigi Zingales. (2010). The Emergence of Male Leadership in Competitive Environments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Ballester, Miguel A. González & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2009). Does uncertainty lead to sincerity? Simple and complex voting mechanisms. Social Choice and Welfare. 33(3). 477–494. 6 indexed citations
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Rey‐Biel, Pedro. (2008). Equilibrium play and best response to (stated) beliefs in normal form games. Games and Economic Behavior. 65(2). 572–585. 67 indexed citations
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Huck, Steffen & Pedro Rey‐Biel. (2006). Endogenous Leadership in Teams. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE. 162(2). 253–261. 44 indexed citations
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Rey‐Biel, Pedro. (2001). Why is There No AIDS Vaccine. World Economy. 2(4). 117–132. 1 indexed citations

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