Elisabet Rutström

Eva Elisabet Rutström is a Swedish born experimental economist, and an accomplished field researcher in individual decision making and interactive group behaviors. Over the last 40 years she has worked as an instructor and researcher at universities in Canada, the United States, and Sweden. She currently serves as the program director of field experiments at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business.

Education

Elisabet Rutström graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1981, with a Bachelor of Economics and Business Administration.[2] In 1990, she received her PhD in economics, also from the Stockholm School of Economics, and completed her thesis on “The Political Economy of Protectionism in Indonesia”.

During her time in school she received multiple scholarships, including the L. Fraenckel & C. Silfven Scholarship for Studies Abroad (1983–84), and the Scholarship for Research Abroad (1984–85).[2] Rutström also worked as a teaching assistant from 1980-1983 and as a research assistant on various projects in 1980, 1983, 1985-87.

Research

Rutström has accomplished notable research in both lab and field experiments. Her most popular research focuses on risk aversion, attitude, and preferences.

She has had more than 45 scholarly journals published, as well as publications in numerous books and monographs. Overall, her work has been cited in 9566 articles and working papers.

Rutström has received the Experimental Economics Editor's Award for best paper published in volumes 11 and 12, and the European Economic Review Award for best paper published (2014).

At Georgia State, Rutström is currently working on a paper with Arianna Galliera that focuses on risk management decisions made by families living in Atlanta. Titled “Nothing Left to Lose”: Risk Attitudes Among Vulnerable Households, the study examines how families with limited financial resources manage risks associated with finance and health. A complete list of her current research includes Experimental Economics Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty, Risk Portfolios of Poor Households, Responses to Congestion Pricing, Formal Ante-natal Care Acceptability in Pakistan, and Inflation Perceptions.