Research

Books, publications, working papers, and current projects.

Books

  • Simon D. Halliday and the CORE Econ team, Understanding Our Economy. CORE Econ, forthcoming 2026. Book site.
  • Samuel Bowles and Simon D. Halliday, Microeconomics: Competition, Conflict, and Coordination. Oxford University Press, 2022. Book site and OUP page.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Behavioral and Experimental Economics

  • D. Girardi, S. Mamunuru, Simon D. Halliday, and Samuel Bowles, “Does studying economics make you selfish?” Southern Economic Journal, 2023. DOI.
  • 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. DOI.
  • Gabriel Burdin, Simon D. Halliday, and Fabio Landini, “The hidden benefits of abstaining from control,” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 147, 1-12, 2018.

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. DOI.

Economics Education

  • Simon D. Halliday and S. M. Mamunuru, “Updating our approach to intermediate microeconomics,” The American Economist, 70(2), 2025.
  • 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.
  • Simon D. Halliday, “Data literacy in economic development,” The Journal of Economic Education, 50(3), 284-298, 2019. DOI.
  • Simon D. Halliday, “Promoting an ethical economics classroom through partnership,” International Journal for Students as Partners, 3(1), 182-189, 2019. Article.
  • 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. DOI.

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.
  • 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.” 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.