Pablo Brañas-Garza

Full Professor of Economics

Full Professor at Universidad Loyola Andalucía since 2018. Fellow of the Royal Economic Society (since 2026). Behavioral economist with interests in experimental economics, decision-making under uncertainty, and field studies on economic behavior.

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Selected Publications

The private solution trap in collective action problems across 34 nations

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

PNAS, 123(12): e2504632123

Perception of own centrality in social networks

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

PNAS, 122(47): e2420334122, 2025

Conflicting identities and cooperation between groups

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

Proc. R. Soc. B, 292(2052): 20251363, 2025

Triadic influence as a proxy for compatibility in social relationships

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

PNAS, 120(13): e2215041120, 2023

Paid and hypothetical time preferences are the same

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

Experimental Economics, 26: 412-434, 2023

Cognitive abilities and risk-taking: Errors, not preferences

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

European Economic Review, 134: 103694, 2021

The adaptive response of Spanish gitanos: short-run orientation beyond SES

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

Evolution & Human Behavior, 40: 12-22, 2019

Experimental and self-reported measures of risk taking and decision rules

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

International Economic Review, 59(3): 1131-1157, 2018

Can exposure to prenatal sex hormones (2D:4D) predict cognitive reflection?

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

Psychoneuroendocrinology, 43: 1-10, 2014

Patient and impatient punishers of free-riders

Brañas-Garza, P., et al.

Proc. R. Soc. B, 279(1749): 4923-4928, 2012