Dr Steven Tucker
Position
Senior Lecturer
Associate Editor New Zealand Economic Papers
Director of the New Zealand Experimental Economics Laboratory (NZEEL)
Qualifications
B.A. (Economics) (University of Colorado, Boulder)
1996
M.S. (Economics) (Purdue University) 1998
Ph.D. (Economics) (Purdue University) 2002
Awards
Early Career Research Excellence Award 2007 of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand
College of Business and Economics Early Career Researcher of the Year Award 2006
Room
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364
2521
Internal Phone: 6521
Email:
steven.tucker@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Economics and Finance
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Courses
Econ 231-W Microeconomic Theory and Applications
Econ 330-S2 Strategic Behavior of Firms
Econ 333-S2 Experimental Economics
Research Interests
- Experimental Economics
- Behavioural Economics
Current Projects
"Comment on Promises and Partnership," with Cary Deck and Maroš Servátka, 2011 [download]
“Strategic Use of Trust,” with Maroš Servátka and Radovan Vadovič [download]
“An Experimental Study of Bubble Formation in Asset Markets Using the Tatonnement Pricing Mechanism,” with Volodymyr Lugovskyy and Daniela Puzzello. [download]
“The Effect of Ostracism on Social Norms: An Experimental Study.” with Roman Sheremeta and Jingjing Zhang.
“Creating Self-Sustained Social Norms through Communication and Ostracism.” with Roman Sheremeta and Jingjing.
“Criminal Behavior and Deterrence: An Experimental Study” with Dmitri Nizovtsev.
"Debt Relief in the Presence of Multiple Creditors: An Experimental Study" with Vivian Lei and Filip Vesely.
Publications
“Building Trust One Gift at a Time,” with Maroš Servátka and Radovan Vadovič, Games, forthcoming.
“Words Speak Louder than Money,” with Maroš Servátka and Radovan Vadovič, Journal of Economic
Psychology, forthcoming. [download]
“Experimental Investigation of Overdissipation in the All Pay Auction," with Volodymyr Lugovskyy and Daniela Puzzello, European Economic Review, Vol. 54, 2010, pages 974-97,[download].
“Forgive or Buy Back: An Experimental Study of Debt Relief,” with Vivian Lei and Filip Vesely, Review of Economic Design, Vol. 14, Issue 3, September 2010, pages 291-309. [download]
“Laboratory Experiments in Economics, Finance and Political Science,” with Charles Noussair, Maroš Servátka, and Radovan Vadovič, New Zealand Economic Papers: Special Issue on Experimental Economics, Vol. 43, No. 2, August 2009. [download]
“Foreign Aid and Weakest-Link International Public Goods: An Experimental Study,” with Vivian Lei and Filip Vesely, European Economic Review, Vol. 51, No. 3, April 2007, pages 599-623. [download]
“Public Observability of Decisions and Voluntary Contributions in a Multi-Period Context,” with Charles Noussair, Public Finance Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, March 2007, pages 176-98. [download]
“Futures Markets and Bubble Formation in Experimental Asset Markets,” with Charles Noussair, Pacific Economic Review (Special Issue: Experimental Methods in Economics and Finance), Vol. 11, No. 2, June 2006, pages 167-84. [download]
“Combining Monetary and Social Sanctions to Promote Cooperation,” with Charles Noussair, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 43, July 2005, pages 649-660. [download]
“Rate-of-Return Dominance and Efficiency in an Experimental Economy,” with Gabriele Camera and Charles Noussair, Economic Theory, Vol. 22, No. 3, October, 2003, pages 629-60. Reprinted in New Developments in Experimental Economics, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2007. [download]
“Monetary and Non-Monetary Punishment in the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism,” with David Masclet, Charles Noussair and Marie-Claire Villeval, American Economic Review, Vol. 93, No. 1, March, 2003, pages 366-80. [download]
Guest Editorship
New Zealand Economic Papers: Special Issue on Experimental Economics, Volume 43, Issue 2, August 2009 (with Charles Noussair and Maros Servatka)