DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Emory University


C. Mónica Capra
 Assististant Professor 
 



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Department of Economics
Emory University
1602 Fishburne Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322


Office: 328 Rich Bldg.
Phone: (404) 727-6387
Fax: (404) 727-4639 
mcapra at emory dot edu



 

WELCOME - BIENVENIDO


 


I joined the Economics Department at Emory University in 2003.

My areas of interest are Experimental and Behavioral Economics.  Put broadly, I use laboratory experiments to study decision making in strategic environments. One of my main interests is decision processes. In some of my most current projects, I use fMRI technology to study brain activation during choice.  
I am also interested in developing laboratory environments that would be useful for development policy.  Currently, I am working on evaluating alternative measures of trust, and on the application of laboratory methodologies for the study of entrepreneurship.

I am affiliated with the Latin American Studies Program (
LACS) and the Institute for Human Rights
(
IHR) at Emory, and with the EXCEN lab at Georgia State University. You can learn more about what I do by clicking on the links found on the left frame of this page.




Here is a link to the exciting new field of
Neuroeconomics

You may find these Game Theory  and these Experimental Economics  pages useful




"The economist may attempt to ignore psychology, but it is a sheer impossibility to ignore human nature,
  for his science is a science of human behavior." J.M. Clark, 1918

"Facts do not come from the armchair, but from careful observation and experimentation."
H. Simon in Rubinstein, 1998