Anirudh Tagat

Monk Prayogshala, Economics, Faculty Member

Institute of Rural Management Anand, RBI Endowment Unit, Consultant Research Analyst

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Empirical social science researcher with interests in behavioural economics, experimental economics, applied microeconomics, development economics, and individual decision-making. Currently working in research and training with Mumbai-based academic research institution Monk Prayogshala.

Previously researching at the RBI Endowment Unit, Institute for Rural Management Anand (IRMA) with Professor Hari K. Nagarajan. Based in India, previously worked at Washington, D.C.-based action-tank, EMBARQ India, developing solutions for sustainable transport in emerging economies.
Supervisors: Abhinay Muthoo, Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize, Vani K. Borooah, and Hari K. Nagarajan

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How to Catch ’Em All? An Investigation of Personality and Gameplay Styles in Pokémon GO

PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Pokémon GO is a 2016, augmented reality (AR) video game requiring players to move around in the r... more Pokémon GO is a 2016, augmented reality (AR) video game requiring players to move around in the real world and catch Pokémon to complete their collection. Examining different gameplay styles and user psychology in AR games can provide important insights for gameplay design. As multiple self- and other-beneficial strategies can be used to advance in the game, the present study investigated personality and behavioral correlates of four kinds of gameplay: independent, social-dependent, active, and invested. A multinational sample of current Pokémon GO players was recruited (N = 516, Mage = 28.83 years, SD = 9.25) and responded to measures of bright and dark personality traits, as well as a questionnaire on Pokémon GO gameplay behaviors. Results indicated that older players and those with multiple accounts were more likely to engage in most forms of gameplay; further, women were less likely to be active players. Among personality traits, psychopathy was a strong predictor of independent...

No Going Back: COVID-19 Disease Threat Perception and Migrants’ Willingness to Return to Work in India

SSRN Electronic Journal

Jati, Local Public Goods and Village Governance: Private Actions and Public Outcomes

Economic and Political Weekly, 2019

Cooperation and Punishment in Inter-group Settings

The study aims to examine cooperation and costly punishment in inter-groups, using a dual process... more

Fifty shades of creativity: Case studies of malevolent creativity in art, science, and technology

The darker shades of creativity have recently attracted great interest because negative and malev... more The darker shades of creativity have recently attracted great interest because negative and malevolent creativity are found in multiple domains. It is easier to conceive of creative acts that meet negative goals as uncreative, primarily because of their immoral and unethical nature. However, a complete understanding of the creativity construct may be obtained by assessing it within a valenced framework, wherein each component of creativity is positive or negative. In this qualitative account of malevolent creativity, we review manifestations of such creativities in the contexts of art, science, and technology. That is, original and subjectively useful actions taken by actors in each of these domains, which meet negative goals, with the deliberate intent to harm another individual or society at large. First, a brief review of literature in the areas of dark, negative, and malevolent creativity is presented. Second, qualitative accounts of malevolent creativity in art (forgery), science (academic dishonesty), and technology (cybercrime) are analyzed through D. H. Cropley‘s (2010) framework integrating valence and Rhodes‘ (1961) four Ps model of creativity. Each domain is first examined independently; subsequently, attempts are made to identify commonalities underlying malevolent creative behaviours across domains. Suggestions for future research in this emerging subfield of creativity are provided.

An Experimental Investigation of Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Rural India

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016

This study aims to investigate intra-household bargaining outcomes elicited in an artefactual fie... more This study aims to investigate intra-household bargaining outcomes elicited in an artefactual field experiment design where participants completed a purchase task of real commodities. Married couples separately expressed their initial preferences over commodities. The bargaining process in the experiment was exogenously introduced by sharing information about partners' preferences in the treatment group. We hypothesized that the spouse with weaker bargaining position at the household level would consider the information of their partner's preferences while making own consumption decisions more compared to their partner. Therefore, they may deviate from their own preferences when purchasing commodities. More than 230 married couples from two villages in the Tamil Nadu state of India participated in the experiment. It was observed that information about partners' spending preferences resulted in reduced final allocations for female participants. However, the deviation was not significantly different from the original intention to spend. Therefore, information about partners' preferences may not be an effective medium to elicit bargaining power in the context of jointly-consumed household commodities. Subgroup analyses were performed to identify any heterogeneous treatment effects.

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