Jose Apesteguia

ICREA-UPF and BSE

PhD, Universidad Pública de Navarra

Research interests

  • Decision Theory
  • Game Theory
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Experimental Economics
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Jose Apesteguia is ICREA Research Professor at UPF and BSE Research Professor. His work focuses on individual decision-making with an emphasis on its psychological foundations. He uses both theoretical tools and an empirical approach to try to better understand individual decision-making, and to improve the predictive power of decision-making models in economic environments.

Awards, Grants, and Honors

Working Papers

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The Rationalizability of Survey Responses

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 1393
June 2023
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A Measure of Behavioral Heterogeneity

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 1373
December 2022
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Choice-Based Foundations of Ordered Logit

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 1323
February 2022
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Random Utility Models with Ordered Types and Domains

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 1176
April 2020
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Random Models for the Joint Treatment of Risk and Time Preferences

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 1117
September 2019
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Copy Trading

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Jörg Oechssler,Simon Weidenholzer, andJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 1048
August 2018
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Separating Predicted Randomness from Noise

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 1018
January 2018
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Stochastic Representative Agent

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 928
September 2016
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Single-Crossing Random Utility Models

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 891
March 2016
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Monotone Stochastic Choice Models: The Case of Risk and Time Preferences

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 859
January 2016
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Discrete Choice Estimation of Risk Aversion

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 788
September 2015
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Discrete Choice Estimation of Time Preferences

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 787
September 2015
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Choice By Sequential Procedures

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 615
September 2015
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A Foundation for Strategic Agenda Voting

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Yusufcan Masatlioglu,Miguel Ángel Ballester, andJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 607
September 2015
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Welfare of Naive and Sophisticated Players in School Choice

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
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Promoting Rule Compliance in Daily-Life: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in the Public Libraries of Barcelona

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Nagore Iriberri,Patricia Funk, andJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 492
September 2015
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The Impact of Gender Composition on Team Performance and Decision-Making: Evidence from the Field

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Nagore Iriberri,Ghazala Azmat, andJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 485
September 2015
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A Measure of Rationality and Welfare

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 467
September 2015
Working Paper

Psychological Pressure in Competitive Environments: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment

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Ignacio Palacios-HuertaandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 361
September 2015
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A Characterization of Sequential Rationalizability

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 345
September 2015
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A Theory of Reference-Dependent Behavior

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 323
September 2015
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On The Complexity of Rationalizing Behavior

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
BSE Working Paper 320
September 2015

Publications

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Random utility models with ordered types and domains

Open Access
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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
September 2023
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A Behavioral Model of Adaptation

Open Access
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Tugce Cuhadaroglu, Miguel Ángel Ballester, and Jose Apesteguia
February 2023
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Separating Predicted Randomness from Residual Behavior

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
December 2020
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Copy Trading

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Jörg Oechssler, Simon Weidenholzer, and Jose Apesteguia
December 2020
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Imitation of peers in children and adults

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Elke Weidenholzer, Steffen Huck, Jörg Oechssler, Simon Weidenholzer, and Jose Apesteguia
March 2018
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Single-Crossing Random Utility Models

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Jay Lu, Miguel Ángel Ballester, and Jose Apesteguia
February 2017
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Monotone Stochastic Choice Models: The Case of Risk and Time Preferences

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
December 2016
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‘Piensa’ Twice: on the Foreign Language Effect in Decision Making.’

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Albert Costa, Alice Foucart, Inbal Arnon, Melina Aparici, and Jose Apesteguia
December 2015
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A Foundation for Strategic Agenda Voting

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Yusufcan Masatlioglu, Miguel Ángel Ballester, and Jose Apesteguia
December 2015
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A Measure of Rationality and Welfare

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
December 2015
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Does Information Matter in the Commons?

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Jose Apesteguia
December 2015
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The Role of Rivalry: Public Goods Versus Common-Pool Resources

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Jose Apesteguia
December 2015
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Your Morals Depend on Language.

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Sayuri Hayakawa, Joy Heafner, Boaz Keysar, Albert Costa, Alice Foucart, Melina Aparici, and Jose Apesteguia
December 2015
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A Measure of Rationality and Welfare

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Jose Apesteguia
April 2015
Publication

Choice By Sequential Procedures

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
January 2013
Publication

Promoting Rule Compliance in Daily-Life: Evidence From a Randomized Field Experiment in the Public Libraries of Barcelona

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Nagore Iriberri, Patricia Funk, and Jose Apesteguia
January 2013
Publication

The Impact of Gender Composition on Team Performance and Decision Making: Evidence From the Field

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Nagore Iriberri, Ghazala Azmat, and Jose Apesteguia
January 2012
Publication

Welfare of Naive and Sophisticated Players in School Choice

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
January 2012
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On the Justice of Decision Rules

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Rosa Ferrer, Miguel Ángel Ballester, and Jose Apesteguia
January 2011
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Psychological Pressure in Competitive Environments: Evidence From a Randomized Natural Experiment

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Ignacio Palacios-HuertaandJose Apesteguia
January 2010
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Imitation and the Evolution of Walrasian Behavior: theoretically Fragile But Behaviorally Robust

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Steffen Huck, Jörg Oechssler, Simon Weidenholzer, and Jose Apesteguia
January 2010
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The Computational Complexity of Rationalizing Behavior

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
January 2010
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A Theory of Reference-Dependent Behavior

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Miguel Ángel BallesterandJose Apesteguia
January 2009
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Blowing the Whistle

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Martin Dufwenberg, Reinhard Selten (1930-2016), and Jose Apesteguia
January 2007
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Imitation-theory and Experimental Evidence

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Steffen Huck, Jörg Oechssler, and Jose Apesteguia
January 2007
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