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Research

Working papers and studies of the Behavioral and Experimental Economics Research Lab (BEER Lab) at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

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Working papers

BEER-WP-2026-03 · September 2026

Planning frictions and the incomplete take-up of health investments: The case of HPV vaccination

Julian Peña, Stanislao Maldonado

A randomized trial with 5,907 Colombian parents tested whether a concrete vaccination time or an ownership reminder could help families complete their daughters’ HPV schedule. Suggesting a specific day and time increased second-dose completion by 8.67 percentage points—about doubling the 8.63% control rate—and cost an estimated US$0.38 per additional completion in direct implementation costs. Adding ownership language produced no detectable additional gain.

  • Behavioral health
  • Vaccination
  • Follow-through

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BEER-WP-2026-02 · September 2026

Price distortions and hoarding: An experiment

Edgar Castro, César Martinelli, Nicholas Brown

Price controls encourage hoarding: buyers stock up to protect themselves from being rationed tomorrow, or buy cheap today expecting prices to rise once the control ends. In the lab, when a cap was about to be lifted shortages worsened with experience and the price more than doubled, while under an announced future cap participants stored less than predicted; both controls reduced welfare relative to the free market.

  • Markets
  • Price controls
  • Storage

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Ongoing projects

Ongoing · February–December 2026

Can female role models bring more women into economics?

Stanislao Maldonado (Tecnológico de Monterrey), Edgar Castro (Tecnológico de Monterrey), Elvira Naranjo (Tecnológico de Monterrey), Joana Chapa (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)

A randomized trial in high schools across metropolitan Monterrey studies whether contact with female economists can correct biased beliefs, strengthen quantitative confidence, and broaden students' education choices.

  • Project in progress
  • Gender
  • Education
  • Randomized trial

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