Mission
We want to understand decision-making in depth. Therefore we enrich behavioral economics with findings of evolutionary biology and neuroscience.
Lab
We run one of three large-capacity laboratories in the Czech Republic used for research on human decision-making.
Publications
By publishing our results in impacted international academic journals, we contribute to the better name of the Czech Republic in the field of science.
Projects and Grants
We can prove the quality of our research by a number of grants and international projects we’re involved in.
Mission
We want to understand decision-making in depth. Therefore we enrich behavioral economics (combination of economics and psychology) with findings of evolutionary biology and neuroscience.
Thanks to the experimental approach we’re able to get unique data on decision-making and publish our results in impacted international academic journals. Thus we contribute to the better name of the Czech Republic in the field of science.
Experimental Lab
Address
Our lab is located at the building of CEVRO Institute college at Jungmannova 28/17, Prague 1.
Equipment
There are seventeen terminals separated by adjustable partitions and equipped with the latest Windows operating system, Z-tree and O-tree experimental software, and with other standard office software.
There is also a separate room where we can pay participants or carry out a qualitative part of the research.
What can we research in the lab?
Our experimental lab allows us to look into a wide range of social phenomena from binary consumer choices to complex market mechanisms.
The power of experimental approach lies primarily in simplifying reality to simulated gameplay. Through the provision of specific motivations and interaction controls, we can concentrate on the problem we’re looking at without omission of the other personality traits and decision-making patterns of the participants.
The lab also allows highly diversified research on social and cognitive psychology, which leads to the more realistic assumptions of economic theory about people’s decision-making processes. For example, it’s possible to look into:
- Situational and environmental factors affecting human behavior (from susceptibility to corruption to greater work performance).
- Non-rational and intuitive processes in gathering, processing, and using information about political, health, social or moral decisions.
- Cognitive processes that promote or, on the contrary, prevent dialogue and mutual understanding among persons with distinctive political or religious attitudes.
- Perception of institutions and market mechanisms in relation to non-financial incentives such as values, identity or identification with the group, leading to market rejection in taboo areas.
Possibilities of cooperation
Within the framework of external cooperation, we’re able to carry out turnkey research (including programming and experimentation) or provide our lab for research that you can do yourself.
If you are interested in using the lab for your own research, please contact us via email info@cebex.org.
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Publications
Připravuje se
- Zíka, V., Tracy, D. (exp. 2019). Equilibrium of Overconfidence
- Houdek, P. (accepted). Fraud and Understanding the Moral Mind: Need for Implementation of Organizational Characteristics into Behavioral Ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics. ISSN: 1353-3452
- Houdek, P., Koblovský, P., Stastny, D., & Vranka, M. (2018). Consumer Decision Making in the Information Age. Society. ISSN: 0147-2011. doi: 10.1007/s12115-018-0283-5
- Houdek, P. (2017). Is Behavioral Ethics Ready for Giving Business and Policy Advice? Journal of Management Inquiry. ISSN: 1056-4926. doi: 10.1177/1056492617712894
- Vranka, M., Becková, A., & Houdek, P. (2017). Is Humblebragging an Effective Impression Management Tactic in a Job Interview?
- Bahník, Š., & Vranka, M. (in preparation). The difference in prescriptive and normative moral judgment: Moral asymmetry in self- and other-sacrifice judgments in trolley-like dilemmas.
2018
- Stastny, D., & Houdek, P. (2018). Evolutionary model of folk economics: That which is seen, and that which is not seen? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, E188. doi:10.1017/S0140525X18000547
- Houdek, P. (2018). Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12(77). doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00077
- Novakova, J., Houdek, P., Jolič, J., & Flegr, J. (2018). Experimental assessment of cheating prevalence in the Czech Republic as an example of a post-communist country. Deviant Behavior, 39(9), 1217-1228. doi: 10.1080/01639625.2017.1410381
2017
- Houdek, P., & Rybáková, N. (2017). Impulsiveness of Roma minority and Czech majority and its psychological, demographic and socioeconomic correlations. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 25(3), 13-38. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.587 [in Czech as: Impulzivita Romů a Čechů a její psychologické, demografické a socioekonomické koreláty]
- Houdek, P. (2017). A Perspective on Research on Dishonesty: Limited External Validity Due to the Lack of Possibility of Self-Selection in Experimental Designs. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1566). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01566
- Bahník, Š., & Vranka, M. (2017). If it’s difficult to pronounce, it might not be risky: The effect of fluency on judgment of risk does not generalize to new stimuli. Psychological Science.
