Professor Alberto Motta
Alberto is a Professor of Economics at the .
His interests are in contract theory, development economics and labour.
He studies the types and features of organizational design that are most effective in firms, enforcement agencies and media.
More recently, he combines theory, empirical analysis and randomised controlled trials to help design interventions that aim to improve educational outcomes using technology.
Alberto is also a Fellow of 黑料网大事记's Scientia Education Academy, and the co-chair of the initiative in Education.
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- Publications
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
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2020听 听 听听(1) 黑料网大事记 Business School Strategy Knowledge Hub, 鈥淓conomics of Education鈥 [with Holden, Piccoli, Dobrescu, Sahlberg, Muir, Walker] Total funding: AU$770,000,听 (2) 黑料网大事记 President鈥檚 Award for Collaboration [with Dobrescu] Total funding: AU$5,000, (3) 黑料网大事记 Business School Strategy 2020 Network, 鈥淥rganizational 鈥‥conomics鈥 Research Network鈥 Total funding: AU$50,000
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2019听 听 听听(1) 黑料网大事记 Business School Breakthrough / PVC-E / CEPAR, 鈥淕ood Decisions in Education: The Smart Tech & Education Program (STEP UP)鈥 [with Dobrescu, Holden, King] Total funding: AU$105,000, (2) 黑料网大事记 Business School Strategy 2020 Network, 鈥淥rganizational 鈥‥conomics鈥 Research Network鈥 Total funding: AU$50,000
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2018听 听 听听(1) 黑料网大事记 Scientia Academy, 鈥淲hat works in Education: A series of experiments鈥 [with Motta] Total funding: AU$10,000, (2) 黑料网大事记 Business School Strategy 2020 Network, 鈥淥rganizational 鈥‥conomics鈥 Research Network鈥 Total funding: AU$50,000
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2017听 听(1) 黑料网大事记 Business School Strategy 2020 Network, 鈥淥rganizational 鈥‥conomics鈥 Research Network鈥 Total funding: AU$50,000, (2) 黑料网大事记 School of Economics ARC Project Booster, 鈥淓xperiential Economics: A new paradigm for experiments鈥 [with Dobrescu] Total funding: AU$5,000
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2016听听听(1) Various 黑料网大事记 Research Grants under the umbrella 鈥淒esign and Assessment of Gamified and Virtual Reality Content to Improve Cognition, Learning Outcomes and Immersion in Higher Education鈥 Total funding: ~AU$290,000, (2) Australian Government鈥檚 2016 Australian Awards for University Teaching (Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning) Total funding: AU$10,000, (3) 黑料网大事记 Business School听鈥淛ohn Prescott Outstanding Innovation鈥 Award [with Dobrescu] Total funding: AU$10,000, (4) 黑料网大事记 Business School Strategy 2020 Network, 鈥淥rganizational 鈥‥conomics鈥 Research Network鈥. Total funding: AU$50,000, (5) 黑料网大事记 Business School Silver Star Award, 鈥淗ealth, wealth, care and social networks in old age鈥 [with Dobrescu] Total funding: AU$20,000
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2015听听听(1) Various 黑料网大事记 Research Grants under the umbrella 鈥淒esign and Assessment of Gamified and Virtual Reality Content to Improve Cognition, Learning Outcomes and Immersion in Higher Education鈥 Total funding: ~AU$200,000, (2) 黑料网大事记 Business School Strategy 2020 Network, 鈥淥rganizational 鈥‥conomics鈥 Research Network鈥 Total funding: AU$50,000, (3) 黑料网大事记 BizLab, 鈥淟essons from Experiential Economics鈥 [with Motta] Total funding: AU$10,000
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2014听听听(1) RGC Research Grant 鈥淗ow to Make a Miracle: Mechanisms by which Agent-Intermediated Micro-Lending Increases Rural Incomes鈥 [with Mookherjee, Maitra, Mitra and Visaria] Total funding: US$57,738, (2) IEMS Research Grant 鈥淐an the Poor be Incentivized to Save: A Study of Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong鈥 [with Visaria] Total funding: HKD121,500, (3) International Growth Centre, 鈥淒esigning Micro-finance for Agricultural Growth鈥 [with Mookherjee, Maitra, Mitra and Visaria] Total funding: 拢29,835
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2013听听听听 USAID, 鈥淧rograms to Enhance Credit Access and Crop Marketing Success of Poor Farmers: A Field Experiment in West Bengal, India鈥 [with Mookherjee, Maitra, Mitra, and Visaria] Total funding: US$100,000
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2012听听听(1) ASBRG 黑料网大事记, 鈥淎 new approach to Microcredit鈥 Total funding: AU$18,000, (2) International Growth Centre, 鈥淧otato Traders in West Bengal: A Survey of Contractual Relations and Market Structure鈥 [with Mookherjee, Maitra, and Visaria] Total funding: US$26,855
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2011听听听听 (1) ASB 黑料网大事记, Learning and Teaching Grant [with Dobrescu] Total funding: AU$36,000, (2) ASBRG 黑料网大事记, 鈥淲hy are saving rates declining in developed countries?鈥 Total funding: AU$20,000
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2010 听听听 (1) ITIP 黑料网大事记, 鈥淪imulated Economy Serious Games鈥 [with Dobrescu] Total funding: AU$73,700, (2) ASBRG 黑料网大事记, 鈥淣ew Tools for Combating Collusion within Organizations and Regulatory Setups鈥 Total funding: AU$10,000
2019听听黑料网大事记 President鈥檚 Award for 鈥楤uilding Collaborations鈥
2017听听听听 黑料网大事记 Scientia Education Fellowship, (2) Wharton听School Gold Medal in Social Sciences Reimagine Education International Awards
2016听 听(1) Australian Government鈥檚 Australian Awards for University Teaching (Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning), (2) 黑料网大事记 Business School John Prescott Outstanding Teaching Innovation Award
2015听 听(1) Australian School of Business Student Choice Award, (2) 黑料网大事记 Business School Silver Star Award for Research
2013听听听听 (1) Australian School of Business Student Choice Award, (2) Australian School of Business Outstanding Technology-Enabled Teaching Innovation Award, (3) University of New South Wales Innovation Award (finalist), (4) Vice-Chancellor Award for Excellence in the use of Learning & Teaching Technologies, (5) University of New South Wales听Heinz Harant Award for Teaching Innovation
