Experimental Economics Program
Experimental Economics Faculty | Recent Publications | Recent Submissions | Recent Grants | Dissertations
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Job Opening: Resource Economics is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Experimental Economics and Public Policy. See the Position Description here.
New Cleve E. Willis Experimental Lab Opening.
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Named in honor of the retiring Dean of the College of Natural Resources and the Environment and former chair of the Department of Resource Economics, the Cleve E. Willis Experimental Economics Laboratory was opened officially on May 2, 2007. Operation of the lab is supported by The Cleve E. Willis Experimental Economics Laboratory Fund. For more on the Willis Lab and Endowment, click here. |
Experimental Economics Faculty
Recent Publications
Oxoby, Robert, J. and John M. Spraggon. “Mine and Yours: Property Rights in Dictator Games.”Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 65 (2008), 703-713.
Spraggon, John and Robert J. Oxoby. 2008. “Game Theory for Playing Games: Participant Sophistication in a Negative Externality Experiment.” Forthcoming in Economic Inquiry.
Velez, Maria Alejandra; John K. Stranlund and James J. Murphy. 2008. “What Motivates Common Pool Resource Users? Experimental Evidence from the Field.” Forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Velez, Maria Alejandra; James J. Murphy, and John K. Stranlund. 2008. “Centralized and Decentralized Management of Local Common Pool Resources in the Developing World: Experimental Evidence from Fishing Communities in Colombia.” Forthcoming in Economic Inquiry.
Atin Basuchoudhary, Chris Metcalf, Kai Pommerenke, David Reiley, Christian Rojas, Marzena Rostek and James Stodder. 2007. “Price Discrimination and Resale: A Classroom Experiment.” Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Education.
Murphy, James J. and John K. Stranlund. 2007. “A Laboratory Investigation of Compliance Behavior under Tradable Emissions Rights: Implications for Targeted Enforcement.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 53(2), 196-212.
Eckel, Catherine, Kate Johnson, Claude Montmarquette and Christian Rojas. 2007. “Debt Aversion and the Demand for Loans for Post-Secondary Education.” Public Finance Review, 35, 233-62.
Oxoby, Robert J. and John M. Spraggon. 2007. “The Effects of Recommended Play on Compliance with Ambient Pollution Targeting Instruments.” Experimental Methods, Environmental Economics, Todd L. Cherry, Stephan Kroll and Jason F. Shogren, (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Murphy, James J. and John K. Stranlund. 2007. “An Investigation of Voluntary Discovery and Disclosure of Environmental Violations Using Laboratory Experiments.” Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics. Todd Cherry, Jason Shogren and Stephan Kroll (eds.) Routledge Publishing .
Murphy, James J. and John K. Stranlund. 2006. “Direct and Market Effects of Enforcing Emissions Trading Programs: An Experimental Analysis.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 61(2), 217-233.
Sheryl Ball, Catherine Eckel and Christian Rojas. 2006. “Technology Improves Learning in Large Principles of Economics Classes: Using our WITS.” American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), 96, 2, 442-6.
Murphy, James J., Thomas H. Stevens and Darryl Weatherhead. 2005. “Is Cheap Talk Effective at Eliminating Hypothetical Bias in a Provision Point Mechanism?” Environmental and Resource Economics, 30(3):327–343.
Spraggon, John M. 2004. “Individual Decision Making in Exogenous Targeting Instrument Experiments.” Experimental Economics, 7, 249-269.
Spraggon, John M. 2004 . “Testing Ambient Pollution Instruments with Heterogeneous Agents.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , 48, 837-856.
Murphy, James J. and Thomas H. Stevens. 2004. “Contingent Valuation, Hypothetical Bias and Experimental Economics.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 33(2):182–192.
Recent Submissions
Oxoby, Robert J. and John Spraggon. 2007. “A Clear and Present Minority: Heterogeneity in the source of endowments and the provision of public goods.” To be revised and resubmitted to the Economic Journal.
Yadav, Lava P., Thomas H.. Stevens and James J. Murphy. 2007. “How do respondents make decisions in contingent valuation experiments?” Under review at Ecological Economics.
Eckel, Catherine, Philip Grossman, Kate Johnson, Angela Milano, Christian Rojas and Rick Wilson. 2007. Are High School Students “ Normal?” A Look at their Altruistic Behavior. Under review at Economics Letters.
Rojas, Christian. 2007. The Role of Information and Monitoring on Collusion. Under review at the American Economic Review.
Spraggon, John. 2007. “Exogenous Targeting Instruments under Differing Information Conditions.” Under review at Public Choice.
Recent Grants
Stranlund, John K. (PI), James Murphy, John Spraggon, Timothy Cason, Vernon Smith, Stephen Rassenti, David Porter. “Experimental Testbeds for New Applications of Environmental Trading Programs.” U. S. Environmental Protection Agency—Science to Achieve Results. 2008-2010. $987,125. Recommended for funding.
Murphy, James J. and John K. Stranlund. “A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Voluntary Approaches to Environmental Protection.” University of Massachusetts Center for Public Policy and Administration, Faculty Development Grant. 2006-2007. $7,500.
Sheryl Ball (PI) and Christian Rojas. National Science Foundation: Grant SES-0526229: “The Role of Information and Monitoring on Cartel Stability: An Experimental Assessment,” 2005-2007. $5,500.
Stranlund, John (PI) and James Murphy. “Economic and Policy Analysis of Local Governance in Latin America.” U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. 2003-2006. $120,000.
Spraggon, John (PI). “Enforcement in Markets for Tradable Emission Permits.” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant 410-2002-0632, 2002-2005, $82,458.
Murphy, James (PI) and John Stranlund. “An Investigation of Compliance Behavior and Enforcement of Emissions Trading Programs Using Laboratory Experiments.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Science to Achieve Results. 2002-2005. $228,000.
Dissertations
Maria Claudia Lopez. Currently Post-Doctoral Fellow, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University. Ph.D Dissertation: Internal, External, and Dual Enforcement to Enhance Conservation of Local Natural Resources: Experimental Evidence from the Field. Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Defended November 2007. Major Advisor: John K. Stranlund.
David M. McEvoy. Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University. Ph.D Dissertation: Enforcing Voluntary Agreements for Environmental Protection: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis. Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Defended August 2007. Major Advisor: John K. Stranlund.
Lava Yadav. Ph.D Dissertation: Hypothetical Bias in Contingent Valuations. Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Defended April 2007. Major Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Maria Alejandra Velez. Currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University. Ph.D Dissertation: Three Essays on the Determinants of Behavior in the Commons: Experimental Evidence from Fishing Communities in Colombia. Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Defended April 2006. Major Advisor: John K. Stranlund.
