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Experimental Research Cluster

Discover our experimental research In economics, business and law

Members of the faculty of Business and Law have been conducting experimental research since 2002. A growing number of laboratory and online experiments led to the foundation of the Behavioural Analytics Research Laboratory (BARE Lab) in 2017 and finally the Experimental Research Cluster in 2023.

The cluster brings together researchers from various disciplines within the faculty of Business and Law and it includes a large group of collaborators from other faculties and universities, both in the UK and overseas. The cluster provides research support in all areas of behavioural and experimental research and allows members and collaborators access to the shared lab facilities and protocols for experimental research in the laboratory, online and in the field. 

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Behavioural and Experimental Economics

We investigate how psychological, emotional and social factors affect economic decision-making.

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Economics

We're researching how people, businesses, societies and nations manage and allocate scarce resources such as land, labour or capital. Explore our economics research.

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Marketing

We're researching existing and emerging business models and consumer segments to give businesses insight into their markets, customers and more. Explore our marketing research.

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Events

We regularly host guest seminars for our degrees in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, and the School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation. Our upcoming events include a guest talk by Professor Bernhard Kittel on “Norm conformity during the Covid-19 pandemic”. 

Our conferences include the 2022 international Conference on Decision Making, hosted by Wolfgang Luhan. 

Our staff

Wolfgang Luhan Portrait

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Dr Wolfgang Luhan

Associate Professor in Behavioural Economics

wolfgang.luhan@port.ac.uk

Economics and Finance

Faculty of Business and Law

PhD Supervisor

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Professor Giampaolo Viglia

Professor of Marketing

Associate Head (Research and Innovation)

giampaolo.viglia@port.ac.uk

Marketing

Faculty of Business and Law

PhD Supervisor

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Zahra Murad Portrait

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Dr Zahra Murad

Senior Lecturer

zahra.murad@port.ac.uk

Economics and Finance

Faculty of Business and Law

PhD Supervisor

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Professor Yuksel Ekinci

Professor of Marketing and Sales

yuksel.ekinci@port.ac.uk

Marketing

Faculty of Business and Law

PhD Supervisor

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Dr Marta Nieto-Garcia

Senior Lecturer

marta.garcia@port.ac.uk

School of Strategy, Marketing, and Innovation

Faculty of Business and Law

PhD Supervisor

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Recent publications

  • Alberti, Federica ; Mantilla, César. / A mechanism requesting prices and quantities may increase the provision of heterogeneous public goods. In: Experimental Economics. 2023.

  • Johnston, Karen ; Alberti, Federica ; Kravariti, Foteini. / Representative bureaucracy and organizational attractiveness: an experimental study of symbolic representation of the US and UK police. In: Public Administration Review. 2023.

  • Bergers , Dominic ; Ghaffari, Mahsa ; Viglia, Giampaolo et al. / Choosing the discount size in the software industry: how to incentivise the salesforce. In: Industrial Marketing Management. 2023 ; Vol. 109. pp. 232-244.

  • Grazzini, Laura ; Viglia, Giampaolo ; Nunan, Daniel. / Dashed expectations in service experiences. Effects of robots human-likeness on customers’ responses. In: European Journal of Marketing. 2023 ; Vol. 57, No. 4. pp. 957-986.

  • Acuti, Diletta ; Lemarie, Linda ; Viglia, Giampaolo. / How to enhance the sustainable disposal of harmful products. In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2023 ; Vol. 186, No. Part B.

  • Wei, Yunyi ; Sit, Jason ; Ekinci, Yuksel. / A mixed-method study on consumers’ perception of brand morality and measurement. Proceedings of the 2023 Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress. Kent Business School, 2023.

  • Can, Ali Selcuk ; Ekinci, Yuksel ; Dilek-Fidler, Setenay. / Do Blue Flag promotions influence tourists’ willingness to pay a price premium for coastal destinations?. In: Tourism Management. 2023 ; Vol. 98.

  • Pino, Giovanni ; Nieto-Garcia, Marta ; Peluso, Alessandro M. et al. / Understanding how virtuous lenders encourage support for peer-to-peer platforms’ prosocial initiatives. In: Journal of Business Research. 2023 ; Vol. 168.

  • Tosatto, Jann ; Cox, Joe ; Nguyen, Thang. / With a little help from my friends : the role of online creator-fan communication channels in the success of creative crowdfunding campaigns. In: Computers in Human Behavior. 2022 ; Vol. 127.

  • Bergers , Dominic ; Ghaffari, Mahsa ; Viglia, Giampaolo et al. / Choosing the discount size in the software industry: how to incentivise the salesforce. In: Industrial Marketing Management. 2023 ; Vol. 109. pp. 232-244.

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