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Biography
Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/lata-gangadharan/home
Lata Gangadharan is Professor of Economics, Joe Isaac Chair of Business and Economics and Maureen Brunt Professorial Fellow at Monash University. She is an experimental and behavioural economist. A key focus of her research has been on developing novel experimental methods to study economic and social institutions. Her recent research focuses on incentives and preferences and addresses the following topics: peer sanctioning to mitigate the effect of social and environmental dilemmas, propensity for prosocial and antisocial behaviour, incentives for compliance and auditing, and gender and social identity. Her research has been published in several general interest and field journals, such as, Science, Nature Communications, PNAS, American Economic Review, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Games and Economic Behavior, Experimental Economics and Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization.
She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and is President of the Economic Science Association - the international society of experimental economists. She currently serves as a Co-Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and a Department Editor at Management Science. She is a former Co-Editor of Experimental Economics and has also served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic Psychology, Economic Inquiry and American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Research area keywords
- Economic Experiments
- Environment and Sustainability
- Social Preferences
- Development
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Changing Institutions to Mitigate Gender Leadership Gaps: Power of Defaults
Xiao, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gangadharan, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Erkal, N. (Chief Investigator (CI))
ARC - Australian Research Council
3/05/24 → 2/05/27
Project: Research
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Economics of Biased Beliefs: Implications for Diversity Gaps in Workplaces
Erkal, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gangadharan, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Koh, B. H. (Partner Investigator (PI))
1/10/21 → 26/08/26
Project: Research
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SOciO-eConomiC failurE and aSpiration biaseS
Zelinsky, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gangadharan, L. (Supervisor) & Gorard, S. (Supervisor)
1/03/21 → 18/10/22
Project: Research
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Advice and its Impact on Social Learning in Developing Countries
Villeval, M. C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Maitra, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gangadharan, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Vecci, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
15/01/21 → 15/01/22
Project: Research
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An economic study of charitable giving
Grossman, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gangadharan, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Xiao, E. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/05/17 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Effect of social information on competition choice
Banerjee, R., Gangadharan, L., Kumar, A. & Murali, S., Aug 2026, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 248, 31 p., 107591.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Gender criteria gap in evaluation: role of perceived intentions and outcomes
Erkal, N., Gangadharan, L. & Koh, B. H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: International Economic Review. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Deterrence in networks
Bao, L., Gangadharan, L. & Leister, C. M., Mar 2025, In: Games and Economic Behavior. 150, p. 501-517 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Environmental regulations and compliance
Cason, T. N., Friesen, L. & Gangadharan, L., 2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics. Chuah, S.-H., Hoffmann, R. & Neelim, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 177-179 3 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Encyclopaedia / Dictionary Entry › Other › peer-review
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Gender and leadership: evidence from experiments
Eckel, C., Gangadharan, L., Grossman, P. J. & Xue, N., 2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics. Chuah, S.-H., Hoffmann, R. & Neelim, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 223-226 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Encyclopaedia / Dictionary Entry › Other › peer-review
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