Alexander L. Brown

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics, Texas A&M University

Research Interests: Experimental Economics, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics, Industrial Organization

Curriculum Vitae

Class Websites: Econ 629 (Fall 2008), Econ 202 (Spring 2009)

 

Publications:

“Collusion Facilitating and Collusion Breaking Power of Simultaneous Ascending Price and Descending Price Auctions” with Charles R. Plott and Heidi J. Sullivan. Economic Inquiry, 47(3): 395-424, July 2009.

“Learning and Visceral Temptation in Dynamic Savings Experiments” with Colin F. Camerer and Zhikang Eric Chua. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(1): 197-231, February 2009. (original version)

“Behavior in a Simplified Stock Market: The Status Quo Bias, the Disposition Effect and the Ostrich Effect” with John H. Kagel. Annals of Finance, 5(1): 1-14, January 2009.

“Economic Approaches to Modeling Self-Control” with Colin F. Camerer. Forthcoming, chapter in Hassin, Ochsner, Trope (Eds.), Theories of Self-Control.

“Investigating Psychology-Influenced Models in Lab, Field and Theory”, Ph.D Dissertation, California Institute of Technology, 2008. (abstract)

 

Research Papers:

“To Review or Not to Review? Limited Strategic Thinking at the Box Office” with Colin F. Camerer and Dan Lovallo.

Research Papers in Progress:

“Experimental Resolution of Uncertainty with Epstein-Zin-Kreps-Porteus Preferences” with Hagen Kim.

“Myopic Loss Aversion in Dynamic Savings Experiments” with Colin F. Camerer.

“Endogenous Time Preferences and Personal Rules.”

 

Research Ideas in Progress:

“Myopic Loss Aversion in Experimental Earnings Reports.”

“An Experimental Investigation of Moral Hazard with the Hindsight Bias."

 

Contact Info:

3056 Allen Building

Department of Economics

Texas A&M University, 4228 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843-4228

Office:

(979) 862-8084

Lab:

(979) 845-9951

Fax:

(979) 847-8757

 

Email:

abrown (at) econmail (period) tamu (period) edu

 

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Last revised: July 24, 2009