Publications
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Relative performance feedback in education: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial, forthcoming Economic Journal [with Dobrescu, Faravelli & Megalokonomou]
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Consulting collusive experts (2020) Games and Economic Behavior 122: 290-317 [with Mookherjee & Tsumagari]
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Early life conditions and financial risk-taking in older age (2020) Journal of the Economics of Ageing 17 [with Christelis & Dobrescu]
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Financing smallholder agriculture: An experiment with agent-intermediated microloans in India (2017) Journal of Development Economics 127: 306-337 [with Maitra, Mitra, Mookherjee & Visaria]
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A theory of interactions between microfinance and informal lenders (2016) Journal of Development Economics 121: 191鈥200 [with Mookherjee]
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Legalize, tax, and deter: Optimal enforcement policies for corruptible officials (2016) Journal of Development Economics 118: 207鈥215 [with Burlando]
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Collusion and the organisation of the firm (2015) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 7(3) [with Burlando]
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What makes a critic tick? Connected authors and the determinants of book reviews (2013) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 96: 85-103 [with Dobrescu & Luca]
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Why aren't developed countries saving? (2012) European Economic Review 56: 1261-1275 [with Dobrescu & Kotlikoff]
Other work
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Social impact bonds: Theory and evidence (2016) Research in Experimental Economics 19 [with Wong, Ortmann, and Zhang]
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Learning economics concepts through game-play: An experiment (2015) International Journal of Educational Research 69: 23-37 [with Dobrescu & Greiner]
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Working papers
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(Step Up 1A) Can rank feedback avoid demoralization? A randomized controlled trial [with Dobrescu, Chen & Foster] []
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(Step Up 3A) The role of verifiability in the education production function [with Dobrescu & Kazmierczak] [submitted]
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Serious games: Seriously good at preparing students for clinical practice? A randomized control trial [with Dobrescu, Ooi, Coffey et al]
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Fun in education [with Dobrescu, Holden & Wong]
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Collusion, power and governance design [with Mookherjee & Tsumagari]
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Budget constrained consumers and pricing [with Ghosh]
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Can self-reporting reduce corruption in law enforcement? [with Burlando]
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Collusion and selective supervision
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Work in progress
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Step Up 2A) Fun: A complement or a subsitute in the education production function? [with Dobrescu, Holden, French & Lim]
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(Step Up 4A) Gender and leadership [with Dobrescu & Feld]
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(Step Up 4B) The symbolic power of female leadership: Lessons from a randomized experiment [with Dobrescu & Shanker]
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(Step Up 5A) Wisdom of the crowds: Does it work in higher education? [with Dobrescu]
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Culturally and context specific student assessment [Dobrescu, Holden, Piccoli, Roberts & Walker]
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Prohibition, legalization and corruption [with Burlando]
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Staying home or dining out? Social interactions and old-age consumption profiles [with Dobrescu and Gui]
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Ex-ante and ex-post corruption
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Chapters in books
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The predictive power of Big Data in education (forthcoming) in Mendolia, O'Brien, Yerokhin and Paloyo (eds): Critical Perspectives on Economics of Education and Education Policy. Routledge [with Dobrescu & Scriven]
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The impact of childhood health and cognition on portfolio choice (2011) in First Results Book SHARELIFE, Mannheim Research Institute for Economics of Aging [with Christelis and Dobrescu]
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Functionings, Capacities and Social Interactions (2006) in Economic Theory and Interpersonal Relationships, Il Mulino
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Textbooks
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The Economic and Legal Principles of Business Decision Making, 1st ed., ebook (retrievable via www.unsw.edu.au) [with Dobrescu, French, Manwaring & Taylor]
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Principles of Economics (2016) 4th ed., eBook (retrievable via www.playconomics.com) [with Dobrescu & McWhinnie]
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Playconomics: Principles of Microeconomics (2015) 4th ed., eBook (retrievable via www.playconomics.com) [with Dobrescu, Faravelli & McWhinnie]