Jeffrey A. Livingston is an Associate Professor of Economics at Bentley University. He is currently on sabbatical serving as a Visiting Scholar at the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory at the University of Chicago. His research interests include many issues in Behavioral Economics. His current research focuses on exploring whether and how social preferences can affect market outcomes.
Articles
A Hedonic Approach to Testing for Indirect Network Effects in the LCD Television Market (with Ortmeyer David, Patrick A. Scholten, and Wilson Wong), Applied Economics Letters (2013)
Using data from CNet's Shopper's.com on prices and television characteristics, we use a quality-adjusted, hedonic...
The hot hand and the cold hand in professional golf, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2012)
Previous studies have shown that people believe in the existence of the “hot hand” effect:...
The Behavior of Inexperienced Bidders in Internet Auctions, Economic inquiry (2010)
In Internet auctions, bidders alter their strategies as they gain market experience. While inexperienced bidders...
Functional Forms in Studies of Reputation in Online Auctions, Electronic Commerce Research (2010)
Many studies have examined how various factors affect prices in online auctions. These studies assume...
Do Countercyclical-Weekend Effects Persist in Online Retail Markets? (with Patrick Scholten and Jihui Chen), Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (2009)
Contrary to classical economic price theory, Warner and Barsky [Warner, Elizabeth J., and Barsky, Robert...
Contributions to Books
The Psychology of Economics in Decision Making: A Review (with Michael Quinn), Psychology of Decision Making in Economics, Business and Finance (2008)
Decentralization in Uganda (with Omar Azfar and Patrick Meagher), Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective (2006)
The theory of fiscal federalism provides several reasons to expect better public service delivery if...
What Attracts a Bidder to a Particular Internet Auction?, Organizing the New Industrial Economy (Advances in Applied Microeconomics, Volume 12) (2003)
Livingston (2002) shows that bidders in Internet auctions are easily convinced of a seller’s trustworthiness:...
Unpublished Papers
Harnessing Complementarities in the Education Production Function (with John A. List and Susanne Neckermann) (2012)
Studies which seek to estimate components of the education production function, especially those that employ...
A Step Ahead? Experienced Play in the P-Beauty Game (with Susan Skeath) (2010)
In the "p-beauty" contest, contestants choose a number between zero and 100 and the winner...
Federalist Disciplines or Local Capture? An Empirical Analysis of Decentralization in Uganda (with Omar Azfar) (2010)
The theory of fiscal federalism provides several reasons to expect better public service delivery if...
The Effect of ID Verification in Online Auctions: Evidence from a Field Experiment (2010)
Problems that arise in online markets due to asymmetric information are exacerbated by the fact...
The Nature of Competition Between Online Auctions (2010)
A great deal of research using data from eBay auctions has been conducted to study...