PhD Candidate Travels the World presenting CBEES Neighborhoods Research

Angela de Oliveira, one of the CBEES affiliated PhD candidates, has spent her summer sharing information about her research in South Dallas with top-quality researchers from around the globe. Angela’s research, which is part of her dissertation and joint work with her advisors Catherine Eckel and Rachel Croson, investigates the use of experiments to measure preferences for cooperation and then explores the stability of these preferences across multiple decision contexts... [more]

CBEES is a venue for bringing together faculty and graduate students who meet the highest standards for experimental research on human behavior in economic settings... [more]

 

Current Projects

• Giving to Government
• Houston Schools Project
• Individual Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Public Good Provision
• Neighborhoods Project
• Towards an Improved Methodology in Analyzing Corruption
• Wireless Interactive Teaching System (WITS)

 

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DFG-NSF Research Conference: Contextualizing Economic Behavior

The National Science Foundation and the Duetsche Forschungsgemeinschaft will co-host a conference August 21-13 in New York City. The objective is to explore the advances in economics, sociology, and psychology with regard to micro and macro modeling of behavior and economic systems... [more]

Vera Holovchenko, Ph.D. presents paper at 2008 IIOC

Vera Holovchenko, Ph.D. presents paper, "An Empirical Model of Firm Entry: New Product Introduction and Brand Proliferation in the Beer Industry" at 6th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference in Washington, D.C. [more]

Steven Walser Presents Undergraduate Research Poster

April 16, 2008 — Steven Walser presented a poster at the Undergraduate Research Poster Competition. The poster was based on the research Steve and Nicholas Travis for an Independent Study project under the supervision of Dr. Catherine Eckel... [more]

Rachel Croson Mentors Junior Faculty at CeMENT Mentoring Workshop

At the most recent ASSA Meetings, Rachel Croson served as a mentor for CeMENT: the CSWEP Mentoring Workshops, sponsored by the American Economic Association, the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession and the National Science Foundation... [more]

CBEES Faculty Present Work at ASSA Annual Meetings

Rachel Croson, Catherine Eckel, and Sherry (Xin) Li each presented papers at the most recent Allied Social Science Association meetings in New Orleans, January 4-6, 2008... [more]

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CBEES Lab

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School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
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