Instructors

Experimental Economics Workshop Team

Member Position Academic Institution
Vincenzina Caputo Director Michigan State University  
Carola Grebitus Co-Director

Arizona State University
David Just Board Cornell University
Jayson Lusk Board Oklahoma State University
Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr Board Texas A&M University
Matthew Rousu Board Susquehanna University

Biographies

Vincenzina Caputo

Professor and Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair in Consumer and Food Economics, Director of the Food Choice Lab in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

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.

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Carola Grebitus

Dean's Council Distinguished Professor and Director of the Consumer Food and Agribusiness Research Lab in the Morrison School of Agribusiness, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

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.

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David Just

Susan Eckert Lynch Professor in Science and Business in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

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 healthier food choices.

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Jayson Lusk

Vice President and Dean, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University

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

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Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr.

Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr. 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.

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Matthew Rousu

Professor and Dean, Sigmund Weis School of Business, Susquehanna University

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.

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