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  1. Cultural dispositions and economic choice: How field-specific logics shape ‘rational’ economic behaviour

    Article • Acta Sociologica, February 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  2. The upside of uncertainty: how counterfeit risk in secondary markets influences primary luxury sales

    Article • Journal of Business Research, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  3. “Conversing” With Qualitative Data: Enhancing Qualitative Research Through Large Language Models (LLMs)

    Article • International Journal of Qualitative Methods, February 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  4. How Semi-Formal Agreements Help Maintain Dignity in Financial Support Between Loved Ones

    Article • Social Forces, November 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  5. Nurture over nature in economic decision-making

    Article • Socio-Economic Review, October 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  6. How Financial Influencers ("Finfluencers") Are Changing Money Advice in the Social Media Age

    Article • Economy and Society, September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  7. How Time Shapes Relationships and Meaning in Everyday Financial Exchanges

    Article • Theory and Society, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  8. How Gender Shapes the Way Financial Influencers Give and Receive Financial Advice

    Article • Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, January 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  9. Bitcoin’s Competing Visions: From Decentralized Dreams to Corporate Realities

    Article • Anthropology Today, July 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  10. “Conversing” with Qualitative Data: Enhancing Qualitative Research through Large Language Models (LLMs)

    Article • June 2023, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  11. After the boom: Finance and society studies in the 2020s and beyond

    Article • Finance and Society, November 2022, Edinburgh University Library

    Emily Rosamond, Dr. Adam Hayes

  12. How Social Ties and Relationships in the Home Shape Our Decisions About Housing Wealth

    Article • Socio-Economic Review, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  13. How We Choose Between Borrowing from Friends or Using Credit Cards/Banks

    Article • Social Psychology Quarterly, August 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  14. Cryptocurrencies as Self-Contained Economies: A New Way to Understand Digital Money

    Article • Finance and Society, December 2021, Edinburgh University Library

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  15. How Roboadvisors Turn Ordinary Investors into Rational Decision-Makers

    Article • Economy and Society, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  16. How Relationships Influence Risk-Taking for Others: Investing for Loved Ones vs. Ourselves

    Article • Social Forces, April 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  17. Bringing Sociology to Behavioral Economics: Bourdieu’s Insights on Rationality and Social Influence

    Article • Sociological Theory, March 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  18. How Robo-advisors Shape Investors: Algorithms, Behavior, and the Future of Finance

    Article • Socio-Economic Review, October 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  19. Why Retirement Savings Are Treated Different: Social Meaning and Risk in 401(k) Accounts

    Article • Finance and Society, May 2019, Edinburgh University Library

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  20. Was Bitcoin Intended to Be Money? Exploring its Social and Technological Role in the Digital Age

    Article • Theory Culture & Society, February 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  21. Bitcoin price and its marginal cost of production: support for a fundamental value

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  22. Mapping the Bitcoin Economy: Understanding Payment Networks and Business Patterns

    Article • The Journal of Risk Finance, March 2018, Emerald

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  23. Understanding Cryptocurrency Value: What Determines Bitcoin’s Worth?

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  24. Blockchain and Crypto-currencies

    Article • March 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Adam Hayes

  25. Decentralized Banking: Can Crypto Algorithms Replace Central Banks?

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Adam Hayes