My main research interests are political economy, experimental economics, the economics of science and the economics of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. My Google Scholar profile can be found here.


Political Economy

Al-Ubaydli, O. and S. Burkard (2019). “International relations in the post-globalization era,” ECSSR 2018 Annual Conference Proceedings.

Al-Ubaydli, O. and P. McLaughlin (2017). “RegData: a numerical database on industry-specific regulations for all U.S. industries and federal regulations, 1997-2012,” Regulation and Governance, 11(1). Supporting website: http://regdata.mercatus.org/

Al-Ubaydli, O., G. Jones and J. Weel (2015). “Average player traits as predictors of cooperation in a repeated prisoner's dilemma,” Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 64.

Al-Ubaydli, O., K. McCabe and P. Twieg (2014). “Can more be less? An experimental test of the resource curse,” Journal of Experimental Political Science, 1(1).

Al-Ubaydli, O., G. Jones and J. Weel (2013). “Patience, cognitive skill and coordination in the repeated stag hunt,” Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics, 6(2).

Al-Ubaydli, O., D. Houser, J. Nye, M. Pia Paganelli and X. Pan (2013). “The causal effect of market participation on trust: An experimental investigation using randomized control,” Public Library of Science One, 8(3).

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2012). “Natural resources and the tradeoff between authoritarianism and development,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 81(1).

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2011). “How large looms the ghost of the past? State-dependence vs. heterogeneity in the stag hunt,” Southern Economic Journal, 78(2).
 

Behavioral Economics

Al-Ubaydli, O. and J. List (2019). “How natural field experiments have enhanced our understanding of unemployment,” Nature Human Behaviour, 3(1).

Yeomans, M. and O. Al-Ubaydli (2018). “How does fundraising affect volunteering? Evidence from a natural field experiment,” Journal of Economic Psychology, 64(2).

Al-Ubaydli, O. and M. Yeomans (2017). “Are people more willing to donate when they perceive a known single beneficiary? A field experimental test of the identifiability effect,” Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 66.

Al-Ubaydli, O., S. Andersen, U. Gneezy and J. List (2015). “Carrots that look like sticks: Toward an understanding of multitasking incentive schemes,” Southern Economic Journal, 81(3).

Al-Ubaydli, O. and M. S. Lee (2012). “Do you reward and punish in the way others expect you to?,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 41(3).

Al-Ubaydli, O. and M. S. Lee (2011). “Can tailored communications motivate environmental volunteers? A field experiment,” American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), 101(3).

Al-Ubaydli, O., U. Gneezy, J. List and M. S. Lee (2010). “Toward an understanding of the relative strengths of positive and negative reciprocity,” Judgment and Decision Making, 5(7).

Al-Ubaydli, O. and M. S. Lee (2009). “An experimental study of asymmetric reciprocity.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 72(2).
 

Markets and Trade

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2020). “Understanding How the Coronavirus Affects the Global Economy: A Guide for Non-Economists?,” Derasat Policy Paper.

“Negotiation as the art of the deal,” (joint with Matthew Jackson, Hugo Sonnenschein, Yiqing Xing, and Christis Tombazos).

Al-Ubaydli, O. and J. List (2016). “Field experiments in markets,” in Banarjee, A. and E. Duflo (eds) Handbook of Economic Field Experiments, Elsevier.

“Markets as economizers of information: Field experimental examination of the ‘Hayek Hypothesis’,” (joint with Peter Boettke).

“The nature of excess: using randomized treatments to investigate price dynamics,” (joint with John List and Mike Price). NBER working paper 16319.
 

Economics of the Arabian Gulf Countries

Weiss, G., O. Al-Ubaydli, Y. Elsheshtawy, M. Kamiya, M. Prakash, and D. Rifai (forthcoming). The State of Arab Cities Report 2020. UN Habitat.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (forthcoming). “Radical Participation: the Promise of the Sharing Economy,” The State of Arab Cities 2020 Report Background Paper.

عمر العبيدلي (2020). "الآثار الاقتصادية لتهديدات الأمن البحري في الخليج العربي"، دراسات 11.

Alnaser, W., M. Abdel-Aty and O. Al-Ubaydli (2020). “Mathematical Prospective of Coronavirus Infections in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Egypt,” Information Sciences Letters, 7(2).

Kishk, A. and O. Al-Ubaydli (2020). Bahrain Strategic Report 2019. Derasat.

عمر العبيدلي (2019). "ضريبة القيمة المضافة وتأثيرها على اقتصادات دول الخليج العربي"، دراسات 10.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2019). “Innovation in Bahrain: A Critical Analysis,” Eastern Analytics, 2019(3).

عمر العبيدلي (2019). "تأثير الخلافات التجارية بين الولايات المتحدة وشركائها الأوروبيين على اقتصادات الدول الخليجية"، دراسات 9.

Kishk, A. and O. Al-Ubaydli (2019). Bahrain Strategic Report 2018. Derasat.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2019). “Will the US economy experience a recession, and what will be the effects on the GCC economy?,” Derasat Policy Paper.

Naumann, C., O. Al-Ubaydli, G. Abdulla, and A Alabbasi (2018). Bahrain National Human Development Report. United Nations Development Programme.

Al-Ubaydli, O. and E. Jones (2018). “GCC economic integration: opportunities and challenges,” Bahrain Human Development Report Background Paper.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2018). “How tourism can contribute to sustainable growth in Bahrain,” Bahrain Human Development Report Background Paper.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2018). “Subsidizing Basic Commodities in the Gulf Arab States: Distortive and Regressive,” AGSIW Visions of Change Series.

