D Barrera
Biographic Data
| ID | 11060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D Barrera |
| GIVEN NAMES | D |
| FAMILY NAME | Barrera |
| SIGNATURE | BARRERA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Collegio Carlo Alberto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0441-5073 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies
Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data from more than 25,000 individuals across 90 societies, we test several hypotheses linking normative constraints on everyday behaviors (like arguing, laughing, cursing, kissi…
Effects of frames and incentives on prosociality in the lab. Comparing abstract and realistic scenarios
This study presents two experiments investigating how frames and incentives - both monetary and non-monetary - affect prosocial behavior. In Experiment 1, the decision consisted of a one-shot dictator game and two factors were manipulated in a 2x3 factorial design: normative frame (present/absent) and incentives (none/monetary/nonmonetary). In Experiment 2, we manipulated the same two factors in a more realistic scenario, consisting of a real eff…
Experimental Sociology: Outline of a Scientific Field
Experiments have gained prominence in sociology in recent years. Increased interest in testing causal theories through experimental designs has ignited a debate about which experimental designs can facilitate scientific progress in sociology. This book discusses the implications of research interests for the design of experiments, identifies points of commonality and disagreement among the different perspectives within sociology, and elaborates o…
Trust intermediary in a cryptomarket for illegal drugs
Cooperation without third-party enforcement is particularly puzzling in illicit online markets given the anonymity of online exchanges in the 'dark web' and the asymmetry of information between buyers and sellers. Most of the literature investigates the effects of reputation systems on sales. Less is known about the role of (semi)institutionalized solutions to trust problems, such as the escrow service, which deposits payments for online purchase…
The impact of market-oriented reforms on inequality in transitional countries: New evidence from Cuba
In the 1990s, the Cuban government implemented a set of market-oriented reforms in order to cope with the economic crisis caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union. These reforms were followed by a sharp increase in inequality. This rise in inequality can be best understood by looking at what profitable economic exchanges are made possible to which actors by the reforms. Using survey data specifically collected in Havana, we show that new opport…
Halo and association effects: Cognitive biases in teacher attunement to peer‐nominated bullies, victims, and prosocial students
This study examined whether teachers’ perceptions of students’ behavior (referring to halo effects ) and the behavior of teacher‐perceived friends (referring to association effects ) influenced teachers’ ability to recognize students identified as bullies, victims, and prosocial by their peers. Data came from 1,458 children ( M age = 10.5, 47.5% girls) and 56 teachers ( M age = 40.8, 66.1% females). Perceived likeability was associated with decre…
Embedded trust: The analytical approach in vignettes, laboratory experiments and surveys
Implementing punishment and reward in the public goods game: The effect of individual and collective decision rules
Punishments and rewards are effective means for establishing cooperation in social dilemmas. We compare a setting where actors individually decide whom to sanction with a setting where sanctions are only implemented when actors collectively agree that a certain actor should be sanctioned. Collective sanctioning decisions are problematic due to the difficulty of reaching consensus. However, when a decision is made collectively, perverse sanctionin…
Implementing punishment and reward in the public goods game: The effect of individual and collective decision rules
Punishments and rewards are effective means for establishing cooperation in social dilemmas. We compare a setting where actors individually decide whom to sanction with a setting where sanctions are only implemented when actors collectively agree that a certain actor should be sanctioned. Collective sanctioning decisions are problematic due to the difficulty of reaching consensus. However, when a decision is made collectively, perverse sanctionin…
Much Ado About Deception: Consequences of Deceiving Research Participants in the Social Sciences
Social scientists have intensely debated the use of deception in experimental research, and conflicting norms governing the use of deception are now firmly entrenched along disciplinary lines. Deception is typically allowed in sociology and social psychology but proscribed in economics. Notably, disagreements about the use of deception are generally not based on ethical considerations but on pragmatic grounds: the anti-deception camp argues that …
Embedded Trust: The Analytical Approach in Vignettes, Laboratory Experiments and Surveys
