DR NIKOS NIKIFORAKIS
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WelcomeI am a Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. My main research interests lie in the field of behavioral, experimental and public economics. In particular, I am interested in understanding antisocial and prosocial behavior, social norms, social comparisons and selection in experiments. NewsCheck out ABC's feature on behavioral economics and bubbles aired on March 26, 2009. (Duration: 12 minutes) In April 2009, I gave an interview about behavioral economics, social norm enforcement and laboratory experiments. You can now hear the interview online or download it to your computer and iPod. (Duration: 26 minutes) ResearchPublications"Feedback, Punishment and Cooperation in Public Good Experiments" forthcoming Games and Economic Behavior "Asymmetric Enforcement of Cooperation in a Social Dilemma" (with Hans-Theo Normann and Brian Wallace) forthcoming Southern Economic Journal "Does the Size of the Action Set Matter for Cooperation?" (with Lata Gangadharan) Economics Letters, 104 (2009), 115-117. "A Comparative Statics Analysis of Punishment in Public Goods Experiments", (with Hans-Theo Normann) Experimental Economics,11 (2008), 358-369. "Punishment and
Counter-Punishment in Public Good Games: Can We
Really Govern Ourselves?", Journal of Public Economics,92 (2008),
91-112. "Vertical Cross-Shareholding: Theory and Experimental Evidence",
(with Werner Gueth and Hans-Theo Normann), International Journal of Industrial
Organization, 25 (2007), 69-89. Working Papers"Relative Earnings and Giving in a Real Effort Experiment" (with
Nisvan Erkal and Lata Gangadharan) Dept. Economics, Univ. of Melbourne, Research Paper 1067 revise and resubmit American Economic Review "Feuds in the Laboratory? A Social Dilemma Experiment" (with Dirk Engelmann) Dept. Economics, Univ. of Melbourne, Research Paper 1058 revise and resubmit Journal of Economics Behavior and Organization "Can Real Effort Investments Inhibit the Convergence of Experimental Markets?" (with Tim Cason and Lata Gangadharan) revise and resubmit International Journal of Industrial Organization "Social Comparisons and Reference Group Formation: Some Experimental Evidence" (with Ian McDonald, Nilss Olekalns and Hugh Sibly) Dept. Economics, Univ. of Melbourne, Research Paper 1069 under review "Perfect and Imperfect Real-Time Monitoring in a
Minimum-Effort Game" (with Cary Deck) under review TeachingExperimental Economics (316-346)The main textbook is "Markets, Games, and Strategic Behavior", by Charlie Holt (Pearson Education Inc). Students are strongly encouraged to purchase their own copy of the book. In addition, I will be using articles and chapters from other textbooks which can be found in the outline. All articles are available on the web. The books can be found in the library. Lecture notes and related teaching material can be found on the subject's LMS website. Two important notes: (a) Questions will be preferably asked in class; in this way every student benefits from the question. Organization, Economics and Incentives (316-330)The main textbook is "Incentives: Motivation and the Economics of Information", by Donald E. Cambell (Cambridge Press). Lecture notes and related teaching material can be found on the subject's LMS website. Two important notes: (a) Questions will be preferably asked in class; in this way every student benefits from the question. Useful Links:Here you can find a very nice guide to Stata for beginners, which also includes movies. While I do not plan to use Stata for the course, this link might be useful for your other courses. ExperimentsE2MUI am a member of the E2MU team. E2MU stands for Experimental Economics in Melbourne University. The name is a double reference to the indigenous emu, which together with the kangaroo appears in Australia's Coat of Arms, and the EMU common in experimental economics (Experimental Monetary Unit). Apart from the 'in-house' experimental economists, we are privileged to have a rich list of visitors. For a list click here. Sign up for experimentsIf you want to sign up to participate in our experiments please click here. Building a laboratoryHere you can find a "checklist" for things to consider when building your own laboratory. Opening of our new laboratoryRead about the official opening of the new Experimental Economics Laboratory at the University of Melbourne. Learn about Knowledge Transfer (!) and the omonynous awards by checking the Faculty of Economics & Commerce - Knowledge Transfer Brochure |
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