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Emil Persson

Associate Professor, Docent

Behavioral economics with focus on health economics 

I use insights from behavioral economics, psychology and neuroscience to explore topics in health economics and public economics. Much of my research has an applied policy focus but I am also interested in exploring more general aspects of everyday decision-making, for example how behavior is influenced by biological factors.

Research

Much of my work focuses on how emotions and cognitive biases influence individuals’ decision-making, and I investigate the implications of these effects for policy design.

Some topics I find interesting:

  • The role of moral emotions in rationing of healthcare
  • The psychology of democratic decision-making
  • Opportunity cost neglect in public policy
  • The effect of decision fatigue on doctors’ decision-making

See my personal webpage for more information.

A women is doing computed tomography.

JEDI-lab

We at JEDI lab at Linköping University conduct research on intuition, reflection, and emotion in economic decision-making. The aim of our research is to understand everyday decision-making and its underlying processes.

Publications

2024

Emil Persson, Gustav Tinghög, Daniel Västfjäll (2024) Intertemporal prosocial behavior: a review and research agenda Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 15, Article 1359447 Continue to DOI
Michal Pietrzak, Adam Yngve, Paul J. Hamilton, Anna Asratian, Emelie Gauffin, Andreas Löfberg, Sarah Gustavson, Emil Persson, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Lorenzo Leggio, Irene Perini, Gustav Tinghög, Markus Heilig, Rebecca Böhme (2024) Ghrelin decreases sensitivity to negative feedback and increases prediction-error related caudate activity in humans, a randomized controlled trial Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 49, p. 1042-1049 Continue to DOI
Emil Persson, Gustav Tinghög (2024) Repugnant markets and preferences in public Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 108, Article 102153 Continue to DOI

2023

Emil Persson, Gustav Tinghög (2023) The effect of fast and slow decision-making on equity-efficiency tradeoffs and moral repugnance Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 10, Article 230558 Continue to DOI
Allegra Maguire, Emil Persson, Gustav Tinghög (2023) Opportunity cost neglect: a meta-analysis Journal of the Economic Science Association (JESA), Vol. 9, p. 176-192 Continue to DOI

Organisation

Linnea Tengvall, lärare i Nationalekonomi undervisar

Economics (NEK)

The Division of Economics belongs to the Department of Management and Engineering and carries out education and research in the field of Economics. Economics covers a wide range of different financial aspects.
A-building in autumn

Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow’s industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.
Studenthuset on Campus Valla in Linköping

About LiU

Linköping University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.

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