Amos Schurr
Amos Schurr is from Israel. Senior Lecturer at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He holds a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from The Technion, Haifa.
Amos overarching research interest is rooted in understanding human behavior. Using methods of behavioral research, he conducts experimental research and tries to apply his findings to managerial and organizational settings. His work revolves around three main themes: behavioral ethics (e.g. the effect of competition on dishonesty), behavioral economics (e.g. the relationship between ownership status and prices) and behavioral law (e.g. how heuristics and biases in decision-making affect people’s interpretations, understanding and evaluations of the law in general and contractual obligation in particular). Amos research has appeared in peer-reviewed academic journals such as PNAS, Management Science, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Judgment and Decision-Making, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies as well as in media outlets such as Scientific American, The Washington Post, The Jerusalem Post, NPR and CBC radio.