Choose one of the three papers listed below. For the paper you have chosen you
need to write an extended referee report. The referee report must contain:
• A summary description of the paper which outlines the research question,
motivation, and research method. Make sure to also include the strengths
and important contributions of the paper.
• A detailed discussion of limitations or concerns you might have about the
motivation, experimental design (if applicable), data analysis, and
interpretation of the results.
• Suggestions for improvements to the methodology (experimental design or
empirical method), additional analysis, or robustness checks of the data
analysis.
• Ideas for further research questions given the results of the chosen paper.
1. Rice, N., & Robone, S. (2022). The effects of health shocks on risk
preferences: Do personality traits matter? Journal of Economic Behavior &
Organization, 204, 356-371.
2. Ifcher, J., Zarghamee, H., Houser, D., & Diaz, L. (2020). The relative income
effect: an experiment. Experimental Economics, 23(4), 1205-1234.
3. Bogliacino, F., & Montealegre, F. (2020). Do negative economic shocks affect
cognitive function, adherence to social norms and loss aversion? Journal of
the Economic Science Association, 6(1), 57-67.
The assignment should be written efficiently and take great care on the exposition
and grammar.