Welcome to CeDEx

Founded in 2000, the Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx) is a world-leading research group. Its research is published in top international journals and the Centre also publishes its own discussion paper series. CeDEx is consistently ranked highly in the field of behavioural economics and has several top-ranking authors affiliated with it.

CeDEx researchers investigate human decision-making using a combination of theoretical and experimental methods. It is based in the School of Economics at The University of Nottingham and has been funded by grants from the ESRC, the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy and the Nuffield Foundation. Members of CeDEx are affiliated with international research institutions including the Institute for the Future of Labor, the ESRC Network for Integrated Behavioural Science and the EC Joint Research Centre.

CeDEx Seminars

CeDEx Seminar - Daniel Schunk (University of Mainz)

Date: 06 November 2019 (14:00-15:00)
Description: Venue and title TBC

CeDEx Seminar - Tibor Besedes (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Date: 27 May 2020 (14:00-15:00)
Description: Location and title TBC

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New CeDEx papers

CeDEx 2019-04: Disclosure of information under competition: An experimental study

Description: Jesal Sheth

CeDEx 2019-03: When a Nudge Backfires:Using Observation with Social and Economic Incentives to Promote Pro-Social Behavior

Description: Gary Bolton, Eugen Dimant and Ulrich Schmidt

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News

POLECONUK 3rd Annual Conference

Description: 24 & 25 June 2019 - Programme Now Available
Date:: 14 June 2019

Now available - programme for the PhD-led CCC meeting

Description: Hosted this year by University of Amsterdam. CCC is a collaboration between CeDEx, CBESS & CREED behavioural science groups
Date:: 13 May 2019

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New CeDEx Publications

Dual Sourcing with Price Discovery by Jose Alcade and Matthias Dahm

Discriminating Between Models of Ambiguity Attitude: A Qualitative Test by Robin Cubitt, Gijs van de Kuilen and Sujoy Mukerji

Cooperation in Polygynous Households by Abigail Barr, Marlene Dekker, Wendy Janssens, Bereket Kebede and Berber Kramer

On the Social Inappropriateness of Discrimination by Abigail Barr, Tom Lane and Daniele Nosenzo

The strength of sensitivity to ambiguity by Robin Cubitt, Gijs van de Kuilen and Sujoy Mukerji

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Become a paid volunteer

At CeDEx we conduct research into how people make decisions. We require the participation of volunteers. No special skills are required, and most participants will receive a reward (normally cash).

If you are a registered student at the University of Nottingham you can sign up to be a paid volunteer

Watch our video to find out more (opens in an external window).

Hire our Nottingham labs

CeDEx at Nottingham has two labs (based on two campuses) with a combined total of 72 computer terminals.

With a dedicated Lab Manager, we can offer a professional service for anyone who wants to run experimental and decision-making experiments.

Read more about our Lab Facilities and find out how to contact us.

Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics

Sir Clive Granger Building
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0)115 951 4763
Enquiries: suzanne.robey@nottingham.ac.uk
Experiments: cedex@nottingham.ac.uk