Michael Alter, Brandon Li, Todd Messer and Dmitry Zhdankin were given prestigious Henry Rutgers Awards for their senior theses in economics. We are very proud of these students who spent the entire year working on economic research under the guidance of professors from the department and our undergraduate honors program director, Professor Joseph Hughes. This is a very high honor, arguably the highest award Rutgers gives its undergraduates. The names of the award winners, titles of their senior honors theses, and faculty advisers are as follows:
News & Events
Professor Jennifer Hunt on PBS Newshour
Professor Jennifer Hunt's research featured on PBS Newshour.
Prof Eugene White and doctoral candidate Ebru Isgin win teaching awards
Professor Eugene White and doctoral candidate Ebru Isgin have been chosen to receive SAS Awards for Distinguished Contributions in Undergraduate Education. The department is proud of their accomplishments in the classroom and as mentors. At the ceremony held on May 2, Executive Dean Douglas Greenberg said the following about the honorees.
Experimental Economics Workshop Series
Coordinator: Barry Sopher
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All talks take place in room 101, New Jersey Hall, at 75 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ.
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Meeting time is 11:30am-1:00pm unless otherwise noted.
Spring 2012
Jan. 27 - Note: 1pm starting time
Ebru Isgin, Rutgers University
“Information Transparency, Fairness Intentions and Labor Market Efficiency”
Feb 3
Jeff Birchby, Rutgers University
“Communication, Coordination and Fairness in a Median Game”
Feb 10
Steve Gazzillo, Rutgers University
“Emergence of Risk Sharing in a Stochastic Environment”
Feb 17
Barry Sopher, Rutgers University
“Efficiency-Enhancing Protocols for Two-Person Games: An Experimental Study of Mechanisms for Bilateral Trade”
Feb 24
John Smith, Rutgers University-Camden
“Cognitive Load in the Multi-player Prisoners’ Dilemma Game: Are There Brains in Games?”
March 2
Ernest Lai, Lehigh University
“A Game-Theoretic Approach to Randomized Response”
March 9
Emanuel Vespa, New York University
"Communication with multiple senders and multiple dimensions: An Experiment"
March 23
Sean Crockett, Baruch College, CUNY
“Momentum Trading Through Reference Dependent Preferences”
March 30
Mary Rigdon, Rutgers University
“Behavioral Economics and Social Preferences”
April 6
Joseph Tao-yi Wang, National Taiwan University
“Risk-Taking in Tournaments”
China Studies Seminar Series
China Studies Seminar Series
Monday, January 23, 2012
2:45pm - 04:15pm, NJH, 3rd Floor Library
Shuang Zhang, Cornell University
"Mother's Education and Infant Health: Evidence from Closure of High Schools in China"
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
10:30am - 12:00pm, NJH, 3rd Floor Library
Xi Chen, Dryson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
"Identification of Stigma Behavior through Social Networks: Blood Plasma Donation, Peer Effects and Status Seeking"
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Monday, January 30, 2012, 02:45pm - 04:15pm
NJH, 3rd Floor Library
Luhang Wang, University of Toronto
"Quality, Input Choices and Learning by Exporting: Evidence from Chinese Exporters"
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
11:15am - 12:45pm, NJH, 3rd Floor Library
Binxiao Wu, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
"Moral Hazard in Expert Service Markets - Evidence from an Intervention to Reduce Health Care Spending in China"
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Monday, February 6, 2012
2:45pm - 04:15pm, NJH, 3rd Floor Library
Jing Cai, University of Carlifornia – Berkeley
"Social Networks and the Decision to Insure: Evidence from Random Experiments in China"
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