- Houdek, P. (2017). Rewards for Falling Off a Horse: Bad Corporate Governance Is Enabling Managers to Receive Pay for Luck. Organizational Dynamics. ISSN: 0090-2616. doi: 10.1016/j.orgdyn.2017.05.004
- Houdek, P. (2017). Professional Identity and Dishonest Behavior. Society. ISSN: 0147-2011. doi: 10.1007/s12115-017-0132-y
- Bouwmeester, S., Verkoeijen, P. P. J. L., Aczel, B.,… Houdek, P.,… Wollbrant, C. E. (2017). Registered Replication Report: Rand, Greene, & Nowak (2012). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(3), 527-542. doi:10.1177/1745691617693624
- Houdek, P., Koblovský, P., Plaček, J., & Smrčka, L. (2017). Causality Illusion and Overconfidence in Predicting (Quasi)Stochastic Events. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 25(1), 51–63. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.568 [in Czech as: Iluze kauzality a nadměrná důvěra ve schopnost predikce (kvazi)náhodných finančních událostí]
- Houdek, P. (2017). Puppet Master: Possible Influence of the Parasite Toxoplasma gondii on Managers and Employees. Academy of Management Perspectives, 31(1), 63-81. doi: 10.5465/amp.2015.0163
- Houdek, P., & Koblovský, P. (2017). Economics of sex: Cost benefit analysis. Society, 54(1), 18-22. doi: 10.1007/s12115-016-0089-2
- Houdek, P., & Koblovský, P. (2017). Behavioural economics of organization: Employees and managers. E&M Ekonomie a Management, 20(1), 4-15. doi: 10.15240/tul/001/2017-1-001
2016
- Houdek, P., & Koblovský, P. (2016). Behavioural finance and organisations: A review. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 2016(2), 33-45. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.527 [in Czech as: Přehled oboru behaviorální finance a organizace]
- Cheung, I., Campbell, L., LeBel, E.,… Houdek, P.,… Vranka, M.,… Yong, J. C. (2016). Registered replication report: Study 1 from Finkel, Rusbult, Kumashiro, & Hannon (2002). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(5), 750-764. doi: 10.1177/1745691616664694
- Vranka, M., Bahník, Š. (2016). Is the Emotional Dog Blind to Its Choices? An Attempt to Reconcile the Social Intuitionist Model and the Choice Blindness Effect. Experimental Psychology, 63, 180-188. doi: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000325
- Houdek, P. (2016). What Comes to a Manager’s Mind: Theory of Local Thinking. Journal of Management Inquiry, 25(4), 359-366. ISSN: 1056-4926. doi: 10.1177/1056492616640380
- Houdek, P. (2016). A Perspective on Consumers 3.0: They Are Not Better Decision-Makers Than Previous Generations. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(848). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00848
- Houdek, P., Nováková, J. (2016). Frozen cultural plasticity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39.e42+ ISSN: 0140-525X. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X15000151
- Vranka, M., Bahník, Š. (2016). Differences in autonomy of humans and ultrasocial insects. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, e116. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1500120X
- Houdek, P., Nováková, J., Šťastný, D. (2016). Ultrasociality: When institutions make a difference. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, e102. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X15001089
2015 a starší
- Vranka, M. A., Houdek, P. (2015). Many Faces of Bankers’ Identity: How (not) to study dishonesty. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(302). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00302.
- Bahník, Š., Vranka, M., Dlouhá, J. (2015). X good things in life: Processing fluency effects in the „Three good things in life“ exercise. Journal of Research in Personality, 55, 91-97. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.02.005
- Houdek, P., Koblovský, P. (2015). Where is my money? New findings in fiscal psychology. Society, 52(2), 155-158. doi: 10.1007/s12115-015-9873-7
- Vranka, M. (2014). Zkoumání validity assessment center. Psychologie pro praxi, 49(1-2), 65-75.
