2009 Sessions for the Economic Science Association

Session 05A* How Decisions Are Made
Session 05B* Complete and Incomplete Contracting Experiments
Session 05C* Risk Attitudes
Session 05D* Information Experiments
Session 05F* Cooperation and Demographics
Session 05G* What Makes Us Nice
Session 05I* Experiments for the Common Good
Session 05J* Understanding Social Behavior

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*/ESA
Session 05A*
How Decisions Are Made

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Salar Jahedi, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"Does Playing Against An Error Prone Opponent Influence Learning?"
Carl Nicholas McKinney, Rhodes College (Contact Author)
John Van Huyck, Texas A&M University

"Age Effects and Choice Complexity: The Endowment Effect"
Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University
Mike Shor, Vanderbilt University

"An Experimental Study of Case-Based Decision Theory and the Formation of Social Networks"
Elizabeth Watson, Trinity University (Contact Author)
Ted Turocy, Texas A&M University

"A Taste for Bargains"
Salar Jahedi, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kyle Hyndman, Southern Methodist University
Elizabeth Watson, Trinity University
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Laura Razzolini, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*/ESA
Session 05B*
Complete and Incomplete Contracting Experiments

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy

Papers:

"A Model of Moral Hazard with Inequity Aversion: An Experimental Test"
Kirill Chernomaz, San Francisco State University (Contact Author)

"Does Telecommuting Affect Productivity?"
Glenn Dutcher, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"A Behavioral Model of Multilateral Bargaining and Holdout: Theory and Experimental Evidence"
Kurtis J. Swope, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)
John Cadigan, Gettysburg College
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy
Robert Shupp, Michigan State University

"Contracts, Behavior, and the Land Assembly Problem: Theory and Experimental Evidence"
Kurtis J. Swope, United States Naval Academy
Ryan Wielgus, United States Naval Academy
John Cadigan, Gettysburg College
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kurtis J. Swope, United States Naval Academy
Natalia Candelo Londono, The University of Texas at Dallas
Mark F. Owens, Middle Tennessee State University
Kirill Chernomaz, San Francisco State University

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA*/ESA
Session 05C*
Risk Attitudes

Organizers:

Philip J. Grossman, St. Cloud State University

Session Chairs:

Philip J. Grossman, St. Cloud State University

Papers:

"Risk Taking: Pairs Versus Individuals"
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Jungmin Lee, Florida International University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas
Christopher Rosen, University of Arkansas

"Non-Linear Mixed Logit and the Characterization of Individual Heterogeneity"
Steffen Andersen, Copenhagen Business School
Glenn W. Harrison, University of Central Florida (Contact Author)
Arne Hole, University of Sheffield
Elisabet Rutström, University of Central Florida

"Measuring Risk Attitudes: Skewed Preferences or a Preference for Skewness"
Philip J. Grossman, St. Cloud State University (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

Discussants:

Philip J. Grossman, St. Cloud State University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas
Glenn W. Harrison, University of Central Florida

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*/ESA
Session 05D*
Information Experiments

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Kyle Hyndman, Southern Methodist University

Papers:

"Information Diffusion, Under Reaction and Momentum Trading"
Shengle Lin, Chapman Unviersity (Contact Author)

"Performance and Properties of Prediction Contests"
Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston (Contact Author)

"On the Role of Information and Strategic Delay in Coordination "
Kyle Hyndman, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston
Shengle Lin, Chapman Unviersity
John Van Huyck, Texas A&M University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*/ESA
Session 05F*
Cooperation and Demographics

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

John Van Huyck, Texas A&M University

Papers:

"Race, Community and Local Public Good Provision"
Angela C. M. de Oliveira, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Distinguishing Proposer's Behavior in the Ultimatum Game in 11 Mexican Villages: Altruism, Risk Preferences and Beliefs"
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas
Cathleen Johnson, University of Arizona
Natalia Candelo Londono, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Preferences, Demographics, and Games"
John Van Huyck, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Sung Ick Cho, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

Jason Delaney, Georgia State University
Glenn Dutcher, Florida State University
Chetan Dave, The University of Texas at Dallas

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*/ESA
Session 05G*
What Makes Us Nice

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Mark F. Owens, Middle Tennessee State University

Papers:

"Anatomy of the Credit Score: Impulsivity, Risk and Time"
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Shweta Arya, The University of Texas at Dallas
Derrick McKenzie, The University of Texas at Dallas
Daniel OíSullivan, The University of Texas at Dallas
Adam Pierce, The University of Texas at Dallas
Colin Wichman, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Do Culturally Identifying Names Matter in Competitive Markets? Evidence from a Field Experiment"
Adam Hogan, Middle Tennessee State University
R. Stephen Howard, Middle Tennessee State University
John M. Nunley, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Mark F. Owens, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Analyzing Nepotism: Impacts of Group Identity on Social Efficiency"
Sheheryar Banuri, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas
Rick K. Wilson, Rice University

"Experimental Social Choice Theory and the Battle of the Sexes"
Sheryl Ball, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Chetan Dave, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Stefan Dodds, Carleton University

Discussants:

Salar Jahedi, University of Arkansas
Sheheryar Banuri, The University of Texas at Dallas
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Carl Nicholas McKinney, Rhodes College

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*/ESA
Session 05I*
Experiments for the Common Good

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Sheryl Ball, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Papers:

"Tragedy of the Common Canal: A Classroom Experiment"
Charles A. Holt, University of Virginia (Contact Author)
Cathleen Johnson, University of Arizona

"Local Context, Social Interactions, and Public Goods"
Tammy C.M. Leonard, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Angela C. M. de Oliveira, University of Massachusetts Amherst

"An Experimental Test of Pigovian Taxation"
Jason Delaney, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Risk Aversion and Tax Compliance Messages: Why Do People Pay?"
Sheryl Ball, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Contact Author)
Mollie Adams, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Discussants:

Sheryl Ball, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Charles A. Holt, University of Virginia
Angela C. M. de Oliveira, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tammy C.M. Leonard, The University of Texas at Dallas

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*/ESA
Session 05J*
Understanding Social Behavior

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Edward Millner, Virginia Commonwealth University

Papers:

"Does Role-Reversal Affect Trust? Design Matters"
Daniel Hall, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Molecular Rationality: An Evolutionary and Molecular Model of Economic Rationality"
Angela A Stanton, Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and the Max Planck Institute for Economics (Contact Author)

"Giving and GARP"
Oleg Korenok, Virginia Commonwealth University
Edward Millner, Virginia Commonwealth University (Contact Author)
Laura Razzolini, Virginia Commonwealth University

Discussants:

Angela A Stanton, Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and the Max Planck Institute for Economics
Edward Millner, Virginia Commonwealth University
Daniel Hall, Georgia State University

 

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