Dr. J.T.R. (Jan) Stoop

Jan Stoop
Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Marketing
Affiliated since 2011

My research is concerned with the measurement of social preferences of humans. I do this by means of lab experiments where (usually) students are playing a game behind a computer. These games gather insights into the social preferences of the participants. Besides lab experiments, I conduct field experiments in a 'natural environment', with non-student participants. The insights gathered from these experiments show to what degree the social preferences measured in the lab carry over the the real world.

Besides research on social preferences, I study how to design optimal labour contracts. This means that we study when employees exert most effort for their boss. One can think of a contract which pays on a per-unit base, or a scheme in which only the most productive employee receives money. The way in which I study these incentives is by means of lab experiments and field experiments.

Publications

Article (13)

  • Academic (13)

    • Dariel, A., Ham, J. C., Nikiforakis, N., & Stoop, J. (2026). The racial and ethnic gap in behavioral measures rivals the gender gap in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(6), Article e2527671123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2527671123

    • Jung, M. H., Smeets, P., Stoop, J., & Vosgerau, J. (2023). Social Status and Unethical Behavior: Two Replications of the Field Studies in Piff et al. (2012). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(5), 1368-1378. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001333

    • Espinosa, R., & Stoop, J. (2021). Do people really want to be informed? Ex-ante evaluations of information-campaign effectiveness. Experimental Economics, 24(4), 1131-1155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09692-6

    • Andreoni, J., Nikiforakis, N., & Stoop, J. (2021). Higher socioeconomic status does not predict decreased prosocial behavior in a field experiment. Nature Communications, 12(1), 4266. Article 4266. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24519-5

    • List, JA., van Soest, DP., Stoop, J., & Zhou, H. (2020). On The Role of Group Size in Tournaments: Theory and Evidence from Lab and Field Experiments. Management Science, 66(10), 4359-4919. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3441

    • Stoop, J., van Soest, D., & Vyrastekova, J. (2018). Rewards and cooperation in social dilemma games. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 88, 300-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2017.12.007

    • Potters, J., & Stoop, J. (2016). Do cheaters in the lab also cheat in the field? European Economic Review, 87, 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.03.004

    • Soest, van, DP., Stoop, J., & Vyrastekova, J. (2016). Towards a delineation of the circumstances in which cooperation can be sustained in environmental and resource problems. Journal of Environmental Economics & Management, 77(May), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2015.12.004

    • Noussair, CN., Soest, van, DP., & Stoop, J. (2015). Cooperation in a Dynamic Fishing Game: A Framed Field Experiment (AER: Papers and Proceedings). The American Economic Review, 105(5), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151018

    • Noussair, C., Soest, van, DP., & Stoop, J. (2014). Punishment, reward, and cooperation in a framed field experiment. Social Choice and Welfare, 45(3), 537-559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-014-0841-8

    • Noussair, C., & Stoop, J. (2014). Time as a medium of reward in three social preference experiments. Experimental Economics, 18(3), 442-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-014-9415-y

    • Stoop, J. (2013). From the lab to the field: envelopes, dictators and manners. Experimental Economics, 17(2), 304-313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-013-9368-6

    • Stoop, J., Noussair, CN., & Soest, van, DP. (2012). From the lab to the field: Cooperation among fishermen. The Journal of Political Economy, 120(6), 1027-1056. https://doi.org/10.1086/669253

Chapter (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Stoop, J., Soest, van, DP., & Vyrastekova, J. (2013). A tale of two carrots: the effectiveness of multiple reward stages in a common pool resource game. In John List, & Michael Price (Eds.), Handbook on Experimental Economics and the Environment (pp. 291-318). Edward Elgar Publishing.

PhD Track (1)

Behavioral biases in interpersonal contexts
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Ning Liu
  • Time frame: 2011 - 2017

Address

Visiting address

Office: Tinbergen Building H13-15
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Latest publication

Article

Dariel, A., Ham, J. C., Nikiforakis, N., & Stoop, J. (2026). The racial and ethnic gap in behavioral measures rivals the gender gap in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(6), Article e2527671123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2527671123