Research

Books, publications, working papers, and current projects.
Research

Books, articles, and projects on economics, education, and civic life.

My work sits across behavioral and experimental economics, economics education, applied and development economics, and civic thought. The featured reader highlights selected publications; the traditional list below keeps the full record easy to scan.

Books

Textbooks and open learning projects

Open textbook Understanding Our Economy

With the CORE Econ team, forthcoming 2026.

 Textbook Microeconomics

Competition, Conflict, and Coordination, with Samuel Bowles, Oxford University Press, 2022.
Traditional List

Publications, papers, and projects

A compact list for citation copying, PDF downloads, journal pages, dashboards, and current projects.

Behavioral and Experimental Economics

  • D. Girardi, S. Mamunuru, Simon D. Halliday, and Samuel Bowles, "Does studying economics make you selfish?" Southern Economic Journal, 2023. PDF Journal
  • Simon D. Halliday and Jonathan Lafky, "Reciprocity through ratings: An experimental study of bias in evaluations," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 83, 101480, 2019. PDF Journal
  • Gabriel Burdin, Simon D. Halliday, and Fabio Landini, "The hidden benefits of abstaining from control," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 147, 1-12, 2018. PDF Journal

Applied and Development Economics

  • Harriet Brookes-Gray, Vis Taraz, and Simon D. Halliday, "The impact of weather shocks on employment outcomes: evidence from South Africa," Environment and Development Economics, 28(3), 285-305, 2022. PDF Journal

Economics Education

  • Simon D. Halliday and S. M. Mamunuru, "Updating our approach to intermediate microeconomics," The American Economist, 70(2), 2025. PDF Journal
  • Simon D. Halliday, C. Makler, D. McKee, and A. Papadopoulou, "Improving student comprehension through interactive model visualization," International Review of Economics Education, 47, 100296, 2024. PDF Journal
  • Simon D. Halliday, "Data literacy in economic development," The Journal of Economic Education, 50(3), 284-298, 2019. PDF Journal
  • Simon D. Halliday, "Promoting an ethical economics classroom through partnership," International Journal for Students as Partners, 3(1), 182-189, 2019. PDF Journal
  • Thomas Dvorak, Simon D. Halliday, Michael O'Hara, and Aaron Swoboda, "Efficient empiricism: Streamlining teaching, research, and learning in empirical courses," The Journal of Economic Education, 50(3), 242-257, 2019. PDF Journal

Chapters in Books

  • Simon D. Halliday, E. Bottorff, M. Lopez, A. Johnson, and A. Papadopoulou, "Taking an economic literacy approach in understanding our economy," in Teaching Literacy-Targeted Principles of Economics, A. Cohen and S. Wolla, eds., Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2026. Dashboard
  • Simon D. Halliday and J. E. Tierney, "Revolutionizing teaching economics online with artificial intelligence," in Teaching Economics Online, A. al Bahrani and P. Chaudhury, eds., Edward Elgar, 2024.
  • Simon D. Halliday and E. C. Marshall, "Where is the 'behavioral' in introductory microeconomics?" in Teaching Principles of Microeconomics, M. Maier and P. Ruder, eds., Edward Elgar, 2023.
  • Simon D. Halliday, "Global public goods," in Managing the Economy, C. Santos and M. Higginson, eds., Open University Press, 2014.

Under Review

  • Samuel Bowles, Wendy Carlin, Simon D. Halliday, and Sahana Subramanyam, "What do we think an economist should know? A machine learning investigation of research and intermediate-level texts," 2025, withdrawn revise and resubmit at History of Political Economy.
  • Simon D. Halliday, Jonathan Lafky, and Alistair Wilson, "Honesty at the margin and in the limit," 2025, revise and resubmit at AEJ: Microeconomics.

Works in Progress

  • M. Bechdolf, Simon D. Halliday, E. Malthouse, and A. Papadopoulou, "Beyond the contract: Fairness, observability, and discretionary effort."
  • Simon D. Halliday and G. Liu, "Civic thought and economic education."
  • Simon D. Halliday, Emily Marshall, Glory Liu, Anthony Underwood, and Doug Norton, "PPE and Civic Thought Programs in American Higher Education." Dashboard
  • Simon D. Halliday, V. Jayaraman, and P. Tripathi, "Teaching an economic model of segregation: Evidence, best responses, an in-class activity, and a critical reflection."
  • Simon D. Halliday, "Reflective writing and course stories in economics teaching."
  • Simon D. Halliday, "Teaching social preferences."
  • Simon D. Halliday and Oumayma Koulouh, "Lies, labor and luck: Comparing lying in real-effort and luck tasks."

Policy and Commentary

  • Malcolm Keswell, Tim Brophy, Simon D. Halliday, and Susan Godlonton, Report to the Department of Land Affairs on the Quality of Life Survey, South Africa, 2008.
  • Gabriel Burdin, Simon Halliday, and Fabio Landini, "Why using technology to spy on home-working employees may be a bad idea," LSE Business Review, 2020. Article