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New Faculty Join xs/fs
As a result of the xs/fs Research Group's successful proposal to FSU's Pathways of Excellence initiative, we have been able to hire several new faculty members over the last 3 years. Beginning in 2007 we hired David Cooper (Economics) and Jens Großer (Political Science). In 2008 we hired John Lightle (Economics). Now in 2009 we have added four new faculty members: Eric Coleman (Political Science), John Hamman (Economics), John Ryan (Political Science) and Danila Serra (Economics).
New in 2009
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Danila Serra Danila Serra holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research interests lay mainly in issues of development and political economy, in particular the investigation of the causes of corrupt behavior at the individual decision-making level, and the identification of formal and informal institutions that may oppose corruption and sustain accountability and good governance. Her research papers apply experimental methodologies to the study of these issues. |
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John Hamman John Hamman is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Florida State University. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009. His primary fields of research are experimental and behavioral economics. His current research focuses on the effects of delegation on individual and group decision making. Other ongoing work investigates the ability of individuals and groups to successfully coordinate their behavior. |
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Eric Coleman Eric Coleman received his PhD in public policy from Indiana University where he was affiliated with the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. He joined the Department of Political Science at Florida State University in 2009. His research utilizes laboratory experiments in field settings to examine theories of collective action in environmental policy. He has published or is currently involved with projects in Bolivia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Mallorca (Spain), Mexico, Kenya, and Uganda. |
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John Barry Ryan John Barry Ryan received his Ph.D. in Political Science in 2009 from the University of California, Davis. His research focuses on how individuals use information from the news and their discussion partners to make political decisions. Do poorly informed individuals free ride on the information gathered by their more knowledgeable peers? When messages conflict, which messages do voters use to evaluate candidates and conditions? Current research projects include the effects of political discussion on informed voting decisions, the criteria individuals use in selecting political informants, and the consequences of the criteria the media use to select news stories. |
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New in 2008
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John Lightle John Lightle received his Ph.D. in Economics in 2008 from The Ohio State University. He joined the Department of Economics in the Fall of 2008 as an Assistant Professor. His research focuses on behavioral economics, using both theoretical analysis and controlled laboratory experiments. His specific research interests include the study of information exchange in group decision making, biases involved in information transmission / pooling, the role of informed experts in policy making and the factors involved in reciprocal gift-giving. |
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New in 2007
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David J. Cooper comes to Florida State from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Cooper specializes in the experimental study of game theory. Recent papers of his have studied how learning in games differs between teams and individuals, how incentive systems and communication can be used to increase coordination among employees in a firm, and how communication affects collusion among firms. |
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Jens Großer
studied economics in Marburg, Bonn, and Amsterdam and holds a Master in economics from the University of Bonn. His PhD is from CREED, University of Amsterdam, where his thesis was titled "Voting in the Laboratory." He has been working at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Cologne with his most recent position as a postdoctoral research scholar and lecturer at PLESS (Princeton Laboratory for Experimental Social Science) and the Economics |
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John and Hallie Quinn Graduate Student Fellowship
The XS/FS lab has received an endowment to provide a yearly fellowship to help fund the research of economics graduate students interested in pursuing experimental research.
If you are interested in further information please follow the link below:
John and Hallie Quinn Graduate Student Fellowship in Experimental Economics
Our New Laboratory
The new lab consists of 26 stations with computer screens that are visually isolated to allow for tighter control of information flow during an experiment. The lab is also equipped with two observation stations, one at the front and a separate observation room at the back, as well as audio/video equipment, allowing experimenters a variety of ways to interact with subjects.
In conjunction with the existing lab in the Claude Pepper building (which is equipped with 16 stations and a separate observation room) the new lab allows for much greater flexibility. The new lab's 10 extra seats allow for a broader range of experiments, and with two labs it's now possible to conduct larger experiments and, when necessary, keep subject populations separated.