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Marcel Zeelenberg studied cognitive psychology at Leiden University, completed his PhD at the Social Psychology Department of the University of Amsterdam (Promotores: Joop van de Pligt, Antony Manstead, Nanne de Vries), did postdocs at Eindhoven University and Sussex University, and joined Tilburg University at January 1, 1998. Marcel is an economic psychologists and tries to understand how people make decisions, and what the role of emotions and motivational factors are in decision making. His published research deals with regret, disappointment, envy, shame, guilt, anger, pride and hope, and also with the psychology of greed. His more applied work examines financial decision making in the context of insurances, taxation, poverty, and people's reactions to behavioral interventions.

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Recent publications

  1. Emotional consequences of social debt sharing in communal relationshi…

    Peng, C., Nelissen, R., & Zeelenberg, M. (2024). Emotional consequences of social debt sharing in communal relationships. Emotion, 24(1), 225–233.
  2. How consumers define brand relationships - A prototype analysis

    Schreuder, P., Zeelenberg, M., & Pronk, T. (2024). How consumers define brand relationships: A prototype analysis. Journal of Product and Brand Management, 33(1), 43-56.
  3. A translation and validation of the dispositional greed scale in Span…

    Estrada Mejia, C., Zeelenberg, M., & Breugelmans, S. (2023). A translation and validation of the dispositional greed scale in Spanish. Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 4(1), 280–291.
  4. A culture of greed - Bubble formation in experimental asset markets w…

    Hoyer, K., Zeisberger, S., Breugelmans, S., & Zeelenberg, M. (2023). A culture of greed: Bubble formation in experimental asset markets with greedy and non-greedy traders. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 212, 32-52.
  5. Further tests of the scarcity and luxury hypotheses in dispositional …

    Hoyer, K., Zeelenberg, M., & Breugelmans, S. (2023). Further tests of the scarcity and luxury hypotheses in dispositional greed: Evidence from two large-scale Dutch and American samples. Current Psychology, 42(14), 12045–12054.

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