Experimental Economics Workshop Team

Member Position Academic Institution Carola Grebitus Director Arizona State University Vincenzina Caputo Co-Director Michigan State University David Just Board Cornell University Jayson Lusk Board Purdue University Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr. Board Texas A&M University Matthew Rousu Board Susquehanna University

Biographies
 

Vincenzina Caputo

Director Choice Modeling Summer School MSU Assistant Professor, Michigan State University View Biography

Vincenzina Caputo is an expert in designing food choice experiment surveys and analyzing advanced discrete choice models. She has made several theoretical and methodological contributions in this area.

Carola Grebitus

Director Food and Agribusiness (FAB) Lab Associate Professor of Food Industry Management, Arizona State University

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Carola Grebitus is an expert in designing surveys and experiments to answer research questions in applied and agricultural economics, with applied and methodological contributions in the field using a variety of methods including eye tracking and sensory tests.

David Just

Area Coordinator for Applied Economics and Policy in the Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business at Cornell University Director of the Institute for Behavioral Economics and Consumer Choice, Cornell University

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David Just is an expert in using the tools of psychology and economics to examine important ways in which misperception and emotion can drive economic decisions. David has conducted dozens of field and laboratory experiments identifying the subtle factors in the environment that can lead both children and adults to make the healthier food choices.

Jayson Lusk

Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics Distinguished Professor at Purdue University View Biography

Jayson Lusk is an expert in choice experiments and experimental auctions, and has conducted numerous studies related to food and agricultural economics.

Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr.

Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Professor at Texas A&M University View Biography

Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr. is is an expert in choice experiments and experimental auctions, and has conducted numerous studies related to food and agricultural economics with particular interest on the economics of food valuation, consumption, policy, and health.

Matthew Rousu

Dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business and Professor of Economics Susquehanna University

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Matthew Rousu is an expert in experimental auctions, and particularities of conducting experiments in agricultural and applied economics, such as, dealing with deception. His contributions range from the food and ag space to the medical field encompassing warnings on cigarette packs.