Learning to Trust: Networks Effects Through Time
This article investigates the effects of information originating from social networks on the development of interpersonal trust relations in the context of a dialysis department of a Dutch medium-sized hospital. Hypotheses on learning effects are developed from existing theories and tested using longitudinal data concerning the complete networks of trust and (informal) communication relations among employees observed at four different time points…
The impact of negotiated exchange on trust and trustworthiness
Imitation and Learning under Uncertainty: A Vignette Experiment
Trust is important in organizations, e.g. in teams or small working groups in which the performance of team members depends on the performance of other members in the group and in which team members have only an incentive to perform well if they trust that others perform as well. Existing theories regarding effects of communication on trust problems stress the influence of information about behaviour of potential partners. Effects of imitation ar…
Much Ado About Deception: Consequences of Deceiving Research Participants in the Social Sciences
Social scientists have intensely debated the use of deception in experimental research, and conflicting norms governing the use of deception are now firmly entrenched along disciplinary lines. Deception is typically allowed in sociology and social psychology but proscribed in economics. Notably, disagreements about the use of deception are generally not based on ethical considerations but on pragmatic grounds: the anti-deception camp argues that …
Imitation and Learning under Uncertainty: A Vignette Experiment
Trust is important in organizations, e.g. in teams or small working groups in which the performance of team members depends on the performance of other members in the group and in which team members have only an incentive to perform well if they trust that others perform as well. Existing theories regarding effects of communication on trust problems stress the influence of information about behaviour of potential partners. Effects of imitation ar…
The impact of market-oriented reforms on inequality in transitional countries: New evidence from Cuba
In the 1990s, the Cuban government implemented a set of market-oriented reforms in order to cope with the economic crisis caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union. These reforms were followed by a sharp increase in inequality. This rise in inequality can be best understood by looking at what profitable economic exchanges are made possible to which actors by the reforms. Using survey data specifically collected in Havana, we show that new opport…
Halo and association effects: Cognitive biases in teacher attunement to peer‐nominated bullies, victims, and prosocial students
This study examined whether teachers’ perceptions of students’ behavior (referring to halo effects ) and the behavior of teacher‐perceived friends (referring to association effects ) influenced teachers’ ability to recognize students identified as bullies, victims, and prosocial by their peers. Data came from 1,458 children ( M age = 10.5, 47.5% girls) and 56 teachers ( M age = 40.8, 66.1% females). Perceived likeability was associated with decre…
Learning to Trust: Networks Effects Through Time
This article investigates the effects of information originating from social networks on the development of interpersonal trust relations in the context of a dialysis department of a Dutch medium-sized hospital. Hypotheses on learning effects are developed from existing theories and tested using longitudinal data concerning the complete networks of trust and (informal) communication relations among employees observed at four different time points…
Trust intermediary in a cryptomarket for illegal drugs
Cooperation without third-party enforcement is particularly puzzling in illicit online markets given the anonymity of online exchanges in the 'dark web' and the asymmetry of information between buyers and sellers. Most of the literature investigates the effects of reputation systems on sales. Less is known about the role of (semi)institutionalized solutions to trust problems, such as the escrow service, which deposits payments for online purchase…
The impact of negotiated exchange on trust and trustworthiness
Imitation and Learning under Uncertainty: A Vignette Experiment
Trust is important in organizations, e.g. in teams or small working groups in which the performance of team members depends on the performance of other members in the group and in which team members have only an incentive to perform well if they trust that others perform as well. Existing theories regarding effects of communication on trust problems stress the influence of information about behaviour of potential partners. Effects of imitation ar…
Learning to Trust: Networks Effects Through Time
This article investigates the effects of information originating from social networks on the development of interpersonal trust relations in the context of a dialysis department of a Dutch medium-sized hospital. Hypotheses on learning effects are developed from existing theories and tested using longitudinal data concerning the complete networks of trust and (informal) communication relations among employees observed at four different time points…
