I am an experimental economist at the Research Center for Group Dynamics of
the Institute for Social Research at the
University of Michigan. I received my
Ph.D. in Economics and Mechanism Design from The University of Arizona in 2001;
Vernon Smith was my advisor.
I use laboratory experiments to examine what conditions and
institutions foster cooperation. My main research focuses
on how these issues arise in personal exchange and
bilateral bargaining, and how the phenomenon of trust and
reciprocity in these environments facilitates cooperation.
But it extends beyond simple two-person interactions as
well, including firm-worker interactions, efficiency wages
in labor markets, and also within networks.
My work has been supported by the International Foundation
for Research in Experimental Economics, the Rasmussen
Foundation, the Interdisciplinary Committee for
Organizational Studies at UM, and the National Science
Foundation.