Mollet, P., Al-Mubarak, I., Efird, B., Al Muhanna, S., and O. Al-Ubaydli (2018). “Assessment of the Political Feasibility of Developing a GCC Power Market,” KAPSARC Discussion Paper.

Al-Ubaydli, O. and G. Abdulla (2018). “Forging a Centralized GCC Renewable Energy Policy,” in Akhonbay (ed) The Economics of Renewable Energy in the Gulf, Routledge.

Al-Ubaydli, O. and G. Gukasian (2016). “Russian and GCC Perspectives: OPEC, Russia, and falling oil prices,” Derasat Policy Paper.

عمر العبيدلي (2016). "هيكل مجلس التعاون الخليجي: أهمية تجنّب أخطاء الاتحاد الأوروبي"، مؤسسة الفكر العربي.

Al-Ubaydli, O. and G. Abdulla (2016). “التكامل الاقتصادي الخليجي: توصيات بناءً على خبرة المجتمع الدولي في تفعيل الاتفاقيات الدولية,” Attawun (التعاون), 89.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2016). “Market and hierarchical interactions between east and west Asian oil sectors: theory and practice,” in Lester, L. (ed) Energy Relations and Policy Making in Asia, Palgrave.

عمر العبيدلي (2016). "العلاقات الخليجية-الروسية في مجال النفط: الماضي والمستقبل"، آراء حول الخليج 103.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2016). “Disputes between oil producers: Repercussions for oil prices and production,” ECSSR 2016 Energy Conference Proceedings.

عمر العبيدلي وعبدالعزيز الدوسري (2016). "توظيف منظمات حماية البيئة العالمية لخدمة المصالح النفطية لدى دول مجلس التعاون في عصر النفط الصخري"، دراسات 5.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2015). “The Economics of Migrant Workers in the GCC,” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington Issue Paper #10.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2015). “Book review for Abdul Azim Islahi, History of Islamic Economic Thought (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar),” Journal of the History of Economic Thought, in press.

عمر العبيدلي (2015). "الاتحاد الخليجي كمشروع اقتصادي"، آراء حول الخليج 96.

عمر العبيدلي (2015). "التنمية الاقتصاديّة الخليجيّة: توصيات بناءً على أزمة الدَّيْن اليونانيّة"، دراسات 3.

عمر العبيدلي (2014). "مجلس ”التنسيق“ وليس ”التعاون“: تحدّيات الاتحاد أمام الدول الأعضاء"، السياسة الدولية 196.

عمر العبيدلي وغادة البستكي (2014). "التحديات الاقتصادية الخليجية: حلول بناءة وحلول ذات مجموع صفري"، دراسات 1.

Al-Ubaydli, O. and A. Plebani (Editors) (2014). GCC Relations with Post-War Iraq: A Strategic Perspective. Gulf Research Center.

Abdulghaffar, M., O. Al-Ubaydli and O. Mahmood (2013). “The malfunctioning of the Gulf Cooperation Council single market: features, causes and remedies,” Middle Eastern Finance and Economics, 19.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2012). “السوق الخليجية المشتركة: تحديات وآفاق مستقبلية” Derasat Policy Paper.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2012). “The Gulf Cooperation Council single market and monetary union: an economic analysis of the theoretical underpinnings, the future prospects and lessons from the European Union,” Derasat Policy Paper.

Al-Ubaydli, O. (2012). “Economic freedom in the Gulf Cooperation Council and Turkey: a short introduction to opportunities for mutual enhancement,” Derasat Policy Paper.
 

Epistemology and the Economics of Science

Al-Ubaydli, O., J. List, and D. Suskind (forthcoming). “The science of using science: Toward an understanding of the threats to scalability” International Economic Review.

Al-Ubaydli, O., M. Lee, J. List, C. Mackevicius and D. Suskind (forthcoming). “How Can Experiments Play a Greater Role in Public Policy? 12 Proposals from an Economic Model of Scaling,” Behavioral Public Policy.

Al-Ubaydli, O., M. Lee, J. List and D. Suskind (forthcoming). “The science of using science: A new framework for understanding the threats to scaling evidence-based policies,” in List, J., D. Suskind and L. Supplee (eds) The Scale-Up Effect.

Al-Ubaydli, O., J. List, D. LoRe and D. Suskind (2017). “Scaling for Economists: Lessons from the Non-Adherence Problem in the Medical Literature,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 31(4).

Al-Ubaydli, O., J. List and D. Suskind (2017). “What Can We Learn from Experiments? Understanding the Threats to the Scalability of Experimental Results,” American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), 107(5).

Al-Ubaydli, O. and J. List (2015). “Do natural field experiments afford researchers more or less control than laboratory experiments? A simple model,” American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), 105(5).

Al-Ubaydli, O. and J. List (2015). “On the generalizability of experimental results in economics,” in Frechette, G. and A. Schotter (eds) Handbook of Experimental Economic Methodology, Oxford University Press.

Young, N., Ioannidis, J. and O. Al-Ubaydli (2008). “Why current publication practices may distort science,” Public Library of Science Medicine, 5(10).

Kealey, T. and O. Al-Ubaydli (2001). “A critique of science and R&D based models of endogenous growth,” Knowledge, Technology and Policy, 13(4).

Kealey, T. and O. Al-Ubaydli (2000). “Should governments fund science?,” Economic Affairs, 20(3).

Al-Ubaydli, O. and T. Kealey (2000). “Endogenous growth theory: a critique,” Economic Affairs, 20(3).