Anouar's research sits at the intersection of behavioral economics and marketing, focusing on how people value, exchange, and claim ownership of goods. His doctoral work comprised experimental studies on the psychology of property rights, including why people judge physical theft and digital piracy as morally distinct. A second stream, published with Sander Onderstal, experimentally compares reallocation mechanisms for priority queuing. Methodologically, his research centers on incentive-compatible preference elicitation, using Vickrey auctions and related truth-revealing mechanisms to measure genuine willingness to pay. This connects directly to applied pricing and demand estimation, where real financial consequences outperform survey-based intentions.