David J Hardisty: Research

research

Temporal Discounting

How do people value things in the future? Generally, the longer something is delayed, the less it is worth to us. An extensive literature has been devoted to modeling and determining the factors affecting temporal discounting of financial gains. My work explores discounting of losses, environmental outcomes, and social goals.

Social Dilemmas

How and when do people trade off their self-interest against the interest of the group? For example, how do fishermen determine how much to fish, so as to maximize their catch but not deplete the stocks? The most famous paradigm used to study this in the lab is the prisoner's dilemma. My work looks at the impacts of contextual framing and differing time horizons on people's likelihood to cooperate.

Open Access

Many have argued that the results of taxpayer funded research should be freely available for all. How much difference does it make if a paper is freely accessible? How does it affect citations? Use by professionals? Does it hurt the publishers? My research has demonstrated that a freely available citation is roughly twice as likely to be read be relevant professionals.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hardisty, D. J., Johnson, E. J., & Weber, E. U. (2010). A dirty word or a dirty world? Attribute framing, political affiliation, and query theory. Psychological Science, 21(1), 86-92.

Hardisty, D. J. & Weber, E. U. (2009). Discounting future green: Money vs the environment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 138(3), 329-340.

Hardisty, D. J. & Haaga, D. A. F. (2008). Diffusion of treatment research: Does open access matter? Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(7), 821-839.

Other Publications

Center for Research on Environmental Decisions. (2009). The psychology of climate change communication: A guide for scientists, journalists, educators, political aides, and the interested public. New York. Contributed the sections titled "Framing and the Politics of Carbon" in part 2, and "Provide Near-Term Incentives" in part 8.

Manuscripts Under Review

Hardisty, D. J. & Sanitioso, R. B. (in revision). The effects of text and video mediated communication on group polarization. Judgment and Decision Making.

Arora, P., Peterson, N., Krantz, D. H., Hardisty, D. J., & Reddy, K. (in revision). Testing the limits of group affiliation on cooperation in social dilemmas. Journal of Economic Psychology.

Hardisty, D. J., Frederick, S., & Weber, E. U. (under review). Dread Looms Larger Than Pleasurable Anticipation. Psychological Science.

Manuscripts In Preparation

Hardisty, D. J., Orlove, B., Krantz, D. H., Small, A., & Milch, K. (in preparation). It's about time: An integrative approach to effective policy.

Hardisty, D. J., Kunreuther, H., Krantz, D. H., & Arora, P. (in preparation). Time horizons in interdependent security.

Hardisty, D. J., Appelt, K. C., & Weber, E. U. (in preparation). I want it now: Why discount rates for losses show reverse magnitude effects.

Appelt, K. C., Hardisty, D. J., & Weber, E. U. (in preparation). A Query Theory explanation of asymmetric discounting of gains and losses.

Hardisty, D. J., Thompson, K., Krantz, D. H., & Weber, E. U. (in preparation). How to measure discount rates? An experimental comparison of three methods.

Conference Talks

Hardisty, D. J., Frederick, S. & Weber, E. U. (Nov 2010). "I can't stand waiting!" Dread looms larger than pleasurable anticipation. Society for Judgment and Decision Making, St. Louis, MO.

Hardisty, D. J., Thompson, K., Krantz, D., & Weber, E. U. (June 2010). How to measure discount rates? An experimental comparison of three methods. Behavioral Decision Research in Management, Pittsburgh, PA.

Hardisty, D. J., Appelt, K. C., & Weber, E. U. (Nov 2009). I want it now!: Why discount rates for losses show reverse frame and reverse magnitude effects. Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Boston, MA.

Hardisty, D. J., Kunreuther, H., Krantz, D. H., & Arora, P. (Aug 2009). Time horizons in interdependent security. International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Kyoto, Japan.

Hardisty, D. J., Johnson, E. J., & Weber, E. U. (Nov 2008). A Dirty Word or a Dirty World? Attribute Framing, Politics, and Query Theory. Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL. [also: transcript from presentation at Nov 7th CRED lab meeting]

Hardisty, D. J., Milch, K. F., Appelt, K., Handgraaf, M. J. J., Arora, P., Krantz, D. H. & Weber, E. U. (Nov 2007). Discounting of Environmental Goods and Discounting in Social Contexts. Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Long Beach, CA.

Conference Posters

Hardisty, D. J., Kunreuther, H., Krantz, D. H. & Arora, P. (Jan 2010). Time Horizons in Interdependent Security. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Hardisty, D. J., Kunreuther, H., Krantz, D. H. & Arora, P. (Nov 2009). Time Horizons in Interdependent Security. Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Boston, MA.

Hardisty, D. J., Johnson, E. J. & Weber, E. U. (May 2009). A Dirty Word or a Dirty World? Framing, Politics, and Query Theory. Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

Hardisty, D. J., Johnson, E. J., & Weber, E. U. (Jan 2009). Framing Interacts With Political Affiliation to Predict Environmentally-Relevant Purchase Preferences. Association for Consumer Research, Hyderabad, India.

Hardisty, D. J. & Weber, E. U. (Nov 2008). Pricing Out Environmental Outcomes Yields Lower Discount Rates. Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL.

Hardisty, D. J. & Haaga, D. A. H. (May 2008). Open Access Matters: Increasing Reading Rates and Responses by Mental Health Professionals. Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Hardisty, D. J. & Sanitioso, R. B. (May 2007). Text Based Discussion Influences Group Risk Preference and Decision Making. Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Invited Talks

A Dirty Word Or A Dirty World? Attribute Framing, Politics, and Query Theory (Jun 2009). Social psychology course at Columbia University, New York, NY.

A Dirty Word Or A Dirty World? Attribute Framing, Politics, and Query Theory (Feb 2009). United Nations Graduate Seminar on Climate Change, New York, NY.

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