Embedded Trust: The Analytical Approach in Vignettes, Laboratory Experiments and Surveys
Much Ado About Deception: Consequences of Deceiving Research Participants in the Social Sciences
Social scientists have intensely debated the use of deception in experimental research, and conflicting norms governing the use of deception are now firmly entrenched along disciplinary lines. Deception is typically allowed in sociology and social psychology but proscribed in economics. Notably, disagreements about the use of deception are generally not based on ethical considerations but on pragmatic grounds: the anti-deception camp argues that …
Implementing punishment and reward in the public goods game: The effect of individual and collective decision rules
Punishments and rewards are effective means for establishing cooperation in social dilemmas. We compare a setting where actors individually decide whom to sanction with a setting where sanctions are only implemented when actors collectively agree that a certain actor should be sanctioned. Collective sanctioning decisions are problematic due to the difficulty of reaching consensus. However, when a decision is made collectively, perverse sanctionin…
Implementing punishment and reward in the public goods game: The effect of individual and collective decision rules
Punishments and rewards are effective means for establishing cooperation in social dilemmas. We compare a setting where actors individually decide whom to sanction with a setting where sanctions are only implemented when actors collectively agree that a certain actor should be sanctioned. Collective sanctioning decisions are problematic due to the difficulty of reaching consensus. However, when a decision is made collectively, perverse sanctionin…
Embedded trust: The analytical approach in vignettes, laboratory experiments and surveys
Halo and association effects: Cognitive biases in teacher attunement to peer‐nominated bullies, victims, and prosocial students
This study examined whether teachers’ perceptions of students’ behavior (referring to halo effects ) and the behavior of teacher‐perceived friends (referring to association effects ) influenced teachers’ ability to recognize students identified as bullies, victims, and prosocial by their peers. Data came from 1,458 children ( M age = 10.5, 47.5% girls) and 56 teachers ( M age = 40.8, 66.1% females). Perceived likeability was associated with decre…
The impact of market-oriented reforms on inequality in transitional countries: New evidence from Cuba
In the 1990s, the Cuban government implemented a set of market-oriented reforms in order to cope with the economic crisis caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union. These reforms were followed by a sharp increase in inequality. This rise in inequality can be best understood by looking at what profitable economic exchanges are made possible to which actors by the reforms. Using survey data specifically collected in Havana, we show that new opport…
Experimental Sociology: Outline of a Scientific Field
Experiments have gained prominence in sociology in recent years. Increased interest in testing causal theories through experimental designs has ignited a debate about which experimental designs can facilitate scientific progress in sociology. This book discusses the implications of research interests for the design of experiments, identifies points of commonality and disagreement among the different perspectives within sociology, and elaborates o…
Trust intermediary in a cryptomarket for illegal drugs
Cooperation without third-party enforcement is particularly puzzling in illicit online markets given the anonymity of online exchanges in the 'dark web' and the asymmetry of information between buyers and sellers. Most of the literature investigates the effects of reputation systems on sales. Less is known about the role of (semi)institutionalized solutions to trust problems, such as the escrow service, which deposits payments for online purchase…
Effects of frames and incentives on prosociality in the lab. Comparing abstract and realistic scenarios
This study presents two experiments investigating how frames and incentives - both monetary and non-monetary - affect prosocial behavior. In Experiment 1, the decision consisted of a one-shot dictator game and two factors were manipulated in a 2x3 factorial design: normative frame (present/absent) and incentives (none/monetary/nonmonetary). In Experiment 2, we manipulated the same two factors in a more realistic scenario, consisting of a real eff…
How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies
Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data from more than 25,000 individuals across 90 societies, we test several hypotheses linking normative constraints on everyday behaviors (like arguing, laughing, cursing, kissi…
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Microeconomics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Business (3 works)