Jeffrey Livingston

Jeffrey A. Livingston is an Associate Professor of Economics at Bentley University. His research interests include many issues in Behavioral Economics. His current research focuses on education policy, discrimination, and whether and how irrational behavior and the individual level impacts market outcomes.

Education

• Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, 2003.
• M.A. Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, 2000.
• B.A. Mathematics (1996) and Economics (1997), University of Kansas

Teaching Interests

Applied microeconometrics; behavioral and experimental economics; game theory; principles of and intermediate microeconomics

Research Interests

Behavioral and experimental economics; economics of education

Employment

• Professor of Economics, Bentley University, 2021–Present.
• Gibbons Research Professor, Bentley University, 2020–2023.
• Associate Professor of Economics, Bentley University, 2009–2021.
• Visiting Scholar, Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory, University of Chicago, 2010-2011.
• Assistant Professor of Economics, Bentley University, 2003–2009.

Awards and Honors

• 2022, Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award, 2022., Bentley University
• 2021, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, 2021, Bentley University
• 2020, Gibbons Research Professorship, Bentley University
• 2016, Honors Capstone Advisor of the Year, Bentley University
• 2006, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, 2006, Bentley University
• 2005, Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award, 2005.

Publications

Journal Articles

• Kraft, M. A., List, J. A., Livingston, J. A., Sadoff, S. (2022). Online tutoring by college volunteers: Experimental evidence from a pilot program. AEA Papers and Proceedings. Forthcoming.
• Gelfer, S. D., Livingston, J. A., Roy, S. (2022). The Effect of Teaching Economics with Classroom Experimens: Estimates from a Within-Subject Experiment . AEA Papers and Proceedings , (112) 619-623.
• Livingston, J. A., Gneezy, U., , M. H., Lane, M. A., List, J. A., Seiler, M. J. (2022). Can Wishful Thinking Explain Evidence for Overconfidence? An Experiment on Belief Updating. Oxford Economic Papers, (75) 1 35-54.
• Livingston, J. A. (2020). A virtue ethics critique of ethical dimensions of behavioral economics: Comments from a behavioral economist. BUSINESS AND SOCIETY REVIEW, (125) 2 261-268.
• Livingston, J. A., Gneezy, U., List, J. A., Qin, X., Sadoff, S., Xu, Y. (2019). Measuring Success in Education: The Role of Effort on the Test Itself. American Economic Review: Insights, (1) 3 291-308.
• Livingston, J. A., Scholten, P. A. (2019). The Effect of ID Verification in Online Auctions: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Review of Industrial Organization, (54) 3 595-615.
• Garrett, J., Livingston, J. A., Tayler, W. B. (2019). Controls and cooperation in interactive and non-interactive settings. Contemporary Accounting Research, (36) 4
• Livingston, J. A., List, J. A., Neckermann, S. (2018). Do financial incentives crowd out intrinsic motivation to perform on standardized tests?. Economics of Education Review, (66) October 2018 125-136.
• Scholten, P. A., Ortmeyer, D. L., Livingston, J. A., Wong, W. (2013). A hedonic approach to testing for indirect network effects in the LCD television market. Applied Economics Letters, (20) 1 76-79.
• Livingston, J. A. (2012). The Hot Hand and the Cold Hand in Professional Golf. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, (81) 1 172-184.
• Livingston, J. A. (2010). Functional Forms in Studies of Reputation in Online Auctions. Electronic Commerce Research, (10) 2 167-190.
• Livingston, J. A. (2010). The Behavior of Inexperienced Bidders in Internet Auctions. Economic Inquiry, (48) 2 237-253.
• Scholten, P. A., Livingston, J. A., Chen, S. (2009). Do Countercyclical-Weekend Effects Persist in Online Retail Markets?. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, (8) 4
• Livingston, J. A. (2005). How Valuable is a Good Reputation? A Sample Selection Model of Internet Auctions. Review of Economics and Statistics, (87) 3 453 - 465.

Book Chapters

• Livingston, J. A., Quinn, M. A. (2007). The Psychology of Economics in Decision Making: A Review In , (Eds.) . 25. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Publishing
• Livingston, J. A., Azfar, O., Meagher, P. (2006). Decentralization in Uganda In Pranab Bardhan, Dilip Mookherjee, (Eds.) . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
• Livingston, J. A. (). What Attracts a Bidder to a Particular Internet Auction? In Michael Baye, (Eds.) . 24. Oxford: JAI Press/Elsevier Science Forthcoming.