- Kuběna, A., Houdek, P., Lindová, L., Příplatová, L., Flegr, J. (2014). Justine effect: Punishment of the unduly self-sacrificing cooperative individuals. PLoS ONE, 9(3). e92336. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092336.
- Alogna, V. K., Attaya, M. K., Aucoin, P., Bahník, Š., Birch, S., Birt, A. R., …, Vranka, M., … Zwaan, R. A. (2014). Registered replication report: Schooler & Engstler-Schooler (1990). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 556–578.
- Klein, R. A., Ratliff, K. A., Vianello, M., Adams Jr., R. B., Bahník, Š., Bernstein, M. J., …, Vranka, M., …, Nosek, B. A. (2014). Investigating variation in replicability: A “many labs” replication project. Social Psychology, 45(3), 142–152. doi: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000178
- Rusinová, K., Houdek, P. (2013). Physicians looking in the mirror: how we may influence the end-of-life decisions of surrogates. Critical Care Medicine, 41(7), 1814-1815.
- Houdek, P. (2008). Time Preferences in the Perspective of Cognitive Neurosciences. E-Logos, Electronic Journal for Philosophy, 15(2008), ISSN 1211-0442. [in Czech as: Časové preference z pohledu kognitivní neurovědy]
- Houdek, P., & Koblovský, P. (2007). General introduction to behavioral law and economics. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 4(15), 137-145.
Projects and Grants
Projects
- GAČR (2017-2019): „Behaviorální důvody úpadku firem: experimentální přístup“ (hlavní řešitel Smrčka, L. a mezinárodní tým spoluřešitelů vč. Houdek, P., Vranka, M. ad.)
- „Perspectives on Psychological Science Registered Replication Report aimed at replicating a 2012 study of Rand, Green, & Nowak“ (řešitelé Novakova, J., Houdek, P., Flegr, J.)
- „Cross-National Power, Status, and Legitimacy Project“ (mezinárodní tým řešitelů vč. Houdek, P., Vranka, M. ad.)
- „Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Sample and Setting“ (mezinárodní tým řešitelů vč. Houdek, P., Vranka, M. ad.)
Grants
- IGA VŠE (2016-2017): „Aplikace designového myšlení při odstraňování rozhodovacích chyb“ (tým řešitelů vč. Houdek, P.)
- SGS UJEP (2018): “Experimentální zkoumání nečestného chování v kontextu náboženství” (tým řešitelů vč. Zíka, V.)
- SGS UJEP (2017-2018): “Experimentální přístup ke zkoumání nadměrného sebevědomí a optimismu v rozhodování ” (řešitel Zíka, V.)
- SGS UJEP (2016): „Laboratorní a terénní experimenty na ne/čestnost“ (řešitel Houdek, P.)
- IGA VŠE (2015): „Experimentální organizační ekonomie: Kariérní růst, snaha a oportunismus“ (řešitel Houdek, P.)
- GA UK (2014): „Vliv situačních faktorů na nepoctivé chování“ (řešitel Vranka, M.)
Get involved
By participating in our research you will:
- make money
- find something about yourself
- help Czech science
FAQ
How can I participate?
It’s simple – register with the button above, and we will send you invitations to our experiments. In the invitation, you’ll find what the experiment will be about, how long it will take and how much you will earn. You’ll decide if you want to participate or not.
What will I do?
You will perform the assigned tasks on our computer. Their difficulty doen’t usually exceed the demands of office work.
How much money will I get?
The average earnings are around 250 CZK, but depending on the type of experiment, you can earn up to 1000 CZK. The experiment usually takes about 60 minutes.
How much time do I need?
The experiment usually takes about 60 minutes.
Is there a risk of injury?
Definitely not. Experiments include only computer work.
Will my results be published?
No. We never publish individual answers – all data is collected anonymously and strictly separated from personal data. You can’t be linked to the answers you give us. We only publish aggregate results.